020 Course in Reading German (no credit, FaSpSm) (half-course on load) For graduate students who wish help in meeting the German reading requirement for the Ph.D. degree. Emphasis on development of reading skills. Graded CR/NC.
025 Course in Reading German (no credit) (half-course on load) Continuation of 020. Reading selections appropriate to candidate's major field. Graded CR/NC.
101 German I (4, FaSpSm) Introduction to modern German. Oral practice, listening and reading comprehension. Basic structures necessary for simple spoken and written expression.
102 German II (4, FaSpSm) Continuation of German I. Introduction to German culture. Prerequisite: GERM 101.
201 German III, Conversation and Composition (4, FaSp) Intermediate German. Increasing emphasis on listening and speaking skills and a review of basic structures of German. Discussion of cultural aspects. Prerequisite: GERM 102.
211 German III, Reading Emphasis (4, FaSp) Intermediate German. Increasing emphasis on reading. Prerequisite: GERM 102.
221 Conversational German IV (4, FaSp) Conversational German in a variety of topical settings and vocabulary domains. Prerequisite: GERM 201 or GERM 211.
270x Germanic Mythology: Gods, Magicians, and Dragons (4) Approaches to the study of myth; survey of the gods and myths of early Germanic peoples; lectures and readings of medieval texts and modern analyses. In English. Not available for credit to German majors.
310 Business German I (4, Sp) Introduction to German business language structure including correspondence and oral communication. In German. Prerequisite: GERM 201 or GERM 211.
311 Business German II (4, Fa) Continuation of 310. Terminology and style of commercial and legal texts, analyzed and applied in oral and written work. In German. Prerequisite: GERM 201 or GERM 211.
315 German Phonetics and Pronunciation (4) Introduction to German phonetics: intonation, pronunciation, "Prosodik"; theoretical background (physiology of articulation and psychology of intonation) and practical exercises; differentiation between High German and dialects. Prerequisite: GERM 211 or departmental approval.
320 Composition and Conversation on Contemporary Affairs (4) Practice in oral and written German, emphasizing contemporary cultural and social developments in the German-speaking countries of Europe. In German. Prerequisite: GERM 221.
325 Composition and Conversation in Cultural History (4) Practice in oral and written German, emphasizing the cultural history of the German-speaking countries of Europe. In German. Prerequisite: GERM 221.
330 Introduction to Literary Studies (4) Review of essential literary terms, concepts, and critical methods through analysis and discussion of selected primary and secondary works. In German.
335 Applied German Drama (4, max 8) Works of a German playwright in their social and cultural context, leading to a dramatization of one of the works. In German. Prerequisite: GERM 211 or departmental approval.
340g German Prose Fiction from Goethe to Thomas Mann (4) Examines German prose fiction from the late 18th to the early 20th centuries, with particular emphasis on how narrative texts are constructed. In English.
346 German Folklore and Popular Culture (4) Survey and analysis of folklore and cultural phenomena, including tales, legends, and myths; folk and popular music; beliefs and customs. In English.
350gm Eurocentrism (4) Analysis of European texts, music and art from ancient Greece to the present, demonstrating prevalent cultural biases in European dealings with other cultures. In English.
351 Colloquium on Drama (4) German drama from the 18th century, with emphasis on modernism (since Büchner) and the 20th century avant garde styles: Expressionist, Epic, Grotesque, Documentary, and Sprechtheater. In German.
352 Colloquium on Poetry (4) Definition and analysis of lyric genre through a study of major poets, such as Goethe, Schiller, Heine, Rilke, and Hofmannsthal; poetic traditions from the 17th century to the present. In German.
353 Colloquium on Prose (4) Study of German prose from the 18th century to the present; emphasis on narrative and thematic perspectives in relation to social change and on modernism since Kafka. In German.
360g 20th Century German Prose: Texts and Films (4) Aesthetic and historical analysis of major German 20th century novels, complemented by brief study of cinematic adaptation of each text. Texts in English; films with subtitles.
370 Literature and Culture in Vienna at the Turn of the Century (4) Literature, culture, and society in Vienna 1890-1925; works by figures such as Schnitzler, Hofmannsthal, Kafka, Musil, Kraus, Schönberg, Kokoschka, Freud, Wittgenstein, and others. In English.
372 Literature and Culture in Berlin of the 1920s (4) Literature, culture, and society through works by figures such as Kaiser, Toller, Brecht/Weill, Piscator, Th. Mann, Doeblin, Lukacs, Heidegger, etc. Films: Caligari, Metropolis, Berlin, M, Blue Angel. In English.
375g German Intellectual Perspectives (4) Texts of Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Wittgenstein, Habermas, Kafka, Brecht, Grass, and others; moral implications of social, political, and esthetic thought. In English.
390 Special Problems (1-4) Supervised, individual studies. No more than one registration permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
410 Profile of German Literature I (4) Survey of major trends in German literature within their historical and cultural contexts from the beginnings to the Baroque period. In German.
420 Profile of German Literature II (4) Survey of major trends, figures, and authors in German literature and culture of the 18th and 19th centuries within the European context. In German.
430 Age of Goethe (4) Background and significance of the period; lyrics, major dramatic and prose works from 1770-1832; Storm and Stress; Classicism; Goethe and Schiller. In German.
440 Women's Literature in Germany I (4) Reading and analysis of medieval texts from German-speaking countries, written by and about women: science, love, poetry, letters, drama, mysticism, romance. Conducted in German.
460 Expressionism to the Present (4) Representative authors and works since 1910; World War I, Expressionism, New Objectivity, World War II; literature after 1945: East and West, Swiss and Austrian.
465 Germany East and West (4) Study of the ideological, economic, social, and cultural differences between East and West Germany between 1945 and 1990 and their impact on today's unified Germany. In English.
466 The German Speaking Nations (4) Focus on the culture, history, and society of Austria, East and West Germany, and Switzerland. In German.
470 Advanced Composition and Stylistics (4) Development of competence in written expression; fundamentals of style in expository writing. In German.
490x Directed Research (2-8, max 8) Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit. Prerequisite: departmental approval.
499 Special Topics (2-4, max 8) Intensive study of selected topics or regions.
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