GERMAN PROGRAM COURSES
| Fall
2008 |
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LOWER DIVISION |
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| GER 101.01 | First Semester German | (5) | DAILY | 09:10-10:00 | MITTLER |
| A communicative introduction to the German language and culture that fosters active use of the German language. The class is designed to provide ample opportunity to practice realistic German in authentic contexts. Students will learn how to communicate in simple everyday situations. | |||||
| GER 102.01 | Second Semester German | (5) | DAILY | 10:10-11:00 | MITTLER |
| Course continues GER 101. (see description above) | |||||
| GER 207.01 | Intermediate German |
(3) | MW | 14:10-15:25 | MITTLER |
| The goals of second-year German are to expand on speaking German with fluency and accuracy (including introduction to the last few major points of grammar), reading short authentic texts, and writing coherent, organized essays. | |||||
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UPPER DIVISION |
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| GER 301.01 | German in Review | (3) | TTH |
11:10-12:15 | VANDERGRIFF |
| Review of German structures and vocabulary. This course is designed to expand students’ knowledge of German grammar, vocabulary, idioms, formal and informal speech patterns, and to improve students’ ability to express themselves both orally and in writing. Group and partner-work on contemporary issues. | |||||
| GER 510.01** | German Literature I |
(3) | TTH | 12:35-13:50 | VANDERGRIFF |
| Literary developments in Germany from the Middle Ages to Romanticism are seen within their social, political, and cultural context. Analysis of literary genres, application of basic tools of literary analysis. Students develop close-reading skills, a critical perspective as well as advanced speaking and writing competency. | |||||
| GER 613.01** | The Weimar Republic (in English) | (3) | W | 16:10-18:55 | SCHECHTMAN |
| The primary focus of this seminar is to explore exemplary work of literature and other artistisc movements from the Weimar Republic and to inquire into the relationship between political change and artistic substance. The inherent tensions underlying the troubled republic with its aura of discontentment produced a tremendous amount of literary texts and artistic movements that reflect the struggle for order over growing chaos, for tradition against modernity, for the old morality against the new. To address these tensions, the seminar will include literary texts by Irmgard Keun, Bertolt Brecht, Alfred Döblin, and Hermann Hesse, films by Fritz Lang, and other artictic responses such as the art by DADA. | |||||
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GRADUATE
COURSES |
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| GER 813.01** | The Weimar Republic (in English) | (3) | W | 16:10-18:55 | SCHECHTMAN |
| The primary focus of this seminar is to explore exemplary work of literature and other artistisc movements from the Weimar Republic and to inquire into the relationship between political change and artistic substance. The inherent tensions underlying the troubled republic with its aura of discontentment produced a tremendous amount of literary texts and artistic movements that reflect the struggle for order over growing chaos, for tradition against modernity, for the old morality against the new. To address these tensions, the seminar will include literary texts by Irmgard Keun, Bertolt Brecht, Alfred Döblin, and Hermann Hesse, films by Fritz Lang, and other artictic responses such as the art by DADA. | |||||
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DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE |
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| GER 750.01*** | Foreign Languages: Curriculum and Instruction | (3) | TTh | 16:10-18:55 | VANDERGRIFF |
| The first of a two-semester sequence of foreign-language CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION I & II, this course provides teaching credential candidates and GTA's in foreign languages with theoretical foundations and practical skills for foreign language instruction. | |||||
| * | paired undergraduate/graduate course | ||||
| ** | required course | ||||
| *** | required course for graduate student instructors | ||||
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May 8, 2009