Introduction to German language and cultures; practice in three communicative modes: interpersonal, presentational (speaking, writing), and interpretive (listening, reading). Progress from novice toward intermediate-level proficiency.

Continuation of GER 1301. Introduction to German language and cultures; practice in three communicative modes: interpersonal, presentational (speaking, writing), and interpretive (listening, reading). Further progress from novice toward intermediate-level proficiency

Completes content of GER 1301 and GER 1302 in one semester. Motivated students or those seeking a review of previous German study should make rapid progress in this cours

Intermediate German language and cultures; practice in three communicative modes: interpersonal, presentational (speaking, writing), and interpretive (listening, reading); continuing progress toward intermediate-level proficiency.

Introduction to German business publications and development of communication skills within a business context. This course is designed primarily for students seeking a B.B.A. degree, but may be substituted for GER 2310 and used in fulfillment of the foreign language requirement in the College of Arts and Sciences.

An exploration of topics that affect life and society for today's German-speaking populations. Continued practice in listening, speaking, reading, and writing German at the intermediate level. Class conducted in German, with emphasis on developing conversational skills and cultural competency.

Completes content of GER 2310 and GER 2320 in one semester. Motivated students or those seeking a review of previous German study should make rapid progress in this course.

Further development of communication skills. Required of all German majors.

Development of German reading skills through grammar review and reading of selections from various areas of the arts and sciences.

Systematic review of high-frequency grammar structures, acquisition of new structures, and application of stylistics in a workshop format.

The history and culture of the German-speaking area, from the Romans to the present day, concentrating on what will become the nation of Germany. Taught in English.

Culturally-based course in the Baylor in Germany (Dresden) summer program. Emphasizes issues of German and American identities. May not be offered every summer.

German culture through German film including cinematic traditions of the Weimar Republic and prominent German directors who emigrated to the United States, Nazi film, post-war cinema in East and West Germany, and the international media context since German unification. Conducted in English.

Emphasis on German short prose fiction of the twentieth century.

Emphasis on the drama of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Survey of the German lyric.

The literary tradition of the German-speaking world from 1750 to the 20th century. May be organized around topics chosen by instructor.

Social and political events and movements viewed through literature, creating a framework for understanding contemporary Germany and the Germans. Taught in German.

Primary texts by perpetrators and victims of the Holocaust and of their children. Readings include diaries, correspondence, interviews, memoirs, court transcripts, playlets, and historical summaries. Examines “ordinary” Germans as direct or indirect killers and responses of persecuted Jewish prisoners in camps and ghettos, while identifying marks left by Holocaust in families, courts, and society. Course taught in English.

For students taking advanced German language during a summer or semester study abroad program. May be repeated once for credit with different emphases.

For students studying topics in the literature of the German-speaking world during a summer or semester study abroad program. May be repeated once for credit with different emphases.

For students studying topics dealing with the cultural history of or modern life in the German-speaking world during a summer or semester study abroad program. May be repeated once for credit with different emphases.

For students studying topics in Linguistics pertaining to the German-speaking world, during a summer or semester study abroad program. May be repeated once for credit with different emphases.

With content changed, this course may be repeated once for credit.

Undergraduate research undertaken with the supervision of a faculty member. May be taken for a maximum of 6 hours.

German literature from Old High German to Enlightenment.

German literature from Enlightenment to Poetic Realism.

Survey of German literature from Naturalism to the present.

Masterpieces of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries with emphasis on Lessing, Schiller, and Goethe.

Faust I and selected readings from Faust II.

Emphasis on Romanticism.

Emphasis on Junges Deutschland and Realism.

Varied readings from modern German literature.

See SPA 4315 for course information.

Special topics of study in the disciplines of German literature, German culture, and/or German linguistics not covered by regular course offerings. The course may be repeated four times when content differs.

For students taking a more advanced German language class during a summer or semester study abroad program. May be repeated once for credit with different emphases.

For students taking a more advanced seminar in the literature of the German-speaking world during a summer or semester study abroad program. May be repeated once for credit with different emphases.

For students taking a more advanced seminar dealing with the cultural history of or modern life in the German-speaking world during a summer or semester study abroad program. May be repeated once for credit with different emphases.

For students taking a more advanced seminar in Linguistics pertaining to the German-speaking world. May be repeated once for credit with different emphases.

Independent study in German language and literature in consultation with a professor. Examination and term paper. With content changed, this course may be repeated once for credit.