Current issues in Latin American studies (10 LP)
Students acquire disciplinary, linguistic, theoretical, methodological, gender-specific, regional, and/or transregional competencies beyond those acquired in the core and personal profile area.
ContentIn this module, students focus on academic writing skills, academic expression in foreign languages (including German as a foreign language), learning about other world regions and global contexts, as well as knowledge transfer and practical activities related to, for example, exhibition and museum projects, literary and cultural performances, gender and diversity, etc. They also learn about other areas and possible occupations as future interdisciplinary regional studies.
GrundlegendesTeaching and learning methods: Wahlveranstaltung A (WV A) + Wahlveranstaltung B (WV B)
Module exam: Term paper (approx. 15 pages) or oral exam (approx. 20 minutes); this module is not evaluated differentially
Offer: every semester or every study year, depending on offer
If you would like to take two external courses in this module (i.e. outside the LAI, e.g. at the Language Center, at other departments, at other Berlin universities), please ask for advice in advance to what extent recognition is possible. Please note: There is no guarantee of being accepted to external courses (i.e. outside the LAI).