The following foreign language instruction courses, numbered 5000-9999, are offered for graduate credit. Courses numbered 5000-6999 which are offered for undergraduate credit only may be found in the undergraduate bulletin, as well as all other undergraduate courses (numbered 0900-4999). Courses in the following list numbered 5000-6999 may be taken for undergraduate credit unless specifically restricted to graduate students as indicated by individual course limitations. For interpretation of numbering system, signs and abbreviations, see University Courses.
For courses on German culture and literature taught in English go to: German in English Translation Courses (GER).
Prereq: consent of graduate adviser. Offered for S and U grades only. No Ph.D. degree credit. Controlled application of active language skills for students electing a Ph.D. minor in German, or German as a graduate reading language. (T)
Prereq: GER 3100 or 3200 or equiv. Emphasizes improvement of student's oral and written command of German. Detailed study of modern German syntax. (B)
Historical, cultural and critical aspects of German children's literature; includes works for young children and adolescents. (I)
Survey of major literary and filmic representations of the Third Reich and the Holocaust; theories of Holocaust aesthetics, representation and reception. (I)
German Romantic literature and thought in a European context. Survey of Romanticism as a period is linked to studies of specific writers, genres, and cultural developments. (I)
Nineteenth-century literary and cultural texts emanating from the period of rising industrialization in the German-speaking world. (I)
Lessing, the Storm and Stress movement, Goethe, Schiller; literary and cultural achievements. (I)
Goethe, Schiller, and the literary background of Weimar and German Classicism. (I)
Investigation of theories in second language acquisition. Review of research in development of second language competence: acquisition of phonology, lexicon, semantics, syntax, discourse, and pragmatics. (B)
Fin-de-siecle Germany and Austria, modernism and the metropolis, modernism and the new media (film, radio), art and politics of the Weimar Republic. (I)
Recent and contemporary literary and cultural works in context of the political, social and intellectual developments since 1945. (I)
Special topics in German studies, focusing on culture, literature, language, or area studies. Topics to be announced in Schedule of classes. (I)
Focuses on literature by and about marginalized groups and on their cultures in postwar Germany. (I)
Prereq: GER 5850 or consent of instructor. Latest research on acquisition of reading and listening skills in a foreign language. Difference between receptive and productive language use; how methods of foreign language teaching treat the instruction of the receptive skills. (B)
Prereq: GER 5850 or consent of instructor. Current research on acquisition of speaking and writing skills in a foreign language. Difference between productive and receptive language use; how various methods of foreign language teaching treat the instruction of productive skills. (B)
Prereq: GER 5850 or consent of instructor. Types of current technology; review of research on effectiveness of language classroom technologies; evaluation of technologies; development of activities for use in classroom. (B)
Theoretical basis of second language teaching models; historical overview of methodologies; current trends in teaching of reading, writing, listening, speaking, and culture. Implications of methodology on materials, classroom techniques, and testing. (B)
Means of assessing students' knowledge of a foreign language. Topics include: ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview; testing of reading, writing speaking and listening skills; means of testing grammar and culture; testing as it relates to program goals. (Y)
Undergrad. prereq: written consent of German chairperson; grad. prereq: written consent of German graduate adviser and chairperson. (T)
Prereq: consent of major adviser required for undergraduates. Major critical approaches to German literature and cultural texts, and the questions and problems that drive contemporary German studies. (B)
Historical, cultural and critical aspects of German children's literature; includes works for young children and adolescents. (I)
Survey of major literary and filmic representations of the Third Reich and the Holocaust; theories of Holocaust aesthetics, representation and reception. (I)
German Romantic literature and thought in a European context. Romanticism as a period linked to studies of specific writers, genres, cultural developments. (I)
Nineteenth century literary and cultural texts emanating from the period of rising industrialization in the German-speaking world. (I)
Lessing, Storm and Stress Movement, Goethe, Schiller; literary and cultural achievements. (I)
Goethe, Schiller, and the literary background of Weimar and German Classicism. (I)
Fin-de-siecle Germany and Austria, modernism and the metropolis, modernism and new media (film, radio), art and politics of the Weimar Republic. (I)
Recent and contemporary literary and cultural works in context of the political, social and intellectual developments since 1945. (I)
Special topics in German studies, focusing on culture, literature, language, or area studies. Topics to be announced in Schedule of Classes. (I)
Focuses on literature by and about marginalized groups and on their cultures in postwar Germany. (I)
Prereq: GER 7850 or consent of instructor. Latest research on acquisition of reading and listening skills in a foreign language. Difference between receptive and productive language use; how methods of foreign language teaching treat the instruction of the receptive skills. (B)
Prereq: GER 7850 or consent of instructor. Current research on acquisition of speaking and writing skills in a foreign language. Difference between productive and receptive language use; how various methods of foreign language teaching treat the instruction of productive skills. (B)
Prereq: GER 7850 or consent of instructor. Types of current technology; review of research on effectiveness of language classroom technologies; evaluation of technologies; development of activities for use in classroom. (B)
Theoretical basis of second language teaching models; historical overview of methodologies; current trends in teaching of reading, writing, listening, speaking, and culture. Implications of methodology on materials, classroom techniques, and testing. (B)
Prereq: GER 7750 or consent of instructor. Means of assessing students' knowledge of a foreign language. Topics include: ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview; testing of reading, writing speaking and listening skills; means of testing grammar and culture; testing as it relates to program goals. (Y)
Prereq: written consent of graduate adviser and chairperson. (T)
Prereq: consent of graduate adviser. (T)
Topics to be announced in Schedule of Classes . (I)
Prereq: consent of adviser. (T)
Prereq: consent of department. For Ph.D. program applicants. Offered for S and U grades only. Research in preparation for doctoral dissertation. (T)
Prereq: consent of dissertation adviser; Ph.D. candidate in department. Required in academic-year semester following advancement to Ph.D. candidacy. Offered for S and U grades only. (T)
Prereq: consent of dissertation adviser; GER 9991. Required in academic-year semester following GER 9991. Offered for S and U grades only. (T)
Prereq: consent of dissertation adviser; GER 9992. Required in academic-year semester following GER 9992. Offered for S and U grades only. (T)
Prereq: consent of dissertation adviser; GER 9993. Required in academic-year semester following GER 9993. Offered for S and U grades only. (T)
Prereq: consent of dissertation adviser; completion of 30 credits in GER 9999, or 9991-9994. Offered for S and U grades only. (T)
Prereq: consent of graduate adviser. Offered for S and U grades only. (T)