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GERM 204 Communication and Composition GERMAN (GERM) Notes: For students with credit for GERM 202 or GERM 210, or a qualifying MLPE score. GERM 101 Beginning German I Description: Diverse communication approaches, oral skills development, Description: Introduction to contemporary German. Stresses oral and and in-depth composition. written communication, reading and aural comprehension. Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 5 Max credits per semester: 3 Max credits per semester: 5 Max credits per degree: 3 Max credits per degree: 5 Grading Option: Graded with Option Grading Option: Graded with Option Prerequisite for: GERM 301; GERM 302; GERM 303; GERM 304; GERM 102 Beginning German II GERM 307; GERM 319; GERM 321 Notes: For students with credit in GERM 101, or a qualifying MLPE score. GERM 210 Accelerated Second-Year German Description: Continuation of GERM 101. Readings on contemporary Notes: For students with credit for GERM 102, or a qualifying MLPE score. cultural and social issues in German-speaking countries. Credit cannot be earned for both GERM 201/202 and GERM 210. Credit Hours: 5 Description: Covers the same material as GERM 201-202. Max credits per semester: 5 Credit Hours: 6 Max credits per degree: 5 Max credits per semester: 6 Grading Option: Graded with Option Max credits per degree: 6 GERM 181 Beginning Grammar and Reading Grading Option: Graded with Option Description: Rapid course in the essentials of grammar followed by GERM 282 German Literature in Translation reading of varied types of literary and technical publications. For mature Description: Masterpieces of German literature in translation. Selected students; also designed to meet the needs of graduates preparing for the texts to be announced in the schedule and the course description German reading examination. booklet. Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 1-24 Max credits per semester: 3 Min credits per semester: 1 Max credits per degree: 3 Max credits per semester: 24 Grading Option: Graded with Option Max credits per degree: 24 GERM 201 Second-Year German I Grading Option: Graded with Option Notes: For students with credit for GERM 102 or a qualifying MLPE score. GERM 301 German for Professional Purposes Description: Intensive and extensive reading of moderately difficult Prerequisites: GERM 203 or GERM 204 German prose, review of grammar, conversational exercises based on the Description: Builds German communication skills appropriate for a texts. variety of professional settings, with emphasis on writing and speaking. Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 3 Max credits per semester: 3 Max credits per semester: 3 Max credits per degree: 3 Max credits per degree: 3 Grading Option: Graded with Option Grading Option: Graded with Option GERM 202 Second-Year German II GERM 302 Contemporary German Culture: Film, Literature, Theater Notes: For students with credit in GERM 201, or a qualifying MLPE score. Prerequisites: GERM 203 or GERM 204 Description: Continuation of GERM 201. Reading of more difficult texts. Description: Focus on aspects of contemporary German culture, including Class discussion and reports on supplementary reading. literature, graphic novel, film, theater, and popular music. Emphasis is on Credit Hours: 3 developing literary abilities of summarizing, analyzing, and interpreting in Max credits per semester: 3 German through discussion, presentations, and critical writing. Max credits per degree: 3 Credit Hours: 3 Grading Option: Graded with Option Max credits per semester: 3 GERM 203 Composition, Grammar, and Conversation Max credits per degree: 3 Notes: For students with credit in GERM 202 or GERM 210, or a qualifying Grading Option: Graded with Option score on the MLPE. ACE: ACE 5 Humanities Description: Systematic composition, grammar development, and GERM 303 Advanced Communication: Exploring Contested Identities conversational exercises. Prerequisites: GERM 203 or GERM 204 Credit Hours: 3 Description: Develop a range of communication skills through exploring Max credits per semester: 3 issues of contested identities in contemporary German-speaking Max credits per degree: 3 societies. Grading Option: Graded with Option Credit Hours: 3 Prerequisite for: GERM 301; GERM 302; GERM 303; GERM 304; Max credits per semester: 3 GERM 319; GERM 321 Max credits per degree: 3 Grading Option: Graded with Option ACE: ACE 2 Communication Competence 2 German (GERM)
GERM 304 Sustainability and Migration GERM 388 Women Totalitarian Experience: Culture, Identity and Memory Prerequisites: GERM 203 or GERM 204 Crosslisted with: CZEC 388, JUDS 388 Description: Exploration of response to issues of sustainability and Description: Examination of complexities of women's experience under migration in German-speaking societies. Emphasis is on broadening Nazism and Communism of Central and Eastern Europe. critical reading and writing skills in German in an interdisciplinary Credit Hours: 3 context. Max credits per semester: 3 Credit Hours: 3 Max credits per degree: 3 Max credits per semester: 3 Grading Option: Graded Max credits per degree: 3 Offered: FALL Grading Option: Graded with Option ACE: ACE 5 Humanities GERM 307 German for Business and Commerce I GERM 391 Special Topics in German Prerequisites: GERM 204 Description: Language, literature, and civilization. Description: Initiates a special sequence of language and culture study Credit Hours: 1-6 designed for students interested in international business. Introduction Min credits per semester: 1 to cultural aspects of problems related to the conduct of international Max credits per semester: 6 business. Focus on specific business language problems, e.g., business Max credits per degree: 6 correspondence, commercial vocabulary, etc. Grading Option: Graded with Option Credit Hours: 3 GERM 395 Internship in German-Speaking Country Max credits per semester: 3 Prerequisites: Permission. Max credits per degree: 3 Description: Reflection, research, and writing related to an internship in a Grading Option: Graded with Option German-speaking country. Prerequisite for: GERM 308 Credit Hours: 1-6 GERM 308 German for Business and Commerce II Min credits per semester: 1 Prerequisites: GERM 307 Max credits per semester: 6 Description: Continuation of GERM 307. Max credits per degree: 6 Credit Hours: 3 Grading Option: Pass No Pass Max credits per semester: 3 GERM 396 Independent Study in German Max credits per degree: 3 Prerequisites: Permission. Grading Option: Graded with Option Description: Independent reading or research under direction by a faculty GERM 319 Phonetics in German member. Prerequisites: GERM 203 or 204 Credit Hours: 1-3 Notes: See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for Min credits per semester: 1 prerequisite. Max credits per semester: 3 Description: Intensive study of standard German with the aid of tape Max credits per degree: 6 recordings. Emphasis on articulation and phonetic transcription. Grading Option: Graded with Option Credit Hours: 3 GERM 403 Advanced Syntax and Stylistics in German Max credits per semester: 3 Crosslisted with: GERM 803 Max credits per degree: 3 Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304. Grading Option: Graded with Option Notes: Recommended for all German majors. See instructor if you believe GERM 321 German Cultural Studies and Civilization an equivalent course(s) may count for prerequisite. Prerequisites: GERM 203 or GERM 204 Description: Advanced syntax and style in their application to Description: In-depth study of German culture and its relation to composition. civilization throughout time. Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 3 Max credits per semester: 3 Max credits per semester: 3 Max credits per degree: 3 Max credits per degree: 3 Grading Option: Graded with Option Grading Option: Graded with Option ACE: ACE 1 Writing GERM 322 German Civilization GERM 404 Advanced Grammar and Composition in German Description: Systematic, chronological presentation of German Crosslisted with: GERM 804 civilization from the beginning to the present. Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304. Credit Hours: 3 Notes: Recommended for all German majors. See instructor if you believe Max credits per semester: 3 an equivalent course(s) may count for prerequisite. Max credits per degree: 3 Description: Advanced grammar study and its practical applications to Grading Option: Graded with Option writing. Credit Hours: 3 Max credits per semester: 3 Max credits per degree: 3 Grading Option: Graded with Option German (GERM) 3
GERM 405 Linguistics in German GERM 445 Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century German Literature Crosslisted with: GERM 805 Crosslisted with: GERM 845 Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304. Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304. Notes: See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for Notes: See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for prerequisite. prerequisite. Description: Phonetics, phonemics, morphology, and transformational Description: Humanism, Reformation, and Baroque. grammar as applied to standard German. Credit Hours: 2-3 Credit Hours: 3 Min credits per semester: 2 Max credits per semester: 3 Max credits per semester: 3 Max credits per degree: 3 Max credits per degree: 3 Grading Option: Graded with Option Grading Option: Graded with Option Prerequisite for: GERM 810 ACE: ACE 10 Integrated Product GERM 407 History of the German Language GERM 447 Eighteenth-Century Literature Crosslisted with: GERM 807 Crosslisted with: GERM 847 Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304. Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304. Credit Hours: 3 Notes: See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for Max credits per semester: 3 prerequisite. Max credits per degree: 3 Description: Representative authors of the Enlightenment, Grading Option: Graded with Option Empfindsamkeit, and Storm and Stress. Prerequisite for: GERM 929 Credit Hours: 3 GERM 442 Survey of Medieval German Literature in Translation Max credits per semester: 3 Crosslisted with: GERM 842, MODL 442, MODL 842 Max credits per degree: 3 Prerequisites: Permission Grading Option: Graded with Option Notes: German majors expected to read the works in German translation ACE: ACE 10 Integrated Product and to write their papers in German. Non-German majors read the works GERM 448 Romanticism in English translation. Crosslisted with: GERM 848 Description: Development of German vernacular literature during the Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304. Middle Ages. Include works that represent the philosophical/religious Notes: See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for literature, the heroic epic, and the romance. prerequisite. Credit Hours: 3 Description: Representative authors of the Romantic movement. Max credits per semester: 3 Credit Hours: 3 Max credits per degree: 3 Max credits per semester: 3 Grading Option: Graded with Option Max credits per degree: 3 GERM 443 Middle High German Language Grading Option: Graded with Option Crosslisted with: GERM 843 ACE: ACE 10 Integrated Product Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304. GERM 449 Survey of Nineteenth-Century German Literature I, 1820-1848 Description: Grammar to attain reading knowledge of Middle High Crosslisted with: GERM 849 German/translation of excerpts from a variety of Middle High German Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304. texts. Description: A survey of the major literary currents, authors, works, Credit Hours: 3 influences in German-speaking countries in the first half of the nineteenth Max credits per semester: 3 century, excluding Romanticism, which is treated in GERM 448/848. The Max credits per degree: 3 main concern of the course will be a careful examination of many aspects Grading Option: Graded with Option of "Biedermeier" and "Das Junge Deutschland," the two major movements Prerequisite for: GERM 444, GERM 844 of the time. GERM 444 Middle High German Literature Credit Hours: 3 Crosslisted with: GERM 844 Max credits per semester: 3 Prerequisites: GERM 443 / 843. Max credits per degree: 3 Notes: See instructor to enroll without prerequisites if you already have Grading Option: Graded with Option reading knowledge of Middle High German. GERM 450 Survey of Nineteenth-Century German Literature II, 1848-1900 Description: Reading of masterworks of Middle High German literature in Crosslisted with: GERM 850 the original language. Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304. Credit Hours: 3 Description: A survey of the major literary currents, authors, works, Max credits per semester: 3 influences in German-speaking countries in the second half of the Max credits per degree: 3 nineteenth century. The main concern of the course will be a careful Grading Option: Graded with Option examination of Poetic Realism and Naturalism, the two major movements in this half of the century. Credit Hours: 3 Max credits per semester: 3 Max credits per degree: 3 Grading Option: Graded with Option 4 German (GERM)
GERM 451 From Naturalism to Expressionism GERM 459 Works of Goethe and Schiller Crosslisted with: GERM 851 Crosslisted with: GERM 859 Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304. Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304. Notes: See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for Notes: See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for prerequisite. prerequisite. Description: Critical survey of the major literary currents from the turn of Description: Representative works. the century to the end of World War I. Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 3 Max credits per semester: 3 Max credits per semester: 3 Max credits per degree: 3 Max credits per degree: 3 Grading Option: Graded with Option Grading Option: Graded with Option ACE: ACE 10 Integrated Product ACE: ACE 10 Integrated Product GERM 460 The Faust Tradition GERM 452 From the Weimar Republic into Exile Crosslisted with: GERM 860 Crosslisted with: GERM 852 Description: Critical study. Lectures, assigned readings, and reports. Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304. Credit Hours: 3 Notes: See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for Max credits per semester: 3 prerequisite. Max credits per degree: 3 Description: Critical survey of German literature from 1918 to 1945. Grading Option: Graded with Option Credit Hours: 3 ACE: ACE 10 Integrated Product Max credits per semester: 3 GERM 491 Special Topics in German Max credits per degree: 3 Crosslisted with: GERM 891 Grading Option: Graded with Option Description: Language, literature, and civilization. ACE: ACE 10 Integrated Product Credit Hours: 1-6 GERM 453 History of German Poetry Min credits per semester: 1 Crosslisted with: GERM 853 Max credits per semester: 6 Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304. Max credits per degree: 6 Notes: See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for Grading Option: Graded with Option prerequisite. Description: Critical survey of the development of epic and lyric poetry from the beginning to the present time. Credit Hours: 3 Max credits per semester: 3 Max credits per degree: 3 Grading Option: Graded with Option ACE: ACE 10 Integrated Product GERM 454 German Literature and Philosophy Crosslisted with: GERM 854 Prerequisites: GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304. Notes: See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for prerequisite. Description: Relationship between literature and contemporary thought from the eighteenth century to the present. Credit Hours: 3 Max credits per semester: 3 Max credits per degree: 3 Grading Option: Graded with Option ACE: ACE 10 Integrated Product GERM 455 Postwar German Literature: The Literature of West Germany, Austria, and Switzerland Crosslisted with: GERM 855 Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304. Notes: See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for prerequisite. Description: Critical survey of major literary currents in the West since 1945. Credit Hours: 3 Max credits per semester: 3 Max credits per degree: 3 Grading Option: Graded with Option ACE: ACE 10 Integrated Product