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GRMN0103A-S13 CRN: 21393	Beginning German Continued Beginning German Continued This course is a continuation of GRMN 0101 and 0102. Increased emphasis on communicative competence through short oral presentations and the use of authentic German language materials (videos, songs, slides). Introduction to short prose writings and other documents relating to contemporary German culture. Five class meetings per week. (GRMN 0101 plus winter term GRMN 0102, or equivalent) 5 hrs. lect. Instructors: Florence Feiereisen Location: Freeman CK1 Schedule: 9:05am-9:55am on Monday, Wednesday, Friday at FIC CK1 (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013) 9:30am-10:45am on Tuesday, Thursday at FIC CK1 (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013) Requirements Satisfied: LNG
GRMN0103B-S13 CRN: 20524	Beginning German Continued Beginning German Continued This course is a continuation of GRMN 0101 and 0102. Increased emphasis on communicative competence through short oral presentations and the use of authentic German language materials (videos, songs, slides). Introduction to short prose writings and other documents relating to contemporary German culture. Five class meetings per week. (GRMN 0101 plus winter term GRMN 0102, or equivalent) 5 hrs. lect. Instructors: Natalie Eppelsheimer Location: Freeman CK2 Schedule: 11:00am-12:15pm on Tuesday, Thursday at FIC CK2 (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013) 11:15am-12:05pm on Monday, Wednesday, Friday at FIC CK2 (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013) Requirements Satisfied: LNG
GRMN0111A-S13 CRN: 20808	Accelerated Beginning German Accelerated Beginning German This class is aimed at students who wish to begin the study of German on the fast lane. In one semester, we will cover a year's material, the equivalent of GRMN 0101, 0102, and 0103. We will develop all four skills in an intensive, immersion-style environment, allowing students to continue German in the regular second-year classes in the fall. Classes meet five times per week, including two 75-minute meetings on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and an additional drill session. Students are expected to fully participate in all departmental activities. No prerequisites. 6 hr lect./disc./1 hr. drill Instructors: Bettina Matthias Location: Freeman CK2 Schedule: 9:05am-9:55am on Monday, Wednesday, Friday at FIC CK2 (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013) 9:30am-10:45am on Tuesday, Thursday at FIC CK2 (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013) Requirements Satisfied: LNG
GRMN0150A-S13 CRN: 22342	German Cultural History Tall Blondes in Lederhosen? A German Cultural History (in English) In this course students will be introduced to Germany and its cultural history broadly conceived. Faculty will lecture on areas of special expertise, covering the period from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. We will embed important concepts, developments, events, and cultural artifacts in their broader (European) context. This course will lay a foundation for students wishing to study European history, German, European Studies, Art History, Music, Philosophy, or Literature. Instructors: Florence Feiereisen, Roman Graf, Bettina Matthias Location: Hillcrest 103 Schedule: 10:10am-11:00am on Monday, Wednesday, Friday (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013) Requirements Satisfied: EUR, HIS
GRMN0202A-S13 CRN: 20528	Intermediate German Continued Intermediate German Continued GRMN 0201/0202 is a culture-based intermediate language sequence that focuses students' attention on intercultural aspects of language acquisition, vocabulary expansion, reading and writing strategies, and a review of grammar. It moves from a focus on issues of individual identity and personal experiences to a discussion of Germany today (GRMN 0201), explores national identity in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and supplies an overview of cultural history, literary achievements, and philosophical traditions in the German-speaking world (GRMN 0201) 4 hrs. lect. Instructors: Roger Russi Location: McCardell Bicentennial Hall 148 Schedule: 9:05am-9:55am on Monday, Friday at MBH 148 (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013) 9:30am-10:45am on Tuesday, Thursday at MBH 148 (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013) Requirements Satisfied: LNG
GRMN0202B-S13 CRN: 20536	Intermediate German Continued Intermediate German Continued GRMN 0201/0202 is a culture-based intermediate language sequence that focuses students' attention on intercultural aspects of language acquisition, vocabulary expansion, reading and writing strategies, and a review of grammar. It moves from a focus on issues of individual identity and personal experiences to a discussion of Germany today (GRMN 0201), explores national identity in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and supplies an overview of cultural history, literary achievements, and philosophical traditions in the German-speaking world (GRMN 0201) 4 hrs. lect. Instructors: Roman Graf Location: Freeman CK1 Schedule: 11:00am-12:15pm on Tuesday, Thursday at FIC CK1 (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013) 11:15am-12:05pm on Monday, Friday at FIC CK1 (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013) Requirements Satisfied: LNG
GRMN0315A-S13 Cross-Listed As: CMLT0315A-S13 CRN: 22343	Hotel and Modern Experience "A Home Away From home": The Hotel and the Modern Experience (in English)* In this course we will examine the hotel as a quintessentially modern social and cultural space. Sex and love, death and crime, money and leisure, and architecture and commerce find a special "home away from home" in the hotel, a quality that has inspired the cultural imagination for generations. Theories by G. Simmel, S. Kracauer, and Th. Veblen will help explain the complex dynamics between time, space, and money underlying the hotel's special aura. By “reading" real and fictional hotels in the arts and media (E. Hopper, Th. Mann, A. Hailey, St. Zweig), we will show the hotel's complex significance as a symbol of modern life. 3 hrs sem. Instructors: Bettina Matthias Location: McCardell Bicentennial Hall 438 Schedule: 1:30pm-2:45pm on Tuesday, Thursday (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013) Requirements Satisfied: EUR, LIT, SOC
GRMN0380A-S13 CRN: 22246	Rethinking Literature Rethinking Literature This course focuses on the "literary" as a force within cultural discourse. A thorough understanding of literary periods and genres serves as the background for a critical investigation of modern theoretical approaches to literary texts. Discussing major works of German literature, students explore the notion of "literariness" in its various cultural contexts. (Formerly GRMN 0330) 3 hrs. lect/disc. Instructors: Natalie Eppelsheimer Location: Freeman CK1 Schedule: 2:50pm-4:05pm on Monday, Wednesday (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013) Requirements Satisfied: EUR, LIT
GRMN0435A-S13 CRN: 22247	German Pop Literature Popliteratur/ and the Literary Archives of Pop Culture* In 1968, a new genre of literature emerged in Germany: Popliteratur. Grounded in Dadaism, the Beat Generation, and Pop Art, its young authors attacked the literary establishment and its highbrow dogma with works bridging the gap between high and low culture. In this course, we will investigate the crossover characteristics of Popliteratur, reading it as the literary equivalent of pop music, with an eye to American influence on pop culture in postwar Germany. Through theoretical lenses ranging from Adorno's classic Kulturindustrie to Fiedler's Playboy article, "Cross the Border, Close the Gap"! we will examine primary works by Brinkmann, von Stuckrad-Barre, and Meinecke alongside other products of pop culture, particularly of the last decade. (Formerly GRMN 0306) 3 hrs. sem. Instructors: Florence Feiereisen Location: Freeman CK2 Schedule: 3:00pm-4:15pm on Tuesday, Thursday (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013) Requirements Satisfied: EUR, LIT
GRMN0500A-S13 CRN: 20278	Independent Study Independent Study (Approval only) Location: Main Schedule: 7:00pm-8:29pm on Sunday (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013)
GRMN0500B-S13 CRN: 20980	Independent Study Independent Study (Approval only) Instructors: Roman Graf Location: Main Schedule: 7:00pm-8:29pm on Sunday (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013)
GRMN0500D-S13 CRN: 20283	Independent Study Independent Study (Approval only) Instructors: Michael Geisler Location: Main Schedule: 7:00pm-8:29pm on Sunday (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013)
GRMN0500E-S13 CRN: 20285	Independent Study Independent Study (Approval only) Instructors: Bettina Matthias Location: Main Schedule: 7:00pm-8:29pm on Sunday (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013)
GRMN0500F-S13 CRN: 20286	Independent Study Independent Study (Approval only) Instructors: Florence Feiereisen Location: Main Schedule: 8:00am-4:59pm on Sunday (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013)
GRMN0500G-S13 CRN: 21331	Independent Study Independent Study (Approval only) Instructors: Natalie Eppelsheimer Location: Main Schedule: 7:00pm-8:29pm on Sunday (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013)
GRMN0500H-S13 CRN: 21333	Independent Study Independent Study (Approval only) Instructors: Roger Russi Location: Main Schedule: 7:00pm-8:29pm on Sunday (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013)
GRMN0700A-S13 CRN: 21260	Senior Research Honors Project (Approval only) Location: Main Schedule: 8:00am-4:59pm on Sunday (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013)
GRMN0700B-S13 CRN: 21261	Senior Research Honors Project (Approval only) Instructors: Roman Graf Location: Main Schedule: 8:00am-4:59pm on Sunday (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013)
GRMN0700D-S13 CRN: 21263	Senior Research Honors Project (Approval only) Instructors: Michael Geisler Location: Main Schedule: 8:00am-4:59pm on Sunday (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013)
GRMN0700E-S13 CRN: 21264	Senior Research Honors Project (Approval only) Instructors: Bettina Matthias Location: Main Schedule: 8:00am-4:59pm on Sunday (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013)
GRMN0700F-S13 CRN: 21265	Senior Research Honors Project (Approval only) Instructors: Florence Feiereisen Location: Main Schedule: 8:00am-4:59pm on Sunday (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013)
GRMN0700G-S13 CRN: 21332	Senior Research Honors Project (Approval only) Instructors: Natalie Eppelsheimer Location: Main Schedule: 8:00am-4:59pm on Sunday (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013)
GRMN0700H-S13 CRN: 21334	Senior Research Honors Project (Approval only) Instructors: Roger Russi Location: Main Schedule: 8:00am-4:59pm on Sunday (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013)

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CRN: 21393

Beginning German Continued

Beginning German Continued
This course is a continuation of GRMN 0101 and 0102. Increased emphasis on communicative competence through short oral presentations and the use of authentic German language materials (videos, songs, slides). Introduction to short prose writings and other documents relating to contemporary German culture. Five class meetings per week. (GRMN 0101 plus winter term GRMN 0102, or equivalent) 5 hrs. lect.

Instructors:: Florence Feiereisen
Location:: Freeman CK1
Schedule:: 9:05am-9:55am on Monday, Wednesday, Friday at FIC CK1 (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013) 9:30am-10:45am on Tuesday, Thursday at FIC CK1 (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013)
Requirements Satisfied:: LNG

GRMN0103B-S13

CRN: 20524

Beginning German Continued

Instructors:: Natalie Eppelsheimer
Location:: Freeman CK2
Schedule:: 11:00am-12:15pm on Tuesday, Thursday at FIC CK2 (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013) 11:15am-12:05pm on Monday, Wednesday, Friday at FIC CK2 (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013)
Requirements Satisfied:: LNG

GRMN0111A-S13

CRN: 20808

Accelerated Beginning German

Accelerated Beginning German
This class is aimed at students who wish to begin the study of German on the fast lane. In one semester, we will cover a year's material, the equivalent of GRMN 0101, 0102, and 0103. We will develop all four skills in an intensive, immersion-style environment, allowing students to continue German in the regular second-year classes in the fall. Classes meet five times per week, including two 75-minute meetings on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and an additional drill session. Students are expected to fully participate in all departmental activities. No prerequisites. 6 hr lect./disc./1 hr. drill

Instructors:: Bettina Matthias
Location:: Freeman CK2
Schedule:: 9:05am-9:55am on Monday, Wednesday, Friday at FIC CK2 (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013) 9:30am-10:45am on Tuesday, Thursday at FIC CK2 (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013)
Requirements Satisfied:: LNG

GRMN0150A-S13

CRN: 22342

German Cultural History

Tall Blondes in Lederhosen? A German Cultural History (in English)
In this course students will be introduced to Germany and its cultural history broadly conceived. Faculty will lecture on areas of special expertise, covering the period from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. We will embed important concepts, developments, events, and cultural artifacts in their broader (European) context. This course will lay a foundation for students wishing to study European
history, German, European Studies, Art History, Music, Philosophy, or Literature.

Instructors:: Florence Feiereisen, Roman Graf, Bettina Matthias
Location:: Hillcrest 103
Schedule:: 10:10am-11:00am on Monday, Wednesday, Friday (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013)
Requirements Satisfied:: EUR, HIS

GRMN0202A-S13

CRN: 20528

Intermediate German Continued

Intermediate German Continued
GRMN 0201/0202 is a culture-based intermediate language sequence that focuses students' attention on intercultural aspects of language acquisition, vocabulary expansion, reading and writing strategies, and a review of grammar. It moves from a focus on issues of individual identity and personal experiences to a discussion of Germany today (GRMN 0201), explores national identity in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and supplies an overview of cultural history, literary achievements, and philosophical traditions in the German-speaking world (GRMN 0201) 4 hrs. lect.

Instructors:: Roger Russi
Location:: McCardell Bicentennial Hall 148
Schedule:: 9:05am-9:55am on Monday, Friday at MBH 148 (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013) 9:30am-10:45am on Tuesday, Thursday at MBH 148 (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013)
Requirements Satisfied:: LNG

GRMN0202B-S13

CRN: 20536

Intermediate German Continued

Instructors:: Roman Graf
Location:: Freeman CK1
Schedule:: 11:00am-12:15pm on Tuesday, Thursday at FIC CK1 (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013) 11:15am-12:05pm on Monday, Friday at FIC CK1 (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013)
Requirements Satisfied:: LNG

GRMN0315A-S13

Cross-Listed As:
CMLT0315A-S13

CRN: 22343

Hotel and Modern Experience

"A Home Away From home": The Hotel and the Modern Experience (in English)*
In this course we will examine the hotel as a quintessentially modern social and cultural space. Sex and love, death and crime, money and leisure, and architecture and commerce find a special "home away from home" in the hotel, a quality that has inspired the cultural imagination for generations. Theories by G. Simmel, S. Kracauer, and Th. Veblen will help explain the complex dynamics between time, space, and money underlying the hotel's special aura. By “reading" real and fictional hotels in the arts and media (E. Hopper, Th. Mann, A. Hailey, St. Zweig), we will show the hotel's complex significance as a symbol of modern life. 3 hrs sem.

Instructors:: Bettina Matthias
Location:: McCardell Bicentennial Hall 438
Schedule:: 1:30pm-2:45pm on Tuesday, Thursday (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013)
Requirements Satisfied:: EUR, LIT, SOC

GRMN0380A-S13

CRN: 22246

Rethinking Literature

Rethinking Literature
This course focuses on the "literary" as a force within cultural discourse. A thorough understanding of literary periods and genres serves as the background for a critical investigation of modern theoretical approaches to literary texts. Discussing major works of German literature, students explore the notion of "literariness" in its various cultural contexts. (Formerly GRMN 0330) 3 hrs. lect/disc.

Instructors:: Natalie Eppelsheimer
Location:: Freeman CK1
Schedule:: 2:50pm-4:05pm on Monday, Wednesday (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013)
Requirements Satisfied:: EUR, LIT

GRMN0435A-S13

CRN: 22247

German Pop Literature

Popliteratur/ and the Literary Archives of Pop Culture*
In 1968, a new genre of literature emerged in Germany: Popliteratur. Grounded in Dadaism, the Beat Generation, and Pop Art, its young authors attacked the literary establishment and its highbrow dogma with works bridging the gap between high and low culture. In this course, we will investigate the crossover characteristics of Popliteratur, reading it as the literary equivalent of pop music, with an eye to American influence on pop culture in postwar Germany. Through theoretical lenses ranging from Adorno's classic Kulturindustrie to Fiedler's Playboy article, "Cross the Border, Close the Gap"! we will examine primary works by Brinkmann, von Stuckrad-Barre, and Meinecke alongside other products of pop culture, particularly of the last decade. (Formerly GRMN 0306) 3 hrs. sem.

Instructors:: Florence Feiereisen
Location:: Freeman CK2
Schedule:: 3:00pm-4:15pm on Tuesday, Thursday (Feb 11, 2013 to May 13, 2013)
Requirements Satisfied:: EUR, LIT

GRMN0500A-S13

CRN: 20278