German (GERM)
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.
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.
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.
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.
Description: Critical study. Lectures, assigned readings, and reports.
Description: Language, literature, and civilization.
Prerequisites: Admission to masters degree program and permission of major adviser.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Prerequisites: Permission
Description: Readings and discussion of German literature and media from across periods and genres.
Prerequisites: Permission
Description: The classical period, Klopstock, Wieland, Lessing, Herder, Schiller, Goethe. Subject to be selected.
Prerequisites: Permission
Description: Tendencies of German literature during the last 50 years.
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.
Prerequisites: Permission
Description: Individual research projects on a literary or philological problem in areas not covered by seminars or thesis.
Prerequisites: Permission
Prerequisites: Admission to doctoral degree program and permission of supervisory committee chair