ELEMENTARY GERMAN
3 credits
Patterns 1-2
The courses are topically organized and designed to encourage communication and to offer insight into the culture of the speakers of German. Information is provided on the geo-political areas in which German is spoken and the cultural habits and orientation of its speakers.
INTERMEDIATE GERMAN
3 credits
Concentration Option or Patterns 1-2 or
These courses promote communication through a knowledge of German and German culture. They involve further study of the structural and lexical features of German based upon topical subjects. They enhance an understanding of the in-depth cultural of German-speaking countries through presentations on their traditions of art, music, and literature.
TRANSLATION OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL GERMAN
3 credits
Concentration Option or Patterns 1-2 or
Translation of selected scientific and technical articles from contemporary journals in bio-medicine, chemistry, economics, geology, computer science, and physics. Emphasis on the practical aspects of translating; training in use of specialized dictionaries and reference sources.
CONVERSATION AND COMPOSITION
3 credits
Concentration Option or Patterns 1-2 or
These courses involve conversations on topical subjects and in-depth analyses of structural, lexical and grammatical features of German. The conversations are drawn on the cultural activities and perspectives of the speakers of German (holidays, work habits, plight of ethnic minorities, church, and family).
THEMES IN GERMAN LITERATURE
3 credits
Concentration Option or Patterns 1-2 or
Major themes from medieval to modern times (love, death, suffering, and political and social involvement). Practice in conversation and composition. May be repeated for credit. Readings and discussions in German.
STUDIES IN GERMAN CULTURE
3 credits
Concentration Option or Patterns 1-2 or
Analysis of the contemporary culture of German-speaking countries: lifestyles, national characteristics, folk tradition. Emphasis on the Germans’ view of themselves, and their view of their recent past. Focus varies from semester to semester.
HISTORY OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE
3 credits
Concentration Option
The German language from its beginning to the present; particularly, the development of sounds, vocabulary, and the formation of standard High German.
GERMAN SCRIPT
3 credits
Concentration Option
Development of the ability to read texts in German Script from mid-20th-century Europe to 18th-century America. Brief history of German Script.
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
3 credits
Concentration Option
Study and discussion of German literature from its beginnings to the end of the medieval period.
LITERATURE OF THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES
3 credits
Concentration Option
Study and discussion of the literature of the 17th and 18th centuries, excluding the works of Goethe and Schiller.
THE CLASSICAL AGE
3 credits
Concentration Option
Study and discussion of the literature of the classical age with special attention to the works of Goethe and Schiller.
LITERATURE OF THE 19TH CENTURY
3 credits
Concentration Option
Study and discussion of the literature of Romanticism, Realism, and Naturalism.
LITERATURE OF THE 20TH CENTURY
3 credits
Concentration Option
Study and discussion of modern German literature from 1880 to the present.
SEMINAR
3 credits
Topics of investigation vary from semester to semester. Readings, reports, and discussion in a selected genre (novel, drama, lyric, short story). Seminar paper.
