Academics & Courses

Several interesting offerings in language, literature and cultural studies, taught in English, are offered each semester through the University of Innsbruck.  Topics vary.  Please ask for specifics. Some examples are:

Women Writers: J. Austin to M. Atwood
Images of America in Film
Writing the Golden State: The Literature of California from the 1850s to the Present Day

A&S 2900  European Civilization:  Field-Based Learning
This course is subtitled “Central Europe/Austria/Tirol” and has two intents: 1) to provide a broad-based introduction to Austria, your host country, and to Central Europe, and 2) to encourage insights into what factors are determining in the mindsets and lifestyles of Austrians.  Selected readings and exercises will focus especially--but not exclusively--on history, language, literature, anthropology and music.  In addition to required work in the classroom and interaction with local residents, politicians and businesspeople, students will be asked to select an appropriate, approved topic for individual field work in consultation with the instructor and to present a written and oral report on this topic at the end of the semester.  Weekly field trips are integral to the course.  Open to all AYA and a limited number of UIBK students.
 

MANG 3401 Introduction to Management and Organizational Behavior

Business courses regularly taught in English at the University of Innsbruck:
Business Process Management
Business Strategy and Environment
International Trade
International Monetary Economics
Crisis Management
International Management
International Institutions
European Union
Specialization: Management
Specialization: Finance & Banking
Specialization: Tourism
Specialization: Marketing
Specialization: Retailing
Specialization: Human Resources Management

EES 2096 Special Topics : Alpine Geology
EES 2097 Independent Studies

FTA 4900 Internship in Film, Theatre and Communication Arts

Other FTA courses regularly taught in English at the University of Innsbruck:
Children’s Literature in Story and Film
Media Analysis
Intercultural Communications

The possibilities here are many, depending on level, wants and needs.

Depending upon the results of student placement tests, the options are many.  For those who do not qualify for full immersion, language courses are usually taken through the UIBK Deutsch als Fremdsprache (German as a Foreign Language) series at the appropriate level for each student.  These are normally 8-hour courses each semester (equivalent of two semesters in U.S.).  Beginning levels to advanced are available.

GER 3002 German Phonetics/History of the German Language
This course is conducted as historical linguistics with the subtitle: History of the German Language.  Unless all students taking this course have sufficient proficiency in German, class sessions will be conducted in English, with pronunciation practice in German .  This course may be taken for linguistics credit by non-German majors.  Open to all AYA students.

GER 3101 A Survey of German Literature (in German)
GER 3402 Masterpieces of German Literature in Translation

HIST 3595  Special Topics in History:  Modern Austria
Since the year 996, when Austria’s name was first documented as Ostarrichi--or Eastern Realm of the Holy Roman Empire--Austria has played a significant role as the political, economic and territorial crossroads of Central Europe.  During more than six centuries of imperial Habsburg rule beginning in the late 13th century, Austria became a vast and complex empire going beyond the borders of the Holy Roman Empire and exercising tremendous influence through the end of the 19th Century.  With the 20th Century, however, things changed dramatically.  This course focuses on Austria after the end of the powerful Habsburg Empire in WWI, i.e.: Austria during the First Republic up to the Anschluß; Austria as part of the Nazi Empire and Austrians as perpetrators of the Holocaust; Austria as a bridge between East and West during the Cold War up to present-day Austria as a member of the European Union.  This course includes a two-day fieldtrip to the former concentration camp at Mauthausen and to Hitler’s “Eagle’s Nest” at Obersalzberg, and a three-day trip to South Tirol.

Other courses in History are often available through the University of Innsbruck course offerings.

IS 4998 Internship in International Studies
Prerequisites: consent of the director of International Studies. The internship requirement for the IS degree includes at least 3 but no more than 6 hours of credit. A 3-hour credit involves 120 hours of work during the semester or summer term. The internship may be either student-initiated or faculty/administrator-initiated. Internships are available in local consular offices, corporations, and non-governmental and governmental agencies, or can be arranged through our international exchange partners abroad.

Other courses in International Studies may include:
European Business
European Union
International Communications

See above under Business - Management.

There are occasional University of Innsbruck offerings in English through the Departments of Philosophy and of Christian Philosophy.  Please ask for details.

There are frequent University of Innsbruck course offerings in English through these departments, but they vary by semester.