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GER 201 Intermediate German I

Prerequisite: GER 102 or satisfactory performance on placement examination or permission of department chair. Use of language laboratory. Credit by exam. Further development of language skills with emphasis on reading and oral participation.

Credits

3.0

Core

Foundations/Foreign Language

Offered

Fall Semester

GER 202 Intermediate German II

Prerequisite: GER 201 or permission of department chair. Use of language laboratory. Credit by exam. Continuation of GER 201.

Credits

3.0

Core

Foundations/Foreign Language

Offered

Spring Semester

GER 203 German Conversation & Composition

Prerequisite: GER 202 or satisfactory performance in placement exam or permission of department chair. Credit by exam. Concentration on writing, conversation and structural difficulties. Reading and discussion of cultural materials of an interdisciplinary nature. Weekly written compositions.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Fall Semester (Odd Years)

GER 204 German Culture and Civilization

Prerequisite: GER 202 or permission of the department chair. Introduction to German civilization: study of the cultural features of the German language and the social, cultural and intellectual life of the German-speaking people. Discussion and weekly written assignments

Credits

3.0

Offered

Fall Semester (Even Years)

GER 207 Cultural Perspectives on German Literature I

Prerequisite: GER 202 or permission of the department chair. An introductory course that analyzes literature genres and examines major German texts from the Middle Ages to the 18th century. Illustrated lectures, films and selected documents of the periods will provide the cultural background required to understand the texts and connect them to social, philosophical and aesthetic movements.

Credits

3.0

Core

Literature

Offered

Either Semester

GER 208 Cultural Perspectives on German Literature II

Prerequisite: GER 207 or permission of the department chair. An introductory course that analyzes literature genres and examines major German texts from the 18th century to the present. Illustrated lectures, films and selected documents of the period will provide the cultural background required to understand the texts and connect them to social, philosophical and aesthetic movements.

Credits

3.0

Core

Literature

Offered

Either Semester

GER 230 History of German Language

Prerequisite: GER 207 or GER 208 or permission of department chair. This course introduces basic linguistic concepts and methodology as applied to the German language with emphasis upon its historical and structural development. Students will look at relevant texts, and analyze and translate them, identifying the changes in the German language

Credits

3.0

Offered

As needed

GER 299 Special Topics

Prerequisite: GER 207 or GER 208 or permission of department chair. A course covering a specific motif, theme, genre or medium reflecting the cultures of the German speaking countries.

Credits

3.0

Offered

As needed