Fall '99
Section seat counts current as of: Sep 22 09:30
GERM Germanic Studies (
Arts and Humanities)
GERM101
Elementary German I;
(4 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
USP Distributive Studies Area A: Cultural and Historical Course.
Formerly GERM 111.
Introduction to basic structures and pronunciation by emphasis on the
four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Readings concern
the current life-style and civilization of the German-speaking world.
0201(29215)
STAFF
(Seats=25, Open=18, Waitlist=0) Books- MTuWF..... 9:00am- 9:50am (JMZ 1122)
0301(29216)
STAFF
(Seats=25, Open=12, Waitlist=0) Books- MTuWF.....10:00am-10:50am (JMZ 1122)
0401(29217)
STAFF
(FULL: Seats=25, Open=0, Waitlist=0) Books- MTuWF.....11:00am-11:50am (JMZ 1122)
0501(29218)
STAFF
(Seats=25, Open=7, Waitlist=0) Books- MTuWF.....12:00pm-12:50pm (JMZ 1122)
GERM102
Elementary German II;
(4 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
USP Distributive Studies Area A: Cultural and Historical Course.
Prerequisite: GERM 101 or equivalent. Formerly GERM 112.
A continuation of GERM 101, completing the introduction of basic
structures and continuing the involvement with the civilization of the
German-speaking world.
0201(29228)
STAFF
(Seats=25, Open=19, Waitlist=0) Books- MWF....... 9:00am- 9:50am (JMZ 1211)
- Th........ 9:00am- 9:50am (JMZ 2125)
0301(29229)
STAFF
(Seats=25, Open=20, Waitlist=0) Books- MWF.......10:00am-10:50am (JMZ 1211)
- Th........10:00am-10:50am (JMZ 2125)
0401(29230)
STAFF
(Seats=25, Open=9, Waitlist=0) Books- MWF.......11:00am-11:50am (JMZ 1211)
- Th........11:00am-11:50am (JMZ 2125)
GERM103
Review of Elementary German;
(4 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
USP Distributive Studies Area A: Cultural and Historical Course.
Prerequisite: assignment either by placement examination or by the
undergraduate director..
Designed specifically for students who are too advanced for GERM 101
but are not sufficiently prepared to take GERM 102. GERM 103 covers the
coursework to the completion of GERM 102 in one semester.
0101(29240)
STAFF
(Seats=25, Open=12, Waitlist=0) Books- MTuWF.....11:00am-11:50am (JMZ 3205)
GERM148Y
Germanic Languages - Elementary I:
Yiddish I;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
0101(29250)
Isaacs, M.
(Seats=25, Open=15, Waitlist=0) Books- TuTh...... 2:00pm- 3:15pm (JMZ 2122)
GERM201
Intermediate German I;
(4 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
CORE Humanities (HO) Course.
USP Distributive Studies Area A: Cultural and Historical Course.
Prerequisite: GERM 102.
Grammar review and greater mastery of vocabulary, idioms,
conversational fluency, and compositional skills. Readings stress the
current life-style and civilization of the German-speaking world.
0201(29260)
STAFF
(Seats=25, Open=15, Waitlist=0) Books- MWF.......12:00pm-12:50pm (JMZ 0202)
- Th........12:00pm-12:50pm (JMZ 0118)
0301(29261)
Moyer, A.
(Seats=25, Open=10, Waitlist=0) Books- MWF.......10:00am-10:50am (JMZ 1104)
- Th........10:00am-10:50am (JMZ 1122)
0401(29262)
STAFF
(Seats=25, Open=11, Waitlist=0) Books- MWF.......11:00am-11:50am (JMZ 1104)
- Th........11:00am-11:50am (JMZ 1122)
GERM202
Intermediate German II;
(4 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
CORE Humanities (HO) Course.
USP Distributive Studies Area A: Cultural and Historical Course.
Prerequisite: GERM 201. Formerly GERM 211.
Continuation of GERM 201. Grammar review and greater mastery of
vocabulary, idioms, conversational fluency and compositional skills.
Readings stress the current life-style and civilization of the
German-speaking world.
0201(29273)
STAFF
(Seats=25, Open=15, Waitlist=0) Books- MWF.......12:00pm-12:50pm (JMZ 3205)
- Th........12:00pm-12:50pm (JMZ 1122)
GERM220
Introduction to German Literature;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
USP Distributive Studies Area C: Literature and the Arts Course.
Prerequisite: GERM 202.
Reading and discussion of major authors with emphasis on contemporary
German literature. Readings and instruction in German.
0101(29283)
STAFF
(Seats=25, Open=19, Waitlist=0) Books- MWF....... 2:00pm- 2:50pm (JMZ 0202)
GERM220H
Introduction to German Literature;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
USP Distributive Studies Area C: Literature and the Arts Course.
Prerequisite: GERM 202.
For general honors students only.
0101(29293)
STAFF
(Seats=5, Open=2, Waitlist=0) Books- MWF....... 2:00pm- 2:50pm (JMZ 0202)
GERM248S
Germanic Languages Intermediate - I:
Intermediate Swedish I;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
USP Distributive Studies Area A: Cultural and Historical Course.
0101(29303)
Oster, R.
(Seats=20, Open=18, Waitlist=0) Books- TuTh......11:00am-12:15pm (JMZ 1124)
GERM280
German-American Cultural Contrast;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
CORE Humanities (HO) Course.
USP Distributive Studies Area A: Cultural and Historical Course.
A study of German-American culture in contemporary literature.
0101(29313)
Pfister, G.
(Seats=25, Open=15, Waitlist=0) Books- MWF.......12:00pm-12:50pm (JMZ 3203)
GERM281
Women in German Literature and Society;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
CORE Literature (HL) Course.
CORE Diversity (D) Course.
USP Distributive Studies Area A: Cultural and Historical Course.
Also offered as WMST 281. Credit will be granted for only one of the
following: GERM 281 or WMST 281.
A study of changing literary images and social roles of women from the
beginning of the 19th century to the present.
0101(29323)
Frederiksen, E.
(Seats=20, Open=2, Waitlist=0) Books- MWF....... 1:00pm- 1:50pm (JMZ 1103)
GERM282
Germanic Mythology;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
CORE Literature (HL) Course.
USP Distributive Studies Area A: Cultural and Historical Course.
An introduction to the religious beliefs of the pagan Germanic peoples.
Comparison of Germanic myths with those of other Indo-European peoples.
The conversion of the Germania to Christianity and the preservation of
pagan beliefs in superstition and literature.
0101(29333)
Fleck, J.
(Seats=40, Open=2, Waitlist=0) Books- TuTh......12:30pm- 1:45pm (JMZ 3205)
GERM284
German Chivalric Culture;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
CORE Literature (HL) Course.
USP Distributive Studies Area A: Cultural and Historical Course.
Formerly GERM 384.
An introduction to the lifestyle of northern Europe in the 12th to 14th
centuries. Readings and instruction in English.
0101(29343)
Fleck, J.
(Seats=40, Open=5, Waitlist=0) Books- TuTh...... 2:00pm- 3:15pm (JMZ 3205)
GERM301
Conversation and Composition I;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
Prerequisite: GERM 202 or equivalent.
Practice in contemporary spoken and written German. Systematic review
of grammar, and exercise in composition. Emphasis on cultural
contrasts.
Newly organized course.
0101(29353)
STAFF
(FULL: Seats=13, Open=0, Waitlist=0) Books- MWF.......11:00am-11:50am (ARM 0116)
0201(29354)
Diggs, C.
(FULL: Seats=0, Open=0, Waitlist=0) Books- MWF.......11:00am-11:50am (JMZ 3215F)
GERM302
Conversation and Composition II;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
Prerequisite: GERM 301 or equivalent.
Continuation of GERM 301.
0101(29363)
STAFF
(Seats=15, Open=9, Waitlist=0) Books- MWF....... 2:00pm- 2:50pm (JMZ 3203)
GERM321
Highlights of German Literature I;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
Prerequisite: GERM 220 or equivalent.
Selected masterworks from different periods of German literature:
middle ages, reformation, baroque, 18th century, classicism. Readings
and instruction in German.
0101(29373)
Walker, R.
(Seats=15, Open=9, Waitlist=0) Books- MWF....... 9:00am- 9:50am (Arranged)
GERM339
German Literature In Translation:
Kafka and Film;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
0101(29383)
Beicken, P.
(Seats=25, Open=17, Waitlist=0) Books- TuTh...... 2:00pm- 3:30pm (JMZ 0202)
GERM339H
German Literature In Translation:
Kafka and Film;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG.
For general honors students only.
0101(29393)
Beicken, P.
(Seats=15, Open=13, Waitlist=0) Books- TuTh...... 2:00pm- 3:30pm (JMZ 0202)
GERM386
(PermReq)
Experiential Learning;
(3-6 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F.
Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
Prerequisite: permission of department. 56 semester hours.
GERM397H
(PermReq)
Honors Reading (Independent Study);
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
Students must have department's permission before registering.
GERM398H
Honors Research;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
0101(29429)
STAFF
(Seats=5, Open=3, Waitlist=0) Books- Time and room to be arranged
GERM401
Advanced Conversation;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
Prerequisite: GERM 302 or equivalent.
Development of fluency in spoken German. Discussion of contemporary
issues.
0101(29439)
STAFF
(Seats=10, Open=7, Waitlist=0) Books- TuTh......11:00am-12:15pm (JMZ 3203)
GERM403
Advanced Composition;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
Prerequisite: GERM 302 or equivalent.
Advanced instruction in writing skills.
0101(29449)
STAFF
(Seats=25, Open=21, Waitlist=0) Books- TuTh...... 9:30am-10:45am (JMZ 1211)
GERM403H
Advanced Composition;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
Prerequisite: GERM 302 or equivalent.
For general honors students only.
0101(29459)
STAFF
(Seats=5, Open=4, Waitlist=0) Books- TuTh...... 9:30am-10:45am (JMZ 1211)
GERM411
German for International Business I;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
Prerequisite: GERM 302 or equivalent or permission of department.
Advanced skills in German for international business, including
understanding and writing correspondence, reports, graphics, ads, etc.,
according to current German commercial style.
0101(29460)
Helm, A.
(Seats=20, Open=15, Waitlist=0) Books- TuTh......12:30pm- 1:45pm (PLS 1119)
GERM415
German/English Translation I;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
Does not fulfill major requirements in German. Not open to students who
have completed GERM 101, GERM 102, GERM 201, GERM 202, GERM 301 or GERM
302.
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.
0101(29461)
Oster, R.
(Seats=10, Open=2, Waitlist=0) Books- Th........ 3:30pm- 6:00pm (JMZ 1122)
GERM421
Literature of the Middle Ages;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
Prerequisite: GERM 321 and 322 or permission of 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.
0101(29469)
Walker, R.
(Seats=10, Open=5, Waitlist=0) Books- MWF.......10:00am-10:50am (Arranged)
GERM439C
Selected Topics in German Literature:
MODERN GERMANY-CULTURE;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
0101(29479)
Pfister, G.
(Seats=20, Open=5, Waitlist=0) Books- MWF.......11:00am-11:50am (JMZ 3203)
GERM449D
Selected Topics in Germanic Studies:
Images of Gender in Yiddish Literature over a Millenium;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
0101(29489)
Isaacs, M.
(Seats=30, Open=18, Waitlist=0) Books- TuTh......11:00am-12:15pm (JMZ 0125)
GERM476
Sanskrit I;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/AUD.
Introduction to reading Sanskrit text in Devanagari script. Descriptive
and historic/comparative grammar stressing Indo-European origins and
comparison with classical and modern European languages.
0101(29499)
Fleck, J.
(Seats=15, Open=10, Waitlist=0) Books- TuTh...... 3:30pm- 4:45pm (JMZ 3205)
GERM498H
Honors Thesis Writing;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD.
For general honors students only.
0101(29509)
STAFF
(Seats=5, Open=3, Waitlist=0) Books- Time and room to be arranged
1001(29510)
STAFF
(Seats=5, Open=5, Waitlist=0) Books- Time and room to be arranged
GERM499
(PermReq)
Directed Study;
(1-3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/AUD.
Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
GERM689B
Special Topics - M.A. Level:
GOETHE;
(1-3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/AUD.
0101(29529)
Beicken, P.
(Seats=10, Open=4, Waitlist=0) Books- Tu........ 5:00pm- 7:30pm (JMZ 3203)
GERM689F
Special Topics - M.A. Level:
19th Century;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/AUD.
0101(29539)
Frederiksen, E.
(Seats=10, Open=3, Waitlist=0) Books- W......... 5:00pm- 7:30pm (JMZ 3205)
GERM689M
Special Topics - M.A. Level:
Fundamentals of Foreign Language Acquisition and Instruction;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/AUD.
0101(29540)
Moyer, A.
(Seats=10, Open=4, Waitlist=0) Books- MW........ 3:00pm- 4:15pm (JMZ 1109)
GERM798
(PermReq)
Master's Independent Study;
(1-3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/AUD.
Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
0101: Beicken, Peter, 0501: Fleck, Jere 0601: Frederiksen, Elke 0801:
Oster, Rose-Marie 0901: Pfister, Guenter 1101: Strauch, Gabriele: 1201
Walker, Richard.
GERM799
Master's Thesis Research;
(1-6 credits)
Grade Method: REG.
Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
GERM828
Seminar: The 18th Century:
The 18th Century Goethe;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/AUD.
0101(29563)
Beicken, P.
(Seats=10, Open=9, Waitlist=0) Books- Tu........ 5:00pm- 7:30pm (JMZ 3203)
GERM889F
Seminar in Germanic Area Studies:
19th Century;
(3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/AUD.
Topic to be announced.
0101(29573)
Frederiksen, E.
(Seats=10, Open=3, Waitlist=0) Books- W......... 5:00pm- 7:30pm (JMZ 3205)
GERM898
(PermReq)
Doctoral Independent Study;
(1-3 credits)
Grade Method: REG/AUD.
Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
GERM899
Doctoral Dissertation Research;
(1-8 credits)
Grade Method: REG.
Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
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