Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester. *

Introductory proficiency-based course which prepares students to understand, speak, read, and write in culturally authentic contexts. Activities are conducted in German. No prior experience or admission by placement testing. Students cannot enroll in GER 101 after earning credit for GER 102, GER 201, GER 202, or higher.

Continuing proficiency-based course which develops communicative abilities in speaking, listening, reading, and writing in culturally authentic contexts. Activities are conducted in German. Students cannot enroll in GER 102 after earning credit for GER 201, GER 202, or higher.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the SU academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester. *

Continuing proficiency-based course which refines and expands previously acquired linguistic skills in culturally authentic contexts. Activities are conducted in German. Students cannot enroll in GER 201 after earning credit for GER 202 or higher.

Continuing proficiency-based course which focuses on reading, discussing, and analyzing authentic texts as a basis for the expression and interpretation of meaning. Conducted in German. Students cannot enroll in GER 202 after earning credit for a course higher than GER 202.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Provides increasing facility in idiomatic use of spoken and written language.

This course explores modes and models of presentations and academic writing on the advanced German proficiency level (B2). Students transfer their insights into practice by developing a presentation and paper on an interdisciplinary research topic, relating German Studies to their academic field and professional interests.

German fictional genres from the Enlightenment to contemporary German-language literature with a focus on friends and foes. Students explore the work and biography of one author writing in German in a paper written over the course of the semester. Course held in German.

The course explores fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm to contemporary forms of the genre in the original language. Focus on definition, stylistics, origins, development and politics of German fairy tales.

Analyzes a variety of German short stories of the 20th century by major German writers such as Wolfgang Borchert, Heinrich Böll, Bertolt Brecht, Thomas Mann, Anna Seghers and others.

Area survey of social and cultural phenomena: literature, philosophy, music, and art. Practice in speaking, composition, and aural comprehension.

Survey and analysis of developments in the arts and literatures and in the political, educational, and social systems in the G.D.R. and the F.R.G. since 1945.

The course explores the representation of Berlin in German literary texts from the early 20th century to the present. Focus on major historical shifts: Weimar Republic, Third Reich, Divided Berlin, Fall of the Berlin Wall.

The rise of realism as manifested particularly in the years 1830-1880. Lectures, discussion, short papers. Offered alternate years.

Advanced proficiency-based course which engages students in reading, viewing, analyzing, interpreting, and performing German language drama from 1830 to the present. Drama text and performance analysis from 1830 to present. Leading works by authors such as Goethe, Büchner, Kricheldorf. Production book work, praxis workshop.

Offered alternate years.

Literary works and criticism of later Goethe and Schiller. The writings of such Romantic authors as the Schlegels, Tieck, Novalis, E.T.A. Hoffmann. Lectures, discussion, short papers. Offered alternate years.

Important writers of prose, drama, and lyric between 1880 and 1945. Schnitzler, Hofmannsthal, Kafka, Hesse, Mann, Brecht. Lectures, discussion, short papers. Offered alternate years.

Important poets, dramatists, and prose writers after 1945. Includes Böll, Grass, Frisch, Durrenmatt. Lectures, discussion, short papers. Offered alternate years.

Explores and analyzes early and modern German and Austrian films. Conducted in German. The content of the course varies from semester to semester. Lecture, discussion for each film

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.