Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2002
German (GERM)

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GERM 102   INTRODUCTION TO GERMAN LANGUAGE AND CULT Credits 5.00  Spring 02
Continuation of Germ 101. Enrollment is limited to 20.
Fulfills Part 2 of Language Requirement
002 RH 310 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM      Spuler, Richard Carl      Enr: 10 Max: 20
003 RH 205 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM      Gaug, Christa             Enr: 8 Max: 20
004 RH 305 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM      Gaug, Christa             Enr: 5 Max: 20

GERM 202   INTERMEDIATE GERMAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Credits 4.00  Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Continuation of Germ 201. Enrollment is limited to 20.
Prereq- Germ 201 or equivalent.
001 FL 414 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM      Triebel, Odila            Enr: 5 Max: 20
002 RH 310 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM      Spuler, Richard Carl      Enr: 5 Max: 20

GERM 213   INTERMEDIATE GERMAN FOR ENGINEERING AND  Credits 5.00  Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Intermediate German for students in engineering and the sciences.  Expansion of
engineering and science-related content.  Focus on communicative compentence
and cultural awareness.  Multimedia integration.  Preparation for professional
language use during work and/or study abroad.
Enrollment limited to 20.
Prereq- Germ 114, or Germ 102, or consent of instructor.
001 RH 304 - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM      Roddy, Harry              Enr: 4 Max: 20

GERM 214   INTERMEDIATE GERMAN FOR ENGINEERING AND  Credits 5.00  Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Single Summer course offered in May.  Intensive intermediate German for
students of engineering and the sciences.  Expansion of engineering and
science-related content.  Focus on communicative competence and cultural
awareness.  Multimedia integration.  Preparation for professional language use
during work and/or study abroad.  6 hours daily; M-F, 3 week session.
Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited to 20.
Prereq- Germ 213 or 201.  Permission of instructor required.
001 TBA - MTWTHF 10:00AM - 04:00PM      Roddy, Harry              Enr: 4 Max: 20

GERM 302   ADVANCED GERMAN FOR THE PROFESSIONS      Credits 3.00  Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Focus on reading, writing, speaking and listening comprehension skills in the
context of German science and technology. Enrollment is limited to 20.
Prereq- second year competence.
001 RH 310 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM      Steiner, Uwe              Enr: 2 Max: 20

GERM 306   COMPOSITION & CONVERSATION II            Credits 3.00  Spring 02
* 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 communication. Enrollment is limited to 20.
Prereq- Second year competence or placement equivalent.
001 RH 205 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM      Kecht, Maria-Regina       Enr: 5 Max: 20

GERM 312   20TH CENTURY GERMAN LITERATURE AND CULTU Credits 3.00  Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
German history and culture during the 20th century have been rather turbulent:
From Wilhelminian empire to Weimar democracy to Hitler fascism to socialist
division to reunification to entry into the European Union.  All these
political changes will be commented on by cultural reflections in textual and
visual forms.  The course will provide a multi-medial retrospective via
literature, autobiographies, documentaries, videos and internet informations.
Texts will include Mann, Kafka, Boell, Grass, Wolf and Maron. Course will be
taught in German only.
001 RH 310 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM      Eifler, Margret E.        Enr: 6 Max: 0

GERM 377   CONTEMPORARY GERMANY FROM POSTWAR TO POS Credits 3.00  Spring 02
West and East German filmmakers have produced an impressive body of films that
deal with how they came to grips with their fascist past, how they perceived
their ideologically different environments and how they view their new
generational identity. We will see samples from the New and Young 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. Course will be taugh in English. All films are subtitled in
English.
001 RH 310 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM      Eifler, Margret E.        Enr: 14 Max: 0

GERM 391   SPECIAL TOPIC: NATIONAL SOCIALISM: THE I Credits 3.00  Spring 02
The course explores the roots of Nazism in modern German culture and seeks to
define the diversity of its appeal as a mass movement. Primary evidence are
works of literature, architecture, music, and film. Radings and discussions in
English.
Also offered as GMAN 376
001 TBA - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM         Winkler, Michael          Enr: 2 Max: 0

GERM 392   SPECIAL TOPIC: GERMAN FAIRY TALE-OLD AND Credits 3.00  Spring 02
Discussion of several prototypes 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. Taught in German. Also offered as HUMA
372.
Also offered as GMAN 392
001 HUM 118 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM     Weissenberger, Klaus H.   Enr: 5 Max: 0

GERM 401   INDEP WORK IN GERMAN LIT                 Credits 3.00  Spring 02
NO DESCRIPTION
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: 0

GERM 402   INDEP WORK IN GERMAN LIT                 Credits   Spring 02
No description
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 2 Max: 0

GERM 404   SPECIAL TOPICS: HONOR THESIS             Credits 3.00  Spring 02
No desription
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: 0

GERM 800   GRADUATE RESEARCH                        Credits   Spring 02
Graduate research and dissertation in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: 0