MCB in vienna

Course Planning

Melissa Michael, Associate Director, School of Molecular & Cellular Biology; Curriculum and Instruction, coordinates all academic advising and course selection (mmichae@illinois.edu, 217.244.6238).

The Illinois in Vienna Programs permits a course load of 34 credit hours/academic year (maximum of 18 credit hours/semester). Many participants complete 15 credit hours/ semester. Participants must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours/semester to maintain full-time status.

Required

  • GER 101 Beginning German I (or placement into a higher-level course)

Recommended

  • GER 205 Austria and Europe (Gen. Ed.: Humanities - Hist & Phil, Cultural Studies - Western)

Additional Courses: Many relevant advanced courses (3-- and 4--) available.

  • Selected when the course catalogue is available for the specific institution.

  • Spring-semester participants also may receive 1-hour KIN credit for successful participation in the IiVP Ski Week.

Our IiVP partner universities offer a wide variety of relevant courses in English.

Course catalogues are published in late June-July for the fall semester (Wintersemester=WS) and in December-January for the spring semester (Sommersemester=SS).



  • The Universität Wien (UW, University of Vienna) course search. When searching for courses offered in English with key words, add "lang:en" to the keyword you enter in the search field. When searching for courses from spring 2021 add "2021S“ to your keyword. (for example: “European Union lang:en 2021S”)