German: GER

Lower-Division Courses

GER X04. Accelerated First-Year German.

GER X06. First-Year German I.

Basic training in grammatical patterns and usage of modern German.

GER X07. First-Year German II.

Advanced training in grammatical patterns and usage of modern German.

GER X12. Accelerated Second-Year German: Readings in Modern German.

Grammar review, composition, readings and recitation, discussion of literary works, and German culture.

GER X12K. Second-Year German I: Readings in Humanities and Social Sciences.

GER X12L. Second-Year German II: Readings in Humanities and Social Sciences.

GER X12V. Second-Year German I: Business German.

German 312V covers the same material as 312K, but with readings, discussions, and exercises that focus on the business world. Emphasis on practical, career-oriented competence.

GER X12W. Second-Year German II: Business German.

German 312W covers the same material as 312L, but with readings, discussions, and exercises that focus on the business world. Emphasis on practical, career-oriented competence.

GER X19S. Topics in German.

This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Germanic Studies. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.

GER X29S. Topics in German.

This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Germanic Studies. University credit is awarded to work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.

GER X79. Conference Course in Germanic Language or Literature.

Supervised individual instruction course in which students engage in special studies necessary to expand their acquaintance with any subject in Germanic languages or literature.

GER X85. Conference Course in Germanic Languages or Literature.

Upper-Division Courses

GER X06. First-Year German I.

Basic training in grammatical patterns and usage of modern German.

GER X07. First-Year German II.

Advanced training in grammatical patterns and usage of modern German.

GER X19S. Topics in German.

This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Germanic Studies. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.

GER X22D. Conversation and Composition: Individuals and Society.

Explore everyday lives and language use in German-speaking societies through readings and media texts discussing popular culture, university life, and work. Focus on developing practical German skills: comprehension (reading and listening), speaking (conversations and informational presentations), and writing.

GER X22E. Conversation and Composition: Contemporary Controversies.

Explore contemporary and often controversial issues confronting German-speaking populations (such as migration) through readings and diverse media texts. Produce oral and written work for specific audiences and purposes (recommendations, comparisons, evaluations), with a review of advanced grammar resources.

GER X28. Advanced German Grammar.

Description of German sounds, grammatical structures, pronunciation, word formation.

GER X29S. Topics in German.

This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Germanic Studies. University credit is awarded to work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.

GER X30C. Advanced Conversation and Composition: Culture.

German cultural material from print and visual media provides the basis for advanced conversation and composition, with considerable practice in the writing of short essays in German.

GER X30D. German across Disciplines.

Students read and discuss German language materials related to the subject matter of another designated course.

GER X31L. Advanced Conversation and Composition: Literature.

German literary material from print and visual media provides the basis for advanced conversation and composition, with considerable practice in the writing of short essays in German.

GER X42K. Middle Ages-Early Modern Era Cultural History.

Explore German-language cultures between the Middle Ages and Early Modern Europe (ca. 1200 to 1750), from medieval kings through religious reforms, globalizing wars, and the rising middle class. Examine how texts reflect changing social, political, and religious values, tying stories and essays to important moments in emerging German-language cultures.

GER X43C. Contemporary German Civilization.

Cultural, social, and literary history of Germany between 1900 and reunification. Taught in German.

GER X43K. Enlightenment to 1900 Cultural History.

Explore cultural movements through literature, essays, and philosophy from German-speaking Europe between absolutism and its imperial eras (circa 1750-1900). Focus on how texts reflect common themes and concerns of the emerging nation-states.

GER X44K. Twentieth Century Cultural History.

Explore German-speaking Europe's century of global wars, modernization, and political transformations from World War I through World War II and the resonances of the Cold War. Focus on how cultural movements and landmark texts in literature, visual arts, film, and digital media reflect transformations in cultural history and social values.

GER X47L. Language and Society in the German-speaking Countries.

Uses language and linguistics to study the culture and society of the German-speaking countries. Taught in German.

GER X48D. German Play: Student Production.

Discussion, staging, and production of a German play.

GER X49T. Introduction to Teaching German.

Supervised individual instruction designed to offer students an introduction to principles of foreign language education and the opportunity to teach German in local elementary schools.

GER X63K. Topics in German Culture.

Study of selected aspects of Germanic civilization, such as science and philosophy, fine arts, film, history, social institutions. Conducted in German.

GER X63K.1. Classics of German Cinema.

An introduction to German cinema through its most innovative, influential, and important films and filmmakers.

GER X63K.2. Heimat: No Place Like Home.

Examine the cultural and political history of German-speaking countries, using the concept of Heimat as a common thread, by means of a variety of media. Investi-gate the roles Heimat played in the medical discovery of nostalgia" in the German Romantic period, the rise of German natio-n-alism, the post-war Ger-manies, and in the German environmentalist movement.

GER X63K.3. Popular Music and West Germany.

Explore West German culture and society through the lens of popular music from the 1950s to the present. Examine an array of sources, from literature, film, television, and music journalism to identify the national and transnational intersections and impacts of popular music on understanding Germany.

GER X63K.4. Perspectives in German Film and Literature.

Explore German literature and cinema throughout the 20th and 21st century.

GER X69. Topics in Germanic Languages.

Introduction to the phonology, morphology, syntax, dialectology, or lexicography of individual Germanic languages.

GER X69.1. The Structure of the German Language.

GER X69.4. The German Language: Historical Perspectives.

GER X69.7. Translation I.

GER X69.8. Translation II.

GER X73. Topics in Germanic Literature.

GER X73.3. Biography and Autobiography.

GER X73.4. German Science Fiction.

GER X73.5. German Travel Literature.

GER X73.6. Writing: A Media History.

Focus on how the act and process of writing literature involves the writer's thoughts and writing skills and techniques, as well as the media, tools, and technologies through which they write. Read the draft traces of how an author brought a work into being to reconstruct the writing and thought process, reveal the evolution of poetic concepts, and evaluate the role of writing strategies and techniques. Explore the literary manuscript and writing process through the history of writing technologies, media and their ecosystems, as product of the evolution of literary writing as a Kulturtechnik (culture technique / technology).

GER X73.7. Plagiarism and Forgery in German Literature 18th to 21st Century.

Look at the history of the discourse around originality, plagiarism, copyright, and remix culture in German literature from the 18th to the 21st century.

GER X79. Conference Course in Germanic Language or Literature.

Supervised individual instruction course in which students engage in special studies necessary to expand their acquaintance with any subject in Germanic languages or literature.

GER X79H. Honors Tutorial Course.

Supervised individual research on a literary or linguistic problem, culminating in an honors paper of some length.

GER X85. Conference Course in Germanic Languages or Literature.

Graduate Courses

GER X06. First-Year German I.

Basic training in grammatical patterns and usage of modern German.

GER X07. First-Year German II.

Advanced training in grammatical patterns and usage of modern German.

GER X19S. Topics in German.

This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Germanic Studies. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.

GER X29S. Topics in German.

This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Germanic Studies. University credit is awarded to work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.

GER X79. Conference Course in Germanic Language or Literature.

Supervised individual instruction course in which students engage in special studies necessary to expand their acquaintance with any subject in Germanic languages or literature.

GER X80C. German for Graduate Students in Other Departments.

Intensive reading course, emphasizing basic grammar and vocabulary with translation practice.

GER X81. Topics in Germanic Linguistics and Philology.

GER X81.14. Introduction to the Sociolinguistics of German.

GER X81.15. Introduction to Germanic Linguistics.

Survey the problems, methods, and major projects of Germanic linguistics using both synchronic and diachronic perspectives.

GER X81.2. Introduction to Synchronic Linguistics: German.

GER X81.3. Introduction to Diachronic Linguistics: Germanic.

GER X82M. Topics in Cultural History.

Study of various political, intellectual, artistic, and social movements in the cultures of Germanic countries.

GER X82M.2. German Democratic Republic Culture.

Explore the cultural mechanisms and values associated with the arts (literature, architecture, film), ideologies, and practices of public life in the German Democratic Republic.

GER X82M.3. Canons and Classicisms.

Explore how and why national canons use ideologies of classicism, starting with Weimar Classicism.

GER X82M.4. Transatlantic Memory Cultures.

Explore and compare European and United States Memory Cultures since the nineteenth century.

GER X82N. Topics in Intellectual History.

An interdisciplinary investigation of the significance of ideological structures of thought in historical contexts.

GER X82N.1. French-German Philosophy and Theory.

Explore core philosophical texts from the nineteenth and twentieth century that ground post-World War II French post-structuralism.

GER X82N.2. Culture, Technology, and Techniques.

Explore the cultures of technology and how tech influences the production and reproduction of cultures.

GER X82N.3. German Origins of Modern Humanities Research.

Explore the history of and approaches to research projects and priorities in contemporary cultural and literary studies, including research design.

GER X82N.4. Memory and Trauma.

Examine and apply current theories in memory and trauma studies used in cultural studies.

GER X82N.5. German and European Models of Power and Governmentality.

Examine twentieth-century models of power, governmentality, and law from Germany and Europe.

GER X82N.6. Digital Mapping of Cultural Networks.

Examine how humanities has mapped cultural, literary, and inter/intratextual networks from the eighteenth century through current digital art and literature.

GER X85. Conference Course in Germanic Languages or Literature.

GER X86. Topics in Periods in Germanic Literature.

Thorough survey of the principal periods of Germanic literature.

GER X86.1. German Literature and Culture: Middle Ages through Humanism (800-1450).

GER X86.10. Dutch Literature and Culture.

GER X86.12. Scandinavian Literature and Culture.

GER X86.2. German Literature and Culture: Renaissance/Reformation through Baroque (1450-1730).

GER X86.3. German Literature and Culture: Enlightenment through Realism (1730-1890).

GER X86.4. German Literature and Culture: Naturalism since 1890.

GER X86.5. Old Norse Literature and Culture.

GER X89K. Topics in Methods in the Study of Literature and Linguistics.

An introduction to the critical and technical procedures used in Germanic studies, especially bibliographical aids.

GER X89K.1. Fundamentals of Scholarship.

GER X89K.6. German Rhetoric and Stylistics.

GER X89K.7. Thinking Digital: Literature, Language, and Culture.

Explore a range of digital tools, methods, and approaches to research in the humanities.

GER X92. Topics in Seminar in Germanic Literature and Culture.

Study of problems, topics, writers, genres, and movements in Germanic literature and culture.

GER X92.2. Fascist Aesthetics.

Explore the aesthetic theories and practices used by fascist regimes to represent their ideologies in the public sphere.

GER X92.3. Travel and Literature.

Study masterworks of travel literature as genres and in historical and intertextual contexts.

GER X92.4. Space, Travel, and Discovery in Early Modern Narratives.

Study narratives about travel and discovery in Early Modern Europe, especially as implicating science and new experiences of space.

GER X92.5. Cultures of Nationalism.

Explore how literature can reflect, transmit, and naturalize nationalist ideologies and identities.

GER X93K. Topics in Seminar in Germanic Linguistics and Philology.

Study of linguistic topics in Germanic languages, such as grammar, morphology, phonology, dialectology, syntax, lexicology, sociolinguistics.

GER X93K.1. German Syntax.

GER X93K.10. Older Germanic Languages and Cultures: Old Norse.

GER X93K.11. Older Germanic Languages and Cultures: Gothic.

GER X93K.12. Older Germanic Languages and Cultures: Old High German.

GER X93K.13. Older Germanic Languages and Cultures: Middle High German.

GER X93K.14. Older Germanic Languages and Cultures: Old Saxon.

GER X93K.15. Frame Semantics.

Explore theories and applications frame semantics within linguistics.

GER X93K.16. Landmarks of Linguistic Thought.

Explore the development of linguistic thought through readings of historically important essays.

GER X93K.3. The Acquisition of German.

Special problems in the acquisition of German or another Germanic language as a first or second language.

GER X93K.4. Synchronic Linguistics: German Morphology.

GER X93K.6. Sociolinguistics: Language Contact and Death.

GER X93K.7. Sociolinguistics: Texas German Dialect.

GER X93K.8. Sociolinguistics: German Dialectology.

GER X93K.9. Synchronic Linguistics: Phonetics and Phonology.

GER X94C. Topics in Comparative, Cultural, or Theoretical Studies.

Topics with a substantial Germanic component or application that fall outside of national-language literary and linguistic studies. May include comparative national approaches to genre, culture, or society; interdisciplinary studies; and surveys or focused studies on approaches to theory or methodology that apply to Germanic studies.

GER X94C.1. Multimodality in Nineteenth-Century Print Culture.

Examine theories and examples of image and text relations in nineteenth-century print culture as multimodal book culture.

GER X94C.2. Intersectionality: Identity and Politics.

Examine current theories of identity and identity politics from the US and Europe, deriving from theories of economic and class-based origins of identity.

GER X94C.3. Cold War Cultures.

Examine Cold War political and threat narratives and cultures as represented in film, literature, and non-fiction.

GER X94C.4. Introduction to German Film.

Introduction to German films and approaches to them from film studies.

GER X94C.5. European Migration Cultures.

Study the issues around migration and cultural contact in Europe, through lenses from the social sciences, history, and cultural studies.

GER X94C.6. Power and Identities: Marginalization.

Examine theories of power and decolonization illuminating how individuals are marginalized by dominant cultures, supported by historical case studies.

GER X97P. Topics in Applied Linguistics and Pedagogy.

GER X97P.1. Second Language Comprehension and Processing.

Explore how second language (L2) learners process language and construct meaning during sentence comprehension. Consider theoretical constructs and research methods as well as the practical applications of sentence processing research.

GER X97P.2. Second Language Assessment and Testing.

Explore how various tools of assessment are designed and implemented in the field of applied linguistics, in language teaching, and for program direction.

GER X97P.3. Input Processing in Second Language Acquisition.

Study linguistic and social-psychological factors unique to second language acquisition situations.

GER X97P.4. Course and Curricular Design.

Examine how theories of teaching and learning influence how courses and series of courses are designed to foster certain learning outcomes.

GER X98. Thesis.

GER X98R. Master's Report.

Preparation of a report to fulfill the requirement for the master's degree under the report option.

GER X98T. Supervised Teaching in German.

Analysis of the major foreign language teaching methodologies; curriculum and curricular materials development.

GER X99W. Dissertation.

Professional Courses

GER X06. First-Year German I.

Basic training in grammatical patterns and usage of modern German.

GER X07. First-Year German II.

Advanced training in grammatical patterns and usage of modern German.

GER X19S. Topics in German.

This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Germanic Studies. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.

GER X29S. Topics in German.

This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Germanic Studies. University credit is awarded to work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.

GER X79. Conference Course in Germanic Language or Literature.

Supervised individual instruction course in which students engage in special studies necessary to expand their acquaintance with any subject in Germanic languages or literature.

GER X85. Conference Course in Germanic Languages or Literature.