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GERM   102 INTRODUCTION TO GERMAN LANGUAGE & CULTUR Credits 5.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
001 MWF     10:00AM-10:50AM HB*21    Gaug, Christa                  *CURRENT ENR: 0
002 MWF     11:00AM-11:50AM RH*105   Kecht, Maria-Regina            *CURRENT ENR: 0
003 MWF     01:00PM-01:50PM RH*107   Spuler, Richard                *CURRENT ENR: 0

GERM   201 INTRO TO GERMAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE II  Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * 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.
005 TTH     09:25AM-10:40AM FL*528   Winkler, Michael               *CURRENT ENR: 0

GERM   202 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN LANGUAGE & CULTURE I Credits 4.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Intermediate language skills with readings and discussion of literary
texts and related materials.
Prereq- Germ 201 or equivalent.
001 MWF     11:00AM-11:50AM          Bledsoe, Robert                *CURRENT ENR: 0
002 MWF     10:00AM-10:50AM RH*320   Spuler, Richard                *CURRENT ENR: 0

GERM   213 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN FOR ENGINEERING AND  Credits 4.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Intermediate German for students in engineering and the sciences.
Expansion of Engineering/science-related content.  Focus on
communicative compentence and cultural awareness.  Multimedia
integration.  Preparation for professtional language use during work
and/or studey abroad.
Prereq- Germ 114, or Germ 102, or consent of instructor.
Enrollment limited to 20.
001 MWF     02:00PM-02:50PM RH*109   Paarmann, Hendrikje            *CURRENT ENR: 0

GERM   214 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN FOR ENGINEERING AND  Credits 4.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Intensive intermediate German for students of engineering or the
sciences. Expansion of engineering/science-related content. Focus on
communicative competence and cultual awareness. Multimedia
integration. Preparation for professional language use during work
and/or study abroad. 4 hours daily; 3 week session
Prereq- German 213 or German 201, or consent of the instructor.
001 MTWTHF  10:00AM-04:00PM TBA      Paarmann, Hendrikje            *CURRENT ENR: 0

GERM   302 ADVANCED GERMAN FOR THE PROFESSIONS      Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Readings in German computer language.
001 MWF     01:00PM-01:50PM RH*320   Paarmann, Hendrikje            *CURRENT ENR: 0

GERM   306 COMPOSITION & CONVERSATION II            Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Extensive readings, discussions and viewing of contemporary German
materials (e.g. current German newspaper and magazine articles, website
informations, and videos) with topical compositions to gain semantic
strength and oral fluency in German expression and communciation.
Prereq- Germ 202 or placement equivalent.
001 TTH     10:50AM-12:05PM RH*320   Eifler, Margaret               *CURRENT ENR: 0

GERM   392 GERMAN FAIRY-TALE OLD AND NEW            Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Discussion of several protoypes from the fairy-tale collection of the
Brothers Grimm and the subsequent development of the "literary" fairy
tale from Goethe and the Romantics to the 20th century.  Also offered as
GMAN 392
001 MWF     11:00AM-11:50AM RH*319   Weissenberger, Klaus           *CURRENT ENR: 0

GERM   401 INDEP WORK IN GERMAN LIT                 Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Qualified students work on projects of their choice under the
supervision of individual instructors with approval of the
Undergraduate Advisor.  Honors theses are encouraged.
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0
002                                  TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

GERM   402 INDEP WORK IN GERMAN LIT                 Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Qualified students work on projects of their choice under the
supervision of individual instructors with approval of the Undergraduate
Advisor.  Honors thesis encouraged.
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

GERM   404 SPECIAL TOPICS:  HONOR THESIS            Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Aspects of the history of German phonology, syntax, and semantics (with
related systems) from its Proto-Indo-European orgins to the present.
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

GERM   437 ADAPTATIONS: FROM TEXT TO FILM           Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Many novels and short stories by prominent German writers have been
brought to the screen.  This course will focus on works by Kafka,
Doeblin, Mann, Grass, Boell, Frisch, Bachmann and others.  Questions
will be assessed such as what have the two media in common, how do they
express differently, and how should the literary author versus the film
director be preceived.  Interpretative readings and class discussions in
English.  German majors may read and write in German.
Also offered as GMAN 406.
001 TTH     01:00PM-02:20PM RH*320   Eifler, Margaret               *CURRENT ENR: 0

GERM   500 GRADUATE RESEARCH                        Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Graduate research and thesis in partial fulfillment for the degree of
Master of Arts.
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

GERM   511 TEACHING GERMAN: PRAXIS AND THEORY       Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
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                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

GERM   512 GRADUATE INDEPENDENT WORK                Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
With approval of the Graduate Advisor.
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

GERM   600 GRADUATE RESEARCH                        Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
With the approval of the Graduate Advisor.
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

GERM   611 LANGUAGE METHODOLOGY PRACTICUM           Credits 1.00  Spring 2000
The course, a continuation of Germ 510, allows students to gain further
knowledge and expertise in aspects of language methodology by attending
a series of workshops on topics such as Technology and Learning,
Writing, and content-based instruction.  Students will also complete
assignments that supplements or expand on the material presented in the
workshops.
Also offered as Ling 611, Fren 611, Span 611.
001 TBA     TBA                      Barlow, Michael                *CURRENT ENR: 0
001                                  Kecht, Maria-Regina            *CURRENT ENR: 0

GERM   800 GRADUATE RESEARCH                        Credits 3.00  Spring 2000
Graduate research and dissertation in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

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