Academic year
2018-19
Is found in:
- International Curriculum, programme stage 2
In other study programme:
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Bachelor of Office Management as German II cultural awareness
This is a single course unit.
Study load:
3 credits
Weight:
3,00
Total study time: 75,00 hours
Possible deadlines for learning account: 15.03.2019 ()
Organisation of education
This course unit is marked out of 20 (rounded to an integer).
Re-sit exam: is possible.
It is not possible to enrol in this course unit under
- exam contract (to obtain a credit).
- exam contract (to obtain a degree).
Special admission is required to enrol in this course unit under credit contract.
Co-ordinator: De Wilde Lodewijk
Language course: Yes, German
Languages: Dutch, German
Scheduled for: Semester 2
Objectives
Insight and knowledge of social, cultural, political and other aspects of German speaking countries.
Contents
What's typically German? language, geography, history, population, political system, economy, culture, education, media, religion, legal system, transport system, music, movies, literature, art, sports, science, eating and drinking, Germany from a (Adventskalender) till z (Zappelphilipp).
Order of enrolment
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Final objectives
Core competence 1: recognizes, identifies, classifies, renders, enumerates, and distinguishes the political, economic, social, historical and cultural aspects of Germany and countries from the German-speaking world. He is able to illustrate, to rephrase in his own words and to represent these aspects. (DSL2, AC1, AC2, AC4, AC5, AC7)
Indicators:
- selects relevant information out of documents. (W)
- summarizes this information. (I)
- rephrases the information. (T)
- comments on the information and answers questions about it. (A&S)
Core competence 2: outlines, explains, clarifies, shows,evaluates, gives arguments and propositions and critically discusses the political, economic, social, historical, cultural aspects of Germany and countries from the German-speaking countries. He is able to illustrate, to rephrase in his own words and to represent these aspects. (DSL2, AC1, AC2, AC4, AC5, AC7)
Indicators:
- selects relevant information concerning the background of current affairs in reliable sources. (W)
- questions the information. (T)
- recognizes causal connections in it. (A&S)
- answers questions about it. (A&S)
Core competence 3: recognizes, understands, interprets, evaluates, and investigates critically the political, economic, historical and cultural aspects of Germany and other countries from the German work field and tests those aspects against the acquired knowledge and insights within the course. (DSL7, DSL12, AC3, ABC3)
Indicators:
- detects and sketches relevant information about the background of current affairs autonomously. (W,I)
- puts the info within the structure of the acquired knowledge and insights. (T)
- answers questions about it. (A&S)
- characterizes the socio-cultural differences between Belgium and the German-speaking countries, and the differences between German-speaking countries mutually . (I)
- values the impact of the socio-cultural differences to be able to work in an intercultural, international team. (T)
Organisation of education
Lectures + guided indepent learning
Evaluation
- First exam opportunity:
- Non-period bound evaluation : 20%
- Period bound evaluation : 80% oral exam
- Second exam opportunity :