Rice Course Schedule, Fall 2002
German (GERM)

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GERM 101   INTRODUCTION TO GERMAN I                 Credits 5.00  Fall 02
Proficiency-based instruction employing a variety of interactional contexts
(partner work, reports, interviews, dialogues, games, computer programs,
videos) and developing all four communicative skills (reading, writing,
speaking, listening) as well as cultural competence. Students should achieve a
minimum proficiency level of Intermediate Low by the end of 102.  Also offered
as GERM 113.  Enrollment limited to 20.
In addition, science and engineering
students interested in beginning German instruction are encouraged to sign up
for the course as GERM 113. Their learning will be enhanced by a series of
materials and activities that respond to students' technical/analytical
interests.
001 RH 310 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM      Gaug, Christa             Enr: 20 Max: 20
002 RH 204 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM      Gaug, Christa             Enr: 19 Max: 20
003 HUM 227 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM     Spuler, Richard Carl      Enr: 19 Max: 20

GERM 113   BEGINNING GERMAN FOR ENGINEERING AND SCI Credits 5.00  Fall 02
Single summer course offered in August.  Intensive introductory German for
students in engineering or the sciences.  Focus on communicative competence,
cultural awareness, and engineering- and science-based content.  Multimedia
integration. Approval of instructor required.  Also offered as GERM 101.
Enrollment limited to 20.
N.B.: GERM 113, Section 1 is offered as a single
pre-Fall summer course in August.  Four hours daily, M-F, 3-week session.
Students enrolled in this intensive course may request accommodations in
university housing (please contact Housing and Dining directly to reserve a
room and be prepared to provide proof of enrollment in the 113 course).
001 TBA - MTWTHF 09:00AM - 12:00PM
TBA Roddy, Harry              Enr: 3 Max: 20

GERM 114   BEGINNING GERMAN FOR ENGINEERING AND SCI Credits 5.00  Fall 02
Continuation of introduction German for students in engineering or the
sciences.  Focus on communicative competence, cultural awareness, and
engineering- and science-based content.  Multimedia integration. Enrollment is
limited to 20. Also offered as GERM 102.
Prereq-Approval of instructor required.
001 TBA - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM         Roddy, Harry              Enr: 2 Max: 20

GERM 122   FRESHMAN SEMINAR: GERMAN CINEMA          Credits 3.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
The course presents an overview of the history of German film from its
inception in 1917, through the Weimar and Nazi periods.  Then it will look at
German cinematic reconceptions after 1945 until today.  West and East German
filmmakers have produced an impressived body of contemporary films that deal
with their fascist past, their ideologically different environments and their
generational identity today.  We will see feature films from the New German
Cinema as well as recent releases from the East German film company DEFA that
produced thousands of films between 1946 and 1990, most of which have never
been seen outside of the GDR.  Taught in English.  All films are subtitled in
English.  Enrollment limited to 15.
001 TBA - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM         Eifler, Margret E.        Enr: 9 Max: 15

GERM 123   FRESHMAN SEMINAR: THROUGH TIME AND SPACE Credits 3.00  Fall 02
A travel story stands at the beginning of European Literature: Homer's Odyssey.
 Since ancient times, literary travel accounts of all sorts, to all
destinations, by all means and undertaken with a wide range of different
purposes have kept Europeans on the move.  First attracted by the exotic and
the unknown in the far distance, the interest moved ever closer to the self.
Travelers became more thoughtful about themselves, their feelings and
perceptions.  Their own ego came into focus, and the exploration of the human
mind became the most exotic and intriguing journey.  Inside is where the path
goes, as the German Romantic poet Novalis said.  Like Odysseus, he knew that
all ways lead home.  Reading encompasses European literature throughout the
centuries, including Homer, Swift, Voltaire, Goethe, Heine, Twain, and Verne.
Taught in English.  Enrollment limited to 15.
001 RH 310 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM      Steiner, Uwe              Enr: 2 Max: 15

GERM 201   INTERMEDIATE GERMAN                      Credits 4.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Continued proficiency-based instruction employing a variety of interactional
contexts (partner work, reports, interviews, dialogues, games, computer
programs, videos, etc.) and further developing all four communicative skills
(reading, writing, speaking, listening) as well as cultural competence.
Students should achieve a minimum proficiency level of Intermediate Mid by the
end of 202.  Enrollment limited to 20. In addition, science and engineering
students interested in intermediate German instruction are encouraged to sign
up for the course as GERM 213 (offered in Spring semester). Their learning will
be enhanced by a series of materials and activities that respond to students'
technical/analytical interests.
001 RH 121 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM      Spuler, Richard Carl      Enr: 17 Max: 20
002 BB 114 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM      Spuler, Richard Carl      Enr: 6 Max: 20

GERM 301   COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION I           Credits 3.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Discussion and composition based on a variety of reading materials (videos,
German newspapers, websites, short stories) and interactional contexts (partner
works, reports, interviews, dialogues).  Focus on cultural awareness and topics
relating to contemporary German culture and politics.  Special emphasis on
developing writing skills and oral fluency.
Prereq: GERM 202 or equivalent and permission of instructor.  Taught in German.
001 RH 205 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM      Steiner, Uwe              Enr: 6 Max: 0

GERM 321   MAPPING GERMAN CULTURE:   EUROPEAN WOMEN Credits 3.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Filmmaking has celebrated its first hundred years.  Women's contributions were
significant and deserve to widen the film canon for all filmgoers.  The course
will concentrate on films by European women directors, taking into account
historical pioneering, cultural identities, aesthetic particularities, gender
commitment, subject orientations and post-feminist attempts.  Importance will
also be given to the contexts and conditions of women's film production.
Taught in English.  All films are subtitled in English.  Crosslisted with WGST
358.  Additional credit hour offered for work in German. Previously offered as
GMAN 402 and WGST 358.
001 RH 310 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM      Eifler, Margret E.        Enr: 13 Max: 0

GERM 322   MAPPING GERMAN CULTURE:  MARX, FREUD, EI Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Like no others, these three thinkers of the 19th and 20th centuries have
influenced the intellectual, historical, social, and cultural development not
only of Germany, but of the entire world.  The course examines the works of
these authors in the context of their own; time as well as their continued
importance in the present.  Works by Brecht, Christa Wolf, Schnitzler, Kafka
will also be considered.  Taught in English.  Additional credit hour offered
for work in German.
001 RH 305 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM      Weissenberger, Klaus H.   Enr: 6 Max: 0

GERM 358   MAPPING GERMAN CULTURE:  TOPICS IN MODER Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Seminar on selected topics in the history of Germany.  Contents vary from year
to year.  Also offered as HIST 459.  Taught in English.  Enrollment limited to
15. Previously offered as GERM 405.
001 HUM 328 - T 02:30PM - 05:30PM       Caldwell, Peter C.        Enr: 2 Max: 15

GERM 359   MAPPING GERMAN CULTURE:  INDIVIDUAL AND  Credits 3.00  Fall 02
This course offers an introduction to the interrelationship between individual
and society.  Core topics will be processes of individualization and
socialization, the interrelationship of culture, language, and thought in the
social construction of reality, the sociology of emotions and the body, the
self in social context and the biograppical construction of the self.  Taught
in English.  Also offered as SOCI 359.
001 SH 307 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM      Kreutzer, Florian         Enr: 0 Max: 0
                                        Long, Elizabeth

GERM 401   INDEPENDENT WORK IN GERMAN LITERATURE    Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Qualified students work on projects of their choice under the supervision of
individual instructors with approval of the undergraduate adviser.
001 TBA - TBA                           Eifler, Margret E.        Enr: 1 Max: 0

GERM 403   HONOR THESIS                             Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Independent research projects by outstanding German majors leading to a
substantial honors essay, undertaken in close cooperation with a departmental
faculty member, who must first approve the thesis proposal.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

GERM 422   SPECIAL TOPICS SEMINAR: POLITIK UND GESE Credits 3.00  Fall 02
This course offers an introduction to German society and politics from 1945 to
the present.  Topics of this course include the political and economic
institutions, the separation of East and West Germany, the revolution of 1989
and the transformation of East Germany, the European integration, the "Berliner
Republik", as well as biographical experiences of different generations and
cinematic narratives of German society.  Taught in German.  Also offered as
SOCI 397.
001 RH 305 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM      Kreutzer, Florian         Enr: 6 Max: 0