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Course Offerings for Fall 2011

Steve Dowden

ECS 100A Proseminar: Modernism

GER 109B Meisterwerke Deutscher Kurzprosa

Sabine von Mering

GER 30A (1) Intermediate German

GER 30A (2) Intermediate German

WMGS5A Women & Gender in Culture and Society 

Michelle Duncan

GER 10A (1) Beginning German

GER 10A (2) Beginning German

GER 103A Cont. German Media and Society 

Electives

Electives for the German program are divided into courses taught in German and courses taught in English translation. This approach allows students to study German literature and culture at an advanced level without having to first reach full fluency in the language. Those who pursue the German major are encouraged to take as many of their upper-level courses in German as possible.

Course Offerings for Spring 2012

Ger 20b Continuing German, Section I
Enrollment Limited to: 25

Continuation of comprehending, reading, writing, and conversing in German, with an emphasis on basic grammar concepts. Special attention is paid to the development of speaking skills in the context of cultural topics of the German-speaking countries. Extensive language lab, video, and computer-aided exercises supplement this course. Usually offered every year in the spring.
Ms. Duncan
MTWTh 11:00-11:50am

Ger 20b Continuing German, Section II
Enrollment Limited to:25

Description see above.
Ms. Duncan
MTWTh 10:00-10:50am

Ger 105a  Learning Language Through Literature-Learning Literature Through Language

Enrollment Limited to: 15   Prerequisite: GER 30a or the equivalent.

Provides broad introduction to contemporary German literature while further enhancing various language skills through reading, writing, student presentations, class discussion, and partner and group activities. "Covers" the entire 20th century, examining ways in which literature reflects culture, history, and politics, and vice versa. Focuses on a significant expansion of vocabulary as well as ironing out some subtle grammar "traps." Students' writing skills improve by means of numerous creative writing assignments. Speaking skills are challenged in every class since the course is designed as an interactive language/literature course. Usually offered every year.
Ms.Duncan
MW 3:30-4:50pm

GERMAN LITERATURE 

Ger 181  Franz Kafkas Erzählungen 

Prerequisites: GER 105a is recommended.

A detailed exploration of Kafka's works, life, and thought. Emphasis will be given to Der Prozess, his aphorisms and short works. Usually offered every third year.
Mr.Dowden
MWTh 12:00-12:50

GERMAN AND EUROPEAN CULTURAL STUDIES (GECS)

Courses Conducted in English with readings in English

GECS 130b The Princess and the Golem: Fairy Tales

An introduction to the genre of fairy tale in German literature, focusing especially on the narratives collected by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm, but also exploring Disney movies and feminist re-readings of the classic tales in various cultural contexts. Usually offered every third year.
Ms. von Mering
TTh 3:30-5pm

GECS 188b Human/Nature: European Perspectives on Climate Change

This course investigates the role of ethics and aesthetics in European climate change discourses from its beginnings in European Romanticism through a look at global connections to contemporary science fiction and computer games.
Ms.von Mering
TTh 2:00:3:20pm

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

COML 150b Critique of Erotic Reason

Explores transformations in erotic sensibilities in the novel from the early nineteenth century to the present. Works by Goethe, Austen, Kierkegaard, Tolstoy, Flaubert, Schopenhauer, Bronte, Chekhov, Garcia-Marquez, Kundera, and Cormac McCarthy. Usually offered every third year.
MW 2-3:20pm
Mr.Dowden

COML 100a Comparing Literatures:Theory and Practice
T,Th 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Mr. Powelstock

OTHER COURSES

PHIL 107b  Kant's Moral Theory
T,Th 5:00 PM–6:20 PM
Mr. Greenberg