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19 August 1997
The faculty has approval to offer the following courses in the academic years
1997-1998 and 1998-1999; however, all courses are not taught each semester or
summer session. Students should consult the Course Schedule to determine which courses and topics will be offered during a particular semester or summer session. The
Course Schedule may also reflect changes that have been made to the courses listed here
since this catalog was published.
Unless otherwise stated below, each course meets for three lecture hours a week for one semester.
German: GER
381. Studies in Germanic Linguistics and Philology.
May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing, and twelve semester hours of upper-division German or consent of instructor.
Topic 1: Middle High German Language and Literature.
Topic 2: Introduction to Synchronic Linguistics: German.
Topic 3: Introduction to Diachronic Linguistics: German.
Topic 4: German Phonetics and Phonology.
Same as Linguistics 384 (Topic 3: German Phonetics and
Phonology).
Topic 5: German Syntax.
Same as Linguistics 384 (Topic 4: German
Syntax).
Topic 6: Old Germanic Dialects (Old High German, Gothic, Old Saxon).
Topic 7: Introduction to Old Norse.
Topic 8: History of the Scandinavian Languages.
Topic 9: Middle Dutch.
Topic 10: History of the Dutch Language.
Topic 11: History of the German Language.
382M. Cultural History.
Study of various political, intellectual, artistic, and social movements in the
cultures of Germanic countries. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing, and twelve semester hours of upper-division German or
consent of instructor.
382N. Intellectual History.
An interdisciplinary investigation of the significance of ideological structures
of thought in historical contexts. Emphasis is on the genealogy, interpretative
power, and critical reception of ideas that inform the ends and methods of German studies
as a discipline. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
185, 285, 385. Conference Course in Germanic Languages or Literature.
May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
386. Periods in Germanic Literature.
Thorough survey of the principal periods of Germanic literature. May be repeated
for credit when the topics vary.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing, and twelve semester
hours of upper-division German or consent of instructor.
Topic 1: German Literature: Middle Ages through Humanism (800-1450).
Topic 2: German Literature: Renaissance/Reformation through Baroque (1450-1730).
Topic 3: German Literature: Enlightenment through Realism (1730-1890).
Topic 4: German Literature: Naturalism to the Present (since 1890).
Topic 5: Old Norse Literature.
Topic 6: Nineteenth-Century Scandinavian Literature.
Topic 7: Twentieth-Century Scandinavian Literature.
Topic 8: Medieval Dutch Literature.
Topic 9: Baroque Dutch Literature.
Topic 10: Modern Dutch Literature.
Topic 11: Yiddish Literature.
389K. Methods in the Study of Literature and Linguistics.
An introduction to the critical and technical procedures used in Germanic
studies, especially bibliographical aids. May be repeated for credit when the topics
vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing, and twelve semester hours of upper-division
German or consent of instructor.
Topic 1: Fundamentals of Scholarship.
Topic 2: Methods and History of Literary Criticism.
Topic 3: Linguistic Methods and Sources.
Topic 4: Methods for Cultural Studies.
Topic 5: Translation.
German 383K and 389K (Topic 5) may not both be counted; German 383L and
389K (Topic 5) may not both be counted.
Topic 6: German Rhetoric and Stylistics.
German 389K (Topic 6) and 392 (Topic: German Rhetoric and
Stylistics) may not both be counted.
192, 392. Seminar in Germanic Literature and Culture.
Study of influences, writers, genres, themes, and movements in Germanic
literature and culture. Topics include Goethe, Thomas Mann, Brecht, Schiller, medieval
epic, picaresque novel, symbolism and naturalism, classical drama and theatre,
Nietzsche, German women writers, myth and mythology in German literature. One or
three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the
topics vary. German 192 is offered on the credit/no credit basis only.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing, and twelve semester hours of upper-division German or consent of
instructor.
Topic 1: German Literature and Cinema.
393K. Seminar in Germanic Linguistics and Philology.
Study of linguistic topics in Germanic languages, such as grammar,
morphology, phonology, dialectology, syntax, lexicology, sociolinguistics. May be repeated
for credit when the topics vary.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing, and twelve semester
hours of upper-division German or consent of instructor.
Topic 1: Synchronic Linguistics: The Grammar of the German Language.
Topic 2: Diachronic Linguistics: Comparative Germanic Grammar.
Topic 3: The Acquisition of German.
Special problems in the acquisition of German or another Germanic language as
a first or second language. German 381 (Topic: The Acquisition of
German) and 393K (Topic 3) may not both be counted.
397P. Topics in Applied Linguistics and Pedagogy.
May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. German 397P and 398T (Topic
1: Applied Linguistics and the Teaching of
German) may not both be counted; German 397P and 398T (Topic 2:
Special Problems in Pedagogy) may not both be
counted. Prerequisite: Graduate standing, and twelve semester hours of upper-division
German or consent of instructor.
698. Thesis.
The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for two semesters. Offered on the
letter-grade basis only. Prerequisite: For 698A, graduate standing in Germanic languages
and consent of the graduate adviser; for 698B, German 698A.
398R. Master's Report.
Preparation of a report to fulfill the requirement for the master's degree under
the report option. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Offered on the letter-grade basis only.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Germanic
languages and consent of the graduate adviser.
398T. Supervised Teaching in German.
Analysis of the major foreign language teaching methodologies; curriculum
and curricular materials development. May be repeated for
credit. Prerequisite: Graduate standing, and twelve semester hours of upper-division German or consent of
instructor.
399R, 699R, 999R. Dissertation.
Offered on the letter-grade basis only.
Prerequisite: Admission to candidacy for
the doctoral degree.
399W, 699W, 999W. Dissertation.
Offered on the letter-grade basis only.
Prerequisite: German 399R, 699R, or 999R.
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Contents
Chapter 1: Graduate Study
Chapter 2: Admission and Registration
Chapter 3: Degree Requirements
Chapter 4: Fields of Study
Chapter 5: Members of Graduate Studies Committees
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