Rice Course Schedule, Fall 2000
German (GERM)
Rice Course Schedule as of 05/15/2001.
This schedule is maintained by the Office of the Registrar
(reg@rice.edu).
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NOTE: Course web pages are available for some GERM courses.
GERM 101 INTRODUCTION TO GERMAN LANGUAGE AND CULT Credits 5.00 Fall 00
Introductory German with emphasis on speaking and reading. The course is
supplemented by language laboratory work.
Fulfills Part 1 of Language
Requirements.
001 HUM 226 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Neuner, Stephanie Enr: 6 Max: NA
002 HUM 226 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Spuler, Richard Carl Enr: 7 Max: NA
003 SH 462 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Neuner, Stephanie Enr: 7 Max: NA
004 FL 524 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Weissenberger, Klaus H. Enr: 8 Max: NA
GERM 102 INTRODUCTION TO GERMAN LANGUAGE AND CULT Credits 5.00 Fall 00
Continuation of Germ 101.
Fulfills Part 2 of Language Requirement
001 KH 105 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Kocer, Yusuf Enr: Max: NA
GERM 113 BEGINNING GERMAN FOR ENGINEERING AND SCI Credits 5.00 Fall 00
Single summer course offered in August. Intensive introductory German for
students in engineering or in the sciences. Focus on communicative competence,
cultural
awareness, and engineering and science-related content. Mutlimedia
integration. 6 hours daily;M-F, 3 week session.
Approval of instructor
required.
001 TBA - MTWTHF 10:00AM - 04:00PM Paarmann, Hendrikje Enr: 8 Max: 40
GERM 114 BEGINNING GERMAN FOR ENGINEERING AND SCI Credits 5.00 Fall 00
Continuation of introduction German for students in engineering or the
sciences. Focus on communicative competence, cultural awareness, and
engineering/science-related content. Multimedia integration.
Prereq-GERM 113 or GERM 101; Approval of instructor required.
001 HUM 118 - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM Paarmann, Hendrikje Enr: 5 Max: NA
GERM 201 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Credits 4.00 Fall 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Improves and reinforces communication skills (speaking, understanding, reading,
and writing German), increases familiarity with German culture. Course
emphasizes the functional use of German through a variety of texts and
audiovisual materials.
001 HUM 328 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Eifler, Margret E. Enr: 4 Max: NA
002 FL 517 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Triebel, Odila Enr: 1 Max: NA
003 HZ 118 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Spuler, Richard Carl Enr: 4 Max: NA
GERM 305 COMPOSIT'N&CONVERSATION Credits 3.00 Fall 00
Discussions and compositions based on a variety of reading
material (e.g.,
current German newspapers and videos).
Prereq-second year competence.
001 HZ 119 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Spuler, Richard Carl Enr: 10 Max: NA
GERM 311 SURVEY OF GERMAN LITERTURE I Credits 3.00 Fall 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
An introduction to the major social and cultural developments in Germany from
1750 to 1850, the period which marks the emergence of a specifically German
cultural identity. The course will focus on the changed relationship of the
individual to the state, the community, and the environment that accompany the
intellectual, political, social, and technological revolutions of the period.
Readings will emcompass a wide range of literary and cultural texts, inclduing
works by Lessing, Goethe, Kant, Schiller, Kleist, Bettina von Arnim, Buechner,
and Heine.
001 FL 528 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Triebel, Odila Enr: 3 Max: NA
GERM 378 NEW GERMAN CINEMA Credits 3.00 Fall 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
From the 1960's to 2000 Germany has developed a very distinct auteur cinema
with independent filmmakers such as Fassbinder, Herzog, Wenders, Adlon, Trotta
Sander, Brueckner, Doerrie, Garnier, Tykwer and others. The
first 20 years of
German film were oriented on coming to terms with the fascist past, the second
20 years focused on more contemporary issues. Film critical readings and class
discussions in English. All films are subtitled in English and will be
assessed with podium technology. Also offered as HUMA 373 amd WGST 361.
001 GRB 212W - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Eifler, Margret E. Enr: 7 Max: NA
GERM 401 INDEPENDENT WORK IN GERMAN LITERATURE Credits 3.00 Fall 00
Course may be repeated for credit.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
002 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
GERM 403 SPECIAL TOPICS: HONORS THESIS Credits 3.00 Fall 00
Qualified students work on research projects of their choice under the
supervision of individual instructors. Work must address significant topics
and lead to a substantial honors essay.
Course may be repeated for credit.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
GERM 411 SEMINAR IN CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY Credits 3.00 Fall 00
Close study of selected topics and figures in 20th-Century
European philosophy,
in particular the phenomenology of
Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger and its
dissemination in movements such as existentialism, hermeneutics,
and
deconstruction. Topics vary from year to year. Also
offered as PHIL 508.
001 HUM 227 - TH 02:00PM - 05:00PM Crowell, Steven G. Enr: 0 Max: NA
GERM 500 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits 3.00 Fall 00
Graduate research and thesis in partial fulfillment for the degree of Master of
Arts.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
GERM 510 SEMINAR: TOPICS IN LANGUAGE METHODOLOGY Credits 3.00 Fall 00
Exploration and analysis of a range of theories, issues and problems in foreign
language instruction. Areas of inquiry include: the nature of language
acquisition, pedagogical methods, instructional technologies, development of
teaching materials, and testing/assessment. Required course for all graduate
language teaching assistants.
001 HUM 118 - TBA Barlow, Michael Enr: 0 Max: NA
Kecht, Maria-Regina
Kecht, Maria-Regina
GERM 511 TEACHING GERMAN: PRAXIS AND THEORY Credits 3.00 Fall 00
Practical and theoretical considerations of foreign language teaching
methodologies, instructional planning and evaluation, textbook evaluation and
use, testing methods and design, course planning, etc. Peer instruction
observations required. With approval of the Graduate Advisor.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
GERM 512 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits 3.00 Fall 00
No desription
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
GERM 600 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits 3.00 Fall 00
Course my be repeated for credit.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
GERM 800 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits 3.00 Fall 00
Graduate research and dissertation in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 1 Max: NA
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