Course Offerings

Fall 2012

111  Elementary German I. (4)

111  Elementary German I. (4)

135/9:40 am/Quad

112  Elementary German II. (4)

135/11:20 am/Quad

112  Elementary German II. (4)

 135/2:40 pm/Quad

211  Intermediate German. (4)

135/11:20 am/HAB

211  Intermediate German. (4)

 135/2:40 pm/HAB

212  Introduction to German Culture. (4)

 246/11:20 am/Quad

333  The Age of Goethe: The Faustian Bargain. (2-4)

Faust is a highly successful scholar, who is dissatisfied with his life. He makes a deal with Satan, exchanging his soul for deeper knowledge and worldly pleasures.  The aim of this course is to read representative works with this theme and to examine if this is indeed "deep-seated inclination" of humanity. Prerequisites: 212. Offered every third year. Can be repeated with permission of instructor if content differs. Qualifies as a course in Period.

135/1:00 pm/Quad

355  19^th Century German Poetic Realism: Where Today Began. (2-4)

This course explores 19th-century roots that nurtured subsequent literary and cultural trends. Poetic Realism amalgamates Romanticism's courageous questions and Realism's quest for truth with the mythical, the magical, and mystery to explain the inexplicable, especially bewildering human behavior. Prerequisites: 212. Offered as needed. Can be repeated with permission of instructor if content differs. Qualifies as a course in Period.

246/1:00 PM/HAB

Spring 2013

 Days/Times/Place

111 Elementary German I. (4)

135/11:20 am/HAB

112 Elementary German II. (4)

246/11:20 am/Quad

112 Elementary German II. (4)

135/9:40 am/Quad

211 Intermediate German. (4)

 135/11:20 am/Quad

211 Intermediate German. (4)

 135/2:40 pm/Quad

212 Introduction to German Culture. (4)

135/2:40 pm/HAB

324 Survey Pre-1850. (4)

A survey of some of the key figures and periods of German art, literature, music, and public life in German-speaking countries that have made significant cultural contributions to world civilization up to the early 19th century, focusing on literary and cultural trends and movements of the Middle Ages, the Reformation, the Baroque, and the Age of Goethe. Selected readings will include courtly epic, lyric poetry, drama, prose texts and narratives from some principal authors. Prerequisites: 212. Offered alternate years.

246/11:20 am/Quad

342 Great German Poets. (2-4)

Come discover some of the greatest of German writers and thinkers through the medium of their poetry. In this course you will work intensively and deeply with texts rather than having many pages of reading. German Lyrik across the ages conveys the essence of the culture and gives readers texts that will have both personal and cultural meanings throughout their lives. Prerequisites: 212. Offered every third year. Can be repeated with permission of instructor if content differs. Qualifies as a course in Genre.

246/11:20 am/Quad

357 Freud:  Neurosis and Ambiguity. (2-4)

Imagine modern German Literature without Sigmund Freud's theories of Sexuality, Dreams, the Unconscious, the Id, Ego, and Superego, and Psychosexual Development.  Read about his controversial theories and the narratives of authors influenced by him. Prerequisite: 212. Offered as needed. Can be repeated with permission of instructor if content differs. Qualifies as a course in Theme.

135/1:00 pm/Quad 

399 Senior Project. (2)

All majors must present a senior project in a public forum. In consultation with a faculty advisor students choose a project appropriate to their previous course of study and/or their individual goals.

TBA