Contemporary German Culture

Code:

LA002

Acronym:

CACON

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	German Studies

Instance: 2014/2015 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Germanic Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Applied Languages

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LA	38	LA - Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
LLC	2	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2013_2014	2	-	6	52	162
			3
LRI	1	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2013_2014	2	-	6	52	162
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Outlining a political, economic, social and cultural panorama of Germany in the contemporary era.

Learning outcomes and competences

By the end of the sermester the students who passed the evaluation components will know not only which events and personalities were most relevant in the culture of Federal Republic of Germany in the XX and XXI centuries, but also their political, economic and social context. Such wide and multisided knowledge will enable the students the ability to a contextualizing approach to the human facts

 

Working method

Presencial

Program

From the Weimar Republic to the 21st century 0. General and specific objectives of the subject. 1. The concept of German. 2. Panoramic view: from the German tribes until  World War I. 3.The Weimar Republic. 4. The Third Reich. 5. The post-war period. 6. The Federal Republic of Germany. 7. The German Democratic Republic. 8. The reunification of Germany. 6. Germany at the turn of the 20th century.

Mandatory literature

Demandt, Alexander; Über die Deutschen: Eine kleine Kulturgeschichte, Berlin, Propyläen Verlag, 2009
Kolinsky, Eva / Wilfried van der Will (eds.); The Cambridge Companion to Modern German Culture, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2002
Fulbrook, Mary (ed.); Twentieth-Century Germany: Politics, Culture and Society, 1918-1990, London, Arnold, 2001
Luscher, Renate; Landeskunde Deutschland: Von der Wende bis heute , München, Hueber Verlag, 2014
Schildt, Axel / Detlef Siegfried; Deutsche Kulturgeschichte. Die Bundesrepublik von 1945 bis zur Gegenwart, München, Carl Hanser Verlag, 2009

Teaching methods and learning activities

Emphasis on theory-practical components to stimulate the active participation of students.

Software

Power Point
Word

keywords

Humanities > History > Contemporary History

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Teste	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	30,00
Estudo autónomo	76,00
Trabalho de investigação	56,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Passing the various assessment items.

Calculation formula of final grade

Weighted average of the assessment components (tests and exam). Final average of the subject weighted as follows: exam – 60%; tests – 40%.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Internship work/project

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

In accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.

Observations

Teaching language: Portuguese. Bibliography: German and, whenever possible, English, French and Spanish.