The German Section of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

German Course Schedule for Fall 2008

GRMN 101(4) - Elementary German I

For beginners. A study of the essentials of grammar, the development of a simple, practical vocabulary, and readings based on present-day German life Four class periods and laboratory work.

Text used: Auf geht's! - a new approach to Beginning German

Go to: German 101 Syllabus
R Horwege
MWF 8:30-9:20 T 8:00-8:50

GRMN 201 (4) - Intermediate German II

Prerequisite: GRMN 102 or placement. Formal study and practice in speaking, reading, writing, and understanding German. Regular laboratory attendance is required. R Horwege
MWF 10:30AM -11:20AM , T tba

Go to: German 201 Syllabus (coming soon)

GRMN 225 (3) - Readings in Modern German Literature I

Prerequisite: GRMN 202 or Placement. Selected readings from literature of the period between 1890 and 1933. Authors included are Kafka, Mann, Rilke, Trakl, Hofmannsthal, Schnitzler, Heym and Benn. Emphasis on the novelle and lyric poetry. Offered alternate years.
R. Horwege
MWF 11:30 - 12120
Go to: German 225 Syllabus

GRMN 351 (3) -The Age of Goethe I: German Classicism and Its Precursors

Prerequisite: One course in German beyond GRMN 102 A study of the Enlightenment, Sturm und Drang and Early Classicism. Readings from Lessing, Wieland, Lichtenberg, Lenz, Klinger, Goethe and Schiller. Offered alternate years.

S. Parker
TTH 10:30-11:45
Go to: German 351 Syllabus

GRMN 461, 462 (1, 2, or 3) - Independent Study in German
Special topics pursued by individual students under supervision.