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GER 211Contemporary German Language and Culture

Units
0.50
Faculty
Arts
Subject
German

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 0 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course develops reading, writing, and oral skills, and intercultural competence.

Prerequisites

  • Complete 1 of the following
    • Must have completed the following:
      • GER102 - Elementary German 2 (0.50)
    • Must have completed the following: 4U German

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

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  • Nice course with Dr. Schmenk! I'd say it's less work than 101/102/201 each week - you don't get THAT much vocab for each week. It introduces some new grammars and vocabs, but the main focus is the ability to express yourself in German, rather than using fancy linguistic tricks. You'll need to try your best to write a blog with a given topic each week in German without a dictionary, and you replace the things you can't express with whatever other language you speak (not just English). Also you'll have 1 individual project + 2 group projects. This is the course I really enjoyed throughout the term. One thing is that there might be people with pretty advanced level of competence, since not…

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Fall 2017

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