Supervised individual research on a literary or linguistic problem, culminating in an honors paper of some length. Conference course for two semesters. Prerequisite: For 679HA, upper-division standing, six semester hours of upper-division German, a University grade point average of at least 3.00, a grade point average in German of at least 3.50, and admission to the Germanic Studies Honors Program; for 679HB, German 679HA.