GER - German

Development of the basic language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Special emphasis on aural-oral proficiency.

Prerequisite: GER 101 or permission of the department chair. Credit by exam. Continuation of 101.

Prerequisite: GER 102, exemption by exam or permission of department. A one-credit conversation course conducted in German designed to develop oral skills. Weekly discussions based on readings of cultural or current topics. Final grade based on attendance and participation and on one writing assignment in German. May be repeated.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Prerequisite: GER 203 or permission of the instructor. 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.

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

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.

Prerequisite: any GER 200-level course or permission of the department chair. The interaction of a "cultural landscape" and literature from the turn of the century to the year 2002 will be studied in works by Alfred Döeblin, Nelly Sachs, Bertolt Brecht, Christa Wolf, Zehra Cirak, etc. Movies will be used to provide a visual background and further topics for discussion.

Prerequisite: GER 207 or GER 208 or permission of department chair. Development of proficiency in writing German, with emphasis on the contrastive aspects of English and German structure. Special attention to the idiomatic use of language. Introduction to translation.

Prerequisite: GER 208 or permission of the department chair. A study of major authors from expressionism to the present. Modern literary and philosophical movements.

Prerequisite: GER 207 or GER 208 or permission of the department chair. This course analyzes films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Directors such as Fritz Lang, G.W. Pabst, Rainier Werner Fassbinder, Margarethe von Trotta and others will help trace the history of German film.

Prerequisite: Selection by the department. An opportunity for qualified seniors to conduct practice sessions, tutor students and/or administer examinations in specified 100- and 200-level courses. Grading is on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.

Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and the department chair. Study of a selected subject. Conferences and reports.

An upper-level special topics course offered at the discretion of the department. The content and methods vary with the interest of students and faculty members

Prerequisite: Open to junior and senior majors with permission of the department chair. Supervised work in a governmental or international agency, in industry or other appropriate settings involving German-speaking people. Grading is on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.