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The Minor Concentration in German Language is designed to allow students to achieve linguistic proficiency in German and to introduce students to some of the major aspects of German culture.
This program may be expanded to the Major Concentration German Studies.
Students may begin at the intermediate or advanced level in their first year if they have taken German courses in high school or in CEGEP or through ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ Summer Studies.
Note: Beginners' and Intermediate language levels are offered either as a one-term intensive course or a two-term spanned course. Students choose which version of the level they prefer.
18 credits of language courses or any course above the 325 level given in the German language, selected from the following:
German (Arts) : An intensive language course designed to develop communicative skills; covers the first level (GERM 202D1/GERM 202D2) in one term. Required for program students.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Morrison, Maria (Fall)
Winter
6 hours, plus 1 hour laboratory
German (Arts) : A comprehensive first-level course designed to develop communicative skills.
Terms: Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Winter 2024
Instructors: Rohrbacher, Katrin (Summer) Kim, Sun-Young; Lassek, Ingrid; Burkard, Annika (Fall) Kim, Sun-Young; Schönberg, Sophie-Marie; Lassek, Ingrid (Winter)
6 hours, plus 1 hour laboratory
German (Arts) : A comprehensive first level course designed to develop communicative skills.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Kim, Sun-Young; Lassek, Ingrid; Burkard, Annika (Fall)
Fall, Winter
Students must register for both GERM 202D1 and GERM 202D2.
No credit will be given for this course unless both GERM 202D1 and GERM 202D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
GERM 202D1 and GERM 202D2 together are equivalent to GERM 202
German (Arts) : See GERM 202D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Kim, Sun-Young; Schönberg, Sophie-Marie; Lassek, Ingrid (Winter)
Winter
Prerequisite: GERM 202D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both GERM 202D1 and GERM 202D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
GERM 202D1 and GERM 202D2 together are equivalent to GERM 202
German (Arts) : Continuation of GERM 200; covers the second level (GERM 307D1/GERM 307D2) in one term.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Morrison, Maria (Winter)
German (Arts) : Review of grammar, further development of basic skills; literary and cultural readings.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Kim, Sun-Young (Fall)
Fall, Winter
Prerequisite: GERM 200 or GERM 202, 202D1/D2, or equivalent, or permission of Department.
Students must register for both GERM 307D1 and GERM 307D2.
No credit will be given for this course unless both GERM 307D1 and GERM 307D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
GERM 307D1 and GERM 307D2 together are equivalent to GERM 307
German (Arts) : See GERM 307D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Morrison, Maria (Winter)
Winter
Prerequisite: GERM 307D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both GERM 307D1 and GERM 307D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
GERM 307D1 and GERM 307D2 together are equivalent to GERM 307
German (Arts) : This course aims at developing post-intermediate proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, with emphasis on oral and written expression. Special attention is given to word formation and to the proper choice of grammatical structures, vocabulary, and phraseology.
Terms: Fall 2023, Winter 2024
Instructors: Morrison, Maria (Fall) Kim, Sun-Young (Winter)
Fall or Winter
6 hours
Prerequisite: GERM 300 or GERM 307D1/D2, or equivalent, or permission of Department.
Required for program students.
German (Arts) : This course aims to both improve students’ speaking and writing skills at the intermediate and advanced levels and to deepen their understanding of German culture through contemporary short texts and films. Topics include migration and national identity, memory and history, gender roles, and intergenerational conflicts. Students develop their transcultural competencies through critical engagement with the course materials. Selected grammatical topics will be reviewed.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Peters, Paul (Winter)
German (Arts) : The events which led to the fall of the Berlin Wall, the reunification of Germany in 1990 and the changing cultural, social, political and economic landscape of the 'New Germany'. Highlighting issues of cultural and social politics, texts discussed include historical, literary and film material.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Winter
German (Arts) : Study of specific topics as they relate to eighteenth-century German literature and culture.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
German (Arts) : An introduction to the debates and values of eighteenth-century German literature and culture.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
German (Arts) : This course examines the complex exchanges between science and literature across German literature and culture.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Given in German
German (Arts) : Introduction to German culture through literary and non-literary texts, film, multimedia, commercials, painting and photography. By learning how to read these cultural productions, students will refine their communication skills, expand reading strategies, build vocabulary, and review selective grammatical structures.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Sauvé, Benjamin (Fall)
German (Arts) : Seminar on the relationship between literature and political, social and aesthetic change.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
German (Arts) : This course examines one of the pivotal moments of cultural transition in German literary history.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
German (Arts) : What are the different ways social life has been represented in German literature and culture?
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
German (Arts) : This course examines how German literature and culture engage with and construct an understanding of nature and the environment
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
German (Arts) : This course will focus on the variety of German modernisms and their schools of thought.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
German (Arts) : Interdisciplinary study of the quintessential modern centers within Germanic speaking Europe.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Given in German
German (Arts) : This course will survey the theatrical tradition within German.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
German (Arts) : Introduction to selected topics and genres in twentieth century literature and culture.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Fall
Given in German
German (Arts) : In connection with notions of identity, nationhood, political change, and cultural difference, this course investigates concepts and issues of gender in contemporary German Society. The readings include critical essays and literary texts by writers, scholars, philosophers, journalists, politicians, and political activists.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
German (Arts) : A study of short prose forms in German throughout history.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Rohrbacher, Katrin (Winter)
German (Arts) : Introduction to the study of German Poetry from the Middle Ages to the present.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Peters, Paul (Fall)
German (Arts) : Interdisciplinary study of one of the formative periods of modern European culture; examination of literature, art, thought, culture and politics in Vienna around 1900.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisite: A culture or literature course at the 200 or 300 level
Course given in English
German (Arts) : Sustained engagement with the major texts of the German novel from Grimmelshausen to the present.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Given in German
German (Arts) : Survey of German cinema from its inception to the present
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Schwartz, Daniel (Fall)
German (Arts) : This course investigates a special topic related to the history of German cinema.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Schwartz, Daniel (Winter)
German (Arts) : Introduction to the history of German media studies.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
German (Arts) : This course engages with the different strands of German visual culture across media.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Given in German
German (Arts) : Special topics on German intellectual history and its contributions to major philosophical traditions.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
German (Arts) : Engagement with the history of critique from Kant to Adorno.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
German (Arts) : Upper level seminar exploring topics in German culture after unification.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
German (Arts) : Study of pressing contemporary themes within German literature.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Bauer, Karin (Winter)
German (Arts) : Given solely at the discretion of the instructor.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Kim, Sun-Young (Fall)
Fall
German (Arts) : Advanced research course on special topic of German literature and culture.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisite(s): Two 300-level German Studies Literature, Film, or Culture courses; permission of the Program Advisor.