Graduate Courses for Germanic Studies (GERM)

Schedule of Classes: Fall | Winter | Spring | Summer
(Only current and next semester available)

GERM 401 Advanced Conversation: Germany within Europe (3 credits)
Prerequisite: GERM302; or students who have taken courses with similar or comparable course content may contact the department.
Development of fluency in spoken German. Discussion of contemporary issues related to Germany in context of Europe.

GERM 403 Advanced Composition: German Cultural and Social Issues (3 credits)
Prerequisite: GERM302; or students who have taken courses with similar or comparable course content may contact the department.
Advanced instruction in writing skills. Contemporary and/or historical treatment of cultural and social issues.

GERM 405 Stylistics (3 credits)
Prerequisite: GERM302; or students who have taken courses with similar or comparable course content may contact the department.
Stylistic analysis of oral and written German both literary and non-literary. Intensive study of vocabulary and syntax. Dictionary and composition exercises.

GERM 415 German/English Translation I (3 credits)
Restriction: Must not have completed GERM101, GERM102, GERM103, GERM201, GERM202, GERM203, GERM204, GERM301, or GERM302.
An intensive presentation of German grammar limited exclusively to reading skill; graded readings in the arts and sciences. Instruction in English; cannot be used to satisfy the arts and humanities foreign language requirement.

GERM 416 German/English Translation II (3 credits)
Prerequisite: GERM415; or students who have taken courses with similar or comparable course content may contact the department.
Written translation of materials from the student's field of study. Discussion of basic problems of German-to-English translation, with examples from students' projects. Instruction in English. Cannot be used to satisfy the arts and humanities foreign language requirement.

GERM 419 Selected Topics in German Language Study (3 credits)
Prerequisite: GERM302; and permission of ARHU-School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures department. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.

GERM 421 Literature of the Middle Ages (3 credits)
Prerequisite: GERM320, GERM321, or GERM322; or permission of ARHU-School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures department.
German literature from the 8th through the 15th centuries. Readings include Old High German texts; the German heroic, courtly and popular epic; Minnesang, Meistersang, the late Medieval epic: folk literature of the late Middle Ages. Read in modern German translation.

GERM 422 From the Reformation Through the Baroque (3 credits)
Prerequisite: GERM320, GERM321, or GERM322; or permission of ARHU-School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures department.
Readings of representative authors from the reformation and the period of humanism through the baroque (ca. 1450-1700). Taught in German.

GERM 423 From Enlightenment through Storm and Stress (3 credits)
Prerequisite: GERM320, GERM321, or GERM322; or permission of ARHU-School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures department.
Readings of representative authors from the Enlightenment (1720- 1785), the Age of Sentimentalism (1740-1780), and Storm and Stress (1767-1785). Taught in German.

GERM 424 Classicism (3 credits)
Prerequisite: GERM320, GERM321, or GERM424; or permission of ARHU-School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures department.
Readings of representative authors from the Age of Classicism (1786-1832). Taught in German.

GERM 431 Romanticism and Biedermeier (3 credits)
Prerequisite: GERM320, GERM321, or GERM322; or permission of ARHU-School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures department.
Readings of representative authors from the periods of Romanticism (1798-1835) and Biedermeier (1820-1850). Taught in German.

GERM 432 Junges Deutschland and Realism (3 credits)
Prerequisite: GERM320, GERM321, or GERM322; or permission of ARHU-School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures department.
Readings of representative authors from the periods of Junges Deutschland (1830-1850) and Realism (1850-1890). Taught in German.

GERM 433 Naturalism and Its Counter Currents (3 credits)
Prerequisite: GERM320, GERM321, or GERM322; or permission of ARHU-School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures department.
Readings of representative authors from the period of naturalism and its counter currents (1880-1920). Taught in German.

GERM 434 Expressionism to 1945 (3 credits)
Prerequisite: GERM320; or GERM321; or GERM322; or permission of ARHU-School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures department.
Readings of representative authors from Expressionism through the period between the wars to the contrast of Nazi and Exile Literature (ca. 1910-1945). Taught in German.

GERM 435 From 1945 to the Present (3 credits)
Prerequisite: GERM320; or GERM321; or GERM322; or permission of ARHU-School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures department.
Readings of representative authors from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in the period from the end of World War II to the present. Taught in German.

GERM 436 The Usual Suspects: Criminals in German Literature and Film (3 credits)
Prerequisite: GERM320; and GERM322.
An examination of how historical, cultural and political discourses in German-speaking countries influence social norms and criteria for judging what is considered socially acceptable or "deviant". Texts and films span from the 18th to 21st centuries. Taught in German.

GERM 439 Selected Topics in German Literature (3 credits)
Prerequisite: GERM320, GERM321, or GERM322; or permission of ARHU-School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures department. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
Special study of an author, school, genre, or theme. Taught in German.

GERM 449 Selected Topics in Germanic Studies (3 credits)
Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures department. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
Study of a linguistic, literary or cultural topic in Yiddish, Netherlandic, or Scandinavian studies.

GERM 461 Reading Swedish, Danish and Norwegian I (3 credits)
Not open to students who have completed GERM148S, GERM149S, GERM148D, GERM149D, GERM148N or GERM149N.
Develops reading facility in three languages in one semester, using modern Scandinavian texts from a variety of fields.

GERM 463 The World of the Viking Sagas (3 credits)
An in-depth analysis of the Old Norse/Viking sagas of Medieval Scandinavia as literature historiography and folklore. Readings include Sagas of the Icelanders, Kings Sagas and Heroic/Mythical Sagas. Taught in English.

GERM 472 Introduction to Germanic Philology (3 credits)
Prerequisite: GERM202; or students who have taken courses with similar or comparable course content may contact the department.
Reconstructed proto-Germanic and surveys of Gothic, Old Norse, Old English, Old Saxon. The development of High German from the Old High German period through Middle High German to modern German; a short introduction to modern German dialectology. Taught in English.

GERM 473 Variation in Contemporary German Language (3 credits)
Prerequisite: GERM302; or permission of instructor. Also offered as: GERM673. Credit only granted for: GERM473, GERM489M, or GERM673. Formerly: GERM489M.
Examines the unique, multilingual society that is modern Germany, exploring issues such as regional varieties, gendered language, language reform (and resistance to it), public and media speech, the influence of American English on colloquial speech and in specific fields, and the problems of immigrant communities acquiring both dialect and standard German.

GERM 475 Old Norse (3 credits)
The language of the old Icelandic saga, the Eddas and Skaldic poetry. Reading of texts in the original; historical development of Old Norse and its role in the Germanic language family. No knowledge of German or a Scandinavian language required. Taught in English.

GERM 479 Selected Topics in Germanic Philology (3 credits)
Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures department. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
Selected topics such as comparative Germanic studies, Old Norse language or readings in Old Norse literature, modern German dialectology.

GERM 489 Selected Topics in Area Studies (1-3 credits)
Prerequisite: GERM302; or students who have taken courses with similar or comparable course content may contact the department. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.

GERM 498 Honors Thesis Writing (3 credits)
Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures department. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
Required for students pursuing departmental honors in Germanic languages and literatures. Under the direction of a German department faculty member, students write their honors theses.

GERM 499 Directed Study (1-3 credits)
Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures department. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.

GERM 601 The Structure of German (3 credits)
Prerequisite: Must have advanced knowledge of German.
An introduction to the phonetics and phonology of Modern German. Contrasting analysis of the sound systems of German and English. Tools and techniques for teaching the pronunciation of German.

GERM 618 College Teaching of German (1 credits)
Repeatable to 3 credits. Formerly: GERM611.
Instruction, demonstration and classroom practice under supervision of modern procedures in the presentation of elementary German courses to college age students.

GERM 620 Methods of German Literary Studies I: Theory (3 credits)
History, methods and concepts of German literary studies. The teaching modules include a general introduction to "Germanistik," an in-depth discussion of literary theory and criticism, and the typology of genres.

GERM 630 Methods of German Literary Studies II: Practical Application (3 credits)
Prerequisite: GERM620; or permission of instructor.
Application of various theoretical approaches to German literary studies introduced in GERM 620.

GERM 631 German Lyric Poetry (3 credits)
An exposition of the genre of lyric poetry, its metrical and aesthetic background, illustrated by characteristic examples from the Middle Ages to the present.

GERM 632 The German Novelle (3 credits)
Study of the development of the genre from the 18th century to the present.

GERM 633 The German Novel (3 credits)
The theory and structure of the German novel from the Baroque to the present.

GERM 634 German Drama (3 credits)
An introduction to the theory and structure of the German drama from the Baroque to the present with extensive interpretation of characteristic works.

GERM 671 Gothic, Old High German, Middle High German I (3 credits)
The first semester of a two-semester practicum in reading Gothic, Old and Middle High German, with emphasis on linguistic analysis.

GERM 673 Variation in Contemporary German (3 credits)
Also offered as: GERM473. Credit only granted for: GERM489L, GERM673, or GERM689L.
Examines the unique, multilingual society that is modern Germany, exploring issues such as regional varieties, gendered language, language reform ( and resistance to it), public and media speech, the influence of American English on colloquial speech and in specific fields, and the problems of immigrant communities acquiring both dialect and standard German. This may count for the upper-division requirement of the German major.

GERM 689 Special Topics - M.A. Level (1-3 credits)
Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
M.A.-level study of a literary, linguistic or cultural topic in German or Germanic studies.

GERM 798 Master's Independent Study (1-3 credits)
Restriction: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.

GERM 799 Master's Thesis Research (1-6 credits)

GERM 818 Seminar: The Middle Ages (3 credits)
Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs.
Study of one or more representative authors or works of the Middle Ages.

GERM 819 Seminar: The 16th and 17th Centuries (3 credits)
Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs.
The German literature of the Humanists, the Reformation and the Baroque as illustrated by study of one or more authors of the 16th or 17th centuries.

GERM 828 Seminar: The 18th Century (3 credits)
Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs.
Study of one or more authors from the Enlightenment, Sentimentalism, Stress, or Classicism periods.

GERM 829 Seminar: The 19th Century (3 credits)
Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs.
Study of one or more authors of Romanticism, Biedermeier, Young Germany or Realism.

GERM 838 Seminar: The 20th Century (3 credits)
Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs.
Study of a literary movement or of one or more authors from the period of Naturalism to the present.

GERM 839 Seminar: Special Topics (3 credits)
Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs.
Study of a topic of a general nature and not limited to any specific century.

GERM 879 Seminar in Germanic Philology (3 credits)
Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs.
In depth study of a topic in Germanic or Indo-European philology comparative Germanic grammar, runology, dialect geography, Eddic or Skaldic poetry, Indo-European studies.

GERM 888 Doctoral Independent Study (1-3 credits)
Restriction: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.

GERM 889 Seminar in Germanic Area Studies (3 credits)
Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs.
Comprehensive study of a selected topic in German or Germanic area studies: history of ideas, cultural history, Germanic literatures other than German, folk literature and folklore.

GERM 898 Pre-Candidacy Research (1-8 credits)
Restriction: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.

GERM 899 Doctoral Dissertation Research (1-8 credits)