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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.