18 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 101- Beginning German I3
Grammar, emphasis on gaining rapid comprehension and developing fluency in spoken German. Introduction to reading German. Learning to write German. Students with credit for a higher level course in German may not take this course.
Grammar, emphasis on gaining rapid comprehension and developing fluency in spoken German. Introduction to reading German. Learning to write German. Students with credit for a higher level course in German may not take this course.
Grammar review, concentration on reading for comprehension. Honing of oral skills and writing German. Students with credit for a higher level course in German may not take this course for credit.
Grammar review, concentration on reading for comprehension. Honing oral skills and writing German. Readings in GERM 202A focus on global issues. Students with credit for a higher level course in German may not take this course for credit.
Prerequisite: GERM 202A or equivalent. A reflection course for students of German to complete after returning from an approved study abroad program in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland.
Prerequisite: GERM 202A. Intensive written language practice. Designed to expand the student’s active vocabulary, improve use of grammar, and help the student develop their own style in writing.
Prerequisite: GERM 202A. Intensive written and oral language practice through the medium of film. Designed to expand the student’s active vocabulary, improve grammar use, and help the student develop their own style.
Prerequisite: GERM 302 or equivalent. This course provides students with the basic communicative skills in the German language as used in German business and economics. It introduces students to the economic role of the German-speaking countries in the global economy. Topics include German economic geography, German business and economics terminology in finance, the social welfare system, transport system, the structure of corporations, and the code of behavior in the business world. Students will develop their skills in listening comprehension, reading comprehension, speaking and writing.
GERM 330- Methods Seminar: Analyzing Text and Culture4
Prerequisite: GERM 202A or equivalent. Emphasizes texts from the 18th to the 20th centuries. Close attention paid to analyzing form, content, motifs, character, and social and cultural background, as well as to various methodological approaches to text interpretation.
GERM 333- Women, War and Psychology: German Literature and Culture between WWI and WWII4
Prerequisite: two GERM 300-level courses. Representative works of German literature of the twentieth century between the world wars with a focus on themes of war, psychology, and gender.
Prerequisite: Two GERM 300-level courses. This course examines the representation of death in German literature, music, and the visual arts from the middle ages to today. Topics include attitudes toward death, dying, the corpse, afterlife, and the relationship between the living and the dead.
Prerequisite: Two GERM 300-level courses. This course familiarizes students with the main tools of translating a wide variety of texts and helps students develop trans-cultural as well as trans-linguistic competencies.