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Type D and Type F activities
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Laurea in Lingue e culture per il turismo e il commercio internazionale - Enrollment from 2025/2026Type D and Type F Credits (CFUs D and F)
As part of the academic plans for each degree program, students must earn a specified number of credits from the Type D and F (CFUs D and F) categories.
CFUs D (student's choice activities)
CFUs D can be earned through various activities, including:
- Elective courses: non-mandatory courses within your plan of study, subject to the approval of the Chair of the Teaching Committee the course cannot be selected independently.
- Accredited activities: activities accredited by the Teaching Committee
- Language Proficiency: acquiring proficiency in languages different from or additional to the required ones.
- Internships or apprenticeships: practical work experience in relevant fields
- TALCs (Transversal Skills): skills gained through specific university programs.
The total number of CFUs D is calculated over the entire degree period (two or three years) and is not tied to a single academic year.
Transversal skills
Explore the learning pathways promoted by the University's Teaching and Learning Center for currently enrolled students that aim to develop transversal skills
Please note: TALC courses are only recognized as CFUs D.
Contamination Lab
The Contamination Lab Verona (CLab Verona) is an experiential learning program focused on innovation and business culture. It offers students the opportunity to collaborate in teams across different programmes and disciplines to solve challenges posed private companies and institutions. Completing this pathway earns students 6 CFUs D. Learn more about the CLab challenges here.
Important Notes:
- To be eligible for any credit-bearing learning activities, including electives, students must be enrolled in the academic year during which the activities are offered.
- GRADUATING SENIORS: Students who plan to graduate in the November or March/April sessions are advised NOT to undertake extracurricular activities in a new academic year (in which they are not enrolled), as these graduation sessions correspond to the previous academic year. Activities completed during an academic year in which students is not enrolled will not be credited with CFUs.
CFUs F (other training activities)
CFUs F typically relate to skills in computing and languages, internships and apprenticeships, and other educational activities accredited by the Teaching Committee.
The degree program in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce recognizes the following:
- 3 CFUs for a third language (B1 level)
- 3 CFUs for computer skills
- 6 CFUs for a mandatory internship.
Computer skills can be acquired by:
- Passing the test in the University's computer labs.
- Attending and passing the final exams for courses offered by schools and centres accredited by AICA (Italian Association for Computer Science and Automatic Computing) or courses recognized by the Province and Region. Applications for the recognition of previously acquired computer skills are reviewed by the Commission for the Recognition of Computer Skills.
Internship are designed to provide students with direct, practical knowledge and experience relevant to their field of study, helping them acquire specific professional skills.
To discover all the teaching activities accredited by the foreign teaching college click here
Austrian literature and culture (2024/2025)
Teaching code
4S002914
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
9
Language
German
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-LIN/13 - GERMAN LITERATURE
Period
I semestre (Area Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Sep 23, 2024 al Dec 21, 2024.
Courses Single
Authorized
Learning objectives
The course offers an introduction to the main historical, artistic and literary features of Austrian culture between the Nineteenth and Twentieth century, focusing in particular on the distinctive cultural Austrian and Middle-European topography (Vienna 1900, Kafka’s Prague and Salzburg) and on the works of the most representative authors of this period. At the end of the course students will have to show a deep knowledge of the topics dealt with during the course, regarding both the historical-literary period and the works in original language; furthermore they will have to be able to analyze and understand the texts and to show the abilities developed during the course through a suitable competence in German.
Prerequisites and basic notions
Linguistic knowledge of the 1st year
Knowledge of German literature I
B1
Program
PROGRAM The course is structured in a single module (frontal teaching); after a brief introduction in Italian, the course takes place in German. The following topics will be covered: - Wien um 1900: Wiener Moderne, Jung-Wien, S. Freud - Kafkas Prag - Salzburg (G. Trakl) History of literature: In Italian: - Atlas of German literature, edited by F. Fiorentino and G. Sampaolo, Quodlibet, the following entries: The Danube, pp. 46-53, Vienna 1900, pp.171-178, Kafka's Prague, pp. 342-354, Salzburg, 335-359. -W. Schmidt-Dengler, “Jung-Wien”, in: History of German Literary Civilization, directed by M. Freschi, Utet, vol. 2, pp. 318-333. In German: - HA Glaser (hg.), Deutsche Literatur. Eine Sozialgeschichte, Jahrhundertwende, Bd.8; the chap. C. Magris, A. Reininger, Jung Wien, pp. 224-246. -Th. Anz, Franz Kafka (CH Beck Wissen), i ch. 1 and 4, pp.7-41, 81-96. - Recommended texts and reference manuals: - D. Lorenz, Wiener Moderne (Metzler Tb) - H. Zeman (Hg.), Literaturgeschichte Ӧsterreichs: von den Anfängen im Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, the following chapters: Die österreichische Literatur an der Wende vom 19.zum 20. Jahrhundert, pp. 493 - 632; Österreichische Literatur 1918-1945, pp. 633-711.
Texts in German: - H. v. Hofmannsthal, Gedichte: Manche freilich, Ballade des äußeren Lebens, Weltgeheimnis
- S. Freud, Brief an Arthur Schnitzler (1922), Die Traumarbeit, in: Traumdeutung, Brief an Einstein (1932)
- F. Kafka, Vor dem Gesetz, Eine kaiserliche Botschaft, Auf der Galerie, Das Schweigen der Sirenen
- K. Kraus, In dieser grossen Zeit, 1914 (selected excerpt)
- R. M Rilke, Ich lebe mein Leben, Der Panther, Archaischer Torso Apollos
- G. Trakl, De profundis, Klage, Grodek
Part of the texts will be made available to students in the form of a photocopy. Additional teaching material will be available on the course's e-learning platform.
Students will have to read one of the following texts of their choice: - H. von Hofmannsthal, Ein Brief (Letter from Lord Chandos) - R. Musil, Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften (The man without qualities), vol. 1, a choice of chapters. - F. Kafka, Der Proceß (The trial) - A. Schnitzler, Traumnovelle (Double dream) - J. Roth, Die Kapuzinergruft (The Capuchin crypt) - St. Zweig, Schachnovelle (Chess novel) Non-attending students will have the possibility of agreeing with the teacher a part of the historical-literary program (Wiener Moderne, Jung-Wien) and the choice of works.
Bibliography
Didactic methods
Lectures In presence.
Learning assessment procedures
METHOD OF EXAMINATION The exam is oral and takes place in German. The final evaluation is expressed in 30ths. ERASMUS students are requested to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course to agree together on the exam methods. The exam methods for non-attending students are the same; non-attending students are however asked to contact the teacher.
Evaluation criteria
The single oral exam focuses on the entire program and consists of an interview aimed at verifying: - the depth and breadth of knowledge acquired - the ability to analyze and understand the literary texts in the program - the argumentative ability and the ability to connect knowledge in historical-cultural and critical-literary reflection - the ability to express the relevant arguments in German.
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
The evaluation is expressed out of thirty.
Exam language
tedesco
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