Sinology

Bachelor Chinese Studies ( 611 [5] - Version 2022)

• 150044 OV ( OV ) Orientation & Welcome Session
• 150066 OV ( OV WRAP-UP ) End-of-semester event for first-semester students BA Chinese Studies - Wrap-up Event

Introductory and Orientation Period (StEOP) (17 ECTS)

M01 Introduction to Modern Chinese 1 (9 ECTS)

• EXAM ON-SITE M01 StEOP Module Exam: Introduction to Modern Chinese 1 (compulsory module)
• 150039 KU [ de zh ] Revision Course Introduction to Modern Chinese - Preparatory Course for the StEOP-exam
• 150044 OV ( OV ) Orientation & Welcome Session
• 150066 OV ( OV WRAP-UP ) End-of-semester event for first-semester students BA Chinese Studies - Wrap-up Event
• 150101 PKU [ de zh zh en zh ] ( STEOP ) Modern Chinese 1a (M01)
• 150267 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Modern Chinese

M02 Introduction to Chinese Cultural History 2 (4 ECTS)

• EXAM ON-SITE M02 StEOP Module Exam: Introduction to Chinese Cultural History (compulsory module)
• 150044 OV ( OV ) Orientation & Welcome Session
• 150066 OV ( OV WRAP-UP ) End-of-semester event for first-semester students BA Chinese Studies - Wrap-up Event
• 150071 VO [ de en ] ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Chinese Cultural History

M03 Introduction to Chinese Political History 2 (4 ECTS)

• EXAM REMOTE M03 StEOP Module Exam: Introduction to Chinese Political History (compulsory module)
• 150044 OV ( OV ) Orientation & Welcome Session
• 150066 OV ( OV WRAP-UP ) End-of-semester event for first-semester students BA Chinese Studies - Wrap-up Event
• 150180 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Chinese Political History

M04 Introduction to Modern Chinese 2 (6 ECTS)

• EXAM ON-SITE M04 Module Exam: Introduction to Modern Chinese 2 (compulsory module)
• 150044 OV ( OV ) Orientation & Welcome Session
• 150066 OV ( OV WRAP-UP ) End-of-semester event for first-semester students BA Chinese Studies - Wrap-up Event
• 150102 KU [ de zh zh ] ( STEOP ) Speaking Lab 1a (M04)
• 150104 KU [ de zh zh ] ( STEOP ) Speaking Practice 1a (M04)

M1 Elementary Chinese (14 ECTS)

M1-1 Elementary Chinese 1 (8 ECTS)

• EXAM ON-SITE M1-1 Module Exam: Elementary Chinese 1 (compulsory module)
• 150112 KU [ de zh ] Modern Chinese 1b (M1-1)

M1-2 Elementary Chinese 2 (6 ECTS)

• EXAM ON-SITE M1-2 Module Exam: Elementary Chinese 2 (compulsory module)
• 150109 KU [ de zh ] Speaking Practice 1b (M1-2)

M2 Pre-Intermediate Chinese (30 ECTS)

M2-1 Pre-Intermediate Chinese 1 (10 ECTS)

• EXAM M2-1 Module Exam: Pre-Intermediate Chinese 1 (compulsory module)
• 150074 KU Modern Chinese 2b (M2-1)
• 150140 KU [ de zh ] Modern Chinese 2a (M2-1)

M2-2 Pre-Intermediate Chinese 2 (20 ECTS)

• EXAM M2-2 Module Exam: Pre-Intermediate Chinese 2 (compulsory module)
• 150090 KU [ zh ] Speaking Practice 2b (M2-2)
• 150091 KU [ zh ] Writing Practice 2b (M2-2)
• 150143 KU [ de zh ] Reading 2b (M2-2)
• 150146 KU [ zh ] Speaking Practice 2a (M2-2)
• 150149 KU [ zh ] Writing Practice 2a (M2-2)
• 150153 KU [ de zh ] Reading Practice 2a (M2-2)

M3 Intermediate Chinese (31 ECTS)

M3-1 Intermediate Chinese 1 (16 ECTS)

• EXAM M3-1 Module Exam: Intermediate Chinese 1 (compulsory module)
• 150121 KU [ zh ] Writing and Reading A
• 150157 KU [ zh ] Listening and Speaking A (M3-1)

M3-2 Intermediate Chinese 2 (15 ECTS)

• EXAM ON-SITE M3-2 Module Exam: Intermediate Chinese 2 (compulsory module)
• 150038 KU [ de zh ] Specialist Language (M3) - Business Chinese
• 150183 KU Classical Chinese (M3-2)
• 150187 KU [ en zh ] Newspaper Reading and Media Language - Taiwan (M3-2)

M4 Basic Knowledge (11 ECTS)

M5 Basics of Academic Research and Writing (10 ECTS)

• 150087 UE [ en de ] Foundations of Academic Research and Writing in Chinese Studies
• 150120 UE Working with Academic Literature (Social Sciences) - Einsatz von KI in der Forschung: Potenziale und Grenzen am Beispiel des Staatsaufbaus in der VR China und Taiwan
• 150216 UE [ en de ] Working with Academic Literature (Cultural Studies)

M6 Applied Methods of Chinese Studies (8 ECTS)

• 150106 UE Cultural Studies Research Methods in Chinese Studies - Images of Women in Chinese Cinema - Sociological Film Analysis
• 150113 UE Interdisciplinary Approaches to Sinophone Societies - sociological film analysis

M7 Research Topics in Chinese Studies (12 ECTS)

• 150077 SE [ en ] Chinese Politics and law - Key contemporary issues
• 150129 SE [ en ] Policy making in China: theory and practice (M7 SW) - Policy making in China: theory and practice
• 150136 SE [ en ] The Cultures of Hong Kong - the Perceived, the Lived and in-between

M8 Bachelor (11 ECTS)

• 150163 SE Bachelor's Colloquium (M8)

Further Elective Courses (e.g. for Alternative Extensions)

• 010069 VO ( MIXED ) Religions of East Asia
• 030269 KU [ en ] Introduction to Chinese Legal History
• 133004 KU ( STEOP ON-SITE ) Grammatical and literary basics
• 150010 VO Regional Studies of Japan
• 150020 VO [ en ] Intercultural negotiation patterns - (WiSe)
• 150025 UE [ de en ] Architecture and Metaphor - Constructions, Narratives and Interactions of/in the Built Environment in Modern East Asia
• 150047 UE [ de en zh ] Lecture Series
• 150082 UE Monitoring Class for STEOP-Mentoring
• 150111 VO [ en ] Introduction to Japanese Economy and Management
• 150117 UE [ zh ] Chinese Calligraphy
• 150122 VU [ en ] Strategic Gaming: The South China Sea Dispute
• 150133 UE Alternative Extensions: Modern Chinese Literature
• 150186 VO Japanese Culture
• 240034 SE Trauma X Disability Studies. The productive/power generative/tense/reciprocal relationship - between trauma and impairment, between trauma theory and disability studies
• 240076 AR [ en ] Elective Subjects in Master's Programme Gender Studies - CNM-Relationships as western trend, ethical ideology, neoliberal optimization, and feminist practice.
• 240077 VU Autoethnography as critical feminist science
• 240079 UE No Master Territories - Feminist DOKUMENTAR Film Theory
• 240080 AR [ en ] Introduction Trans Studies

Master Sinophone Societies and Cultures (811 [2] - Version 2024)

M1 Language Awareness (4 ECTS)

• 150016 VU [ en ] Structures of Modern Chinese in Theory and Practice

M2 Situational Use of Language (13 ECTS)

• 150017 UE [ en ] Chinese Specialist Language
• 150018 UE [ en ] Written Linguistic and Cultural Mediation

M3 Academic Language Proficiency (10 ECTS)

• 150019 UE [ en ] Academic Language Proficiency 1

M4 Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Social Transformations in the Sinophone World (16 ECTS)

• 150049 SE [ en ] Dynamics of Dissent: Protests and Social Movements in Sinophone Societies
• 150050 SE [ en ] The Art of Protest - Dissent, Activism, and Resistance in Sinophone Cultures

M5 Theories and Methods in Sinophone Studies (10 ECTS)

M6 Researching Sinophone Societies and Cultures (21 ECTS)

• 150051 SE [ en ] Around and In-between Chopsticks - Culinary Culture and Empire Expansions
• 150052 SE [ en ] Language Policy in Taiwan - historical development and social implications

M7 Master’s Colloquium (10 ECTS)

M8 Individual Specialization (10 ECTS)

• 070245 SE [ en ] Seminar - Mapping Slave Trading, Slaving, and Trafficking in Early-Modern China and Beyond
• 070312 UE [ en ] Reading Course - Introduction to early modern China and Eurasia
• 150025 UE [ de en ] Architecture and Metaphor - Constructions, Narratives and Interactions of/in the Built Environment in Modern East Asia
• 150047 UE [ de en zh ] Lecture Series

Master Sinology (811 [1] - Version 2008) - discontinued

Scientific Track

M1 Module Advanced Language Acquisition (20 ECTS)

• 150018 UE [ en ] Written Linguistic and Cultural Mediation
• 150019 UE [ en ] Academic Language Proficiency 1

M2 Basic Module Topics in China Studies (18 ECTS)

• 150049 SE [ en ] Dynamics of Dissent: Protests and Social Movements in Sinophone Societies
• 150050 SE [ en ] The Art of Protest - Dissent, Activism, and Resistance in Sinophone Cultures

M3 Advanced Module - Topics in China Studies (35 ECTS)

• 150051 SE [ en ] Around and In-between Chopsticks - Culinary Culture and Empire Expansions
• 150052 SE [ en ] Language Policy in Taiwan - historical development and social implications

M4 Methods of China Studies (22 ECTS)

• 150062 SE [ de en zh ] PhD Colloquium
• 150063 SE [ de en zh ] PhD Colloquium
• 150068 SE [ de en zh ] MA Colloquium

Teaching Track

MU1 Module Advanced Language Acquisition (26 ECTS)

• 150016 VU [ en ] Structures of Modern Chinese in Theory and Practice
• 150018 UE [ en ] Written Linguistic and Cultural Mediation
• 150019 UE [ en ] Academic Language Proficiency 1

MU2 Module Linguistics (12 ECTS)

• 160101 VO ( STEOP ) Introduction to General Linguistics

MU3 Module Topics in China Studies (10 ECTS)

MU4 Module Teaching Methodology (29 ECTS)

MU5 Module Introduction to Schoolpedagogy and Theory of School (5 ECTS)

• 490001 VO ( STEOP ) Professionalism and School

MU6 Module Pedagogy (6 ECTS)

• 490043 VO Principles of Individual and Developmental Psychology of Education and Learning
• 490131 PS ( PH-NÖ ) Communication - Grundlegende Aspekte der Kommunikation/Interaktion und Gruppendynamik
• 490137 PS ( PH-WIEN ) Teaching and Learning
• 490205 PS green pedagogy and education

MU7 Module Master (7 ECTS)

• 150062 SE [ de en zh ] PhD Colloquium
• 150063 SE [ de en zh ] PhD Colloquium
• 150068 SE [ de en zh ] MA Colloquium

Extension Curriculum Understanding China (156 [2] - Version 2022)

M1 Basic Knowledge (12 ECTS)

• EXAM REMOTE M03 StEOP Module Exam: Introduction to Chinese Political History (compulsory module)
• 150180 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Chinese Political History

M2 Advanced Knowledge (4 ECTS)

• 150014 SE [ de en ] Seminar (Politics, Economy, Law) (EC)

EC Basic Chinese I (157[1] - Version 2025)

M1 Introduction to Modern Chinese (5 ECTS)

• 150054 UE [ en zh ] Modern Chinese I

M2 Applied Language Competence (11 ECTS)

• 150056 UE [ en zh ] Chinese Conversation I
• 150060 UE [ en zh ] Chinese Reading and Writing I

EC Basic Chinese II (158[1] - Version 2025)

M1 Modern Chinese in Context: Grammar and Vocabulary (4 ECTS)

M2 Modern Chinese in Context: Spoken and Written Communication (11 ECTS)