1997 QUT Handbook

light major themes in the development of European society
and culture since 1945.
Courses: ED50, HU20, IF36
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ HUB721 THE CLASSICAL WORLD
The emergence and development of European society from
earliest times to 500 AD; in alternate semesters it examines
the major political, social and economic trends in classical
Greek or Roman society.
Courses: ED50, HU20, IF36
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ HUB722 FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN EUROPE
The formation of modern Europe from the late Middle Ages
to the end of the eighteenth century; the emergence of secularism
and the rise of nation states.
Courses: ED50, HU20, IF36
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ HUB723 WAR & REVOLUTION IN EUROPE 1914-
1945
This subject selectively examines political, social, economic
and intellectual developments in Europe from 1914-1945
Courses: HU20, IF36, ED50
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ HUB724 NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH
LITERATURE & CULTURE
Focuses on two major literary genres: the novel and poetry;
their evolution and variety in a time of profound economic,
political and social change in England between 1790 and 1880;
examines the variety of response of a number of literary artists
to these changes and the ways narrative and verse forms
were adapted and evolved.
Courses: ED50, HU20, IF36
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ HUB725 TWENTIETH CENTURY ENGLISH
LITERATURE & CULTURE
Critical analysis of key British literary texts of the twentieth
century (prose, poetry, drama); the theoretical and cultural
movements that underpin them.
Courses: ED50, HU20, IF36
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ HUB727 EUROPEAN LITERATURE & IDENTITY
Explores selected European literary texts from different periods
and regions with a focus on identity e.g. gender, individual
development, sexual and social relations, normality and
abnormality, crime and the problems of evil, imagination and
fantasy.
Courses: ED50, HU20, IF36
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ HUB728 POPULAR LITERATURE (ADVANCED
SEMINAR)
Explores the psychological, political and ideological functions
of popular literature by studying texts from different genres.
Normally taken by third and fourth year (Honours) students.
Courses: ED50, HU20, IF36
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ HUB729 SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare is examined both in his own time and the present
to analyse the dominance of this cultural icon; emphasises
recent theoretical and performance strategies in Shakespearian
genre studies.
Courses: ED50, HU20, IF36
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ HUB730 GENDER, WRITING &
REPRESENTATION
Examines ways gender has been represented in literary and nonliterary
texts; identifies cultural contexts in which women write
and are represented; examines nineteenth and twentieth century
texts by European writers by and about women and men.
Courses: ED50, HU20, IF36
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
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■ HUB735 GERMAN 1
The first of two introductory units in the German language
for students with little or no previous knowledge of German.
Students study authentic video material using interactive videodisc
technology and complete communicative class activities
to equip them with the basic communication skills for
everyday use and for some workplace situations.
Courses: BS56, ED50, ED51, HU20, IF36, SC30, IF70
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ HUB736 GERMAN 2
The second of two introductory units in the German language
for students with little or not previous knowledge of German.
Students study authentic video material using interactive videodisc
technology and complete communicative class activities
to equip them with basic communication skills for everyday
use and for some workplace situations.
Courses: BS56, ED50, ED51, HU20, IF36, SC30, IF70
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ HUB737 GERMAN 3
Designed for students who have completed Year 12 German
or its equivalent or HUB736; consolidates the skills of speaking,
listening, reading and writing using authentic video, interactive
computer exercises, classroom communication activities,
and written language and grammar assignments. Topics
promote socio-cultural awareness and cover several areas
of business and workplace language use.
Courses: BS56, ED50, ED51, HU20, IF36, SC30, IF70
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ HUB738 GERMAN 4
Continues consolidation of the skills of speaking, listening,
reading and writing using authentic video, interactive computer
exercises, classroom communication activities, and written
language and grammar assignments. Central to this unit
are the events of 1989 and their consequences for contemporary
German society, as well as an expansion of the social and
linguistic skills necessary for students to function in a German-speaking
workplace.
Courses: BS56, ED50, HU20, IF36, SC30, IF70
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ HUB739 GERMAN 5
Develops linguistic competence in the German language to
a higher level through intensive study of syntax and vocabulary
expansion exercises. More complex reading texts found
in German work environments are analysed and students are
introduced to German post-war cultural history through a
variety of more demanding authentic texts.
Courses: BS56, ED50, ED51, HU20, IF36, IF70F
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ HUB740 GERMAN 6
Continuation of the development of the language skills necessary
for more demanding interactions. Students also expand
their knowledge of German culture through legends, fairytales,
songs and German news broadcasts on interactive
CDROMs. Further business German texts are studied to prepare
students to function in a German work environment.
Courses: BS56, ED50, ED51, HU20, IF36, SC30, IF70
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ HUB741 GERMAN 7
Develops linguistic competence in the German language to
an advanced level. A survey of literary texts from Lessing to
contemporary German writers forms a basis for grammatical,
stylistic and linguistic analysis and feature films are used to
increase students’ range of spoken registers and expression.
Courses: BS56, ED50, ED51, HU20, IF36, SC30, IF70
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ HUB742 GERMAN 8
Develops linguistic competence in the German language to
the level necessary for dealing with complex linguistic interactions
and texts. Students continue their journey into German
literature, but explore different genres, including humour,
satire, and other amusing or ‘besinnliche’ narrative fiction.