Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

At course completion, you will:

- be familiar with the main events of recent German history
- have deepened their knowledge of technology, business, or arts in different eras
- be able to discuss and write about these themes

Credits: 3 - 6

Schedule: 05.09.2024 - 28.11.2024

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Hans-Joachim Schulze

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period): B2-2

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: . Languages of study attainment:

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  German cultural knowledge from the viewpoints of technology, business and arts in the Weimar Republic, during national socialism, in the era of two Germanies, during the reunification, and after. The course has different emphases depending on the group.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Regular and active participation in class. Self-study and preparation for contact lessons (30%), oral exam and presentations (35%), written exercises (35%)

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  - 3 cr: contact hours 24 h, other workload of student 57 h

  - 6 cr: in addition to the above, 4 more hours of contact lessons and 77 hours of independent study

DETAILS

Study Material

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Material on MyCourses

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Teaching Language: German

  Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Autumn I - II
  2025-2026 No teaching

  Registration:

  Registration or courses will take place on Sisu (sisu.aalto.fi).

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