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German Cultural Studies A (GERM20006)

Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)

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Students will acquire fundamental research skills needed to complete a German major including the use of the library, online research resources and relevant bibliographical software. Students will learn to synthesise information from a range of scholarly sources. In the seminar, students will begin to engage with important cultural and linguistic aspects of German and acquire a broader genre literacy. Students will also engage with key cultural organisations and undertake site visits. They will become aware of some of the formal properties of discourse in German on cultural and historical issues. In their written and spoken German they will begin the transition to higher-level output such as the presentation of different points of view, and will be introduced to academic genres such as the analytical essay and the literature review (in English). This subject will equip German major students from the German 1 entry point with the language and research skills needed for admittance into the German Studies Capstone subject with its greater emphasis on cultural, historical and social themes and their related linguistic forms.

Intended learning outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, students should:

  • Have become familiar with a range of academic and cultural genres and their associated linguistic properties
  • Be able to convey information on the use of specialised terminology and linguistic forms
  • Have achieved the level of competency required for admittance into German Capstone subject
  • Be able to define core academic genres that are common within German cultural studies
  • Use practical research skills, quantitative and qualitative techniques to find and synthesise up-to-date scholarship on cultural topics in German cultural studies
  • Have learned to reflect in a less formal register, on the personal impact of public issues
  • Have developed practical research skills
  • Demonstrate the ability to reflect on literary texts relevant for cultural understanding

Generic skills

At the completion of this subject, students should:

  • Have developed practical research skills
  • Have become familiar with a range of academic genres and their associated linguistic properties
  • Have practiced the use of these genres
  • Have learned to reflect in a less formal register, on the personal impact of public issues

Last updated: 19 September 2024