GER 200Transcultural Studies

Units: 0.50
Faculty: Arts
Subject: German
Cross-listed: CI 200

Not in the current Undergraduate Calendar. Shown as it appeared in 2025–26.

When it runs

Ran in 4 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course provides an introduction to transcultural views of literature, film, language, and literature and media culture (e.g., fairy tales and their adaptation in other cultures, authors who work in multiple languages, transcultural comics, multilingual and transcultural films, local cultures' interaction with global arts and media scenes, etc.).

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

None listed.

Notes

Lectures and readings in English; no knowledge of German required.

Leads to

CI 400

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One post or comment in 1 thread mentions GER 200, October 2021 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Fall 2021

Oct 17, 2021 [deleted by user] 6 points, 18 comments

u/NFGraves: “… I took GER200 and I believe a lot of those language culture classes fall under the new CI (Cultural Identities) category.”

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