Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2003
German (GERM)
Rice Course Schedule as of 03/03/2003.
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GERM 102 INTRODUCTION TO GERMAN II Credits 5.00 Spring 03 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. Continuation of Germ 101. Enrollment is limited 20. Fulfills Part 2 of Language Requirement 001 HUM 120 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Roddy, Harry Enr: 10 Max: 0 002 RH 305 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Gaug, Christa Enr: 14 Max: NA 003 BL 123 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Spuler, Richard Carl Enr: 15 Max: NA GERM 121 FRESHMAN SEMINAR: FROM KAFKA TO THE HOLO Credits 3.00 Spring 03 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I The sociopolitical, economic, religious and intellectual upheavels that mark the first half of the twentieth century manifested themselves in literature between the extremes of artistic experimentation (expressionism, dada, Kafka, Musil) and a forced ideological stabilizaiton (fascism). Holocaust literature reflects the ultimate clash between these principles. Primary readings will include Hauptmann, Wedekind, Kaiser, Kafka, Hesse, Remarque, Brecht, Musil, Celan, Werfel. Taught in English. Enrollment is limited to 15. Cross-listed as German 121. 001 HANS 201 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Weissenberger, Klaus H. Enr: 3 Max: 8 GERM 201 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN Credits 4.00 Spring 03 * 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. Students from the College of Engineering enrolled in 201 will have the opportunity to take Germ 214 in May. See Germ 214. 001 TBA - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM Roddy, Harry Enr: 4 Max: NA GERM 202 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN II Credits 4.00 Spring 03 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I Continuation of Germ 201. Continued proficiency-based instruction employing a variety of interactional contexts (partner work, reports, interviews, dialogues, games, computer programs, videos) and further developing all four communmicative skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening) as well as cultural competence. Students should achieve a minimum proficiency level of Interrmediate Mid by the end of 202. Enrollment limited to 20. Prereq- Germ 201 or equivalent. 001 KH 101 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Spuler, Richard Carl Enr: 15 Max: 0 002 HUM 226 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Roddy, Harry Enr: 6 Max: NA GERM 214 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN FOR ENGINEERING AND Credits 5.00 Spring 03 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I Three week intensive course open to students enrolled in the College of Engineering. Taught May 10-31 in Berlin, Germany. Proficiency-based instruction focused on further developing the four communicative skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening) using original content relevant to the engineering fields. Particular emphasis on development of technical vocabulary and cultural competence in the engineering workplace. Additional Study Abroad program fee. Requires seperate registration with office of international programs. See www.ruf.rice.edu/~abroad/. Prereq- Germ 201. Permission of instructor required. 001 TBA - MTWTHF 09:00AM - 12:00PM Roddy, Harry Enr: 3 Max: 20 GERM 302 COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION II: LANGUAG Credits 3.00 Spring 03 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I This course will work with cultural texts in order to prepare for deeper understanding of German literary and intellectual sources. We will assess philosophical writing (Kant Nietzsche, Habermas), the styles of literary genres (prose, lyric, drama), academic criticism and feuilletonistic interpretation. Students performance is aimed to move from paraphrasing summary to analytic commentary in oral presentation and written expression. Taught in German. Prereq- second year competence. 001 RH 310 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Eifler, Margret E. Enr: 5 Max: 0 GERM 323 MAPPING GERMAN CULTURE: CITIZENSHIP AND Credits 3.00 Spring 03 This course offers an introduction to the relationship between citizenship and immigration from a comparative perspective. First, we examine the different aspects of the debates on citizenship and immigration. Second, we explore the relationship between immigration and the nation-state in the Untied States, Germany, and Great Britain. Finally, we discuss the problematic relationship between multicuralism and national identity. Also offered as SOCI 393. Taught in English. Additional credit hour offered for work in German. 001 RH 304 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Kreutzer, Florian Enr: 1 Max: 0 GERM 324 MAPPING GERMAN CULTURE: BERLIN: RESIDENC Credits 3.00 Spring 03 The course offers an introduction to German history, politics, and culture as mirrored in the history of the old and new German capital. Berlin has always been a city of contradictions: from Enlightenment to Romanticism, from imperial glamour to proletarian slums, from the Roaring Twenties to Hitler's seizure of power. Emerging from the ruins of WWII the divided city became both the capital of Socialism and the display window of the Free World. After the fall of the wall, Berlin is still looking for its role in the center of a reshaped Europe. Readings and discussions encompass fine arts and literature from the 18th century to the present, including film. Taught in English. Additional credit hour offered for work in German. 001 RH 121 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Steiner, Uwe Enr: 7 Max: 0 GERM 360 MAPPING GERMAN CULTURE: EDUCATION AND O Credits 3.00 Spring 03 This course offers an introduction to the relationship between education and occupation in a comparative perspective. We investigate the institutional pattern of this relationship in the United States, Germany, Britain, France, and Japan. As a result, we will be able to distinguish general patterns of education and occupation as well as institutional and cultural differences. Also offered as SOCI 360. Taught in English. 001 RH 305 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Kreutzer, Florian Enr: 0 Max: 0 GERM 402 INDEPENDENT WORK IN GERMAN LITERATURE Credits 3.00 Spring 03 Qualified students work on projects of their choice under the supervision of individual instructors with approval of the undergraduate advisor. 001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 1 Max: 0 GERM 404 SPECIAL TOPICS: HONOR THESIS Credits 3.00 Spring 03 Independent research projects by outstanding German majors leading to a substanial honors essay, undertaken in close cooperation with a departmental faculty member, who must first approve the thesis proposal. 001 TBA - TBA Caldwell, Carl Enr: 1 Max: NA GERM 412 GERMAN REALISM TO MODERNISM (1850-PRESEN Credits 3.00 Spring 03 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I German history and culture during the late 19th and the 20th century have been rather turbulent. From Wilhelminiam empire to Weimar democracy to Hitler fascism to socialist division to German reunification to entry into the European Union. All these political changes will be commented on by cultural reflection in textual and filmic forms. The course will provide a multi-medial retrospective via literature, auto-biographies. documentaries. feature films and internet informations. Literary texts will include Stifter, Fontane, Mann, Kafka, Boell, Grass, Wolf and Maron. Taught in German. 001 RH 310 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Eifler, Margret E. Enr: 4 Max: 0
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