2003-2004 Undergraduate Calendar-German

Last updated: July 2, 2003 @ 02:47PM

German
This program is co-ordinated by the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures.

Chair
E. Virgulti

General Information

Administrative Assistant
Hajnalka Bela-Zavodni

905-688-5550, extension 3312
Mackenzie Chown A240
http://www.brocku.ca/modernlanguages/index.html

The Department aims to provide students with a thorough and comprehensive coverage of spoken and written German, its literature and culture. In addition to the courses taught in German, the Department offers a series of courses taught in English that may be acceptable for credit toward a degree in German. Students are encouraged to participate in the study program in Germany.

Canadian Year in Freiburg
In co-operation with Acadia University, the University of British Columbia and Trent University, the German section of the Department offers students who have completed GERM 1F90 or its equivalent the opportunity to spend a year abroad at the University of Freiburg. The Canadian resident director will offer an immersion program in the German language and courses in German literature, but students may select courses in any area of study offered by the University of Freiburg. While in Freiburg, students normally assume a full, five-credit load in their disciplines of choice. Among these courses a maximum of three credits may be in German. Two additional credits must be in courses offered by the University of Freiburg, such as: English, another language, history, science.

Program Notes

Students with OAC standing or equivalent in German take GERM 1F90 and may not take GERM 1F00 without permission of the Department. Permission is granted only in the most exceptional cases.
Students without OAC standing or equivalent would normally take GERM 1F00 in year 1, which would count towards their degree, and GERM 1F90 in year 2.
GERM 1F00 is an introductory language course. Students who register in this course must bring their official high school transcript to the Department as proof of their level of competency in order to receive departmental confirmation of registration before the end of the second week of classes (see Undergraduate Academic Calendar). Failure to do so will result in deregistration from the course.
Unless otherwise noted in the course description, courses numbered 2(alpha)00 and above are taught in the language while courses numbered 1F90 and below are taught in the language to the extent possible.
GERM 1F00, 1F90 and 2F90 constitute a sequence. Once credit has been obtained in one of these courses, students are not allowed to take for credit a course in the same language with a lower number in the sequence. Students may not take two courses at different levels in the sequence during the same term. This regulation also applies to courses taken at other institutions.
Courses noted as given in English may be included in major programs. Combined Pass programs may include no more than one and one-half credits in such courses.
The Department reserves the right to refuse admission to and/or credit for any of its language courses to a student who has, in the view of the Department, a level of competence unsuited to that course.
In all 15 credit degree programs, at least seven credits must be numbered 2(alpha)00 or above, three of which must be numbered 2(alpha)90 or above.

Pass Program

Year 1

·	GERM 1F90, 1P93 and 1P94 (see program note 1)
·	one Science context credit
·	one Social Science context credit
·	one elective credit

Year 2

·	GERM 2F90, 2F92, 2P30 and 2P31 (or GERM 1F90 if GERM 1F00 taken in year 1)
·	two elective credits

For students in Freiburg:

·	a maximum of three GERM credits
·	two elective credits

Year 3

·	Three credits from GERM (including GERM 2F90, 2F92, 2P30, 2P31 if not taken in year 2), MLLC 3P91, 3P92, 3P93, 3P94, 3P95 (see program note 6)
·	two elective credits (see program note 8)

Combined Major Program

Year 1

·	GERM 1F90 (see program note 1)
·	one credit from the co-major discipline
·	one Science context credit
·	one Social Science context credit
·	one elective credit

Year 2

·	GERM 2F90, 2P30 and 2P31 (see program note 1)
·	two credits from the co-major discipline
·	one elective credit

Year 3

·	Two GERM or MLLC credits numbered 2(alpha)90 or above
·	two credits from the co-major discipline
·	one elective credit

Minor in German

Students in other disciplines may obtain a Minor in German within their degree program by completing the following courses with a minimum 60 percent overall average:

·	GERM 1F90 and 2F90
·	one GERM credit
·	one GERM literature and/or culture credit numbered 2(alpha)00 or above

Course Descriptions

Note that not all courses are offered in every session. Refer to the applicable term timetable for details.

Prerequisites and Restrictions

Students must check to ensure that prerequisites are met. Students may be deregistered, at the request of the instructor, from any course for which prerequisites and/or restrictions have not been met.
GERM 1F00
Language (Introductory)
Basic skills: conversational patterns, reading ability emphasizing the spoken language using films, tapes and recordings.
Lectures, language/computer lab, 4 hours per week.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in GERM 1P01 and GERM 1P02.

GERM 1F90
Language (Intermediate I)
Intermediate level. Conversational and written language skills. Introduction to 20th-century German literature using language/ computer laboratory, films, tapes and recordings.
Lectures, language/computer lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisites: GERM 1F00 (1P01 and 1P02) or OAC German or permission of the instructor.

GERM 1P93
Culture and Civilization of Central Europe: From the Prehistoric to the Carolingian Period
(also offered as CLAS 1P93)
The cultural development of central Europe from the earliest stone and pottery cultures, through the Bronze and Iron Ages, the Celts and Romans and the first Germanic kingdoms. Beliefs and practices, artistic style and architecture. Slides are used to illustrate the cultural evidence.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Note: given in English.

GERM 1P94
Culture and Civilization of Central Europe: The Holy Roman Empire
Forms of cultural expression in central Europe from the foundation of the Ottonian Empire to the Counter-Reformation. An illustrated survey of the arts, architecture and literature.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Note: given in English.

GERM 2F90
Language (Intermediate II)
Intensive study of present-day German language and culture designed to improve communication skills.
Lectures, language lab, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: GERM 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in GERM 2F00 or 2F20.

GERM 2F92
Language and Literature of the 19th and 20th Centuries.
Intensive study of short literary and socio-cultural texts designed to expand both active and passive vocabularies, comprehension, oral and written skills.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: GERM 1F90 or permission of the instructor.

GERM 2P30
Culture and Civilization of Central Europe: Reformation to Revolution
Stages in early modern central European cultural development including art and architecture from the 15th to 18th century in their social and political contexts.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Note: given in English.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in GERM 1P95.

GERM 2P31
Culture and Civilization of Central Europe: Romanticism to Postmodernism
Evolution of modern central Europe. Art and architecture in the context of growing nationalism during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Note: given in English.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in GERM 1P96.

GERM 3F99
Advanced Language Study I
Fluency at an advanced level in speaking, writing and comprehension through tapes, films, written and oral projects, discussions and advanced interpreting and translating.
Lectures, language lab, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: GERM 2F90 (2F00, 2F20 or 2P91 and 2P92) or permission of the instructor.