University of North Carolina at Greensboro · Courses
GER
24 courses with the subject GER, 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.
GER 101Beginning German I 3
First course in the introductory-level study of the German language and the cultures of the German-speaking world. Emphasis on active listening, speaking, writing, and reading, and applied vocabulary.
Second course in the introductory-level study of the German language and the cultures of the German-speaking world. Emphasis on active listening, speaking, writing, and reading, and applied vocabulary.
First course in the intermediate-level study of the German language and the cultures of the German-speaking world. Emphasis on active listening, speaking, writing, and reading, and applied vocabulary.
Second course in the intermediate-level study of the German language and the cultures of the German-speaking world. Emphasis on active listening, speaking, writing, and reading, and applied vocabulary.
GER 217German Texts That Changed the World I - Read in English 3
Discussions and readings in English translation of some of the best works of German literature. 217–the Middle Ages, Baroque and Classical Periods, Romanticism, Realism. 218–Selected literary prose and poetry from the Bismarck era to the present.
GER 218German Texts That Changed the World II - Read in English 3
Discussions and readings in English translation of some of the best works of German literature. 217–the Middle Ages, Baroque and Classical Periods, Romanticism, Realism. 218–Selected literary prose and poetry from the Bismarck era to the present.
GER 221Sagas, Legends, Fairy Tales: Readings in English 3
Taught in translation. Myths of Northern Europe, their main personages and events as preserved in the heroic sagas and epics, traces of these myths in later literature, in folklore and art, history of their revival in the nineteenth century (Brothers Grimm, Richard Wagner), the variety of interpretations given to them.
Interdisciplinary course exploring the history and legacy of the Holocaust in memoir literature, prose, poetry, art, and film. Taught in English or 300-level German.
For students desiring proficiency in written German, especially geared toward students who plan to study abroad or who plan to enter graduate school. Compositions based on various announced topics.
GER 305German Literature: Advanced Intermediate Topics 3
Course aims at improving students' language proficiency and familiarity with German literature. Taught in English or advanced intermediate-level German.
GER 306German Culture: Advanced Intermediate Topics 3
Course aims at improving students' language proficiency and familiarity with German civilization. Taught in advanced intermediate-level German or English.
Intensive study of grammar (including features not covered in lower levels of instruction) and of contrasting structures of German and English. Introduction to reference tools.
GER 310German Culture: Advanced Intermediate-Topics in German Film 3
Course aims at improving students' language proficiency and familiarity with German films and filmmakers. Taught in English or advanced intermediate-level German.
Intermediate-level speaking intensive training during formal and informal conversations in German. Interdisciplinary topics focus on current affairs in the German-speaking countries.
Readings from various genres by representative authors from the Age of Goethe to Symbolism, Expressionism, and contemporary literature. Introduction to methodologies of literary analysis. Taught in English or advanced-level German.
Topics will be of a literary nature. Reading and discussion of texts with attention to interpretation and analysis. Taught in English or advanced-level German.
Focus on culture and civilization. Studying texts and multimedia materials with attention to interpretation and analysis. Taught in English or advanced-level German.
Linguistic or pedagogical topics include: history of the language; Indo-European to modern German. Reading Old High and Middle High texts. Taught in advanced German or English.
Interdisciplinary course investigating cultural memory and notions of remembering and forgetting in autobiography, prose, poetry, art, and film. Taught in English or 300-level German.
