Complementary Subjects
Lecturers
- Medicine: Dr. Beyerlein-Buchner (medical glossaries, lectures: infectious diseases, endocrinology, gastroenterology, cardiology)
- Law: Dr. Gernot Wirth, Academic Director (Civil Law), Dr. Annette Pfeiffer, lawyer (Public Law, Criminal Law)
- Engineering: Helmut von Au
- Economics: Roger Pfaff
Scope of courses
- Elective module “Sachfach” 1: 6 ECTS
- Elective module “Sachfach 2”: 10 ECTS
For more detailed information, please see the module description of the complementary subjects.
Qualification objectives
Typical introduction to the fundamentals of your freely chosen complementary subject (medicine, law, technology, economics or computer science), which is essential for you to be able to familiarize yourself independently with other specialist fields. The integration of complementary subjects into translation training at the faculty is achieved through specialized translation classes.
Contents
Overview of central subject areas and methods of each complementary subject offered (medicine, law, technology, economics or computer science). You will be acquainted with essential fundamental theories and their general expansion in important areas of application. Exercises and seminars serve to deepen the knowledge of a particular subject matter. If possible, current issues and/or problems of students as well as any special requests they may have regarding specialization in a particular field will be addressed.
Examination methods
Module exams:
Module 1: Normally an oral exam (30 min)
Module 2: Normally a written exam (180 min)(see also descriptions of the particular complementary subjects)