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.
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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!
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.