Corequisite: Any Foundation course. For those who are just beginning the study of German.
Corequisite: Any Foundation course. Continuation of GERM 101A.
Prerequisite: GERM 101B and completion of the 13-unit Foundation requirement (or entering competency equivalent to GERMAN 101B and completion or concurrent enrollment in at least one Foundation course. German grammar review with further development of reading, writing, and conversational skills.
Prerequisite: GERM 201A and completion of the 13 unit Foundation requirements (or entering competency equivalent to GERMAN 201A and completion or concurrent enrollment in at least one Foundation course. German grammar review with further development of reading, writing, and conversational skills.
Prerequisites: GERM 101A,B or equivalent or consent of instructor. Concentrates on essentials for translation and is designed chiefly for students in any field who are preparing for reading exams in German.
Prerequisite: GERM 201B or equivalent. Intensive practice and the consolidation of the basic language skills: reading comprehension, composition, and conversation. Emphasis on reading, comprehension, vocabulary building, and idiomatic usage.
Prerequisite: GERM 201B or equivalent. Intensive practice and the consolidation of basic skills: reading, comprehension, composition, and conversation. Emphasis on composition, oral reports, and discussion.
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing in German or consent of instructor. General concepts of linguistic science. Linguistics applied to the study and teaching of the German language. Articulatory phonetics as a means to form native German pronunciation habits with emphasis upon the difficulties encountered by speakers of American English.
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing in German. Intensive practice of spoken German with stress on vocabulary building, pronunciation, intonation, and oral comprehension. Credit/No Credit grading only. May be repeated once for credit.
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing in German or consent of instructor. The preparation of translations from German texts of wide-ranging subject matter.
Prerequisites: GERM 101A,B or equivalent or consent of instructor. Advanced language course to acquaint students with the terminology of German business. Conversational and written approaches to business correspondence, forms of business and corporate organizations, transportation, banking, management, protection, marketing. (Not open to students with credit in GERM 307 or 308.)
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Foundation requirements, one or more Explorations courses, and upper-division standing. After the peaceful revolution of 1989/90, the united Germany today presents a different picture than at any time in its turbulent history. An important trading partner of the United States and close ally, it owes much of its democratic framework to U.S. influence during the immediate post-war period. The course examines the cultural heritage, the political and social reality, and the economic system through fictional and factual texts. Taught in English. Traditional grading only.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing in German or consent of instructor. Exploration of topics in language, culture, and literature. Specific topics to be announced in the Schedule of Classes. May be repeated with different topics to a maximum of six units.
Prerequisites: GERM 301, 302. Practice in developing a style and vocabulary suitable for the writing of reports and essays on cultural and literary topics. May be repeated to a maximum of six units.
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing in German. Historical development of important German institutions, customs and thought.
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing in German. German literature from the Middle Ages to the time of Goethe as related to the other arts, to philosophy, and to the social and political institutions of the time.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing in German. German literature from Romanticism to the present as related to the other arts, to philosophy, and to the social and political institutions of the time.
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing in German. German poetry from the Baroque to the present.
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing in German. The German Novella as a separate literary genre, represented by Goethe, Tieck, Kleist, Keller, Meyer, Storm, Spielhagen, Hesse, Kafka, Thomas Mann, and others.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing in German. Literary trends of the 18th Century, with emphasis on Lessing, Wirland, Klopstock, Herder, Goethe and Schiller and the authors from "Strum und Drang" to Romanticism. Letter grade only
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing in German. Representative literary works of the "Biedermeier", "Junges Deutschland" and " Poetischer Realismus" against the back-ground of the historical, philosophical, and cultural movements of the times.
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing in German. Significant contemporary German writers of prose, drama, and poetry.
Acquaint students with the art of the medium, particularly as it is realized through the work of the artist most responsible for its success or failure, in this case the director. Traditional grading only for majors/minors.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and department chair. Field work in German, supplemented by readings and tutorials under the direction of a faculty member. Internships, small group discussion/teaching, and other assignments directed by a supervising faculty member. Course may be repeated for a maximum of 6 units. No more than 3 units may be applied to the major in German.
Prerequisite: Senior standing in German or consent of instructor. Exploration of topics in language, culture, and literature. Specific topics to be announced in the Schedule of Classes. May be repeated with different topics to a maximum of six units.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Independent study undertaken under the supervision of a faculty member.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate Program in German or permission of Graduate Advisor in the German Studies. The course locates the present concentration of international research in the discipline and requires individual research, presentation of findings, and a substantive paper. Traditional grading only.
Prerequisite: B.A. in German or equivalent. Intensive studies in special topics of the artistic, intellectual, social, religious, economic, and political development of the German-speaking countries, as announced in the Schedule of Classes. May be repeated for a maximum of 9 units with different topics.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in German. German poetry from the Baroque to the present.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in German. The German Novella as a separate literary genre, represented by Goethe, Tieck, Kleist, Keller, Meyer, Storm, Spielhagen, Hesse, Kafka, Thomas Mann, and others.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing in German. Literary trends of the 18th Century, with emphasis on Lessing, Wirland, Klopstock, Herder, Goethe and Schiller and the authors from "Strum und Drang" to Romanticism. Letter grade only
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing in German. Representative literary works of the "Biedermeier", "Junges Deutschland" and " Poetischer Realismus" against the back-ground of the historical, philosophical, and cultural movements of the times.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in German. Significant contemporary German writers of prose, drama, and poetry.
Prerequisite: B.A. in German or equivalent. Evaluation of various methods in interpreting a literary work of art; different levels of interpretation; concepts of literary movements; complexity of structure related to content; literary appreciation; introduction to bibliographical aids. May be repeated with different topics to a maximum of 9 units.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Consent of instructor and chairperson or graduate advisor. Selected topics in German to be pursued in depth. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units provided subject matter is distinct for each enrollment.
Prerequisite: Consent of graduate advisor. Required of all candidates for the master of arts in German who do not choose to write a thesis.
Prerequisite: Consent of graduate advisor. Planning, preparation, and completion of a thesis. Does not count toward 30 units required for the M.A. degree.