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General information
1.
The
description of the specialization
The 1-year
program New Trends in the German Studies, offered by the Department of
German of the Faculty of Letters and History, deals with the recent trends in
the field of the German literature and linguistics, from an inter-cultural and
inter-disciplinary perspective. It aims at giving the graduates of the German
section the research instruments which are necessary in their approach to the
German language and literature from an inter-cultural and inter-disciplinary
perspective.
2.
The legal
framework of the specialization
The 1-year
program New Trends in the German Studies is organized by the Department
of German of the Faculty of Letters and History in the University of the West,
Timişoara, according to the
Education Law no. 84/1995 and to the Emergency Order no. 143 given by the
Ministry of Education and Research on 21st September 2000.
The
specialization New Trends in the German Studies, with an instruction
period of two semesters, has been functioning since the academic year 1999/2000,
with a number of 11 students, of which 4 are tuition-fee payers.
The
mission, the objectives and the specific character of the specialization
a)
Mission
This program aims
at continuing the major degree and at offering the students better opportunities
of integration into various professional and research fields. In this way, the
program is meant to facilitate the students' integration into the present
Romanian society, laying, at the same time, a solid foundation for those who
want to get a doctoral degree in our country or abroad.
b)
Objectives
The objectives
reflect the mission formulated above.
On the didactic
level, the objectives are:
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to improve the
students’ knowledge with current notions from the field of research into the
German language and literature
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to combine the
fundamental and applied research, which is achieved by the diversity of the
disciplines
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to conduct
research activity that should comply with the standards of the European
academic world
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to accelerate
the students’ process of integration into the present Romanian society
c)
Specific character
The approach of
the literary and linguistic German phenomena offers a specific perspective,
based on the interaction between inter-disciplinarity, inter-textuality,
hermeneutics, semiotics, pragmatics, etc.
We mention the
professional and research relationships with the following foreign partners:
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Ludwig-Maximilians
University in Munchen, the Institute of German Philology
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The
University of Vienna, the Institute of German Studies
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California University in Riverside (U.S.A.), the Faculty of Foreign Languages
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Saarbrucken
University (Germany), Arbeitsstelle Robert Musil
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The
University of Passau, the Faculty of Foreign Languages
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Institut zur
Erforschung osterreichischer und internationaler Literaturporzesse in Vienna
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The
University of Innsbruck, the Institute of German Studies
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Sudostdeutsches Kulturwerk in Munchen
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Institut fur
donauschwabische Geschichte und Landeskunde in Tubingen
The education system
1. The organization of the teaching process and the
structure of the teaching staff
The teaching and
research process benefits from the participation of the teachers from the
Department of German of the Faculty of Letters and History, as follows:
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Ph. D. Professor Roxana Nubert |
Literature from inter-disciplinary
perspective
Inter- and multi-culturality |
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Ph. D. Associate
Professor
Angelika Ionaş |
General and applied rhetoric |
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Ph. D. DAAD Lecturer Mathilde Hennig |
Aspects of the research into the verbal
tenses
The grammar of the spoken language |
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Lecturer Peter Kottler |
Particularities of the German language in
Romania |
Besides the
tenured teachers from the Department of German, there are other prestigious
associate teachers involved in this programme: Ph. D. Professor Karl Stocker (LM
University in Munchen), Ph. D. ProfessorKurt Rein (LM University in Munchen),
Rainer Schubert Ph. D. (Vienna), Astrid Meyer-Schubert Ph. D. (Berlin), Ph. D.
Professor Horst Schuller (Lucian Blaga University in Sibiu).
2.
The admission procedure:
Admission depends
on the results of an examination structured according to the topics and to the
reading list below. The admission mark for the subsidized places is established
in decreasing order, and the admission mark for the tuition-fee places reflects
the decreasing order of the marks, after the occupation of the subsidized
places.
3.
Number of places
Subsidized
places: 10
Tuition-fee
places: 5
4.
Curriculum:
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Nr. crt. |
Discipline |
Sem. I
C S |
Sem. II
C S |
Assessment procedure |
Credits |
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1 |
Literature from inter-disciplinary
perspective |
2 1 |
2 1 |
Examination |
5 |
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2 |
Inter- and multi-culturality |
2 1 |
2 1 |
Examination |
5 |
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3 |
General and applied rhetoric |
1 1 |
1 1 |
Examination |
5 |
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4 |
Aspects of the research into the verbal
tenses/ The grammar of the spoken language |
1 1 |
1 1 |
Examination |
5 |
|
5 |
Particularities of the German language in
Romania |
1 1 |
1 1 |
Examination |
5 |
During the whole
instruction period, the students benefit from guidance, documentation and
research.
The structure of
the academic year/ The graduation exam
Session of exams:
4 weeks
Holidays:
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The winter
holidays: 2 weeks
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1 week after
the winter session of exams
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3 days off for
the Easter
Dissertation:
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Announcing the
theme of the dissertation: semester I
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Writing the
dissertation (about 100 pages): semesters I and II
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Defending the
dissertation: 15th – 30th June
The material
resources and the infrastructure
The courses of
the specialization New Trends in the German Studies are delivered in the
rooms 248 and 401 in the University of the West, Timişoara,
where the teachers and the students have at their disposal the logistics
necessary to conduct scientific research in the field mentioned above.
This
specialization is integrated into the activity carried on by the Group of
Inter-disciplinary Research into the German Culture in Banat, which functions as
part of the Department of German, benefiting from the documentary support
of:
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the University’s
Central Library in Timişoara
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the Library of
the Goethe Institute in Bucharest
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Austria Library
in Timişoara and Bucharest
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the Library of
DAAD (the German Service of Academic Exchange) in the University of the West
and the Polytechnics University in Timişoara
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the Library of
the Department of German
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the National
Archives – Timişoara subsidiary
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the Library of
the Academy – Timişoara subsidiary
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the Library of
the Timiş County (the documentary stock)
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the Archives of
the Diocesan Museum in Timişoara
Facilities
The 1-year
program New Trends in the German Studies ensures:
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the necessary
logistics (the space meant for teaching activities, equipment)
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highly
qualified teaching staff (competent Professors, Associate Professors and
Lecturers who benefited from training at other universities in Romania and
abroad, DAAD lecturers and lecturers from Austria)
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visiting
teachers from various Romanian and foreign universities (Vienna, Munchen,
Riverside, Saarbrucken, Innsbruck, Passau, Sibiu, Bucharest, Iaşi)
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study scholarships,
according to the academic results
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DAAD (the
German Service of Academic Exchange) and OAAD ( the
Austrian Service of Academic Exchange)
scholarships
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Sokrates
scholarships
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access to the
Internet
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IT facilities
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