Official Country Name
GERMANY
Country Code
DE
Country ID
14
Geographic Region
Europe
Region
Region I
Is Active
On
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COMPARATIVE GERMAN FOREIGN POLICY
Country
GERMANY
Host Institution
Free University of Berlin
Program(s)
Free University Berlin
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Political Science
UCEAP Course Number
119
UCEAP Course Suffix
G
UCEAP Official Title
COMPARATIVE GERMAN FOREIGN POLICY
UCEAP Transcript Title
COMP GER FRGN PLCY
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description
Every state and government formulates and practices its own foreign policy on different historical, normative, and institutional bases. In view of the different starting points, it is not surprising that the goals and interests of states and governments and their foreign policy differ; they formulate problems differently, define options for action and political strategies differently, talk and act differently. Against the background of this problem, this seminar deals with the question of how Germany's foreign policy presents itself in a comparative perspective. Comparative case studies examine whether, to what extent, and why Germany's foreign policy after unification may be different in comparison to other states in different foreign policy fields in the face of more or less equal challenges. The following questions serve as a common guideline for all case studies: 1) What are the characteristics of German foreign policy in comparison? 2) Is the legitimacy of German foreign policy questionable? 3) Which influencing factors do experts state for the findings under 1) and 2)? Comparative foreign policy research serves to describe, evaluate, and understand differences and similarities.
Language(s) of Instruction
German
Host Institution Course Number
15136
Host Institution Course Title
COMPARATIVE GERMAN FOREIGN POLICY
Host Institution Campus
POLITIK- UND SOZIALWISSENSCHAFTEN
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft
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INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Country
GERMANY
Host Institution
Technical University Berlin
Program(s)
Technical University Berlin
UCEAP Course Level
Lower Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Electrical Engineering
UCEAP Course Number
20
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
UCEAP Transcript Title
INTRO ELECTRIC ENG
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.70
Course Description
This course offers an introduction to electrical engineering specifically for Electrical Engineering majors. Topics covered include: electrostatic field, charge, field, potential, voltage, polarization, capacity; stationary electric flow field, current, Ohm's law, resistance, power; stationary magnetic field: flow rate, inductance, permeability, magnetic circuits; induction, Inductance, Energy, Motion Induction, Resting Induction; simple networks: current and voltage sources, Kirchhoff sets, resistor networks; mathematical basics. vector calculus, integral calculus, orthogonal coordinate systems.
Language(s) of Instruction
German
Host Institution Course Number
0431 L 725
Host Institution Course Title
INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Host Institution Campus
FAKULTÄT IV ELEKTROTECHNIK UND INFORMATIK
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Energie- und Automatisierungstechnik
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VISUALIZING CULTURE: INTRODUCTION TO ETHNOGRAPHIC AND DOCUMENTARY FILM
Country
GERMANY
Host Institution
Humboldt University Berlin
Program(s)
Humboldt University Berlin
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Film & Media Studies
Anthropology
UCEAP Course Number
102
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
VISUALIZING CULTURE: INTRODUCTION TO ETHNOGRAPHIC AND DOCUMENTARY FILM
UCEAP Transcript Title
ETHNOGRAPH&DOC FILM
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description
This course explores the role of the audiovisual within ethnographic research and vice versa. Through a combination of assigned readings, film screenings, site visits etc. students critically examine the making of documentary and ethnographic media. What has been the history of photography, sound-recording and film within the discipline? Which theoretical frameworks informed anthropologists behind the camera? And how did media made by non-anthropologists influence ethnography? In answering these questions, the course covers resultant practices of sound and image-making such as salvaging, categorization, surveillance, erasure, etc. The course also considers how the very material used in creating these media e.g. Kodachrome film stock and Shirley cards, wet plates, shellac records etc. impacted framings of “the self” and “the other.”
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
51707
Host Institution Course Title
VISUALIZING CULTURE: INTRODUCTION TO ETHNOGRAPHIC AND DOCUMENTARY FILM
Host Institution Campus
PHILOSOPHISCHE FAKULTÄT
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Europäische Ethnologie
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CULTURE AND POLITICS IN THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC
Country
GERMANY
Host Institution
Free University of Berlin
Program(s)
Free University Berlin
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
History
German
Anthropology
UCEAP Course Number
184
UCEAP Course Suffix
E
UCEAP Official Title
CULTURE AND POLITICS IN THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC
UCEAP Transcript Title
CULTR&POLTC WEIMAR
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description
The years from the founding of the republic in 1919 to the National Socialists' seizure of power in 1933 are among the most politically and artistically eventful in German history. While the young Weimar Republic initially struggled with start-up and legitimization problems, culture experienced a period of prosperity that has lost none of its fascination to this day. Expressionist film, Bauhaus, New Objectivity, and epic theater are just some of the cultural achievements of the Weimar Republic. However, the Golden Twenties came to an abrupt end due to the world economic crisis, which led to the collapse of the republic, which was to bring the National Socialists to power in 1933 and meant the end of all diversity. Using historical sources, various art forms, and scientific presentations, the seminar provides an overview of central aspects of the politics and culture of the Weimar Republic. Starting with an examination of the political background of the founding of the republic, the course deals with the above-mentioned aspects and social phenomena such as the "new woman" type.
Language(s) of Instruction
German
Host Institution Course Number
16917
Host Institution Course Title
CULTURE AND POLITICS IN THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC
Host Institution Campus
Free University of Berlin
Host Institution Faculty
PHILOSOPHIE UND GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Deutsche und Niederländische Philologie
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CREATIVE WRITING
Country
GERMANY
Host Institution
Humboldt University Berlin
Program(s)
Humboldt University Berlin
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
English
UCEAP Course Number
118
UCEAP Course Suffix
A
UCEAP Official Title
CREATIVE WRITING
UCEAP Transcript Title
CREATIVE WRITING
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description
This class is designed to provide an opportunity for students to explore short fiction and poetry writing. Students develop a writing portfolio which includes a variety of genres and participate in in-class readings and critiques.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
5250015
Host Institution Course Title
CREATIVE WRITING
Host Institution Campus
Host Institution Faculty
SPRACH- UND LITERATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHE FAKULTÄT
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Anglistik und Amerikanistik
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INTERMEDIATE GERMAN II
Country
GERMANY
Host Institution
Humboldt University Berlin
Program(s)
Humboldt University Berlin
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
German
UCEAP Course Number
110
UCEAP Course Suffix
B
UCEAP Official Title
INTERMEDIATE GERMAN II
UCEAP Transcript Title
INTERMEDIATE GER II
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.70
Course Description
In the B2 level, students systematize, consolidate, and expand basic knowledge of lexis and grammar acquired in the basic and lower intermediate level. The development of academic work forms and techniques is becoming increasingly important. Course objectives include the improvement of the active and passive language use through the systematic expansion of the vocabulary as well as a focus on the training of oral and written skills. Further emphasis is given to the development of the language skills in everyday life as well as study-related situations in Germany. The B2 level is split into two courses, the B2.1 course covers the first half of the level and the B2.2 course covers the second half of the level.
Language(s) of Instruction
German
Host Institution Course Number
Host Institution Course Title
INTERMEDIATE GERMAN II
Host Institution Campus
Host Institution Faculty
ZENTRALEINRICHTUNG SPRACHENZENTRUM
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Sprachenzentrum
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THE CITY IN GERMAN CONTEMPORARY FILM
Country
GERMANY
Host Institution
Free University of Berlin
Program(s)
Free University Berlin
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
History
German
Film & Media Studies
UCEAP Course Number
167
UCEAP Course Suffix
D
UCEAP Official Title
THE CITY IN GERMAN CONTEMPORARY FILM
UCEAP Transcript Title
CITY IN GERMAN FILM
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description
The course generates a wider understanding of the multiple relationships between the city and its visual representations by sharpening students' skills in close reading and critical film analysis. It explores a set of key issues from film, urban and art history, geography, and aesthetics. Films dealing with the Berlin contemporary to their production form the main part of the material studied, with comparisons to appropriate examples from German and European cinema. Grouped into main themes following a comparative approach, the films are introduced through student‘s presentations. Relevant theoretical and film references are discussed in class or small groups. Students learn to interpret cinematic conventions and to critically reflect on how cinema depicts everyday environments and reorganizes their perception, with writing practice as one focus of class work
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
16846
Host Institution Course Title
THE CITY IN GERMAN CONTEMPORARY FILM
Host Institution Campus
PHILOSOPHIE UND GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Deutsche Philologie
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LITERATURE AND INSANITY
Country
GERMANY
Host Institution
Free University of Berlin
Program(s)
Free University Berlin
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
German
UCEAP Course Number
124
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
LITERATURE AND INSANITY
UCEAP Transcript Title
LITERATURE&INSANITY
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description
In the history of the modern subject and its literary modeling, the observation of psychopathologies plays an important role. The development of an enlightened soul-learning in the late eighteenth century was accompanied by the emergence of independent forms of narration of insanity in magazines such as Karl Philipp Moritz's MAGAZINE TO THE EXPERIENCE OF SOUL KNOWLEDGE: (1783-1793) or collections such as Christian Heinrich Spieß' BIOGRAPHIES OF THE INSANE (1796), an archive of case histories which affected many medical and literary discourses of the time. There is a systematic spread of doubts about the stability of human reason to the poetic level in Romanticism. Authors such as Ludwig Tieck or E.T.A. Hoffman experiment with poetics of uncertainty in their stories by means of which the readers' knowledge about the course of the boundary between madness and reason, fantasy and reality, is called into question. As a literary motif, anthropological fascination and poetic challenge, madness remains virulent in the further nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Whether in Georg Büchner (for example in his narrative LENZ) or in naturalism, whether in the Viennese Modern (Hofmannsthal, Schnitzler) or in the Berlin Expressionism (Döblin, Heym, Benn), in modern narration madness is always about experimenting with new forms of poetic representation, in which the different aesthetic programs of the authors and their handling of the changing medical-psychiatric knowledge are reflected in many ways. This seminar introduces students to the outlined constellations of madness and literature from the period around 1800 to about 1910, but also exemplifies later texts and films such as Ken Kensey's ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1962) or Rainald Goetz ' IRRE (1986).
Language(s) of Instruction
German
Host Institution Course Number
16669
Host Institution Course Title
LITERATURE AND INSANITY
Host Institution Campus
PHILOSOPHIE UND GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Deutsche Philologie
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GERMAN AND EUROPEAN COMPANY LAW
Country
GERMANY
Host Institution
Free University of Berlin
Program(s)
Free University Berlin
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Legal Studies
UCEAP Course Number
102
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
GERMAN AND EUROPEAN COMPANY LAW
UCEAP Transcript Title
GER&EU COMPANY LAW
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description
In every European Union (EU) member state, companies are essential market players. The course offers an insight into the basic legal rules governing the various forms of companies. Subjects include a general introduction to the common principles of company law and to the European legislation in that field as well as an overview on recent developments in the German company law. The course covers the following topics: European Legislation on National Company Law, Publicity of Company Data, Capital Maintenance, Mergers and Divisions, Financial Accounting, European Companies, Private International Law, Golden Shares, German Company Law (Overview), German Public Limited Company (AG), German Private Limited Company (GmbH).
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
95927
Host Institution Course Title
GERMAN AND EUROPEAN COMPANY LAW
Host Institution Campus
RECHTSWISSENSCHAFT
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Rechtswissenschaft
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URBAN ACTIVISM IN BERLIN
Country
GERMANY
Host Institution
Humboldt University Berlin
Program(s)
Humboldt University Berlin
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Urban Studies
German
UCEAP Course Number
128
UCEAP Course Suffix
G
UCEAP Official Title
URBAN ACTIVISM IN BERLIN
UCEAP Transcript Title
URBAN ACTVSM BERLIN
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description
The focus of this course is an examination of the changes associated with urban development in Berlin and “counter actions” as urban social movements. This interdisciplinary course explores urban activism in Berlin through several lenses including: housing, urban environmental activism, community gardening, and political power relations in the city. From the perspective of urban activism, this course offers an analysis of the origin, context, and structure of theory of right to the city, urban commons, social justice, participation, grassroots organizing, and urban development policy. Within the broad theme of urban activism, the course focuses on the ways in which neighborhood/inhabitant experiences and citizens' efforts collide to produce different forms of resistance within Berlin's political sphere.
Language(s) of Instruction
Host Institution Course Number
2181297
Host Institution Course Title
URBAN ACTIVISM IN BERLIN
Host Institution Campus
Bologna.lab
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Berlin Perspectives