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3.00 Credits
Students examine the transformation of German political culture from feudal society to modern institutions of art, science, education and commerce. While the French Revolution (1789) is the historical axis on which this change turned, the life of Goethe (1749-1832) spans the period in which Germany made significant progress toward unity and democracy. Illustrative materials in digital and video form supplement the readings.
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A survey of German films from Caligari ( 1919) to Sophie Scholl ( 2005), this course examines 20th-century German history through the lens of Germany's most renowned films. Students develop analytical and critical skills in "reading" films, as cultural products and as cinematic works of art. Students become aware of the increasing social and political importance of mass media for understanding the past.
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3.00 Credits
Students move to an intermediate high level of oral proficiency through practice in daily life communicative skills such as in interviews, party games, telling stories, giving reports, and organizing social events. The course focuses on higher-order functions such as paragraph-length narration, presenting opinions, group discussions, and individual presentations, as well as interviews, debates, and regular group conversations with classroom guests and speakers. Taught in German. Prerequisite: German 232 or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
Students examine fictional works such as short stories, novel excerpts, and other narrative texts, including film, with weekly writing assignments on plot analysis, characterization and multiple layers of voices in a text. Students retell stories in oral and written form and adapt them to different audiences. Coursework includes a review of basic grammar as well as advanced grammar for writing papers in German. The course is designed to teach students writing strategies and the final project is a short term paper written in German. Taught in German. Prerequisite: German 232 or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
Students examine expository texts such as (auto)biographical writings, journalistic articles, and critical essays, with an eye to understanding the strategic organization of the text, the information presented, and the various layers of critical voices in a text. Coursework includes weekly writing assignments on the analysis of structure, style, argumentation, evidence, and perspective in a text. The course is designed to teach students writing strategies and the final project is a short term paper written in German. Taught in German. Prerequisite: German 232 or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
Students examine a variety of texts used in a particular professional or disciplinary field such as economics, the sciences, medicine, art, music, and theology. Coursework enhances listening and reading skills in specialized areas of the work world and writing and speaking proficiency in the work place across the German professions. Recommended for students considering an internship in Germany. Taught in German with strategies for writing letters, resumes, reports, and documented professional work in German. Prerequisite: German 251 or 252. May be repeated if topic is different.
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3.00 Credits
Students examine the lives and writings of selected authors representing a significant minority group rooted in two or more cultural traditions. Students explore how the lives of these authors have been influenced by their dual heritage, how their cultural hybridity is seen in their writings, and the extent to which the voices of these authors have affected mainstream culture. Sample topics include: Jewish-German writers, Turkish-German writers, and contemporary immigrant writers. Taught in German with emphasis on strategies for writing term papers in German. Prerequisite: German 251 or 252. May be repeated if topic is different.
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3.00 Credits
Students examine a major period of German history and its impact on the institutional, intellectual, and artistic heritage of Europe. Course involves close reading and analysis of primary sources as well as critical evaluations of the period and focus on history as an interpretive reconstruction of the past. Sample periods include: the Reformation, Weimar Classicism, the German revolution of 1848, German modernism and post-holocaust Germany. Taught in German with strategies for writing term papers in German. Prerequisite: German 251 or German 252. May be repeated if topic is different.
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3.00 Credits
Students explore current issues, events, culture, politics, education, entertainment, advertising, and other non-literary topics as they are treated in contemporary German print and electronic media, including the press, television, film, the web, and radio. Comparing and contrasting presentations by different German media and by German versus U.S. media, students develop media literacy, including ideological, cultural, aesthetic, and ethical perspectives. Taught in German with strategies for writing term papers in German. Prerequisite: German 251 or 252. May be repeated if topic is different. Also counts toward media studies concentration.
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3.00 Credits
Students spend four weeks during Interim or summer break interning in Germany. Opportunities include work in health care, communications, and manufacturing as well as non-profit organizations, libraries, businesses, laboratories, offices, and churches. Assignment of position varies with availability in host institutions. Prerequisite: at least one 250-level course.
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