German (GERM)

GERM803
Advanced Syntax and Stylistics in GermanCrosslisted with GERM 403

Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304.

Recommended for all German majors. See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for prerequisite.

Description: Advanced syntax and style in their application to composition.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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GERM804
Advanced Grammar and Composition in GermanCrosslisted with GERM 404

Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304.

Recommended for all German majors. See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for prerequisite.

Description: Advanced grammar study and its practical applications to writing.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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GERM805
Linguistics in GermanCrosslisted with GERM 405

Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304.

See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for prerequisite.

Description: Phonetics, phonemics, morphology, and transformational grammar as applied to standard German.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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GERM807
History of the German LanguageCrosslisted with GERM 407

Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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GERM842
Survey of Medieval German Literature in TranslationCrosslisted with GERM 442, MODL 442, MODL 842

Prerequisites: Permission.

German majors expected to read the works in German translation and to write their papers in German. Non-German majors read the works in English translation.

Description: Development of German vernacular literature during the Middle Ages. Include works that represent the philosophical/religious literature, the heroic epic, and the romance.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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GERM844
Middle High German LiteratureCrosslisted with GERM 444

Prerequisites: GERM 443 / 843.

See instructor to enroll without prerequisites if you already have reading knowledge of Middle High German.

Description: Reading of masterworks of Middle High German literature in the original language.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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GERM845
Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century German LiteratureCrosslisted with GERM 445

Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304.

See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for prerequisite.

Description: Humanism, Reformation, and Baroque.

Course details
Credit Hours:2-3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:2-3

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GERM847
Eighteenth-Century LiteratureCrosslisted with GERM 447

Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304.

See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for prerequisite.

Description: Representative authors of the Enlightenment, Empfindsamkeit, and Storm and Stress.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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GERM848
RomanticismCrosslisted with GERM 448

Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304.

See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for prerequisite.

Description: Representative authors of the Romantic movement.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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GERM849
Survey of Nineteenth-Century German Literature I, 1820-1848Crosslisted with GERM 449

Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304.

Description: A survey of the major literary currents, authors, works, influences in German-speaking countries in the first half of the nineteenth century, excluding Romanticism, which is treated in GERM 448/848. The main concern of the course will be a careful examination of many aspects of "Biedermeier" and "Das Junge Deutschland," the two major movements of the time.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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GERM850
Survey of Nineteenth-Century German Literature II, 1848-1900Crosslisted with GERM 450

Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304.

Description: A survey of the major literary currents, authors, works, influences in German-speaking countries in the second half of the nineteenth century. The main concern of the course will be a careful examination of Poetic Realism and Naturalism, the two major movements in this half of the century.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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GERM851
From Naturalism to ExpressionismCrosslisted with GERM 451

Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304.

See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for prerequisite.

Description: Critical survey of the major literary currents from the turn of the century to the end of World War I.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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GERM852
From the Weimar Republic into ExileCrosslisted with GERM 452

Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304.

See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for prerequisite.

Description: Critical survey of German literature from 1918 to 1945.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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GERM853
History of German PoetryCrosslisted with GERM 453

Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304.

See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for prerequisite.

Description: Critical survey of the development of epic and lyric poetry from the beginning to the present time.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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GERM854
German Literature and PhilosophyCrosslisted with GERM 454

Prerequisites: GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304.

See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for prerequisite.

Description: Relationship between literature and contemporary thought from the eighteenth century to the present.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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GERM855
Postwar German Literature: The Literature of West Germany, Austria, and SwitzerlandCrosslisted with GERM 455

Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304.

See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for prerequisite.

Description: Critical survey of major literary currents in the West since 1945.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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GERM859
Works of Goethe and SchillerCrosslisted with GERM 459

Prerequisites: One of GERM 301, 302, 303 or 304.

See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for prerequisite.

Description: Representative works.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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GERM860
The Faust TraditionCrosslisted with GERM 460

Description: Critical study. Lectures, assigned readings, and reports.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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GERM891
Special Topics in GermanCrosslisted with GERM 491

Description: Language, literature, and civilization.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-6
Max credits per semester:6
Max credits per degree:6
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-6

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GERM899
Masters Thesis

Prerequisites: Admission to masters degree program and permission of major adviser.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-10
Max credits per semester:10
Max credits per degree:99
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-10

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GERM922C
The Interpretive Mode: Reading and Listening in the German Language ClassroomCrosslisted with TEAC 922C

Prerequisites: Substantial content knowledge in German (e.g., employment as a language educator, degree in the language, university language faculty and/or graduate student, etc.).

Description: Critical review and evaluation of current literature, research and theory in the area of German language teaching and learning. This online course explores a variety of strategies for teaching reading, listening and viewing in the language classroom with the purpose of improving language teaching and student achievement.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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GERM922E
Teaching for Intercultural Communicative Competence in the German Language ClassroomCrosslisted with TEAC 922E

Prerequisites: Substantial content knowledge of German (e.g., employment as a language educator, degree in the language, university language faculty and/or graduate student, etc.).

Description: Critical review and evaluation of current literature, research and theory in the area of German language teaching and learning. This online course explores a variety of strategies for teaching culture and intercultural communicative competence in the language classroom with the purpose of improving language teaching and student achievement.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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GERM922G
Interpersonal and Presentational Writing in the German Language ClassroomCrosslisted with TEAC 922G

Prerequisites: Substantial content knowledge of German (e.g., employment as a language educator, degree in the language, university language faculty and/or graduate student, etc.).

Description: Critical review and evaluation of current literature, research and theory in the area of German language teaching and learning. This online course explores a variety of strategies for teaching writing in the language classroom with the purpose of improving language teaching and student achievement.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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GERM922L
Interpersonal and Presentational Speaking in the German Language ClassroomCrosslisted with TEAC 922L

Prerequisites: Substantial content knowledge of German (e.g., employment as a language educator, degree in the language, university language faculty and/or graduate student, etc.).

Description: Critical review and evaluation of current literature, research and theory in the area of German language teaching and learning. This online course explores a variety of strategies for teaching both interpersonal and presentational speaking with the purpose of improving language teaching and student achievement.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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GERM922P
Assessment in the German Language ClassroomCrosslisted with TEAC 922P

Prerequisites: Substantial content knowledge of German (e.g., employment as a language educator, degree in the language, university language faculty and/or graduate student, etc.).

Description: Critical review and evaluation of current literature, research and theory in the area of German language teaching and learning. This online course explores the fundamental concepts and principles of assessment in the language classroom with the purpose of improving language teaching and student achievement.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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GERM922T
Planning in the German Language ClassroomCrosslisted with TEAC 922T

Prerequisites: Substantial content knowledge of German (e.g., employment as a language educator, degree in the language, university language faculty and/or graduate student, etc.).

Description: Critical review and evaluation of current literature, research and theory in the area of German language teaching and learning. This online course explores a variety of instructional planning strategies for the purposes of improving language teaching and student achievement.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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GERM922X
Technology-Enhanced German Language InstructionCrosslisted with TEAC 922X

Prerequisites: Substantial content knowledge of German (e.g., employment as a language educator, degree in the language, university language faculty and/or graduate student, etc.).

Description: Critical review and evaluation of current literature, research and theory in the area of German language teaching and learning. This online course explores a variety of technology tools for foreign language with the purpose of improving language teaching and student achievement.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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GERM930
Seminar in German Linguistics

Prerequisites: Permission

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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GERM950
German Graduate Reading Colloquium

Description: Readings and discussion of German literature and media from across periods and genres.

Course details
Credit Hours:1
Max credits per semester:1
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded
Offered:FALL/SPR

Credit Hours:1

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GERM951
Seminar in German Literature I

Prerequisites: Permission

Description: The classical period, Klopstock, Wieland, Lessing, Herder, Schiller, Goethe. Subject to be selected.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-24

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GERM952
Seminar in German Literature II

Prerequisites: Permission

Description: Tendencies of German literature during the last 50 years.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-24

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GERM985
Readings and Problems in German and Central European HistoryCrosslisted with HIST 985

Description: Examines recent and classic scholarship on German and Central European History. Covers different periods, topics, and regions depending on professor's expertise. Letter grade only.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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GERM996
Research Problems in German

Prerequisites: Permission

Description: Individual research projects on a literary or philological problem in areas not covered by seminars or thesis.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-8
Max credits per semester:8
Max credits per degree:8
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-8

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GERM997
Directed Readings in German

Prerequisites: Permission

Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-24

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GERM999
Doctoral Dissertation

Prerequisites: Admission to doctoral degree program and permission of supervisory committee chair

Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:99
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-24

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