German (GRMN) 1

GRMN 2130 Introduction to German Culture from the Beginnings to 1918 GERMAN (GRMN) (C) 3 cr Language of instruction: English. An introduction to the culture of the GRMN 1120 Beginning German (A) 6 cr German-speaking countries from the Romans to the end of World War I; (Lab required) Three hours of lectures, plus one hour of language lab or analyzes literature and other cultural forms and their relation to the rise conversation class per week. The course is intended for students with of the German Nation in the 19th century and its first "fall" in the 20th little or no previous knowledge of German. Basic grammar is included, but century. emphasis is placed on the development of broad reading and speaking Attributes: Humanities, Recommended Intro Courses, Written English skills. Satisfactory completion of this course enables students to Requirement proceed to GRMN 2100 or GRMN 2103. Students may not hold credit for GRMN 2140 Exploring German Literature (B) 3 cr GRMN 1120 and any of: GRMN 1123 or GRMN 1125 or the former GRMN Language of instruction: German. In this intermediate course, we will 1121. Students with Grade 12 German or its equivalent may not normally read and discuss a number of works belonging to different literary genres take the course for credit. Not open to students who have previously by major German-speaking authors, such as Kafka, Mann, Brecht, Böll, obtained credit for GRMN 2100 or GRMN 2103 or GRMN 2105 or the Grass, Jelinek, Wolf, and others. Activities and assignments in this former GRMN 2101. course will focus on the development of reading competency in different Equiv To: GRMN 1121 literary genres, the expansion of students' German vocabulary, and the Mutually Exclusive: GRMN 1123, GRMN 1125 development of German written and oral expression. Attributes: Humanities, Recommended Intro Courses PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. GRMN 1300 Masterpieces of German Literature in English Translation Prerequisite: [a grade of "C" or better in GRMN 2100 or GRMN 2105 or (C) 3 cr GRMN 3200 or GRMN 3201 or the former GRMN 2101] or written consent Language of instruction: English. The course introduces students to of department head. representative works (prose, poetry, and drama) by German-speaking Attributes: Humanities, Recommended Intro Courses writers such as Goethe, Kleist, Thomas Mann, Kafka, and Rilke, with an GRMN 2480 Special Topics in German (B) 3 cr emphasis on the ages of Classicism, Romanticism, and Modernism. Language of instruction: German. Topics dealing with German literature Stresses the development of English reading and writing skills. The and culture. Course content will vary from year to year depending on the course is designed for students who have little or no prior knowledge of interests and needs of students and staff. The course content may vary. German literature. Students can earn multiple credits for this course only when the topic Attributes: Humanities, Recommended Intro Courses, Written English subtitle is different. Requirement PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. GRMN 1310 Love in German Culture in English Translation (C) 3 cr Prerequisite: [a grade of "C" or better in GRMN 2100 or GRMN 2105 or Language of instruction: English. An introduction to the discourse and GRMN 3200 or GRMN 3201 or the former GRMN 2101] or written consent meaning of love through German culture from the Middle Ages to the of department head. present; analyzes the expression of different concepts of love (spiritual, Attributes: Humanities courtly, erotic, romantic, sexual, free, same-sex, familial, virtual) in GRMN 2500 Special Topics in German in English Translation (C) 3 cr literature and other cultural forms. Stresses the development of English Language of instruction: English. Topics dealing with German literature reading and writing skills. The course is designed for students who have and culture. Course content will vary from term to term depending on the little or no prior knowledge of German culture. interests and needs of students and staff. The course content may vary. Attributes: Humanities, Recommended Intro Courses, Written English Students can earn multiple credits for this course only when the topic Requirement subtitle is different. GRMN 2100 Intermediate German (A) 6 cr Attributes: Humanities, Recommended Intro Courses, Written English Grammar review, exercises, development of practical oral skills, Requirement conversation and modern usage. Introduction to German poetry GRMN 2510 German Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm to Hollywood and prose. Students may not hold credit for GRMN 2100 and any of: (C) 3 cr GRMN 2103 or GRMN 2105 or the former GRMN 2101. Language of instruction: English. Study of the German fairy tales PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. with a specific emphasis on the "folk fairy tales" collected by the Prerequisite: [German 40S] or [a grade of “C” or better in GRMN 1120 or Brothers Grimm and their adaptations in the 20th and 21st centuries GRMN 1125 or the former GRMN 1121] or written consent of department in film (Disney, DEFA, among others), literature, and music. The course head. familiarizes students with the historical, cultural, and national contexts Equiv To: GRMN 2101 of the original fairy tales, and trains students in different approaches Mutually Exclusive: GRMN 2103, GRMN 2105 to understanding those fairy tales (gender, psycho-analysis, child Attributes: Humanities, Recommended Intro Courses developmental psychology, horror, and others). GRMN 2120 Introduction to German Culture from 1918 to the Present Attributes: Humanities, Recommended Intro Courses, Written English (C) 3 cr Requirement Language of instruction: English. An introduction to the culture of contemporary German-speaking countries; analyzes literature and other cultural forms since the end of World War I, including the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich and the Holocaust, divided Germany, Re- Unification, and the European Union. Attributes: Humanities, Recommended Intro Courses, Written English Requirement

%B 21, 2021 2 German (GRMN)

GRMN 3200 Deutsche Sprachpraxis 1 (A) 6 cr GRMN 3250 German Romanticism (B) 3 cr Modern German usage through conversation, writing and practical Language of instruction: German. Study of selected fairy tales, novellas, exercises; study of contemporary fictional and non-fictional texts and letters, poetry and other texts by authors such as Novalis, Tieck, E.T.A. films. Emphasis on vocabulary and structural and stylistic problems. Hoffmann, and Kleist; topics discussed include the relationship between Students may not hold credit for both GRMN 3200 and GRMN 3201. Enlightenment and Romanticism, the role of women, the discovery of PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. the uncanny, the role of the fantastic, and romantic vampires, advanced Prerequisite: a grade of "C" or better in GRMN 2100 or GRMN 2105 or the language practise. former GRMN 2101 or written consent of department head. PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. Equiv To: GRMN 3201 Prerequisite: [a grade of "C" or better in GRMN 2140 or GRMN 3200 or Attributes: Humanities GRMN 3201] or written consent of department head. GRMN 3220 Deutsche Sprachpraxis 2 (A) 3 cr Attributes: Humanities Advanced work on various aspects of the German language, involving GRMN 3260 Representations of the Holocaust (B) 3 cr intensive practice in writing and conversational skills; translation of Language of instruction: German. This course will focus on the literary literary and non-literary materials from and into German; and exercise in rendering, including film versions and German memorial culture, of the stylistic and structural analysis of literary and non-literary German in a Holocaust experience by authors from the German-speaking countries, variety of registers and contexts. such as Anna Seghers, Jurek Becker, Paul Celan, Max Frisch, Peter Weiss, PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. Ruth Klüger, W.G. Sebald, and others. Students may not hold credit for Prerequisite: a grade of "C" or better in GRMN 3200 or GRMN 3201. both GRMN 3260 and GRMN 3262. Attributes: Humanities PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. GRMN 3230 Business German (A) 3 cr Prerequisite: [a grade of "C" or better in GRMN 2140 or GRMN 3200 or An introduction to the contemporary terminology and usage of German GRMN 3201] or written consent of department head. in the workplace. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills will Equiv To: GRMN 3262 be developed through a variety of activities. This course also aims at Attributes: Humanities developing cross-cultural awareness. The course prepares the student for GRMN 3262 Representations of the Holocaust in English Translation the business exam Zertifikat für den Beruf. Students may not hold credit (C) 3 cr for both GRMN 3230 and GRMN 3211. Language of instruction: English. This course will focus on the literary PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. rendering, including film versions and German memorial culture, of the Prerequisite: [a grade of "C" or better in GRMN 2100 or GRMN 2105 or Holocaust experience by authors from the German-speaking countries, GRMN 3200 or GRMN 3201 or the former GRMN 2101] or written consent such as Anna Seghers, Jurek Becker, Paul Celan, Max Frisch, Peter Weiss, of department head. Ruth Klüger, W.G. Sebald, and others. Students may not hold credit for Mutually Exclusive: GRMN 3211 both GRMN 3262 and GRMN 3260. Attributes: Humanities PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. GRMN 3232 Introduction to German Translation (A) 3 cr Prerequisite: [a grade of "C" or better in a minimum of 24 credit hours of Language of instruction: German. An introduction to the art of translation university level coursework] or written consent of department head. (German to English) with a focus on translation principles, language Equiv To: GRMN 3260 analysis, and hands-on translation of texts from a variety of fields. Attributes: Humanities, Written English Requirement PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. GRMN 3270 Studies in Contemporary German Cinema (C) 3 cr Prerequisite: [a grade of "C" or better in GRMN 3200 or GRMN 3201] or Language of instruction: English. Studies the major accomplishments written consent of department head. of East and West German cinema of the postwar period, as well as Attributes: Humanities cinematic trends since German unification. We will consider questions GRMN 3234 Special Topics in German Language (A) 3 cr of narrative, genre, and authorship, examine film's relationship to other Language of instruction: German. Topics dealing with learning the media, and focus on the dynamic interaction between film history and German language. Advanced German language practice. Course content social history. will vary from year to year depending on the interests and needs of PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. students and staff. The course content may vary. Students can earn Prerequisite: [a grade of "C" or better in a minimum of 24 credit hours of multiple credits for this course only when the topic subtitle is different. university level coursework] or written consent of department head. PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. Attributes: Humanities, Written English Requirement Prerequisite: [a grade of "C" or better in GRMN 3200 or GRMN 3201] or GRMN 3280 Sex, Gender and Cultural Politics in the German-Speaking written consent of department head. World (B) 3 cr Attributes: Humanities Language of instruction: German. Explores a wide range of literary and GRMN 3240 German Enlightenment and Classicism (B) 3 cr cultural texts that deal with sex and gender in the German-speaking Language of instruction: German. A study of selected texts of the German world. Discussion will address topics such as representation of women Enlightenment and Classicism, including works by Lessing, Schiller, and men in literature and the social and historical climate in which the Goethe and others; advanced language practise. literature was and is produced. Students may not hold credit for both PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. GRMN 3280 and GRMN 3282. Prerequisite: [a grade of "C" or better in GRMN 2140 or GRMN 3200 or PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. GRMN 3201] or written consent of department head. Prerequisite: [a grade of "C" or better in GRMN 2140 or GRMN 3200 or Attributes: Humanities GRMN 3201] or written consent of department head. Equiv To: GRMN 3282 Attributes: Humanities

%B 21, 2021 German (GRMN) 3

GRMN 3282 Sex, Gender and Cultural Politics in the German-Speaking GRMN 3510 Special Topics in German in English Translation (C) 3 cr World in English Translation (C) 3 cr Language of instruction: English. Topics dealing with German literature Language of instruction: English. Explores a wide range of literary and and culture. Course content will vary from year to year depending on cultural texts that deal with sex and gender in the German-speaking interests and needs of students and staff. The course content may vary. world. Discussion will address topics such as representation of women Students can earn multiple credits for this course only when the topic and men in literature and the social and historical climate in which the subtitle is different. literature was and is produced. Students may not hold credit for both PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. GRMN 3282 and GRMN 3280. Prerequisite: [a grade of "C" or better in a minimum of 24 credit hours of PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. university level coursework] or written consent of department head. Prerequisite: [a grade of "C" or better in a minimum of 24 credit hours of Attributes: Humanities, Written English Requirement university level coursework] or written consent of department head. GRMN 3530 Special Topics in Comparative German and Slavic Studies Equiv To: GRMN 3280 (C) 3 cr Attributes: Humanities, Written English Requirement Language of instruction: English. Topics comparing German and Slavic – GRMN 3290 History in Literature in German-Speaking Countries (B) 3 Ukrainian, Russian, Polish – literatures and cultures. Course is co-taught cr by a member from the German and one from the Slavic Section. Course Language of instruction: German. Analyzes how history is represented content will vary from year to year depending on interests and needs of and remembered in literature and other genres. The course will focus on students and staff. Possible topics include Memory of World War II, Cold the representation of one historical period such as the Weimar Republic War and Post-Cold War, and Modernism. Students may not hold credit or the Nazi Third Reich. Please consult the instructor for details on which for both GRMN 3530 and SLAV 3530 when topic is the same.The course historical period as it appears in literature will be considered. content may vary. Students can earn multiple credits for this course only PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. when the topic subtitle is different. Prerequisite: [a grade of "C" or better in GRMN 2140 or GRMN 3200 or PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. GRMN 3201] or written consent of department head. Prerequisite: [a grade of "C" or better in a minimum of 24 credit hours of Attributes: Humanities university level coursework] or written consent of department head. GRMN 3390 German Representations of War (C) 3 cr Attributes: Humanities, Written English Requirement Language of instruction: English. Focuses on representations of war, GRMN 4200 Literary and Cultural Theory (C) 3 cr particularly World War II from a German and European perspective in Language of instruction: English. A survey of the major theoretical fiction, historiography, film, photography, and memorial culture. Students approaches to German literatures and cultures. Discusses the aesthetics may not hold credit for both GRMN 3390 and GRMN 3392. of Enlightenment and Idealism, Nietzsche, Freud, Prague Structuralism, PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. hermeneutics, semiotics, the Frankfurt School, collective memory, gender Prerequisite: [a grade of "C" or better in a minimum of 24 credit hours of studies, and multi-culturalism; application of theories to German literary university level coursework] or written consent of department head. texts and other cultural examples. Equiv To: GRMN 3392 PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. Attributes: Humanities, Written English Requirement Prerequisite: written consent of department head. GRMN 3392 German Representations of War (B) 3 cr Attributes: Humanities Language of Instruction: German. Focuses on representations of war, GRMN 4210 Survey of Second Language Acquisition and Methods of particularly World War II from a German and European perspective in Language Teaching in German (B) 3 cr fiction, historiography, film, photography, and memorial culture. Students Language of instruction: German. For advanced undergraduate students may not hold credit for GRMN 3392 and GRMN 3390. with a high proficiency in German who are interested in the learning PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. and teaching of German as a foreign / second language; the course Prerequisite: [a grade of "C" or better in GRMN 2140 or GRMN 3200 or provides a general introduction to theories and approaches in second GRMN 3201] or written consent of department head. language acquisition (SLA) and to methods of the teaching of German as Equiv To: GRMN 3390 a foreign language. This course is not acceptable for credit in a Bachelor Attributes: Humanities of Education program. GRMN 3500 Special Topics in German (B) 3 cr PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. Language of instruction: German. Topics dealing with German literature Prerequisite: written consent of department head. and culture. Course content will vary from year to year depending on Attributes: Humanities interests and needs of students and staff. The course content may vary. GRMN 4540 Introduction to German Language Structure (B) 3 cr Students can earn multiple credits for this course only when the topic Language of instruction: German. An introduction to the scientific study subtitle is different. of the German language and to the role of the language teacher in the PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. examination, analysis, and description of the German language. Topics Prerequisite: [a grade of "C" or better in GRMN 2140 or GRMN 3200 or include grammar, word formation, meaning, sound systems, language GRMN 3201] or written consent of department head. acquisition and change, and language in society. Attributes: Humanities PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. Prerequisite: written consent of department head. Attributes: Humanities

%B 21, 2021 4 German (GRMN)

GRMN 4570 Honours Thesis in German Studies (B,C) 3 cr The Thesis presents the results of an independent research project supervised by a faculty member. The thesis can be written in German or in English. PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. Prerequisite: written consent of department head. Attributes: Humanities GRMN 4600 Senior Seminar in German Studies (B) 3 cr Language of instruction: German. Introduces basic methodology of German literary and cultural studies (genres, periods, resources, bibliographical methods). Examines German culture during critical periods in German history with specific emphasis on literature. Students work closely with a faculty advisor during the semester and are expected to produce a major research paper. PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. Prerequisite: written consent of department head. Attributes: Humanities GRMN 4610 Independent Work (B) 3 cr Language of instruction: German. Each student will work with an instructor to prepare a reading program in an appropriate area and present written assignments as required. The course content may vary. Students can earn multiple credits for this course only when the topic subtitle is different. PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. Prerequisite: written consent of department head. Attributes: Humanities GRMN 4660 Special Topics in German (B) 3 cr Language of instruction: German. The specific content of this course will vary from year to year. A description of the course is available in advance at the Department Office. The course content may vary. Students can earn multiple credits for this course only when the topic subtitle is different. PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. Prerequisite: written consent of department head. Attributes: Humanities GRMN 4670 Special Topics in German in English Translation (C) 3 cr Language of instruction: English. The specific content of this course will vary from year to year. A description of the course is available in advance at the Department Office. The course content may vary. Students can earn multiple credits for this course only when the topic subtitle is different. PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. Prerequisite: written consent of department head. Attributes: Humanities

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