Courses in English 2009-10 The University of Graz; Graz, Austria http://www.uni-graz.at/en/bibwww/bibwww_students/bibwww_sincoming/bibwww_s_incoming-infos.htm/bibwww_s_in_en_course.htm *Course list below is from 2008-09 A. BUSINESS-RELATED COURSES I. Winter (October end of January; September intensive German language course is mandatory) 1. Introduction in the International Dimensions of Law 2. International Business Contracts 3. International Sales Transactions 4. Development of Private Law in South Eastern Europe 5. Empirical Accounting Research 6. Financial and Industrial Management I 7. Corporate Finance 8. Corporate Finance 2 9. Intermediate Microeconomics: Information and Market Failure 10. General Equilibrium 11. Economic Dynamics 12. Technical Progress and Economic Change 13. Economic Growth and Income Distribution 14. Corporate Finance 15. Doing Business in the Enlarged European Union 1 16. Cross-cultural Management of Intangible Resources I 17. Intermediate Microeconomics: Introduction to Game Theory 18. International Business Contracts II.Spring (March end of June; February intensive German language course is mandatory) 1. European Business Law in Practice 2. General Equilibrium Theory 3. Economics of Climate Change 4. Intermediate Microeconomics: Production and Supply 5. Intermediate Microeconomics: Perfect and Imperfect Competition 6. Intermediate Macroeconomics: Inflation and Business Cycles 7. Doing Business in the Enlarged European Union II 8. International Cooperation and Concentrations 1 9. Financial Sciences 10. Intermediate Microeconomics: Consumption and Demand 11. Intermediate Microeconomics: General Equilibrium Theory and Welfare Economics
2 NON-BUSINESS COURSES I. Winter A. Department of American Studies 1.Seminar in Anglophone Cultures: Gender and Film 2. American Short Story after 1945 3. American Cultural Studies: Ethnicities and Race 4. Review: American Postmodernist Writings 5. American Cultural Studies: Borders and Rims: The Border Zones of American Studies 6. British and American Cultural Studies: Foundation Course 7. Modern American Literary Criticism 8. American Cultural Studies: What is America? 9. Postmodernism in Recent American Drama and Theatre 10. Introduction to Literary Studies I 11. Review: The Concept of the Frontier in 19 th Century American Literature B. Department of English Studies 12. Canadian Literature (From the Beginnings to the Present) 13. Poetry into Song: Classical and Popular 14: Introduction to the History of the English Language 15. British and American Cultural Studies: Foundation Course 16. Creative Writing 17. Contemporary British Culture 18. Highlights of English Poetry I 19. Contemporary British Plays 20. Review of English Literature: Late 17 th and 18 th Centuries 21. Introduction to English Linguistics 22. The Language of Alternative Lifestyles (Linguistic Projectseminar) 23. British Cultural Studies (British Cultural Identities) 24. Review of English Linguistics 25. Pragmatics of Human-Computer Interaction 26. Language in Context 27. James Joyce 28. Review of English Literature: the 19 th Century 29. English and the Languages of Europe 30. Discourse Semantics 31. British Cultural Studies (The British Educational System) 32. Marlowe, Poet and Playwright: the Dramatic Work in its Time C. Department of Information Processing in the Humanities 33. Standards for Digital Encoding 34. Introduction to Human Languages Technologies 35. The History and Future of the Internet D. Department of Archaeology
3 36. Spatial and Landscape Archaeology Concepts and Methods E. Department of History 37. Austria and Central Europe from the Middle Ages to 1700: The Impact of Basic Structures on Historical Development and Events F. Department of Mathematics and Scientific Computing 38. Optimization 2 39. Time Series Analysis 40. Factorization Analysis 41. Optimization and Control in Physiological Systems (Techniques of Mathematical Modeling and Analysis) 42. Advanced Programming based on C++ and LINUX/UNIX 43. Instruction for Scientific Workings in Applied Mathematics 44. Instruction for Scientific Workings in Mathematical Modeling 45. Instruction for Scientific Workings in Numerics for Partial Differential Equations G. Department of Physics 46. Quantum Field Theory 47. Thermal Field Theory 48. Current Problems in Solid State Physics 49. Physical Climatology (System Earth and Climate Change) 50. Physics of Solar Flares and CMEs ** other courses in this Department are listed on the website H. Department of Old Testament Studies & Department of Fundamental Theology 51. Religion and Religiosity in Arts and Media I. Department of Austrian, European and Comparative Public Law, Political Science and Public Administration 52. Space Law and Space Policy Seminar 53. Introduction into Political Sciences 54. Law of Art and Culture Seminar J. Department of Civil Law and Foreign and International Private Law 55.Introduction in the International Dimensions of Law 56. Development of Private Law in South Eastern Europe K. Department of International Law and International Relations 57. The European Human Rights Order: Standard Setting and Monitoring 58. International Human Rights Law 59. Regionalism in Europe: Europe of or with Regions 60. Human Security in International Law (Introduction into Scientific Working in International Law)
4 II. Spring A. Coordination Centre for Gender Research, Women s Studies and Affirmative Action for Women 1. The functioning and impact of binary gender images B. Department of American Studies 2. Seminar in Anglophone Cultures: American/Cultural Studies 3. American Cultural Studies: Ethnicities and Migration 4. American Cultural Studies: The New American Studies 5. British and American Cultural Studies: Foundation Course 6. American Modernism 7. Introduction to Literary Studies II 8. Seminar in Anglophone Cultures: Film and History 9. Review: American Literature 1800-1860 10. American Cultural Studies: The History of Communication Studies in the United States 11. Review: American Literature in the 20 th Century 12. Postmodern American Literary Criticism 13. Introduction to Literary Studies I 14. American Drama C. Department of English Studies 1. Contemporary British Culture 2. A Brief History of English Fiction based on Opening Pages 3. Henry James: Fiction-Film-Opera 4. Neo-modernism in Contemporary Novels in English? 5. Introduction to the History of the English Language 6. Short Stories in English 7. Pillars of Rock: Classic Pop and Rock Songs and Their Lyrics: the 1960s and 1970s 8. Review of English Literature: the 20 th Century 9. Highlights of English Poetry II 10. British Cultural Studies (Democracy in Britain) 11. Introduction to Literary Studies II 12. Review of English Literature: Middle Ages to 17 th Century 13. Language, Brain and Cognitive Development 14. English Romanticism Seminar 15. The Language of Sexuality Seminar 16. Introduction to English Linguistics 17. British Cultural Studies (British Cultural Identities) 18. British Cultural Studies (Significant Chapters of British History) 19. Review of English Literature: Middle Ages to 17 th Century 20. British Cultural Studies (Democracy in Britain) D. Department of Archaeology 21. Beyond the Limits: Greeks and Romans Outside the Mediterranean
5 22. The Hellenistic World 23. The Frontiers of the Roman Empire E. Department of History 24. Austria and Central Europe from the 18 th century 25. Introduction to the Study of History F. Department of Earth Sciences 26. Geological Mapping Course 27. Stratigraphy G. Department of Mathematics and Scientific Computing 28. Programming 29. Introduction to Numerical Mathematics 30. Optimization 31. Problem Section Optimization 32. Modeling with Partial Differential Equations 33. Optimization and Control in Physiological Systems (Biomedical Applications) 34. Instructions for Scientific Workings in Numerical Analysis **other courses can be found on the website. H. Department of Physics 35. Computational Physics 1: Linear Algebra 36. Projects in Theoretical Physics 37. Instruction to Scientific Workings in Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics 38. Molecular Semiconductors and Their Interfaces **other courses can be found on the website. L. Department of Austrian, European and Comparative Public Law, Political Science and Public Administration 39. International Politics 40. Austria Being Object of the Case-Law of the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice M. Department of Civil Law and Foreign and International Private Law 41. Comparative Law II 42. Islamic Law N. Department of European Legal Studies 43. The European Union s External Relations O. Department of International Law and International Relations 44. The Law of Armed Conflict 45. The Development of International Law: Alternatives to Treaty Making 46. State Responsibility