Contemporary German Culture

Code:

LA002

Acronym:

CACON

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	German Studies

Instance: 2020/2021 - 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	41	LA - Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
LLC	14	LLC - Monodisciplinary Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
			2
			3
		LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Two Foreign Languages)	2	-	6	52	162
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese
Obs.: As aulas serão lecionadas em Português.

Objectives

Learning outcomes and competences

 

 Through a systematic study of the phenomena and of the political, economic and social contexts that characterize the history of Germany in the in the second half of the XIX century and the first half of the XX century, the students will get a detailed, rigorous and multifaceted knowledge of the contemporary Germany.

Working method

B-learning

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Not applicable

Program

 

 

Politics, Economy, Society and Culture from the II to III Reich. Reich

1. Otto von Bismarck and Wilhelm II
2. The Turn of the Century.
3. The Weimar Republic.
4. The III Reich.

Mandatory literature

Alfred Opitz (coord); Sociedade e Cultura Alemãs, Universidade Aberta, 1998
Kolinsky, Eva et alii; The Cambridge Companion to Modern German Culture, Kolinsky, Eva / Wilfried van der Will , 2002. ISBN: ISBN 978-0521-56870-6
Carr, William,; A History of Germany, 1815-1990, London, Arnold,, 2004
Kitchen, Martin ; História da Alemanha moderna : de 1800 aos dias de hoje, São Paulo : Culturix, , 2013

Comments from the literature

During the semester databases on the themes of the course will be referred to the students.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Emphasis on theory-practical components to stimulate the active participation of students. Use of audio-visual media, namely computer (especially power-point) and data-show, but also Moodle.

Software

Power Point

keywords

Humanities > History > Contemporary History

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	70,00
Participação presencial	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	106,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

In accordance with regulations in force at FLUP.

Calculation formula of final grade

Average of the exam grade and the grade of active participation.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Internship work/project

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

The improvement test (melhoria) will evaluate all the contents that are considered for the final examinationin the época normal and época de recurso.

Observations

Teaching language: Portuguese.
Students must have good skils in the Portuguese language, so that they can understand, speak and write Portuguese well 
Not suitable for English-speakers.