Showing 25 courses for the subject German
This course is designed as an introduction to German language and culture specifically for beginners. In the course, you will cover the basics of the German language in speaking, listening, writing and reading through a communicative, intercultural a...
This course introduces students to themes central to the study of the cultures of the French, German, Italian and Spanish-speaking worlds. Cultural case studies will allow students to draw out commonalities without losing sight of historical, politic...
Elementary German
GERM102
This course builds on the skills acquired in GERM 101. It aims to further develop students' knowledge and understanding of the German language in an interactive way.
How do languages and cultures interrelate, and how can we read them in the world around us? This course provides students with insights into how languages and cultures shape and reflect identity by critically engaging with a wide variety of global te...
Topics in German Culture 1
GERM114
This course introduces students to the study of German culture by examining themes of importance for understanding the German-speaking world and how these are represented, whether historically or in the present day, in a selection of novels and films...
German Language 2A
GERM201
Revision of basic German grammar. Practice of reading and listening to authentic German at an advanced level, building of German vocabulary knowledge pertaining to a number of different word fields.
A course that charts the physical and cultural landscapes of some of the world’s most exciting cities and explores the changing histories of their peoples. This course is recommended for all students interested in cultural exchange. It is taught enti...
German Language 2B
GERM202
A development of the skills taught in GERM 201, and an advanced study of the subjunctive mode. Special emphasis will be given to the active use of German in both written and spoken form.
This course introduces students to major artistic movements that represent key moments in the cultural histories of the French, German, Italian and Spanish-speaking worlds. Artefacts such as literary texts and art works will be studied in relation to...
Language Study Abroad
FHSS210
This course involves language study at an approved overseas institution and is available to students who have completed 40 100-level points at Victoria. The course is available both to students who have studied the language before and to students wit...
Topics in German Culture 2
GERM214
This course expands students’ familiarity with German culture by examining themes of importance for understanding the German-speaking world and how these are represented and/or evoked in a selection of poems and short prose works. Course material is ...
This course on the German-Speaking world starts at the end of the Thirty Years' War in 1648 and concludes at the present day, and it takes the interplay between German linguistic nationalism and other political loyalties as its main theme.
German Language 3A
GERM301
German language at an advanced level: guided and extensive practice of all four language skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) in language tutorials and in the Language Learning Centre. Language studied is based on the topics 'languages' ...
German Language 3B
GERM302
German language at an advanced level: guided and extensive practice of all four language skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) in language tutorials and in the Language Learning Centre. Language studied is based on the topics 'places' and...
This course offers an analysis of a number of films from the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany seen against the political and social upheavals of the time. Of particular interest is the portrayal of German masculinities after the devastating loss of t...
German Language 3C
GERM303
German language at an advanced level: guided and extensive practice of all four language skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) in language tutorials and in the Language Learning Centre. Language studies is based on the topics 'consumerism...
German Language 3D
GERM304
German language at an advanced level: guided and extensive practice of all four language skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) in language tutorials and in the Language Learning Centre. Language studied is based on the topics 'the future'...
This course involves language study at an approved overseas institution and is available to students who have completed 40 points of relevant language acquisition courses at Victoria. 100% internal assessment based on a portfolio completed abroad and...
Topics in German Culture
GERM314
This course expands and deepens students’ familiarity with German culture by examining themes of importance for understanding the German-speaking world and how these are represented and/or evoked in a selection of literary texts and films. Course mat...
Advanced Language Study
GERM401
Advanced-level study of written and spoken German. This is a compulsory course for German Honours. If all students enrolled in GERM 401 are agreed to it, the emphasis will be in Translation Studies. The decision will be made at the first meeting of t...
Global Cultures in Context
FHSS410
This course considers cultures as both local and global phenomena and addresses their development and evolution from an interdisciplinary range of theoretical and methodological perspectives in intercultural communication.
This course presents Berlin through the lens of selected examples of literary texts and film from the Weimar Republic (1919-1933) to the present day. 60% internal assessment, 40% examination.
Research Project
GERM489
A supervised research exercise, on a topic of the student's choice, designed to develop skills in bibliographic searches and the elaboration of a closely argued analytic text.
Thesis
GERM591
MA thesis in German.
German for PhD
GERM690
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