Classes Offered in German
GER 0101 – Beginning German 1
Times: MWF 11:00 – 11:50, MWF 1:00 – 1:50
Description: This is an elementary language course for students who have not previously studied any German. Students will be working towards the A1-level of the Common European Framework of Reference, which is accepted worldwide. Students should plan to take GER 102 during the following semester.
GER 0102 – Beginning German 2
Times: MWF 10:00 – 10:50 (Kurash), MWF 11:00 – 11:50 (Kurash), MWF 11:00 – 11:50 (Malandro), MWF 12:00 – 12:50 (Malandro)
Description: This is the second part of our elementary language course sequence. Students will begin to work towards the A2-level of the Common European Framework of Reference, which is accepted worldwide. Students should plan to take either German 103 (Beginning German 3) or German 203 (Intensive Intermediate German 1) during the following semester.
Attributes: DSAS Second Language General Ed. Requirement
Requirements: PREQ: GER 0101 or Equivalent (MIN GRADE: B-)
GER 0103 – Beginning German 3
Times: MWF 1:00 – 1:50 (Malandro)
Description: This is the third part of our elementary language course sequence. Students will continue to work towards the A2-level of the Common European Framework of Reference. Students should plan to take GER 201 (Intermediate German 1) during the following semester.
Requirements: PREQ: GER 0102 or equivalent (MIN GRADE B-)
GER 0201 - Intermediate German 1
Times: MWF 10:00 – 10:50 (Harms)
Description: This is the first part of our intermediate language sequence. We will work with the German textbook Netzwerk B1, and read an adapted version of Die weiße Rose, a book about a resistance group during the Third Reich. Students will begin to work towards the B1-level of the Common European Framework of Reference.
Attributes: DSAS Geographic Region General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Second Language General Ed. Requirement
Requirements: PREQ: GER 0103 or equivalent (MIN GRADE B-)
GER 0204 - Intensive Intermediate German 2
Times: MTWThF 12:00 – 12:50 (Brand)
Description: This is the second part of our intensive intermediate language sequence. We will work with the German textbook Netzwerk B1, and read an adapted version of Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee, a novel about growing up in the GDR. Students will continue to work towards the B1-level of the Common European Framework of Reference.
Attributes: DSAS Geographic Region General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req.
Requirements: PREQ: GER 0203 or equivalent (MIN GRADE B-)
GER 1001 - German Writing
Times: MWF 1:00 – 1:50 (Kurash)
Description: This course is designed to strengthen the student's composition skills through constant practice in writing, revising, and editing. The goal is to be able to express thoughts effectively in correct and well-structured German prose, including business correspondence. Strong emphasis is put on problems of stylistics, including punctuation, sentence structure, word usage, and figures of speech.
Requirements: PREQ: GER 0202 or GER 204 (MIN GRADE: B-)
Attributes: Writing Intensive Course (WRIT), European and Eurasian Studies, West European Studies
GER 1004 - The German Business (Eco)System
Times: TuTh 4:00 – 5:15 (Waeltermann)
Description: Subject-oriented, authentic texts and videos serve as the vehicle for an efficient and accelerated introduction to business German. The course emphasizes both receptive (reading and listening) and productive (speaking and writing) skills.
Requirements: PREQ: GER 0202 or GER 0204 (MIN GRADE: B-)
Attributes: West European Studies
GER 1105 - Literary Analysis
Times: TuTh 9:30 – 10:45 (Colin)
Description: Students will learn the characteristic features of poetry, prose, and drama and will develop a technical vocabulary to interpret literary works in German. We will also learn about some of the different methodologies and theoretical approaches that literary critics employ to analyze texts. We will build upon and expand the reading techniques and strategies learned in 1000-level courses to prepare students for the more advanced literature and culture seminars at the 1200-level. Readings, class discussions, tests, oral reports and written assignments will be in German.
Requirements: PREQ: Any 1000-level German course
Attributes: DSAS Literature General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req., European and Eurasian Studies, West European Studies
GER 1108 - Green Germany
Times: TuTh 1:00 – 2:15 (Harms)
Description: In this course, we will explore the role of nature and the concept of sustainability in German culture. We will look at literary and non-literary texts, films, and images from the Romantic period to the present, and analyze how the concept of ‘nature’ has been defined and instrumentalized at different points in time, e.g. by political movements, but also in advertising, for economical gain, or in the name of progress. In this context, we will also study the history of the environmental movement in Germany from the early 19th century to now, and investigate current environmental projects in the German-speaking world. The course will be held in German, although some texts will be made available in English.
Requirements: PREQ: Any 1000-level German course
Attributes: DSAS Geographic Region General Ed. Requirement
GER 1204 - German for Social Scientists 2
Times: TuTh 11:00 – 12:15 (von Dirke)
Description: This course has a three-part teaching objective: 1) it analyzes historical development and institutional structures of the European union and asks the question to which extent this supranational union was able to engender a collective identity; 2) it allows students to practice their German language skills in all four areas: reading, writing, listening and speaking; 3) it teaches students how to write an analytic seminar paper in German.
Requirements: PREQ: Any 1100-level German course
Attributes: DSAS Geographic Region General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Second Language General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Social Science General Ed. Requirement
GER 1350 - German Drama
Times: MW 4:30 – 5:15 (Lukic)
Description: Analyze, adapt, and perform Professor Bernhardi! In this drama by the Austrian playwright Arthur Schnitzler, racism becomes socially acceptable and corrupts politics with the help of scandal-mongering media. Colleagues turn on each other, while opportunists take advantage of a misunderstanding in order to sow chaos in this modern-day witch-hunt. All readings and discussions will be in German.
Requirements: PREQ: Any 1000-level German course
Attributes: DSAS Creative Work General Ed. Requirement, European and Eurasian Studies, West European Studies
Classes Offered in English
GER 1500 - Germanic Myths, Legends and Sagas
Times: Lecture - MW 12:00 – 12:50 (Batista), Recitation – Th 9:00 -9:50, Th 10:00 – 10:50, Th 1:00 – 1:50
Description: This course presents a survey of Northern European cultural values from about 500 B.C. to about 1500 A.D. Sources include archaeological finds, sagas, ballads, legends, customs, superstitions, place names, and language expressions. Topics include social organization, distribution of labor and wealth, the position of women and children in family and society, and the uses of supernatural beliefs to achieve worldly goals. Where appropriate, parallels will be drawn between modern Northern European values and their formative myths from the distant past. This course is taught in English.
Attributes: DSAS Geographic Region General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Literature General Ed. Requirement, Children's Literature, Medieval & Renaissance Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req., European and Eurasian Studies, West European Studies
GER 1502 - Indo-European Folktales
Times: Lecture - MW 2:00 – 2:50 (Lyon), Recitation – Th 9:00 – 9:50 (Brand), Th 10:00 – 10:50 (Brand), Th 1200 – 12:50, Fr 9:00 – 9:50 (Brand), Fr 10:00 – 10:50 (Brand), Fr 11:00 – 11:50, Fr 12:00 – 12:50, Fr 1:00 – 1:50
Description: German 1502 is a study of the esthetic, psychological, and social values reflected in a variety of European folklore genres, including magic tales, legends, proverbs, superstitions, and jests. The Grimms' pioneering collections constitute the course's nucleus, but it draws numerous supporting examples from other European countries as well. This course is taught in English.
Attributes: DSAS Geographic Region General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Literature General Ed. Requirement, Children's Literature, Medieval & Renaissance Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req., Asian Studies, European and Eurasian Studies, Global Studies, Russian & East European Studies, West European Studies
GER 1504 - European Identity between History and European Union Cultural Policy
Times: TuTh 2:30 – 3:45 (von Dirke)
Description: This course is explores the state of the European union today with respect to the issue of collective identity formation by integrating the historical development of the EU with studying its evolving institutional structure. The course examines how culture, which was originally only an afterthought of European integration, has gained in importance since the overarching permissive consensus with which European populations passively supported the integration process began to crumble with the Maastricht treaty of 1992. Through a variety of sources from across the social sciences, political theory and social philosophy, the course elucidates how EU cultural policy aims to engender a transnational European identity. This course is taught in English.
Attributes: DSAS Geographic Region General Ed. Requirement, European and Eurasian Studies, Russian & East European Studies
GER 1528 – Vienna
Times: TuTh 4:30 – 5:45 (Colin)
Description: Viennese culture in the age of modernism anticipates crucial issues, concerns, and debates of our time. The present lecture series introduces students to the multifaceted Viennese developments in art, literature, music, philosophy, and science from the late nineteenth century to World War II. Among the major figures discussed in this course are: Mach, Wittgenstein, Freud, Schnitzler, Kraus, Klimt, Schiele, Loos, Schonberg, Alban Berg. This course is taught in English.
Attributes: West European Studies
GER 1535 - Outsiders in German Literature
Times: MW 3:00 – 4:15 (Lukic)
Description: This course surveys major works of German literature of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries and develops literary analytical skills. Students will learn about various aspects of German culture by focusing on "outsiders"-individuals who live on the margins of a social order and, by their very marginality, help define accepted social norms. Readings include texts by Goethe, Kleist, Hoffmann, Buchner, Mann, Kafka, Borchert, Bachmann, Plenzdorf, and Wolf. This course is held in English.
Attributes: DSAS Literature General Ed. Requirement, Writing Intensive Course (WRIT), West European Studies
GER 1550 - Computational Methods in Humanities
Times: MWF 10:00 – 10:50 (Birnbaum, Pickett)
Attributes: DSAS Quant.-Formal Reason General Ed. Requirement, University Honors Course
GER 1901 - Independent Study
GER 1902 - Directed Study
GER 1905 - German Internship 1
GER 1906 - German Internship 2
GER 1990 - Senior Thesis