The Vienna Program welcomes sophomores, juniors, and seniors with a sense of adventure and a commitment to academic achievement. Each semester local faculty members, experts in their field, offer four carefully selected core academic courses. In addition a U.S. visiting faculty member teaches one specialty course. All courses, with the exception of German language, are taught in English. No prior German language is required.

Private music instruction is available at an additional fee by request. Write to us at askaha@uoregon.edu for more information.

COURSE LISTINGS

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WINTER QUARTER/SPRING SEMESTER 2010
German Language (mandatory)
Crosscultural Communication / Crosscultural Perspectives (mandatory)
European Cities: Geography, History, and Social Structure
International Human Rights
Birthplace of Psychoanalysis: Psychology in Vienna
Intercultural Communication in Global Organizations
Music and Culture in Vienna: Classicism to Romanticism

SUMMER TERM 2010
Vienna: City of Music
Private Music performance instruction
Beginning German language (mandatory)

FALL SEMESTER 2010
German Language (mandatory)
Crosscultural Communication / Crosscultural Perspectives (mandatory)
Unified Regions - Separated Nations - European Union: Central European History in the 19th and 20th Century
The Political Economy of European Integration
Global Problem Solving: The Role of International Organizations
Vienna 1900: Fin De Siècle Vienna and its Cultural Achievements
Imagining Vienna: Historical Memory and the Cultural Construction of Vienna

WINTER QUARTER/SPRING SEMESTER 2011
German Language (mandatory)
Crosscultural Communication / Crosscultural Perspectives (mandatory)
European Cities: Geography, History, and Social Structure
International Human Rights
Birthplace of Psychoanalysis: Psychology in Vienna
Intercultural Communication in Global Organizations
Music and Culture in Vienna: Classicism to Romanticism
Song to Dance: Musical Vienna!

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

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German Language (mandatory)
German Language Beginning  German Language Intermediate  German Language Advanced
(60 contact hours/semester or 50 contact hours/quarter)
Transition into life in Vienna and gain better access to Austrian culture through practical language and conversation skill development. German language courses are offered at multiple levels.

Crosscultural Communication / Crosscultural Perspectives (15 contact hours - mandatory)
Examine both the academic and experiential nature of cross-cultural communications. Analyze and process your personal intercultural experience in Vienna.

Unified Regions - Separated Nations - European Union: Central European History in the 19th and 20th Century (45 contact hours)
Discover the political, social and cultural history of the Central European region from the last decades of the Habsburg Monarchy up to present times. Explore Austria and Vienna in the context of the whole Central European region and its history.

European Cities: Geography, History, and Social Structure
(40 contact hours/quarter or 45 contact hours/semester) Winter/Spring 2010
Develop a deeper understanding of European cities with the goal of comprehending the social and geographical diversity and complexity of cities. Study interdisciplinary perspectives on the city's structures and histories.

International Human Rights
(40 contact hours/quarter or 45 contact hours/semester)
Discover the increasingly important role of human rights at both the national and international levels. Study the history of human rights and its basic philosophical ideas. Explore the development of national protection of basic rights to the internationalization of human rights after WWII.

Music and Culture in Vienna: Classicism to Romanticism
(40 contacts hours/quarter or 45 contact hours/semester)
Examine the development of the Classical style and the emergence of Romanticism in Vienna. Explore the culture, politics and art that influenced Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert.

Birthplace of Psychoanalysis: Psychology in Vienna
(40 contacts hours/quarter or 45 contact hours/semester)
Learn about the development and meaning of psychology in early twentieth-century Vienna; acquire knowledge about one of its main schools, depth psychology; and study individual psychology, social pedagogy, and Freudian psychoanalysis. Focus will include the glorious period at the beginning of the century, as well as the dark chapter in psychology and medicine during the Nazi regime and how the country is reconciling this past.

The Political Economy of European Integration (45 contact hours)
Explore the process of integrations in Europe today. Examine the political background, institutional organization and decision-making process of the European Union. Study the economic benefits which theory predicts will accrue when successive stages of integrations are attained.

Global Problem Solving: The Role of International Organizations (45 contact hours)
Discover the ever growing global interdependence, the major problems and challenges at the international level and the response of the international community. Special emphasis is placed on the United Nations and other international organizations based in Vienna.

Vienna 1900: Fin De Siècle Vienna and its Cultural Achievements (45 contact hours)
Discover fin-de-siecle Vienna as a culturally fertile era, in which a surprising number of outstanding personalities not only lived and worked, but were in constant contact with each other.  Examine aspects of the diverse culture of this time with specialists from the fields of history, literature, music, arts, psychology and philosophy.

Private Music Performance Instruction
Take private performance lessons from members of the Vienna Philharmonic, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and other professionals. Instruction is arranged on-site. For more information contact contact us at askaha@uoregon.edu.

WINTER QUARTER/SPRING SEMESTER 2010 U.S. VISITING FACULTY MEMBER COURSE

Instructor: Dr. Jim Melton, Professor of Business Information Systems, Central Michigan University

Intercultural Communication in Global Organizations
(40 contacts hours/quarter or 45 contact hours/semester) 
Experience the city of Vienna as a living and historical laboratory to study intercultural communication. Visit cultural and historical sites in and around the city, participate in research projects, and examine communication in global organizations.

FALL SEMESTER 2010 U.S. VISITING FACULTY MEMBER COURSE

Instructor: Robert Goodrich, Associate Professor of History, Northern Michigan University.

Imagining Vienna: Historical Memory and the Cultural Construction of Vienna (45 contact hours)
Examine Vienna's imperial past as it is reflected in its architecture, literature, art, and popular myths. Explore its continued reputation as a primary cultural center of Europe. Discover how modern Vienna has been shaped by this past and also how it attempts to redefine that past to quit the present.

WINTER QUARTER/SPRING SEMESTER 2011 U.S. VISITING FACULTY COURSE

Instructor: Fredna Grimland, Professor of Music, Southern Oregon University

Song to Dance: Musical Vienna! (40 contacts hours/quarter or 45 contact hours/semester)
Discover five of the greatest composers of the Western World. Attend concerts in halls and cathedrals see composers' homes, birthplaces, museums, and perhaps even their graves. Experience the rich musical life of the city of Vienna with emphasis on vocal music genre.
* Note:  No expertise in music reading is required.

SUMMER TERM 2010 U.S. VISITING FACULTY MEMBER COURSE

Instructors: Marlan and Angela Carlson, Professors of Music, Oregon State University

Beginning German Language (Summer term) (mandatory)
Transition into life in Vienna and gain better access to Austrian culture through practical language and conversation skill development. German language courses are offered at the beginning-level only during the summer term.

Vienna: City of Music
Since the mid-1800s Vienna has been one of the greatest musical centers of the world.  Study the great composers who lived and worked in the city, including Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, the Strauss family, Brahms, Mahler, Richard Strauss, Schönberg, Berg and Webern.

Private Music Performance Instruction
Take private performance lessons from members of the Vienna Philharmonic, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and other professionals. Instruction is arranged on-site. For more information contact contact us at askaha@uoregon.edu.

ACADEMIC CREDIT

All courses offered in Vienna are recognized and approved for academic credit by various MCSA and NCSA member institutions. Actual credit awarded is determined by the relevant department at your university in consultation with the study abroad office. Check with your study abroad adviser for more information.

Not all courses listed are offered every term.Course offerings are subject to change depending on enrollment and availability.