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GERM 111 – Elementary German I (3 Credit Hours)
Introduction to German.
Grading Restriction: ABC/N grading only.
Credit Restriction: Not available to students eligible for GERM 150.
Comment(s): If at least two years of German were taken in high school, a placement exam is required.
GERM 112 – Elementary German II (3 Credit Hours)
Introduction to German.
Grading Restriction: ABC/N grading only.
Credit Restriction: Not available to students eligible for GERM 150.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): GERM 111 with grade of C or better.
GERM 123 – Intensive Elementary German (6 Credit Hours)
Introduction to German.
Grading Restriction: ABC/N grading only.
Credit Restriction: Not available to students eligible for GERM 150.
Comment(s): This course is equivalent to GERM 111 and GERM 112. If at least two years of German were taken in high school, a placement exam is required.
GERM 150 – Elementary German Transition (3 Credit Hours)
This course is designed to prepare students for enrollment in 211.
Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit grading only.
Credit Restriction: Since 150 is a review of elementary German, students who receive credit in this course may not also receive credit for any other 100-level German course and, therefore, also forfeit the 6 hours of elementary language credit awarded through placement examination.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Placement score between 250 and 337.
GERM 211 – Intermediate German I (3 Credit Hours)
Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
(RE) Prerequisite(s): GERM 112 or GERM 123 or GERM 150 with grade of C or better or placement score between 338 and 454.
GERM 212 – Intermediate German II (3 Credit Hours)
Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 211.
GERM 223 – Intensive Intermediate German (6 Credit Hours)
Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
(RE) Prerequisite(s): GERM 112 or GERM 123 or GERM 150 with grade of C or better or placement score between 338 and 454.
Comment(s): This course is equivalent to GERM 211* and GERM 212*.
GERM 311 – Advanced Language I (3 Credit Hours)
This course emphasizes writing, listening, and speaking on an advanced level; review of major grammatical concepts.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 212 or 223 or placement by departmental exam.
GERM 312 – Advanced Language II (3 Credit Hours)
This course emphasizes writing, listening, and speaking on an advanced level; review of major grammatical concepts.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 212 or 223 or placement by departmental exam.
GERM 321 – Short Films and Short Texts (3 Credit Hours)
Writing-emphasis course.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): GERM 212* or GERM 223* or placement score higher than 454.
GERM 322 – Children’s Literature (3 Credit Hours)
Writing-emphasis course.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): GERM 212* or GERM 223* or placement score higher than 454.
GERM 323 – German Film Survey (3 Credit Hours)
A study of the German cinema from the earliest days to the present. Taught in English. Writing-emphasis course.
(Same as Cinema Studies 323.)
GERM 324 – Animal Stories (3 Credit Hours)
Incorporates short texts and films from the late eighteenth century through the twenty-first century to examine how adult versions of children’s stories use animal protagonists to explore particular elements of human life: science or knowledge, politics, freedom, subjectivity, or emotion and love. Focus is on building vocabulary and familiarity with linguistic structures, as well as developing analytic thinking and writing skills. Readings and discussions in German. Writing-emphasis course.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): GERM 212* or GERM 223* or placement score higher than 454.
GERM 325 – The German Graphic Novel (3 Credit Hours)
This course examines contemporary German comics and graphic novels and exposes students to the scholarly methods used to study them. The course’s key aim is to expand students’ German vocabularies and understanding of complex syntactic structures.
Readings and Discussion in German. Writing-emphasis course.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): GERM 212* or GERM 223* or placement score higher than 454.
GERM 326 – Coming of Age Stories (3 Credit Hours)
Examines key concepts of 20th and 21st century German culture and history via narratives of coming of age in film, literature, and electronic media. Taught in German. Writing-emphasis course.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): GERM 212* or GERM 223* or placement score higher than 454.
GERM 331 – Elements of German for Upper-Division and Graduate Students (3 Credit Hours)
Elements of language, elementary and advanced readings and a final 10,000 word translation project.
Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit grading only.
Credit Restriction: No credit for students who have completed 111 and 112 or 123.
Comment(s): Open to graduate students (for undergraduate credit) preparing for language examinations and upper-division students desiring reading knowledge of the language. Not available for major credit.
GERM 332 – Elements of German for Upper-Division and Graduate Students (3 Credit Hours)
Elements of language, elementary and advanced readings and a final 10,000 word translation project.
Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 223 or 331 or 211 and 212.
Comment(s): Open to graduate students (for undergraduate credit) preparing for language examinations and upper-division students desiring reading knowledge of the language.
GERM 350 – The Afterlife of the Holocaust (3 Credit Hours)
Selected themes, issues, figures, movements, and problems in the German-Jewish relationship as reflected in literature and culture from the 1750s to the present. Variable content. Taught in English. Writing-emphasis course.
(Same as Judaic Studies 350.)
Repeatability: May be repeated with approval of department. Maximum 6 hours.
GERM 363 – Contemporary German Cultures (3 Credit Hours)
Varying topics covering art, music, literature, society, and politics in the German speaking world. Taught in English. Writing-emphasis course.
Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
Repeatability: May be repeated with approval of department. Maximum 6 hours.
Credit Restriction: Major credit, but no foreign language credit.
GERM 370 – Witches: Myth, Reality, and Representation (3 Credit Hours)
Traces representations of witches from the Middle Ages to contemporary pop culture. Covers the witch persecutions in central Europe, the politics surrounding the Salem witch trials, stories of witches in 19th-century fairy tales, and representations of witches in popular films and literature today. Aside from covering important moments in the cultural history of central Europe, the class exposes students to the methodologies of critical media studies. Writing-emphasis course.
Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
GERM 411 – Advanced Language III (3 Credit Hours)
Reaching a more advanced level in writing, listening, and speaking; review of advanced grammatical concepts.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): GERM 311 or GERM 312.
GERM 412 – Advanced Language IV (3 Credit Hours)
Reaching a more advanced level in writing, listening, and speaking; review of advanced grammatical concepts.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): GERM 311 or GERM 312.
GERM 415 – German Special Topics (3 Credit Hours)
Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 212 or 223 or placement score higher than 467.
GERM 416 – Berlin: Culture and History (3 Credit Hours)
The 20th-century German or Austrian metropolis in the mirror of history, literature, theory, art, architecture, and music. Taught in English.
(RE) Corequisite(s): 112 or higher German language course or placement score between 338 and 467.
GERM 419 – German Fairy Tales and Literary Fantasies (3 Credit Hours)
Examination of how and why forms of literary fantasies ranging from apocalyptic dreams to enchanted visions have changed over the centuries. Strong interdisciplinary component tracing interconnections between philosophy, psychology, religion and literary history, as well as exploring the relationship between literary, musical and artistic representations of specific themes. Writing-emphasis course.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Two courses from GERM 321, GERM 322, GERM 324, GERM 325, GERM 326.
GERM 420 – Selected Topics in German Literatures and Cultures (3 Credit Hours)
Taught in English. Writing-emphasis course.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Two courses from 321, 322, 325.
GERM 423 – Themes and Genres in German Cinema (3 Credit Hours)
A study of selected themes and genres in German cinema. Writing emphasis course.
(Same as Cinema Studies 423.)
GERM 425 – Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics (3 Credit Hours)
(See French 425; Linguistics 425; Russian 425; Spanish 425.)
GERM 426 – Methods of Historical Linguistics (3 Credit Hours)
Phonetics, distinctive feature analysis, sound change types, nature of sound change, principles of reconstruction, and fundamental assumptions about language change through time. Non-phonological linguistic change, language families, and Proto-Indo-European and other proto-languages.
(Same as French 426; Linguistics 426; Russian 426; Spanish 426.)
Recommended Background: Linguistics 200 or two 3rd year foreign language courses.
GERM 433 – Nation, Race, and Ethnicity (3 Credit Hours)
Examination of cultural constructions of nation, race, and ethnicity and how they have challenged each other and developed in German-speaking countries since the eighteenth century. Close study and analysis of fiction, non-fiction, and films that address controversial topics such as assimilation, integration, racial/ethnic identity formation and multiculturalism. Writing-emphasis course.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Two courses from GERM 321, GERM 322, GERM 324, GERM 325, GERM 326.
GERM 434 – Extraordinary Wo(Men)―Outcasts, Rebels, Martyrs, and Saints (3 Credit Hours)
Examination of German texts and visual media that have challenged mainstream thinking throughout the centuries. Strong interdisciplinary component focusing on literary and artistic forms that depict struggles involving religion, politics, and gender. Writing-emphasis course.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Two courses from GERM 321, GERM 322, GERM 324, GERM 325, GERM 326.
GERM 435 – Structure of the German Language (3 Credit Hours)
Contrastive English-German segmental and suprasegmental phonemes, contrastive English-German linguistic structures, selected topics in advanced German grammar and syntactic analysis.
(Same as Linguistics 435.)
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 311 and 312 and two courses from 321, 322, 325.
GERM 455 – German Literatures and Cultures (3 Credit Hours)
Seminar with varying topics about literatures and cultures in the German-speaking world. Writing emphasis course.
Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 12 hours.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Two courses from GERM 321, GERM 322, GERM 324, GERM 325, GERM 326.
GERM 477 – German Honors (1 Credit Hour)
Preparation of a proposal and an outline for an honors paper or an honors portfolio.
Registration Permission: Consent of program chair.
GERM 485 – Business German (3 Credit Hours)
German used in fields of business, government, administration, and economics.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): GERM 311 and GERM 312.
GERM 490 – Internship (1-15 Credit Hours)
Career-related experiences in the United States or abroad.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Registration Restriction(s): German major/language and world business concentration
GERM 491 – Foreign Study (1-15 Credit Hours)
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor
GERM 492 – Off-Campus Study (1-15 Credit Hours)
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor
GERM 493 – Independent Study (1-15 Credit Hours)
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor
GERM 494 – German Community Service Practicum (1 Credit Hour)
Supervised by the director of the lower-division German program. Students assist German classes at local schools or they perform supervised service with local institutions that promote awareness of German culture among the general public.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours. (Maximum 1 hour per semester.)
(RE) Corequisite(s): 411 or 412 or 485.
Registration Permission: Consent of program chair.
GERM 498 – Senior Honors Project (1-6 Credit Hours)
Preparation of an honors thesis or an honors portfolio, and oral presentation and defense of this senior honors project to a faculty committee.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
Comment(s): A maximum 6 credit hours can be counted towards the Honors German Concentration.
Registration Permission: Consent of program chair.
