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GER 101 German I 4 Y
Introductory proficiency-based course which prepares students to understand, speak, read, and write in culturally authentic contexts. Activities are conducted in German. No prior experience or admission by placement testing.

GER 102 German II 4 Y
Continuing proficiency-based course which develops communicative abilities in speaking, listening, reading, and writing in culturally authentic contexts. Activities are conducted in German. Prereq: GER 101 or admission by placement testing.

GER 201 German III 4 Y
Continuing proficiency-based course which refines and expands previously acquired linguistic skills in culturally authentic contexts. Activities are conducted in German. Prereq: GER 102 or admission by placement testing.

GER 202 German IV 4 Y
Continuing proficiency-based course which focuses on reading, discussing, and analyzing authentic texts as a basis for the expression and interpretation of meaning. Conducted in German. Prereq: GER 201 or admission by placement testing.

GER 281, 282 Introduction to German Literature 3 each S
Reading of representative works in lyric, epic, and dramatic genres that introduce students to the substance and appreciation of German literature. Primary and critical texts, interpretations, discussions, and informal reports. Prereq: GER 202, equivalent, or permission of instructor.

GER 300 Selected Topics 3 IR
for example: Intro to Goethe, Kafka and his Time, German Film, Romanticism and Zen

GER 306 Junior Composition and Conversation 3 IR
Provides increasing facility in idiomatic use of spoken and written language. Prereq: GER 202 or permission of instructor.

GER 356 German Culture and Civilization 3 IR
Area survey of social and cultural phenomena: literature, philosophy, music, and art. Practice in speaking, composition, and aural comprehension. Prereq: GER 202, 306, or permission of instructor.

GER 357 Contemporary German Culture and Civilization 3 IR
Survey and analysis of developments in the arts and literatures and in the political, educational, and social systems in the G.D.R. and the F.R.G. since 1945 Prereq: GER 202, 306 or permission of instructor.

GER 400 Selected Topics 3 IR
for example: Intro to Goethe, Kafka and his Time, German Film, Romanticism and Zen

GER 499 Honors in German 3-6 S

GER 500 Selected Topics 3 IR
for example: Intro to Goethe, Kafka and his Time, German Film, Romanticism and Zen

GER 506 Advanced Composition and Conversation 3 IR
Provides increasing facility in phonetics, grammar, and syntax in original themes. Prereq: GER 306 or permission of instructor

GER 565 Nineteenth-Century Prose 3 IR
The topic of this course is the rise of realism, particularly from 1830 to 1880. The lessons include lectures, discussions and short papers. Additional work required for graduate credit. Prereq: GER 281, 282 or permission of instructor

GER 566 Nineteenth-Century Drama 3 IR
The course deals with drama and dramatic theory between 1830 and 1880 by looking into leading works by Buechner, Hebbel, Wagner, and Grillparzer. Lectures, discussion, short papers. Additional work for graduate credit. Prereq: GER 281, 282 or permission of instructor.

GER 567 German Lyrics and Ballads from the Earliest Period to the Present 3 IR
The focus of this course is on representative readings, primarily in modern German translation, from the literature of the early and late Middle Ages, especially Middle High German courtly lyric and epic poetry. Lectures, discussion, succinct papers. Additional work required for graduate credit. Prereq: GER 281, 282 or higher or permission of instructor

GER 575 Lessing and the Sturm und Drang 3 IR
The course analyzes major works by such poets and thinkers of the late eighteenth century as Lessing, Herder, the young Goethe, and Schiller. Lectures, discussion, short papers. Additional work required for graduate credit. Prereq: GER 281, 282 or permission of instructor.

GER 576 Classicism and Romanticism 3 IR
Literary works and criticism of later Goethe and Schiller will be in the focus of this course as well as writings of such Romantic authors as the Schlegels, Tieck, Novalis, E.T.A. Hoffmann. Lectures, discussion, short papers. Additional work required for graduate credit. Prereq: GER 281, 282;GER 575; or permission of instructor

GER 577 Literature from 1880 to the Close of World War II 3 IR
The course studies important writers of prose, drama, lyric between 1880 and 1945, e.g. Schnitzler, Hofmannsthal, Kafka, Hesse, Mann, Brecht. Lectures, discussion, short papers. Additional work required for graduate credit. Prereq: GER 281, 282 or higher or permission of instructor.

GER 578 German Postwar Literature 3 IR The course studies important poets, dramatists, and prose writers after 1945, e.g. Boell, Grass, Frisch, Duerrenmatt. Lectures, discussion, short papers. Additional work required for graduate credit. Prereq: GER 281, 282 or higher or permission of instructor.

GER 580 Proseminar 3 S Specialized individual studies in German literature and language. May be repeated for credit. Prereq: permission of instructor.

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