56 courses in the 1988–89 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Introductory Note
Not all courses listed in this section are available. Please consult the 1988-89 Course Offerings List or the Department for current course information.
In choosing first year courses, students should read carefully the course descriptions, consult the Department Undergraduate Officer, and check the Departments program section.
For students with little or no knowledge of German. The basic elements of German grammar with an emphasis on oral practice and pronunciation. Language laboratory, introduction to aspects of German culture and reading of appropriate graded texts.
GER 101/102 are beginners’ courses for students with little or no knowledge of German. Not open to students who have credit for GER 111, 112, Grade 13 or equivalent. If in doubt, consult the Department.
Prereq: GER 101
GER 111/112 are beginners’ courses for students with little or no knowledge German. Not open to students who have credit for GER 101, 102, Grade 13 or equivalent.
For students with little or no knowledge of German. The basic elements of German grammar and pronunciation with an emphasis on reading and translation of elementary scientific literature from various fields.
Prereq: GER 111
Course Descriptions 16:73 Germanic and Slavic
An introduction to German literature designed to accomplish the transition from language studies to reading and discussing literary texts. Grammar review, conversation practice, and the treading of selected works.
Prereq: At least Grade 12 High School German, or equivalent
GER 121/122 are first year courses for students who have completed at least Grade 12 High School German or have an equivalent background in the language. If in doubt, consult the Department.
Prereq: GER 121, or permission of the instructor
This course is a continuation of first year
GER 101/102. It offers extensive practice
in both the spoken and written language.
It provides vocabulary building, grammar
review, and exercises in pronunciation
and comprehension. Language lab. Prereq: GER 102 or equivalent
Prereq: GER 201, or permission of the instructor
Grammar review and more advanced study of German structure and idiom. Reading and translating of scientific writings for vocabulary building and mastery of difficulties peculiar to technical style. Reading material is selected according to the field of the individual student. Prereq: GER 112 or equivalent
Prereq: GER 211
Conversation on topics of everyday life as well as on political, social, and cultural aspects of the German-speaking countries. Comprehensive grammar review, vocabulary building, pronunciation, and written practice.
Prereq: At least two years of high school German or equivalent
16:74 Course Descriptions Germanic and Slavic
Prereq: GER 251, or equivalent
Reading, interpretation, and critical analysis of representative works (Goethe, Schiller, Hdlderlin, etc.).
Prereq: GER 122, 252 or equivalent.
Reading, interpretation, and critical analysis of representative works (Novalis, Tieck, Brentano, etc).
Prereq: GER 122, 252 or equivalent
A survey of cultural currents to the 18th century. Lectures will focus on major developments in literature, philosophy, religion, art, architecture, and music as seen against the historical background of the German speaking peoples.
Taught in English
Open to all students above first year
A survey of cultural events from the 18th century to the present. Lectures will focus on major developments in literature, philosophy, religion, art, architecture, and music as seen against the historical background of the German speaking peoples.
Taught in English.
Reading and interpretation of major
works since 1945 in prose, drama and
poetry. Main authors: Borchert, Bdll.
Frisch, Diirrenmatt, Grass, Eich, etc. Prereq: GER 122, 252 or equivalent
Prereq: GER 122, 252 or equivalent
Introduction to the major periods of German literature. Reading and interpretation of representative texts.
Prereq: GER 122, 252, 202 or equivalent
Prereq: GER 122, 252 or equivalent
This course introduces students to significant aspects of modern German culture through film, and links this study with that of literature. It involves viewing and analyzing films and establishing a connection to related literary and cultural traditions.
Taught in English
Prereq: Open to all students above first year
Cross-listed as FINE 359
Theory, methodology, and techniques of translation. Patterns and problems in the translation of scholarly texts from the arts and sciences, with special emphasis on idiom and structure as compared with the target language.
Prereq: GER 212 or equivalent.
Prereq: GER 311
Conversation on modern topics. Exercises in advanced grammar, stylistics, and composition.
Prereq: GER 252 or equivalent
Prereq: GER 351 or equivalent
Major German dramas will be studied from various points of view, including historical importance, themes, and technique. The course includes theory and selected dramas of such playwrights as Lessing, Goethe, Schiller, Buchner, Brecht and Dirrenmatt.
Taught in English.
Prereq: Open to students from all departments; not normally to first year students.
This course is complemented in the Winter term by RUSS 356.
Cross-listed as DRAMA 355
Reading, interpretation and critical analysis of prescribed prose, drama and poetry. (Grillparzer, Morike, Stifter, Gotthelf, etc.).
Prereq: GER 122, 252 or equivalent
Reading, interpretation and critical analysis of prescribed prose, drama and poetry (Storm, Keller, Ludwig, Hebbel, Raabe, Fontane, etc.).
Prereq: GER 122, 252 or equivalent
Reading, interpretation and critical anal-
ysis of prescribed texts relating to the
“Moderne” and various literary move-
ments around the turn of the century. Prereq: GER 122, 252 or equivalent
Reading, interpretation and critical analysis of prescribed texts from the early 20th century to the end of World War II (Kafka, Brecht, etc.).
Prereq: GER 122, 252-or equivalent.
A study of significant prose and drama from 1770 to the present representing themes such as Man and Revolution, Duty vs. Inclination, Flesh vs. Spirit, Modern Germany East and West. Works studied include Danton’s Death (Biichner), Maria Stuart (Schiller), Demian (Hesse), Galileo (Brecht), and Cat and Mouse (Grass).
As GER 391
Description in Arts program section.
As 3952.
Study of the major linguistic structures of German, especially in contrast to the structures of English. Coverage of phonetics and phonology, morphology and lexicology, syntax and semantics, and differences between spoken and written German.
Prereq: GER 352 or equivalent
As GER 421.
Prereq: GER 421
Reading, interpretation and critical analysis of prescribed texts (Erasmus, Luther, Sachs, Opitz, Gryphius, Grimmelshausen, etc.).
Prereq: Second-year standing in German
Reading, interpretation, and critical anal-
ysis of prescribed texts (Lessing.
Wieland, Klopstock, Lenz, Klinger, etc.). Prereq: Second-year standing in
German
This course provides intensive practice in spoken and written German on the advanced level.
Prereq: GER 352 or equivalent
Prereq: GER 451 or equivalent
Prereq: GER 122, 252 or equivalent Offered in alternate years
Reading and interpretation of samples from the major works of the MHG period, with emphasis on writers of the first "Blutezeit” in German literature (1170 to 1250); Early Minnesang, Walther von der Vogelweide, Nibelungenlied, Hartmann von Aue, Wolfram von Eschenbach, etc.
A study of the main thoughts, themes, forms and schools in German poetry from the beginning to Goethe.
Prereq: GER 122, 252 or equivalent
A study of the main thoughts, themes, forms and schools in German poetry from German Romanticism to the present.
Prereq: Approval of the Department