GER 1 Beginner’s German
For Engineering students with no previous knowledge of German. The elements of German grammar, reading and translation. 3 lectures.
German and Russian (GER)
29 courses in the 1966–67 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Notes
(2) All courses above 100 are honours courses. Those marked with a 7 are particularily recommended for general students.
(3) German 270 meets the requirement otherwise referred to in the calendar as cultural or civilization course.
Undergraduate Course Descriptions
The number of hours or lectures shown after the course description is an attempt to indicate the “normal”; each instructor determines how often his particular class will meet.
GER 10 Scientific German
For Graduate Students with no previous knowledge of German. Usage and structure of German scientific writings. Translation in fields of specialization.
3 lectures.
GER 1-50 Beginner’s German
For Arts and Science students with no previous knowledge of German. The elements of German grammar, reading, oral practice, composition.
Arts - 5 lectures. Science - 3 lectures.
GER 15 Scientific German
A review of the fundamentals of grammar followed by a more advanced study of grammatical structure and idiom. Readings and translation from contemporary scientific writing in the Physical Sciences with the aim of helping the student to acquire a greater vocabulary and to master the stylistic difficulties peculiar to technical writing. The reading material will be selected in accordance with the field of study of the individual student. (For Engineering students. Can be taken together with German 50 for Science students.)
Prerequisite: German I or equivalent.
3 lectures.
GER 50 Scientific German
A review of the fundamentals of grammar is followed by a more advanced study of grammatical structure and idiom. Readings and translation from contemporary scientific writing in the Physical Sciences with the aim of helping the student to acquire a greater vocabulary and to master the stylistic difficulties peculiar to technical writing. The reading material will be selected in accordance with the field of study of the individual student. (For Science students. Can be taken jointly with German 15 for Engineering students.
Prerequisite: German I or equivalent.
3 lectures.
GER 100 Introduction to German Literary Movements
Reading and interpretation of representative works of major German authors from the beginning to
the present. Oral practice, composition, grammar. This course is conducted primarily in German.
Prerequisite: Grade 13 German or equivalent. First Class Honours in Grade 12 or permission of the Department Chairman.
3 lectures.
250.+ Conversation, Composition, Grammar and Phonetics. This course is conducted in German and provides intensive practice in spoken German. Vocabulary building, comprehension, pronunciation and intonation are stressed. Prerequisite: German 100. First Class Honours in Grade 13 or permission of the Department Chairman.
3 lectures?
260.+The Age of Goethe. Storm and Stress. The Classical Period. Romanticism. Reading, interpretation and critical analysis of representative works of Lenz, Klinger, Goethe, Schiller, Kleist, Novalis, Brentano, Eichendorff, etc. Prerequisite: German 100.
3 lectures.
270.+German Thought and Culture. A study of the major thought movements and masterpieces of philosophy, literature, music, art, etc. This course is taught in English.
3 lectures.
350.;+Intermediate Conversation and Composition. Written reports on prescribed prose, drama and poetry. (Fontane. Hebbel, Keller, Storm, etc.) Prerequisite: German 100 or equivalent.
3 lectures.
GER 370 Introduction to the History of the German Language with Readings in Middle-High German Literature
(Walther von der Vogelweide, Hartmann, Wolfram, Gottfried, etc.
Prerequisite: German 100, or equivalent.
3 lectures.
GER 380 Enlightenment
Reading, interpretation and critical analysis of prescribed prose, drama, and poetry, (Bodmer, Gellert, Gottsched, Lessing, Wieland, etc.) Prerequisite: German 100 or equivalent.
3 lectures.
GER 450 Advanced Conversation, Grammar and Composition. This course is con-
ducted in German and provides intensive practice in spoken German on the
advanced level. Prerequisite: German 350 or equivalent. 3 lectures.
GER 460 Modern German Literature
Reading and interpretation of prescribed works. (Hauptmann, Hofmannsthal, Rilke, Kafka, Mann, Brecht, etc.) Prerequisite: German 100 or equivalent.
3 lectures.
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GER 470 German Poetry
A study of the main thoughts, themes, forms and schools in German poetry throughout the ages.
Texts: The Oxford Book of German Verse, Echtermeyer-von Wiese. Prerequisite. German 100 or equivalent.
3 lectures.
GER 480 Renaissance-Baroque
Reading, interpretation and critical analysis of prescribed prose, drama, and poetry. (Tepl, Luther, Sachs, Grimmelshausen, Gryphius, etc.)
Prerequisite: German 100 or equivalent.
3 lectures.
GER 495 Reading Course in Approved Topics
Graduate Courses
GER 600 German Literary Criticism
Research techniques, source material, bibliography.
GER 601 Intellectual Foundations of German Classicism
GER 620 Studies of a Modern Author
GER 621 Recent German Literature
GER 630 The German Novel
GER 631 The German Novelle
640°. Lessing.
GER 641 Schiller
GER 650 Goethe
GER 651 Kleist
GER 660 The German Drama to 1889
GER 661 Twentieth Century German Drama
670%. ‘Medieval German Literature.
GER 671 History of the German Language
GER 680 Andreas Gryphius and his Time
GER 681 Heine and Young Germany
GER 690 Gothic
691". Old High German.
GER 692 The History of German Literary Criticism
695.-698. Reading Course in Approved Topics.
699-M. Thesis. 699-D. Thesis.
All the courses with the exception of the Thesis are one term courses.