49 courses with the subject GERM, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
GERM 111Elementary German I4
Basic elements of German. Practice in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing, including work with pronunciation, grammar, and culture. Designed for students with no prior study of German. Equivalent courses: GERM 111A, GERM 115
Basic elements of German. Practice in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing, including work with pronunciation, grammar, and culture. Designed for students with no prior study of German. Equivalent courses: GERM 111, GERM 115
Continuation of basic German with emphasis on acquiring communicative skills, both narrative and descriptive, in a variety of practical situations. Placement Exam with a score of 27 Equivalent courses: GERM 112A, GERM 116
Continuation of basic German with emphasis on acquiring communicative skills, both narrative and descriptive, in a variety of practical situations. Equivalent courses: GERM 112, GERM 116
Review and continued study of German structures, with an emphasis on the development of reading skills and the discussion of ideas. Satisfactory completion fulfills the global language proficiency requirement. Placement Exam with a score of 50 Equivalent courses: GERM 215 Attributes: Global Language Proficiency
Review and continued study of German structures, with an emphasis on the development of reading skills and the discussion of ideas. Satisfactory completion fulfills the global language proficiency requirement. Equivalent courses: GERM 211, GERM 215 Attributes: Global Language Proficiency
Study and analysis of cultural texts in German emphasizing contemporary issues. Required for students who wish to earn a major or minor in German. Fulfills the global language proficiency requirement. Equivalent courses: GERM 212SA, GERM 216 Attributes: Global Language Proficiency, Human Experience (HE) GERM 212SA INTERMEDIATE GERM II (ABROAD) (4 Credits) Equivalent courses: GERM 212, GERM 216
Supervised reading or research at the lower-division level. Permission of department chair required. Consult department for applicability towards major requirements. Not available to first-year students.
A survey of various periods of German art, literature, music, public life and people that have made significant cultural contributions to world civilization from the early 19th century to the present. The major purpose is to analyze the interrelationship between the major social/ political developments of German-speaking Europe, and their cultural manifestations. Selected readings will include lyric poetry, essays, novellas, drama, and prose texts and narratives from some principal authors. Alternate years.
Thor, Herman the German, Beowulf, Siegfried and Kriemhild, dragons and monsters. Taught in English, this course covers the feuds, founding myths, and legends of the gods and heroes in the Germanic traditions. Add Hildegard von Bingen, Saint Nicholas, Saint Benedict, and Martin Luther and we sketch an arc from the pagan Germanic-language-speaking peoples through the medieval period to the early modern, studying each of these towering figures on the way. Main texts: Beowulf, The Nibelungenlied, Sturluson's Edda, Gregory’s The Life of Saint Benedict, Hildegard’s Illuminations (Taught in English, can be taken for German credit.) Equivalent courses: GERM 355H Attributes: Benedictine Raven (BN), Human Experience (HE), Thematic Encounter3 - Justice
Who today would not praise love? Yet, what do we mean when we say the word, “Liebe”? The philosophical and literary historical trajectory of the term finds bold articulation with the ancient Greeks (Empedocles, Plato, Sappho, etc.) and again around 1800 in the German-speaking territories with the revival of classical Greek culture with the practitione of Weimarer Klassik (Goethe and Schiller) and what has come to be called classical music (Mozart), as well as with those they influenced. What’s more important that interpreting what we call “love?” Maybe nothing. Taught in German. Attributes: Human Experience (HE), Thematic Encounter3 - Truth
An exploration of the world of storytelling in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. This course investigates the phenomenon of narrative, its elements, techniques, and forms; its relation to other modes of discourse; its power and influence in cultures past and present. A variety of interpretive strategies include such activities as classroom storytelling, Nacherzählungen, interpretive presentations, skits and group discussions. Can be repeated with permission of instructor if content differs. Attributes: Human Experience (HE), Thematic Encounter3 - Justice,
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4
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4
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Can be repeated with permission of instructor if content differs.
A course based on today's explosive debates and issues in German- speaking countries using up-to-date materials from the internet, German radio, television, film, and newspapers. This is a course for researching and debating controversies and listening to provocative news. Can be repeated with permission of instructor if content differs.
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GERM
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4
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4
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Repeatable
Can be repeated with permission of instructor if content differs.
GERM 357BSeminar: The Holocaust, Its Origins & Effects4
The reaction to the catastrophe of the Second World War and the systematic murder of innocent Jewish, Roma and Sinti, homosexual, so- called antisocial, and politically opposed people by the Nazi party, SA, SS, Gestapo, Wehrmacht, and their collaborators defines our contemporary situation. “After Auschwitz” (Theodor Adorno) is our epoch. The European Union, United Nations, Fulbright Commission, Marshall Fund, United States Holocaust Museum, International Criminal Court, and generations of scholarship and art aim to dampen the possible return of such an event. This course examines the filmic, poetic, and scholarly attempts to deal with the Holocaust and Nazi Germany. The focus is on the justice rubric from the Integrations Curriculum, which puts a focus on the legal side of extrajudicial Nazi crimes as well as their prosecution. Taught in English, ability to take in German. rs Attributes: Human Experience (HE), Thematic Encounter3 - Justice,
GERM 357JSeminar in a Specific Theme: Green Germany4
This course explores the long ‘green’ tradition in German culture which has led to Germany being recognized today as a worldwide leader in environmental movements thanks to the nuclear power phase-out, the renewable energy transition, and the rise of the green movement and the Green Party. Students will investigate the discourse of ecology and development of contemporary Germany’s environmental practices through its literary and cultural legacy by reading and analyzing texts from prominent writers and thinkers. We will uncover the interconnections between cultural history, policy, and technology and connect these literary and historic roots to contemporary environmental issues, consider successful protest movements, and explore Germany as a model for environmental initiatives and engaged citizenship around the globe. Attributes: Human Experience (HE), Thematic Encounter3 - Movement GERM 370SA HITLER/DRITTE REICH (HE) (3 Credits) Adolf Hitler is analyzed as a psychological phenomenon and a study in tyranny. His personality is set against the complex historical situation that facilitated his rise to power: the political, economic and social climate that provided a fertile basis for the use of political terror and th first effective employment of mass propaganda as a political weapon. GERM 370SB GERM LANG ABROAD (3 Credits) Designed to prepare students to attend regular courses at the University and to complete the required written work in German. Students entering this course should be reasonably able to understand and write a scholarly text in German using complex structures and vocabulary; listening and reading comprehension and special chapters of difficult grammar. CSBSJU Undergraduate Academic Catalog 2026-2027 311
Supervised reading or research at the upper-division level. Permission of department chair and completion and/or concurrent registration of 12 credits within the department required. Consult department for applicability towards major requirements. Not available to first-year students.
GERM 379AEnlightenment, Tolerance, and Human Rights4
The epoch of the Enlightenment created new approaches to truth through philosophy, the sciences, and the arts. In this course, we examine the groundbreaking works of this period that promote tolerance, peace, and human rights. Prerequisite: GERM 212. For Integrations Curriculum Truth Thematic Focus credit, prerequisites include: Learning Foundations, CSD:I, and Theological Explorations. Offered as needed. Can be repeated with permission of instructor if content differs. Taught in German. Focus Course. You must take a Cultural and Social Difference: Identity (CI) course prior to or at the same time as Thematic Focus Courses. Attributes: Benedictine Raven (BN), Human Experience (HE), Thematic
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GERM
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
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Repeatable
Can be repeated with permission of instructor if content differs.
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. Global Business Leadership (GBUS)
