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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Expansion of basic communication skills and further development of linguistic competency. Review and completion of basic grammar, building of vocabulary, and practice in writing short essays. Reading of short literary texts. Exposure to history and culture of German-speaking countries through audio, video, and Web materials. For graduate credit see 21F.452. Meets with 21F.472 when offered concurrently.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 21F.401, 21F.471, or permission of instructor
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4.00 Credits
Expands skills in speaking, reading, listening, and writing. Develops analytic and interpretative skills through the reading of a full-length drama as well as short prose and poetry (Durrenmatt, Boll, Borchert, and others) and through media selections on contemporary issues in German-speaking cultures. Discussions and compositions based on these texts. Review of grammar and development of vocabulary-building strategies. Recommended for students with two years of high school German. Meets with 21F.473 when offered concurrently.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 21F.402, 21F.472, or permission of instructor
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4.00 Credits
Development of interpretive skills, using literary texts (B. Brecht, S. Zweig) and contemporary media texts (film, TV broadcasts, Web materials). Discussion and exploration of cultural topics in their current social, political, and historical context via hypermedia documentaries. Further refinement of oral and written expression and expansion of communicative competence in practical everyday situations. Meets with 21F.474 when offered concurrently.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 21F.403, 21F.473, or permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
No course description available.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: Permission of instructor; Coreq: 21F.409, 21F.410, 21F.412, 21F.414, 21F.415, 21F.416, or 21F.420
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3.00 Credits
Intensive tutorial in writing and speaking for majors. Provides students with enhanced linguistic and cultural fluency for academic or real-world purposes. 21F.407 builds on writing and speaking skills acquired in 21F.406. Conducted entirely in German. Preference to German majors.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: Permission of instructor; Coreq: 21F.409, 21F.410, 21F.412, 21F.414, 21F.415, 21F.416, or 21F.420
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3.00 Credits
Students refine their language skills via performing (story telling, drama, interpretative speaking, poetry slam), writing short, creative texts; and by reading contemporary prose, plays, and poetry. Explores different art forms such as short film, photography, installation and digital art, and commercials. Discusses works by Yoko Tawada, Ernst Jandl, and Babak Saed, among others. Students create their own mini-film, commercial, or multimedia work. Taught in German.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 21F.403 or 21F.473
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3.00 Credits
Exposes students to current issues and language use in German technology, business, and international industrial relations; discusses ramifications of these issues in a larger social and cultural context. Prepares students who wish to work or study in a German-speaking country. Focuses on specialized vocabulary and systematic training in speaking and writing skills to improve fluency and style. Emphasizes communicative strategies that are crucial in a working environment. Includes discussion and analysis of newspaper and magazine articles, modern expository prose, and extensive use of online material. Taught in German.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 21F.404 or 21F.474
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3.00 Credits
Explores representative and influential works from the late 19th to the present through literary texts (prose, drama, poetry), radio plays, art, film, and architecture. Introduces different forms of aesthetic analysis and interpretation. Provides the opportunity to discuss, orally and in writing, cultural, ethical, and social issues on a stylistically sophisticated level. Investigates topics such as the human and the machine, science and ethics, representation of memory, and issues of good and evil. Includes works by E.T.A. Hoffmann, Kafka, Brecht, Durrenmatt, Suskind, and W.G. Sebald. Topics and authors vary from term to term. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Taught in German.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 21F.404 or 21F.474; permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Investigates current trends and topics in German literature, theater, film, television, radio, and other media arts productions. Analyzes media texts in the context of their production, reception, and distribution as well as the public debates initiated by these works. Students have the opportunity to discuss topics with a writer, filmmaker, and/or media artist from Germany. Taught in German. Topics vary from term to term.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 21F.404 or 21F.474
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3.00 Credits
Examines the historical, political, and sociological forces that shape present-day Germany. Topics vary and may include: value changes in postwar society, coping with the legacy of the past, multiculturalism in Germany, change of gender roles, cultural differences between East and West after the unification, the role of environmentalism, the process of European integration, and Germany and its neighbors. Draws on current articles, texts and videos from newspapers, journals, the Web, and German TV. Integrates and contextualizes the first-hand experiences of German society. Taught in German.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 21F.404 or 21F.474
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