III. Courses for Compulsory Exams according to the BA Curriculum English and American Studies

1. M-01 - Introductory Stage of the Degree Programme

• 120007 VO [ en ] Language Analysis
• 120129 VO [ en ] Introduction to the Study of Language 1
• 120005 VO [ en ] Introduction to the Study of Literature
• 120106 VO [ en ] Introduction to Cultural and Regional Studies

2. Compulsory Module "Language"

2.1. M-02 - Module Integrated Language and Study Skills

• 120019 UE [ en ] Integrated Language and Study Skills 1
• 120025 UE [ en ] Integrated Language and Study Skills 2

2.2. M-03 - Module Language in Use

• 120001 UE [ en ] Language in Use 1
• 120046 UE [ en ] Language in Use 2

2.3. M-04 - Module Oral Language Skills

• 120063 IK [ en ] Practical Phonetics and Oral Communication Skills 1 - British English
• 120041 IK [ en ] Practical Phonetics and Oral Communication Skills 1 - American English
• 120002 UE [ en ] Topic Related Course 124 = Practical Phonetics and Oral Communication Skills 2
• 120003 UE [ en ] Topic Related Course 124 = Practical Phonetics and Oral Communication Skills 2

2.4. M-05 - Module ProfessionalLanguage Skills

• 120035 UE [ en ] Advanced Integrated Language Skills 1 (121) = English in a Professional Context - English in a Professional Context
• 120044 UE [ en ] Topic Related Course 126 - Shakespearean Translation / BA Exit Level Language Assessment
• 120072 UE [ en ] Advanced Integrated Language Skills 1 (121) = English in a Professional Context

3. Compulsory Module "Linguistics"

3.1. M-06 - Module Topics in Linguistics 1

• 120125 VO [ en ] Introduction to the Study of Language 2
• 120006 IK [ en ] Introduction to the History of English

3.2. M-07 - Module Topics in Linguistics 2

• 120056 PS [ en ] Linguistics: Introductory Seminar (204) = Proseminar 1
• 120126 PS [ en ] Linguistics: Introductory Seminar (204) = Proseminar 1
• 120057 PS [ en ] Linguistics: Introductory Seminar (204) = Proseminar 2 - Phonetics and Phonology
• 120060 PS [ en ] Linguistics: Introductory Seminar (204) = Proseminar 2 - Historical Pragmatics
• 120062 PS [ en ] Linguistics: Introductory Seminar (204) = Proseminar 2 - Sociolinguistic Field Methods: Investigating Language Attitudes and Ideologies
• 120066 PS [ en ] Linguistics: Introductory Seminar (204) = Proseminar 2 - Approaching discourse
• 120174 PS [ en ] Linguistics: Introductory Seminar (204) = Proseminar 2 - The Mental Lexicon

3.3. M-08 - Module Linguistics Seminar / B.A. Thesis

• 120051 SE [ en ] Linguistics Seminar (222) = Seminar Linguistik/BA-Arbeit - Topics in English Syntax
• 120052 SE [ en ] Linguistics Seminar (222) = Seminar Linguistik/BA-Arbeit - Intercultural communication
• 120053 SE [ en ] Linguistics Seminar (222) = Seminar Linguistik/BA-Arbeit - Retextualisations. Discourse analysis in practice.
• 120054 SE [ en ] Linguistics Seminar (222) = Seminar Linguistik/BA-Arbeit - Semantic change and what speakers have to do with it

4. Compulsory Module "Literature and Cultural Studies"

4.1. M-09 - Module Survey of Literatures

• 120034 VO [ en ] Survey of Literatures in English 1 - From the Renaissance to the Restoration: A Brief Survey
• 120055 VO [ en ] Survey of Literatures in English 1
• 120127 VO [ en ] Survey of Literatures in English 2 - English literature from the 18th to the 21st century

4.2. M-10 - Module Cultural and Regional Studies

• 120130 VO [ en ] Cultural and Regional Studies (British Civilisation)
• 120030 VO [ en ] Cultural and Regional Studies (American Civilization) - The USA

4.3. Alternative Module "Literature"

4.3.1. M-11 - Module Advanced Literary Studies

• 120009 KO [ en ] Literature: Introductory Seminar (304) = Reading Skills - Faustian Overreachers, Satanic Rebels, and Byronic Heroes
• 120033 PS [ en ] Literature: Introductory Seminar (304) - Of Mothers and Daughters: Literary Renderings of a Complex Relationship
• 120058 PS [ en ] Literature: Introductory Seminar (304) - Extra-Marital Love Affairs As a Theme in English Literature. From the Middle Ages to the Present.
• 120059 PS [ en ] Literature: Introductory Seminar (304) - Getting their lives together: Women's fiction of the Contemporary American South
• 120065 PS [ en ] Literature: Introductory Seminar (304) - Literature and Depravity
• 120081 PS [ en ] Literature: Introductory Seminar (304) - Dialogues and Contestations in the 'Promised Land' - (Non)-Comformity in Canadian and US -American Jewish Writing

4.3.2. M-12 - Module Literary Seminar / B.A. Thesis

• 120014 SE [ en ] Literary Seminar (322) = Seminar Literaturwissenschaft / BA-Arbeit - The Southernmost Place On Earth in American Literature
• 120020 SE [ en ] Literary Seminar (322) = Seminar Literaturwissenschaft / BA-Arbeit - The Campus Novel
• 120021 SE [ en ] Literary Seminar (322) = Seminar Literaturwissenschaft / BA-Arbeit - Art and Reality in the Contemporary South African Novel
• 120024 SE [ en ] Literary Seminar (322) = Seminar Literaturwissenschaft / BA-Arbeit - (Re-)Constructions of Irish Family Life in Irish Fiction from the 1940s to the Present
• 120118 SE [ en ] Literary Seminar (322) = Seminar Literaturwissenschaft / BA-Arbeit - Fantasy Literature

4.4. Alternative Module "Cultural Studies"

4.4.1. M-13 - Module Topics in Cultural and Regional Studies

• 120032 PS [ en ] Interdisciplinary Course (501) = Proseminar Cultural Studies - "Talking it over" - Gender(s) in Dialogue/Dialogues on Gender. Postmodernist Perspectives in Theory, Literature, Drama & Film
• 120082 PS [ en ] Interdisciplinary Course (501) = Proseminar Cultural Studies - Naming our selves and telling our stories in our own words
• 120158 PS [ en ] Interdisciplinary Course (501) = Proseminar Cultural Studies - "CSI Vienna"? U.S. Cultural Exchanges in Austria since the 1980s
• 120099 KO [ en ] Interdisciplinary Course (501) = Critical Media Analysis - "Coming Soon" - teasing, telling, selling movies

4.4.2. M-14 - Module Cultural Studies Seminar / B.A. Thesis

• 120077 SE [ en ] Literary Seminar (322) = Seminar Kulturwissenschaft / BA-Arbeit - Proud to be British? Constructions of English- and Britishness in the 20th and 21st centuries