Minor for Bachelor Programmes
Austrian Studies
Would you like to participate in informed discussions about current European politics and acquire a basic knowledge of cultural events? Then the elective package ‘Austrian Studies’ is just right for you – because Austria has much more to offer than you might think.
The courses broaden your view of Europe's historical context up to the present day, as the history of ‘Austria’ is much broader than today's borders suggest. It begins within the framework of the Holy Roman Empire, leads through the Habsburg Monarchy in all its diversity to the Republic of Austria and the other successor states of the monarchy, takes a look at the two world wars and deals with life on both sides of the Iron Curtain after 1945 up to the EU accessions of the past decades.
And not just in historical and political terms – you decide: Are you more interested in the ‘Cultural Spaces of Music’ or ‘Localisation in Art’, the ‘Literary and Linguistic Space of Austria’, ‘Slavic Languages, Literatures and Cultures in Eastern, Central and South-Eastern Europe’, ‘Natural and Cultural Spaces’ or the ‘Historical Legal Space of Austria’? Then, in addition to the compulsory module ‘Austrian History – a Construction’, you choose the two modules that appeal to you most.
The Minor "Austrian Studies" bundles subjects from four faculties at the Leopold-Franzens-University (the Faculty of Philosophy and History, the Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies, the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences). They all deal with the area of the former Habsburg Monarchy and its successor states in essential areas of their research as well as in their teaching and use different temporal as well as theoretical-methodological approaches in researching this common 'space' and the questions associated with it. “Austrian” is understood as a 'cultural space' produced by different societies along the time axis from the Holy Roman Empire via the Habsburg Monarchy, the First Republic and the Second World War to the Second Republic with the subsequent bloc formation, the consequences of 1989 and the EU membership in 1995 up to the immediate present of Austria in the European and global context.
Graduates of the Minor "Austrian Studies" have advanced knowledge of the history and culture of Central and Southeast-Central Europe. They recognise the importance of political and social structures for social, legal and economic processes as well as for cultural developments (architecture, visual arts, literature, music, etc.) in this region in its historical depth and in its interconnectedness and they are able to interpret and classify current processes. They are therefore able to apply the acquired knowledge and the findings derived from it to the solution of relevant problems in their individual scientific and later professional field of activity. Through the Minor, students have a thematically as well as spatially focused complement to their respective major studies, based on key aspects of predominantly other disciplines in the field. Furthermore, they are able to develop interdisciplinary questions, to work on them accordingly and to present their results. In the joint development and discussion of the issues, they have also acquired social skills and are able to work in a team.
The Economics elective package comprises 30 ECTS-Credits. The elective package consists of three modules (1 compulsory module and 2 elective modules), which are listed below. These modules can be completed in one semester or spread over several semesters. Most modules are held in German. The complete version of the curriculum can be found here.
Modules
CM Module: Austrian History – A Construction - 10 ECTS-Credits
VO Fundamentals of Austrian History - 5 ECTS-Credits
EX Historical Excursion - 2,5 ECTS-Credits only in combination with
UE Historische Exkursion - 2,5 ECTS-Credits or
PS Austrian History - 5 ECTS-Credits or
PS Contemporary History - 5 ECTS-Credits
EM The Literature and Language Area of Austria - 10 ECTS-Credits
VO History of Modern German Literature - 2,5 ECTS-Credits
PS Modern German Literature I - 5 ECTS-Credits or
PS Modern German Literature II - 5 ECTS-Credits or
PS Core Areas of Linguistics - 5 ECTS-Credits or
VU Linguistic Workshop - 5 ECTS-Credits
VU Special Fields in Literary Studies - 2,5 ECTS-Credits or
VU Institutions of Literary Education - 2,5 ECTS-Credits or
EX Institutions of Literary Life - 2,5 ECTS-Credits
EM Slavonic Languages, Literatures and Cultures in Eastern, Central and South-Eastern Europe - 10 ECTS-Credits
VO Culture and History of Eastern Europe - 5 ECTS-Credits
VO Slavonic Languages and Cultures in Europe - 5 ECTS-Credits or
EU Slavonic Excursion - 2,5 ECTS-Credits in combination with EX Excursion - 2,5 ECTS-Credits or
UE Praxisorientierte Lehrveranstaltung zu slawischen Sprachen oder Literaturen/Kulturen - 5 ECTS-Credits or
VU Ausgewählte Bereiche der ost-, ostmittel- und/oder südosteuropäischen Kulturen I - 5 ECTS-Credits or
VU Ausgewählte Bereiche der ost-, ostmittel- und/oder südosteuropäischen Kulturen II - 5 ECTS-Credits
EM Cultural Spaces in Music - 10 ECTS-Credits
VO Epochs I - 5 ECTS-Credits or
VO Epochs II - 5 ECTS-Credits or
VO Epochs III - 5 ECTS-Credits or
VO Epochs IV - 5 ECTS-Credits
PS Epochs I - 5 ECTS-Credits or
PS Epochs II - 5 ECTS-Credits or
PS Epochs III - 5 ECTS-Credits or
PS Epochs IV - 5 ECTS-Credits
EM Classifications in Art 10 ECTS-Credits
VO Genre I - 5 ECTS-Credits or
VO Genre II - 5 ECTS-Credits or
VO Genre III - 5 ECTS-Credits or
VO Genre IV - 5 ECTS-Credits or
VO Genre V - 5 ECTS-Credits
SE Genre I - 5 ECTS-Credits or
SE Genre II - 5 ECTS-Credits or
SE Genre III - 5 ECTS-Credits or
SE Genre IV - 5 ECTS-Credits or
SE Genre V - 5 ECTS-Credits or
EX Small Excursion - 5 ECTS-Credits
EM Historic Jurisdiction in Austria- 10 ECTS-Credits
VO Early Legal History - 4 ECTS-Credits
VO Later Legal History (since the Enlightenment) - 6 ECTS-Credits
EM Natural and Cultural Spaces - 10 ECTS-Credits
VO Space and Time - 5 ECTS-Credits
VO Regional Geography Austria’s and of the Eastern Alps - 3,5 ECTS-Credits
EX Excursion in Regional Geography of Austria and the Eastern Alps - 1,5 ECTS-Credits
- Students of the Bachelor’s Programme in History and the Secondary School Teacher Training Programme in History and Social Studies can select another elective module instead of compulsory module 1. If they nevertheless want to integrate compulsory module 1 in their study programme, they may only select courses from b.
- If students of the Bachelor’s Programme in German Philology and the Secondary School Teacher Programme in German want to integrate elective module 1 into their study programme, they may only select courses from b and c.
- If students of the Bachelor’s Programme in Slavonic Studies as well as the Secondary School Teacher Training Programme in Russian want to integrate elective module 2 in their study programme, they may only select courses from c.
- Students of the Bachelor’s Programme in Music Studies may not select elective module 3.
- Students of the Bachelor’s Programme in Art History may not select elective module 4.
- Students of the Diploma Programme in Law may not select elective module 5.
- Students of the Bachelor’s Programme in Geography and of the Secondary School Teacher Training Programme in Geography may not select elective module 6.
Associate Dean of Studies
Mag. Dr. Ingrid Böhler