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German (GER)
Major: A minimum of eight course credits in German at or above the 300 level, which include GER 301 and either 302 or 304. A maximum of two upper-level courses in other areas, approved beforehand by the Department as relevant to the major, may be substituted for two of the elective German courses.
Teaching Major: A minimum of nine course credits, to include six course credits in German at or above the 300 level, including both GER 301 and 302; ENG 311 (Grammar and the Politics of English) or LAL 352 (Linguistics); LAL 308 (Language Teaching Methodology); and either GER 281, HIS 315 (Diplomacy of War and Revolution), or HIS 324 (Modern Germany). In addition to the foregoing requirements, prospective teachers must also apply for admission to the Teacher Education Program (preferably at the start of their sophomore year) and complete a second major in Secondary Education described under Education.
Minor in German: A minimum of five course credits in German at or above the 300 level, including GER 301.
Minor in German Studies: GER 205 and at least five additional course credits chosen from the following list, or another course or courses approved beforehand by the Department as relevant to German culture and civilization: GER 281, 301, 302, 304, HIS 304 (Europe: the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries), 315 (Diplomacy of War and Revolution), 324 (Modern Germany), MUS 323 (History of Western Music III), 352 (The Ring Cycle of Wagner), PHI 306 (Modern Philosophy: Nineteenth Century), 307 (Marx and Marxism), or REL 373 (Post-Holocaust Religious Thought). Note: A student may not minor in both German and German Studies.
Note: Lectures and discussions in all 300- and 400-level courses are in German.
101-102-103. Beginning German I, II, & III
Pronunciation and a survey of grammar. Facility in speaking and understanding spoken German is stressed. Readings emphasize literature and contemporary life in the German-speaking countries.
205. Intermediate German
Review of grammar, with a greater emphasis on reading and writing. Continued readings in simple literary texts. Prerequisite: GER 103.
281. Contemporary Central Europe
Contemporary life in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
Social institutions and their historical development. Political,
economic, and intellectual life of the area. Influence of and the
reaction to America. Readings and discussions in English. Registration,
when the course is taught in Europe, entails additional costs. Alternate years. CONNELL
301. Composition and Conversation I
Intensive written work designed to develop ability to write German clearly; practice in speaking to develop ability to converse fluently. Brief introduction to the history of German literature. Required of all German majors. Prerequisite: GER 205. CONNELL
302. Composition and Conversation II
Continued practice in developing ability to write and speak German clearly. Intensive work in reading German in various fields. Brief introduction to the history of the German language. Required of all German teaching majors. Prerequisite: GER 301. Alternate years. CONNELL
304. Business German
Introduction to the language used in German businesses as well as an introduction to the German economy. Prerequisites: GER 301 and ECB 101. Alternate years. CONNELL
332. Enlightenment
Development of German literature in the second half of the eighteenth century, concentrating on Lessing and Schiller. Supplementary readings in history and philosophy. Offered every third year. Prerequisite: GER 301. (Humanities) CONNELL
333. Goethe
Introduction to the man and his works, concentrating on Faust. Offered every third year. Prerequisite: GER 301. (Humanities) CONNELL
341. Romanticism
Survey of the German Romantic period, concentrating on Novalis and Kleist. Supplementary readings in Romantic Criticism and the philosophy of German idealism. Offered every third year. Prerequisite: GER 301. (Humanities) CONNELL
342. Realism and Naturalism
Development of German literature in the nineteenth century, especially Heine,
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Keller, and Hauptmann. Offered every third year. Prerequisite: GER
301. (Humanities) CONNELL
351. Modernism
to Survey of major authors of the early twentieth century, especially Rilke, Thomas Mann, and Kafka, and their reactions to the modern world. Offered every third year. Prerequisite: GER 301. (Humanities) CONNELL
352. Post-War Literature
Selections from the works of authors who became prominent between 1945-1990, as well as from Brecht. Various genres. Offered every third year. Prerequisite: GER 301. (Humanities) CONNELL
380. Internship: see Courses 280/380.
390. Individual Project: see Courses 290/390.
485. Senior Tutorial
Similar to an Oxbridge tutorial, in which one paper per week on an assigned topic is prepared, then read aloud, criticized, and discussed. Prerequisites: four 300-level German courses. CONNELL
511. German Reading and Conversation Group (1/4)
Maintenance of German language skills through reading and conversation. Six meetings per term, with all student work done during the meetings. Prerequisite: GER 102. (CR) CONNELL
990. Term, Semester, or Year in Germany
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