Bachelor of Arts (BA) - The University of Hong Kong

Prerequisites: German II.1 or comparable level acquired elsewhere. Students wishing to be admittedto German III.1 without having enrolled in German II.1 previously will have to satisfythe Faculty Board through the Director of the Language Centre that they have attainedelsewhere a standard adequate to enable them to complete the course satisfactorily.Examination: The Examination for this course consists of one three-hour paper and a courseworkassessment element. In addition, the examination also includes an oral examination.Assessment: Coursework assessment shall count 40% of the grade awarded for German III.1.Coursework may include the following: (i) periodic assignments; (ii) progress tests; and(iii) other coursework as prescribed.235LANG3008.Lektürekurs (Reading course) (3 credits)This course will only be offered during the first semester. It enhances and extends the language skillsacquired during the first and second year through systematic study in the form of text analysis,discussion, translation, etc. of contemporary texts and documents written in different styles such asnewspaper and magazine articles, songs etc. drawn from current affairs and life in Germany.Prerequisites: German II.1 or comparable level acquired elsewhere. Students wishing to be admitted toReading Course without having enrolled in German II.1 previously will have to satisfythe Faculty Board through the Director of the Language Centre that they have attainedelsewhere a standard adequate to enable them to complete the course satisfactorily.Students may not enrol in Reading Course without enrolling in German III.1 unlessthey have previously attained a standard adequate to enable them to complete the coursesatisfactorily.Assessment: Coursework assessment shall count 100% of the grade awarded for Reading Course.Coursework may include the following: (i) periodic assignments; (ii) IT projects; and (iii)other coursework as prescribed.This course will be offered in the first semester.LANG3009. Auszüge aus der deutschen Literatur (Extracts from German literature) (3credits)This course will only be offered during the second semester. It will introduce students to works of themost prominent German writers through the study of selected readings in German from differentperiods of German literature. The main emphasis will be on 20th century texts.Prerequisites: German II.1 or comparable level acquired elsewhere. Students wishing to be admitted toExtracts from German Literature without having enrolled in German II.1 previouslywill have to satisfy the Faculty Board through the Director of the Language Centre thatthey have attained elsewhere a standard adequate to enable them to complete the coursesatisfactorily. Students may not enrol in Extracts from German Literature withoutenrolling in German III.1 unless they have previously attained a standard adequate toenable them to complete the course satisfactorily.Assessment: Coursework assessment shall count 100% of the grade awarded for Extracts fromGerman Literature. Coursework may include the following: (i) periodic assignments;(ii) (IT) projects; and (iii) other coursework as prescribed.This course will be offered in the second semester.LANG3010.Projektkurs (German project) (3 credits)In this course students will study in depth an approved topic of their choice in German. They willpresent their findings in class and submit a written project of around 2,000 words in German at the endof the course. Students wishing to enrol in this course are encouraged to make use of their stay inGermany to collect materials for their project.