JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSIT Y LINZ

Courses taught in English

The courses listed in this brochure refer to the academic year 2010/11. For up-to-date course information please go to http://www.jku.at/exchange/courses

International Office of Johannes Kepler University Linz Altenberger Strasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria Tel.: +43-732-2468-3293 Fax: +43-732-2468-3294 E-mail: exchange@jku.at Web: http://www.jku.at/exchange May, 2011

COURSE OVERVIEW

Business, Economics and Social Sciences

Computer Science

Mathematics

Chemistry

Physics

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Law

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German as a Foreign Language

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Business, Economics and Social Sciences courses taught in English

Hours per ECTS week Credits 2 4,00 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3,00 4,00 3,00 3,00 6,00 3,00 2,00 4,00 4,00 3,00 4,00 3,00 3,00 2,00 2,00 3,00 4,00 4,00 4,00 2,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 2,00 3,00 4,00 3,00 3,00 6,00 4,00 6,00 6,00 6,00 6,00 6,00 6,00 6,00
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Sem. Title WS Advanced Exchange Rate Theory WS Advanced Topics in Organization and Innovation Studies WS Assorted aspects of social and intercultural competence WS Balance of Payments and Exchange Rates WS Comparative Social Policy WS Cross Cultural Management WS Current Issues in International Management WS Econometrics II WS Game Theory WS Global Accounting and Control: A Managerial Emphasis WS Income, Employment and Financial Markets WS Industrial Psychology WS International Business WS Managerial Economics WS International Financial Markets 1 WS International Financial Markets 2 WS International Market Entry WS Macroeconomics II WS Managing People and Organizations WS Microeconomics II WS Microeconomics II WS Second Seminar in Accounting WS Seminar Guest Professor English (C2) - Aspects of Global Business WS Seminar Guest Professor English (C2) - Creative Problem-Solving in Management

Course Type Intensive Course Seminar Seminar Intensive Course Intensive Course Seminar Seminar Interactive Course Intensive Course Intensive Course Interactive Course Seminar Intensive Course Intensive Course Intensive Course Interactive Course Interactive Course Intensive Course Intensive Course Intensive Course Interactive Course Seminar Seminar Seminar Intensive Course Interactive Course Intensive Course Interactive Course Interactive Course Seminar Seminar Intensive Course Intensive Course Intensive Course Intensive Course Intensive Course Intensive Course Intensive Course

WS Seminar Preparation English (Guest Professor) (C2) WS Special Topics in International Management WS Welfare Economics WS Advanced Topics in Global Strategic Management WS Global Strategic Management WS International Business Project WS Seminar Applied International Marketing WS Master Course Creating Strategic Advantages WS Master Course Financial Accounting WS Master Course Managerial Accounting WS Master Course Advances in Strategic Change and Learning WS Master Course Organization WS Master Course Dimensions of Marketing Theory and Managerial Application

WS Master Course Corporate Finance

WS = Winter Semester (October - January), SS = Summer Semester (March - June)

Sem. Title SS Income Employment and Financial Markets SS Free political speech in Austria and Great Britain: Past and Present SS Comparative Social Policy SS Politics in Europe SS Industrial Psychology SS Balance of Payments and Exchange Rates SS International Economics, Finance and Macroeconomics SS Managerial Economics SS Advanced Labor Economics SS International Market Entry SS International Business SS Current Issues in International Management SS Cross Cultural Management SS Special Topics in International Management SS Second Seminar in Accounting SS Behavioural Management Accounting SS International Financial Markets 1 SS International Financial Markets 2 SS Seminar Special Topics English (C2): Cross-cultural Virtual Teams SS Seminar Preparation English (C2): Cross-cultural Virtual Teams SS SS SS Seminar Guest Professor English (C2): Strategic Decisions in Business Seminar Guest Professor English (C2): Strategic Decision-Making and Innovation in International Business Seminar Preparation English (C2): Strategic Decision-Making and Innovation in International Business

Hours per ECTS week Credits Interactive Course 2 3,00 Course Type Lecture Intensive Course Interactive Course Seminar Intensive Course Interactive Course Intensive Course Lecture and Tutorial Interactive Course Intensive Course Seminar Seminar Interactive Course Seminar Intensive Course Intensive Course Interactive Course Seminar Intensive Course Seminar Seminar Intensive Course Seminar Interactive Course Intensive Course Intensive Course Intensive Course Intensive Course Interactive Course Interactive Course Interactive Course Seminar Intensive Course Intensive Course Intensive Course Intensive Course 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 4,00 3,00 3,00 4,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 4,00 3,00 6,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 2,00 2,00 3,00 2,00 3,00 3,00 2,00 2,00 2,00 4,00 4,00 4,00 4,00 2,00 3,00 3,00 6,00 6,00 6,00 6,00 6,00

SS Assorted Aspects of Intercultural Competence SS Macroeconomics I SS The Multinational Firm in the Global Economy SS Financial Economics and Risk SS Advanced Trade Policy SS Game Theory SS Econometrics I SS Global Strategic Management SS Advanced Topics in Global Strategic Management SS International Business Project SS Master Course Finance SS Master Course Organization SS Master Course Advances in Strategic Change and Learning SS Master Course Creating Strategic Advantages

WS = Winter Semester (October - January), SS = Summer Semester (March - June)

Computer Science courses taught in English

Sem. Title WS Exercises in Bioinformatics WS Bioinformatics WS Numerical and symbolical methods for Bioinformatics WS Bioinformatics I: sequence analysis and phylogenetics WS Seminar Bioinformatics WS Project Bioinformatics WS Computer-Based Working Environments WS Fundamentals of Numerical Analysis and Symbolic Computation WS Special Functions I WS Project Practical WS Systems Programming WS Systems Programming WS Artificial Intelligence WS Computer Architecture 1 WS Software Engineering WS Artificial Intelligence WS Computer Architecture 1 WS Bioinformatics WS Software Engineering WS Special Topics in Computer Science: Probabilistic Data Mining WS Special Topics in Software Engineering: Rich Client Programming Plugging into the NetBeans Platform Course Type Tutorial Lecture Combined Course Combined Course Seminar Practical Training Combined Course Combined Course Tutorial Practical Training Practical Training Practical Training Tutorial Tutorial Tutorial Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Combined Course Combined Course Combined Course Combined Course Combined Course Combined Course Combined Course Combined Course Combined Course Lecture Combined Course Combined Course Tutorial Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Practical Training Tutorial Lecture Seminar Hours per ECTS week Credits 2 3,20 2 2 4 2 4 1 2 1 5 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 5 1 2 2 2,60 3,00 6,00 3,00 9,00 1,50 1,50 1,50 7,50 3,00 3,00 1,50 1,50 1,50 3,00 4,50 3,00 3,00 1,50 1,50 1,50 1,50 1,50 1,50 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 4,50 3,00 1,50 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 7,50 1,50 3,00 3,00 4

WS Special Topics in Software Engineering: Software Development in C# WS Special Topics in Software Engineering: .NET-Technology WS Special Topics in Software Engineering: JavaFX Game Development WS Special Topics in Software Engineering: Semantic Web Technologies: Fundamentals, Tools, Case Studies

WS Special Topics in Computer Science: Exploratory Data Analysis WS Special Topics in Computer Science: Location Based Security WS Special Topics in Computer Science: Linux on System-Z WS Special Topics in Software Engineering: Autonomous Mobile Roboters WS Special Topics in Computer Science: Computer Algebra WS Mobile Computing WS Theoretical Concepts of Machine Learning WS Computer Vision WS Debugging WS Interactive Rendering and Visualization WS Theoretical Concepts of Machine Learning WS Practical in Computer Science WS Model Checking WS Model Checking WS Formal Verification

WS = Winter Semester (October - January), SS = Summer Semester (March - June)

Sem. Title WS Computer Graphics WS Computer Architecture 1 WS Practical in Pervasive Computing WS Pervasive Computing Infrastructure WS Pervasive Computing Infrastructure WS Seminar in Pervasive Computing: Reality Mining WS Formal Methods in Software Development SS Software Development II SS Project Practical SS Computer Architecture 2 SS Computer Graphics SS Formal Models SS Computer Architecture 2 SS Computer Graphics SS Formal Models SS

Course Type Seminar Seminar Practical Training Tutorial Lecture Seminar Combined Course Tutorial Practical Training Tutorial Tutorial Tutorial Lecture Lecture Lecture

Hours per ECTS week Credits 2 3,00 2 5 1 2 2 3 2 5 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 1 2 2 5 1 2 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 2 4 3,00 7,50 1,50 3,00 3,00 4,50 3,00 7,50 1,50 1,50 1,50 3,00 3,00 3,00 1,50 1,50 1,50 3,00 3,00 4,50 4,50 4,50 3,00 3,00 1,50 3,00 3,00 7,50 1,50 3,00 3,00 3,00 4,50 4,50 1,50 1,50 3,00 3,00 3,00 6,00

Special Topics in Networks and Security: Avoiding Stranded ITCombined Course Investments Special Topics in Software Engineering: Design and Implementation of SS Combined Course Domain-specific Languages SS Special Topics in Software Engineering: Programming Java EE6 SS Special Topics in Computer Science: Visual Computing Special Topics in Software Engineering: Formal Specification of SS Software SS Special Topics in Computer Science: Verifikation SS Special Topics in Computer Science: Music Information Retrieval SS Special Topics in Networks and Security: System Security SS Engineering of Software-intensive Systems: Model Driven System Architecture Lecture Combined Course Combined Course Combined Course Combined Course Combined Course Combined Course Combined Course Combined Course Lecture Lecture Practical Training Tutorial Lecture Seminar Seminar Combined Course Combined Course Tutorial Tutorial Lecture Lecture Combined Course Combined Course

SS System Software SS Wireless LANs SS Advanced Model Checking SS Information Displays SS Practical in Computer Science SS Cooperative Systems SS Cooperative Systems SS Computer Vision SS Computer Architecture 2 SS Machine Learning and Pattern Classification SS Mixed Reality Systems SS Pervasive Computing Systems Development SS Unconventional User Interaction SS Pervasive Computing Systems Development SS Unconventional User Interaction SS Software engineering SS Practical software technology

WS = Winter Semester (October - January), SS = Summer Semester (March - June)

Mathematics courses taught in English

Sem. Title WS Computer algebra WS Numerical methods for partial differential equations WS Information systems WS Computational Mathematics WS Numerical methods for partial differential equations WS Special topics: Optimization methods for image processing WS Programming project symbolic computation WS Computer-Algebra I WS Algorithmic Combinatorics I WS Analytical Combinatorics WS Analytical Combinatorics WS Special topics: Homologic Algebra WS Special topics: Computer Algebra Systems WS Special topics: Symbolic Summation and Special Functions I WS Special topics: Algebraic Topology WS Lecture series symbolic computation WS Logic programming WS Project seminar: Formal Methods I WS Project seminar: Theorema: Automated Reasoning in N WS Mathematical logic 1 WS Design and analysis of algorithms WS Decidable logical theories WS Special topics: Fine-Grained Parallel Computing WS Special topics: Automated Theorem Proving 2 WS Special topics: Introduction into Multicore Programming WS Special topics: Fixpoint Theory of Functional Programs WS Thinking, Speaking, Writing: Understanding and Creating Mathematical Proofs Course Type Combined Course Lecture Combined Course Seminar Tutorial Lecture Combined Course Seminar Seminar Tutorial Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Combined Course Seminar Seminar Tutorial Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Tutorial Lecture Seminar Combined Course ECTS Hours per week Credits 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 4 4,50 6,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 1,50 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 1,50 3,00 3,00 3,00 1,50 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 1,50 3,00 3,00 6,00 6

WS Thinking, Speaking, Writing: Communication of Scientific Results WS Special topics: Galois Theory WS Special topics: Galois Theory WS Algebraic Spline Curves and Surfaces WS Formal methods in software development

WS = Winter Semester (October - January), SS = Summer Semester (March - June)

Sem. Title WS Mathematical logic 1 SS Special Functions II SS Dynamical systems and chaos SS Fast solvers SS Numerical methods for elliptic equations SS Numerical methods in continuum mechanics 1 SS Fast solvers SS Programming in Mathematica SS Programming project symbolic computation SS Computer Algebra II SS Algorithmic Combinatorics II SS Seminar SS Algorithmic Combinatorics SS Commutative algebra and algebraic geometry SS Special topics: Computer Algebra II: Groebner Bases SS Special topics: Symbolische Lineare Algebra SS Special topics: Orthogonale Polynome und Symbolic Computation SS Special topics: Symbolic Summation and Special Functions II SS Lecture series symbolic computation SS Functional programming SS Mathematical Theory Exp SS Set Theory and Logical Foundations II SS Formal semantics of programming languages SS Rewriting in computer science and logic SS Automated Reasoning Systems SS Formal Models of Parallel and Distributed Systems SS Formal Languages and Formal Grammars (Part I) SS Algebraic Spline Curves and Surfaces SS Dynamical systems and chaos SS Numerical methods for elliptic equations SS Numerical methods in continuum mechanics 1 SS Algorithmic combinatorics SS Commutative algebra and algebraic geometry

Course Type Lecture Tutorial Tutorial Tutorial Tutorial Tutorial Lecture Combined Course Combined Course Seminar Seminar Seminar Tutorial Tutorial Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Combined Course Seminar Seminar Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Seminar Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture

Hours ECTS per week Credits 4 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 4 6,00 1,50 1,50 1,50 3,00 1,50 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 1,50 1,50 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 1,50 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 6,00 3,00 3,00 6,00

WS = Winter Semester (October - January), SS = Summer Semester (March - June)

Chemistry courses taught in English

Sem. Title WS Polymeric Materials 1 WS Excercises Spectroscopy and Structure Elucidation II WS Spectroscopy and Structure Elucidation II WS Advanced NMR 1 WS Organic Chemistry III (Natural Products) WS Stereochemistry WS Physical Chemistry of Macromolecules WS Polymer Chemistry 2 WS Bionics - biomimetic Materials and Polymers WS Dendritic and hyperbranched polymers WS Molecularly Imprinted Polymers WS Synthesis and Characterisation of Polymer Products WS Photochemistry WS Seminar in Biophysical Chemistry WS Introduction to the Analytical Laboratory WS Instrumental Analysis WS Bachelor Seminar Biological Chemistry JKU (incl. Bachelor Thesis) WS Chemical Calculations WS Introduction I to General Chemistry WS General and Inorganic Chemistry 1 WS Physics for Biological Chemistry 1 WS Exercises in Mathematics for Chemists 1 WS Mathematics for Chemists 1 WS Exercises in Physical Chemistry 1 WS Physical Chemistry 1 WS Practical Course in General Chemistry WS General and Inorganic Chemistry I WS Laboratory Course of Organic Chemistry I WS Physical Chemistry I WS Industrial Biotechnology WS Advanced works seminar WS Seminar in Computational Biology SS Characterization and Testing of Polymeric Materials 1 SS Physical and theoretical Chemistry SS Chemical Interactions in Polymers SS Polymerization Techniques Course Type Lecture Tutorial Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Seminar Lecture Lecture Seminar Combined Course Lecture Lecture Combined Course Tutorial Lecture Tutorial Lecture Practical Course Lecture Practical Course Lecture Lecture Seminar Seminar Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture ECTS Hours per week Credits 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 4 1 2 2 1 4 4 4 7 4 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 4,00 1,60 1,30 1,30 2,60 2,60 3,90 2,60 1,30 1,30 1,30 1,30 2,60 1,60 1,30 2,60 5,80 3,20 1,30 5,20 1,60 3,20 2,60 1,60 5,20 4,80 5,20 8,40 5,20 2,60 3,00 1,60 2,50 2,60 1,30 2,60 8

WS = Winter Semester (October - January), SS = Summer Semester (March - June)

Sem. Title SS Bionics - biomimetic Materials and Polymers SS Dendritic and hyperbranched polymers SS Functional Polymers SS Molecularly Imprinted Polymers SS Physics and Chemistry of Organic Semiconductors SS Science and Technology of Organic Semiconductors SS Technical Biopolymers SS Biochemical Technologies SS Preparative Chemistry Laboratory for Biological Chemists SS Advanced NMR 2 SS Advanced NMR 2 SS Seminar in Computational Biology SS Current Topics in Structural Biochemistry SS Protein Science SS Proseminar to VO Organic Chemistry I SS Seminar on NMR-spectroscopy SS Bioorganic Chemistry SS Physical Organic Chemistry Seminar SS Synthesis and Characterisation of Polymer Products SS Laboratory of Instrumental Analysis SS Analytical Chemistry 1 SS Bachelor Seminar Biological Chemistry JKU SS Exercises in Mathematics for Chemists 2 SS Exercises in Physics for Biological Chemistry SS Mathematics for Chemists 2 SS Physics for Biological Chemistry 2 SS Organic Chemistry 1 SS Bioinformatics II: theoretical Bioinformatics and machine learning SS Bioinformatics II: theoretical Bioinformatics and machine learning SS Bioinformatics III: structural Bioinformatics and gene analysis SS Introduction to R with applications to bioinformatics SS Special Topics on Bioinformatics SS Laboratory Course of Analytical Chemistry I SS Exercises in Physical Chemistry II SS Exercises in Physical Chemistry II SS Physical Chemistry II SS Biochemistry

Course Type Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Seminar Lecture Lecture Practical Course Combined Course Combined Course Seminar Lecture Lecture Proseminar Seminar Seminar Seminar Lecture Practical Course Lecture Seminar Tutorial Tutorial Lecture Lecture Lecture Tutorial Lecture Combined Course Combined Course Combined Course Practical Course Tutorial Tutorial Lecture Lecture

ECTS Hours per week Credits 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 4 2 4 2 2 2 7 1 1 2 2 1,30 1,30 1,30 1,30 2,60 1,60 1,30 1,30 6,00 0,00 1,60 1,60 1,30 1,30 3,20 1,60 1,60 1,60 1,30 2,40 3,90 5,80 3,20 1,60 2,60 2,60 5,20 3,00 6,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 8,40 1,60 1,60 2,60 2,60

WS = Winter Semester (October - January), SS = Summer Semester (March - June)

Physics courses taught in English

Sem. Title WS Biophysics Laboratory WS Biophysics WS Fundamentals of Physics I (Mechanics, Thermodynamics) WS Introduction to programming I WS Literature seminar in semiconductor und solid state physics WS Literature seminar in surface and nano analytics WS Research seminar in surface and nano analytics WS Nanofabrication I WS Seminar in Nanoscience and -Technology WS Nanofabrication I WS Physics of low dimensional systems WS Computational Physics I WS Thermodynamics and fundamentals of statistical Physics WS Computational Physics I WS Laser physics WS Laser physics WS Seminar in applied physics WS Superconductivity and low temperature physics WS Special topics in atomic physics and surface science WS Special topics in Applied Physics: Biosensing with metallic nanoparticles Course Type Practical Course Lecture Tutorial Practical Course Seminar Seminar Seminar Practical Course Seminar Lecture Lecture Tutorial Tutorial Lecture Tutorial Lecture Seminar Tutorial Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Seminar Seminar Seminar Lecture Lecture Lecture Seminar Seminar Practical Course Lecture Hours ECTS per week Credits 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 1 2 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 6,00 3,00 3,00 1,50 3,00 3,00 4,50 1,50 1,50 3,00 1,50 3,00 3,00 1,50 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 1,50 3,00 3,00 4,50 3,00 3,00 1,50 3,00

WS Special topics in solid state physics WS Special topics in soft matter physics WS Seminar Chemical Technology of Inorganic Materials WS Seminar on NMR-spectroscopy WS Advanced Materials WS Spectroelectrochemistry WS Nanocomposites for Photovoltaics WS Organic Electronics SS SS SS SS Literature seminar in semiconductor und solid state physics Research seminar in surface and nano analytics Nanofabrication II Nanofabrication II

WS = Winter Semester (October - January), SS = Summer Semester (March - June)

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Sem. Title SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS Photonic Photonic Physics of condensed matter Physics of condensed matter Semiconductor physics Semiconductor physics Physics of Soft Matter Vacuum technology and physics Semiconductor- Hetero- quantum- well- structures Nanooptics Smart Materials Seminar in applied physics Seminar in semiconductor und solid state physics Computational Physics II Special topics in theoretical physics Computational Physics II Laser-matter interaction Superconductivity and low temperature physics Seminar Chemical Technology of Inorganic Materials Principles in Process Engineering Lab. Course Physical Chremistry IV Advanced Materials Transport phenomena exercises Organic semiconducting polymers: Synthesis and structure-pro Photovoltaics Advanced Polymer Materials Advanced Works Seminar (Physical Chemistry)

Course Type Tutorial Lecture Tutorial Lecture Tutorial Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Seminar Seminar Tutorial Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Seminar Lecture Practical Course Seminar Tutorial Lecture Lecture Lecture Seminar

ECTS Hours per week Credits 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 1 2 2 2 2 2 1,50 3,00 1,50 3,00 1,50 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 1,50 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 9,00 1,50 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00

WS = Winter Semester (October - January), SS = Summer Semester (March - June)

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Law courses taught in English

Hours per ECTS week Credits 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 3 1 4,00 2,00 2,00 2,00 4,00 2,00 2,00 4,00 2,00 6,00 5,00 2,00

Sem. Title WS Basics of the American Labour Law WS Common Law Civil Procedure WS Erasmus Law Research Semninar WS European Tax Law WS Free political speech in Autrsia and in Great Britain WS International Commerical Arbitration SS SS SS SS SS SS Erasmus Law Research Semninar Free political speech in Austria and Great Britain: Past and Present Introduction to the Common Law Legal Order Seminar on European International Commercial Arbitration Seminar on Comparative Law European Tax Law

Course Type Lecture Lecture Seminar Lecture Lecture Lecture Seminar Lecture Lecture Seminar Seminar Lecture

WS = Winter Semester (October - January), SS = Summer Semester (March - June)

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German as a Foreign Language Courses

The following German as a Foreign Language courses are offered: Beginners Level x x Basic Course I German, 6 hours per week, 6 ECTS credits Basic Course II German, 6 hours per week, 6 ECTS credits

The courses Basic I and Basic II German cannot be attended simultaneously. Intermediate Level x x Intermediate I German, 6 hours per week, 6 ECTS credits + Text Production Intermediate I, 2 hours per week, 2 ECTS credits Intermediate II German, 6 hours per week, 6 ECTS credits + Text Production Intermediate II, 2 hours per week, 2 ECTS credits The courses Intermediate I and Intermediate II German cannot be attended simultaneously. Advanced Level x x x x x x x (I) Grammar in Situations, 2 hours per week, 2 ECTS credits (I) Communication German, 2 hours per week, 3 ECTS credits (II) Introduction to Language for Specific and Academic Purposes German, 2 hours per week, 3 ECTS credits (III) Case Studies German, 2 hours per week, 3 ECTS credits (III) Individual Language Projects German, 2 hours per week, 4 ECTS credits (IV) Special Language for Specific Purposes German, 2 hours per week, 4 ECTS credits (V) Special Language Studies German, 2 hours per week, 4 ECTS credits

In addition to the above mentioned courses there are two with a special status: x Certificate Preparation Course German (2 hours per week, 3 ECTS credits) prepares for SD examinations (Austrian Language Certificate) at three different levels ("Zertifikat", "Mittelstufe" and "Diplom Wirtschaftsdeutsch"). The minimum entry requirement is Intermediate I. The course is open to all students interested in preparing and taking these exams. x German - Phonetics (2 hours per week, 2 ECTS credits) aims to improve students' pronunciation. Entry requirements: Basic Course II or recommendation by teacher.

In addition, an Intensive German Language Course for exchange students is offered prior to the semester.

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