HEG Unit Details as at 13th June, 2002
German 1
Enrolment code: HEG100
Offered: Hobart: semesters 1 & 2
An intensive beginners’ unit which aims to bring students’ German language competence
to a level at least equivalent to TCE stage 4. During the five contact hours the four
language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) are taught employing a
communicative method and using some of the latest language teaching techniques such as
CALL and language laboratory.
Staff Dr J Petzl
Unit weight 25%
Teaching pattern 2x1-hr lectures, 2x1-hr tutorial, 1-hr language lab weekly (26 wks)
Assessment mode exercises and tests (40%), oral/aural exam (10%), 3-hr written exam (50%)
Required texts etc
Di Donato et al, Deutsch: Na klar! 3rd edn, (course book, workbook and lab manual).
Courses [R2A] [R3A] [R3J] [OC]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
German Language Skills 2
Enrolment code: HEG201
Offered: Hobart: semesters 1 & 2
Employs a communicative method and a thematic approach to bring students to an
intermediate level of competence in contemporary German. It gives equal weight to all
four macroskills: listening, reading, speaking and writing.
Staff Dr E Meidl
Unit weight 25%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures weekly (26 wks)
Prerequisites HEG100 or TCE German Stage 4 (HA) or equiv
Assessment mode exercises and tests (50%), 3-hr written exam (50%)
Majors HEG
Courses [R2A] [R3A] [OC]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
German for Tourism and Business
Enrolment code: HEG203
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Concentrates on matters relevant to business dealings in and with German-speaking
countries with a special focus on tourism.
Staff Dr J Petzl
Unit weight 12.5%
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Teaching pattern 2x1-hr lectures weekly 13 wks)
Prerequisites HEG100 or TCE German Stage 4 (HA)
Assessment mode exercises and tests (50%), 2-hr written exam (50%)
Majors HEG
Courses [R2A] [R3A] [R3J]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
The Golden Age of German Cinema
Enrolment code: HEG204 or HEG304
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Special note: students intending to major in German must take this unit at 3rd-year level
Provides an introduction to the narrative analysis of German films in a historical and
socio-political context. A selection of films from the expressionistic era at the beginning of
the 20th century to the golden years of UFA, will be studied in depth. This unit is taught in
English.
Staff Dr E Meidl
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures, 1x2-hr screening fortnightly (13 wks)
Prerequisites HEG100 or TCE German Stage 4 (HA) or equiv; no prereq for students from
other Schools
Assessment mode 2x1,500–2,000-word essays (40%), 2-hr exam (60%)
Majors HEG HEA
Courses [R2A] [R3A]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Themes of Love in German Texts
Enrolment code: HEG205
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Special note: restricted to students with intermediate knowledge of German
Proposes to use the concept of love as a theme through which to examine German culture.
Students encounter a variety of cultural artefacts such as advertisements, poems, films and
narratives and observe the evolution of the representation of love. In interpreting these
texts there is an emphasis on using existing theories to ‘read’ them. Conclusions are then
drawn about the culture which produced them. Students thus become acquainted with
such theories as feminism, marxism, or existentialism, and will experience using these
theoretical frameworks to interpret texts. Through this, they also become aware of the fact
that almost any cultural artefact can be ‘read’ for the beliefs and attitudes of a particular
era, gender, nation or culture. By following the topos of love through approximately two
centuries, students also acquire a deeper insight into and understanding of German and
European cultural history.
Staff Dr J Petzl
Unit weight 12.5%
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Teaching pattern 2 x1-hr seminars weekly (13 wks)
Prerequisites HEG100 German or TCE German Stage 4
Mutual exclusions HAC217/317
Assessment mode 2x1,500-word assignments (50%), 2hr-exam (50%)
Majors HEG
Courses [R2A] [R3A] [OC]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Post-1945 German Film
Enrolment code: HEG212 or HEG312
Offered: not offered in 2002
Provides a narrative analysis of German films in an historical and socio-political context.
The in-depth study of a selection of films from the German Democratic Republic, the
German Federal Republic as well as films from the united Germany of today enable
students to appreciate German cinema. The unit is taught in English.
Staff Dr E Meidl
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 5 hrs fortnightly
Prerequisites HEG100 or TCE German Stage 4 (HA) or equiv; no prereq for students from
other Schools
Mutual exclusions HAC215/315, FST289/389
Assessment mode 2x1,500–2,000-word essays (40%), 2-hr exam (60%)
Majors HEG
Courses [R2A] [R3A]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Post-1945 German Literature
Enrolment code: HEG213
Offered: not offered in 2002
Beginning with the division of Germany after World War II, the unit traces the divergence
of the two cultures through the study of representative works of literature. It continues
with the main developments that distinguished East and West German society and then
traces German literature up to unification. Students gain an enriched appreciation of
modern German literature, including an historical understanding of the interrelationships
between East and West German culture.
Staff Dr E Meidl
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2x1-hr seminars weekly
Prerequisites HEG100 or TCE German Stage 4 (HA) or equiv
Assessment mode 2x1,500-word essays (40%), 2-hr written exam (60%)
Majors HEG
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Courses [R2A] [R3A]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
German Language Skills 3
Enrolment code: HEG301
Offered: Hobart: semesters 1 & 2
Is an advanced language unit which deepens the students’ German language competency.
The four language skills are broadened and further training is provided in reading and
aural comprehension, speaking and writing. Work with authentic material and videos
supports this integrated approach to language learning.
Staff Dr E Meidl
Unit weight 25%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures weekly (26 wks)
Prerequisites HEG201
Mutual exclusions HEG302
Assessment mode exercises and tests (50%), 3-hr written exam (50%)
Majors HEG
Courses [R2A] [R3A]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
German Language Skills 3B
Enrolment code: HEG302
Offered: Hobart: semesters 1 & 2
Is an advanced language unit which deepens the students’ German language competency.
The four language skills are broadened and further training is provided in reading and
aural comprehension, speaking and writing. Work with authentic material and videos
supports this integrated approach to language learning.
Staff Dr E Meidl
Unit weight 25%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures weekly (26 wks)
Prerequisites HEG301
Assessment mode exercises and tests (50%), 3-hr written exam (50%)
Majors HEG
Courses [R2A] [R3A]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
The German Age of Chivalry
Enrolment code: HEG305
Offered: not offered in 2002
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Begins with the Proto-Indo-European Languages and traces the development of the
German language with regard to lexis and syntax from Old High German, Middle High
German, New High German to contemporary German.
Staff Dr E Meidl
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2x1-hr seminars weekly
Prerequisites HEG201
Assessment mode tests (50%), 2-hr exam (50%)
Majors HEG
Courses [R2A] [R3A]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
From Realism to Naturalism
Enrolment code: HEG307
Offered: not offered in 2002
Describes the tensions of the Vormärz (1814-1848) and traces the social and political events
from the failed revolution in 1848 through the rise of Prussia and the formation of the
German Empire in 1871, to the end of the 19th century. The literature of this period, which
was influenced and shaped by these events is studied by discussing in depth realists such
as Büchner, Hebbel and Fontane and the later naturalist Gerhart Hauptmann.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2x1-hr seminars weekly
Prerequisites HEG201
Assessment mode 1,500-word essay (40%), 2-hr exam (60%)
Majors HEG
Courses [R2A] [R3A]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Classical German Literature
Enrolment code: HEG310
Offered: not offered in 2002
Covers in detail the ‘golden age’ of German literature, which begins with the works of
‘Aufklärer’ such as Lessing, continues with the works of the young Goethe, and ends with
the period of German Romanticism. During the period under study, far-reaching changes
took place in social, literary and intellectual life, which profoundly influenced later
European as well as German thought and literature.
Staff Dr E Meidl
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2x1-hr seminars weekly
Assessment mode 2x1,500-word essays (40%), 2-hr exam (60%)
Majors HEG
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Courses [R2A] [R3A]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
The Twentieth-Century German Novel
Enrolment code: HEG311
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Against the background of German history since the Second World War, this unit provides
a detailed insight into the work of four major, contemporary, German-speaking writers
through the study of a short novel by each.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2x1-hr seminars weekly (13 wks)
Prerequisites HEG201
Assessment mode 2x1,500-word essay (40%), 2-hr exam (60%)
Majors HEG
Courses [R2A] [R3A]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Research Project (German)
Enrolment code: HEG331
Offered: Hobart: semester 1 OR semester 2
Involves structures reading and writing on a topic agreed on between the individual
student and a supervisor. Students are expected to employ the skills and conceptual
knowledge acquired in earlier units to investigate an appropriate issue or topic over a
1-semester period.
Staff negotiated with HoS
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern equiv 2 lectures weekly (13 wks)
Prerequisites HEG201
Assessment mode up to 3 pieces of written work totaling 5,000 words in English or 4,000
words in German
Majors HEG
Courses [R2A] [R3A] [R6J] [OC]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
German 4 (Honours)
Full time/Part time
Enrolment code: HEG400 or HEG401
Offered: Hobart: semesters 1 & 2
Special note: full-time students enrol in HEG400 (100%), part-time students in HEG401 (50%);
individual units have notional weight, but for HECS purposes must be weighted at 0%.
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HEG Unit Details as at 13th June, 2002
The BA Honours degree in German is made up of three parts: (a) Thesis (50%); core unit
HEG402 German Language Skills (25%); and (c) one of HEG407 Special Topic in German
Language and Linguistics or HEG408 Special Topic in German Literature plus a further elective
chosen in accordance with the discipline basis of the student’s honours thesis.
Intending students should consult with the German subject coordinator at the earliest
opportunity for information on and guidance with the choice of units. Students normally
take HEG402 and HEG404 (core) as well as two electives, of which one is selected from the
units described hereafter, and one chosen in accordance with the discipline basis of the
student’s honours thesis.
Staff Dr E Meidl
Unit weight 100%/50%
Prerequisites A 112.5% major in German and GPA of 7.0 or better.
Courses [R4A]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
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