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3.00 Credits
French politics, history, economics, and aspects of daily life will be discussed through the use of selected readings and authentic documents. Students will further develop their reading, writing, and speaking skills through the study of French culture. Three credits.
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Professional work experience in the community which complements and strengthens academic in-class learning. Academic credit is variable depending on the nature and duration of the experience. Students may or may not be compensated depending on the company/ agency/education setting. Students must receive departmental approval to participate. May be repeated. Variable credit.
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For beginners in the language. The two courses form a sequence, and are normally completed as a unit. No prerequisite for GE 101. Satisfactory completion of GE 101 is a prerequisite for GE 102. The entire 2-semester course aims at acquisition of the usual basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Presentation of basic grammar and an introduction to the culture of German speaking peoples. GE 101, 102 do not fulfill the graduation requirement. Each semester comprises three hours classroom work and one hour practice in the language lab under instructor's supervision, along with individual lab practice. GE101 offered Fall semester; GE 102 offered Spring semester. Four credits each semester.
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A two-semester sequence designed to fulfill the graduation requirement for students with adequate high school preparation (2 or 3 years). Students normally complete these two courses in sequence; an exception may be made by the Foreign Language Department. (203) Thorough grammar review, development of speaking, listening, reading and writing, and enhancement of cultural understanding. Prerequisite: appropriate score on the College's language placement examination, or 6 to 8 credits of college elementary German. Offered Fall semester. Three credits. (204) Emphasis on development of reading and discussion skills, with material dealing with German culture. Written exercises, translation and discussion. Prerequisite: satisfactory completion of GE 203, or appropriate score on the College's language placement examination. Offered Spring semester. Three credits. Courses numbered 305 and above are offered on demand. These courses are taught entirely in German, and have as a prerequisite GE 203 and 204, unless an exception is made by the Department.
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This course aims at improving the ability to speak and understand German, with the main emphasis on the pronunciation and intonation of German, and the expansion of active and passive vocabulary. Class sessions will revolve around conversations on a variety of topics based on personal interest, supplemented by material from the web, videos, films, short stories and magazine articles, as well as vocabulary and grammar quizzes, dictations, and oral presentations. Each student will give a midterm and final presentation on a German-related topic. Three credits.
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This course will present an overview of the history of the German language, from the Indoeuropean origins to Old High German, Middle High German, Early New High German, and High German. The focus will be on linguistic, geographical, and historical developments, conveyed through close readings of unedited texts representative for each period. An excellent foundation course for all the other period courses. Three credits.
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This course provides students with a solid foundation in German syntax. It is a writing-intensive course directed towards improvement of stylistic skills. Thorough review of tenses, complex grammatical structures and idiomatic expressions. Writing assignments progress in difficulty and will include journals, compositions, and critical essays. Three credits.
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This course will present an overview from the earliest literary documents of the late 8th Century (Merseburger Zaubersprüche, Hildebrandslied) through the Carolingian Renaissance (Einhard, Notker), to the heroic and courtly epics of the early 13th Century (Nibelungen, Parzival) and "Minnesang" (Walther, CodexManesse), while glossing linguistic as well as historical developments. Three credits.
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This course will present the literary developments during the German Baroque (Language Societies, Opitz, Gryphius, Grimmelshausen) and also gloss the music (Schütz, Froberger) and philosophy (Wolff, Leibniz) of the time, against the backdrop of linguistic and historical developments. Three credits.
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An introduction to German and Austrian literary texts from approximately 1900 - 1950. Texts under consideration will not only include novels (in excerpted form), stories, essays, plays, and poetry by representative authors such as Hofmannsthal, Thomas Mann, Heym, Klabund, Brecht, Benn, but also memoires, interviews, letters, and newspaper articles. Focus on grammatical, stylistical, structural, contextual and historical analyses; examination of period-terms such as "Fin de Siècle," ExpressionismWeimar Republic, the Post-War era. Three credits.
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