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EMU German Courses - Book List for Winter 2006 Semester (All texts are required)
German 121-122 : Beginning German I and II
Instructors:
Gern 121 - Klaus Tappe
Gern 122 - Carla Damiano
Widmaier: Treffpunkt Deutsch, 4th ed. Prentice Hall, 2003. ISBN 0-13-1045-741. This is a special package ISBN for a package with the following:
1) Text book 2) Workbook 3) Student Video
German 222 : Intermediate German Reading
Instructor: Andrea Weaver
Moeller, Adolph, Mabee, Berger: Kaleidoskop. 6th Ed. Houghton Mifflin, 2002. Student package: Student Text ISBN 0-618-10312-0 and Workbook: ISBN 0-618-10319-8.
Textbook, workbook, and cassettes.
German 234 : Intermediate German Conversation & Composition
Instructor: Carla Damiano
1. Sparks/Vail, German in Review, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, latest ed;
ISBN 0-03-015292-5
2. Wells/Morewedge: Mitlesen – Mitteilen. 3d.ed. Thomson/Heinle.
ISBN 0-0303-4434-4
German 342 : Survey of German Literature
Instructor: Carla Damiano
For more information contact: cdamiano@emich.edu
German 344 : Principles of German Phonetics and Conversation
Instructor: Margrit Zinggeler
Rankin/Wells, Handbuch zur deutschen Grammatik, Houghton Mifflin; forth ed.
ISBN 0-618-33812-8
German 361 : German for International Trade
Instructor: Klaus Tappe
Clay, Gudrun, Geschäftsdeutsch: An Introduction to Business German. Newest ed. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 07-011334-3
German 443/620 : German Syntax & Adv. Composition
Instructor: Margrit Zinggeler
1. Grimm, Kinder- und Hausmärchen. 3vol. Leipzig: Reclam. UB 030024. Available from International Book Import Service: ibis@IBIService.com or 1-8-000-277-4247 OR
Grimms Märchen. Original Texte. Mit Materialien. CD-ROM. Cornelsen. Software for Windows.
2. Berman, Judy. The Clausal Syntax of German. CSLI Publication, 2003. ISBN 157586326. OPTIONAL
3. Rankin/Wells, Handbuch zur deutschen Grammatik, Houghton Mifflin; fourth ed. ISBN 0-618-33812-8. (textbook only)
German 447/647 : Business German
Instructor: Margrit Zinggeler
1. Eismann, Volker. Wirtschaftskommunikation Deutsch 2. Langenscheidt. 2001.
Student Textbook ISBN 3-468-90476-2, 2 CDs 1 (3-468-90478-9)
2. Sachs, Deutsche Handelskorrespondenz - Neu, Hueber, 2000. ISBN 3-19-001662-3-3.
German 492 : Capstone Seminar in German
Instructor: Carla Damiano/Margrit Zinggeler
For more information contact:
mzinggele@emich.edu
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
GERN 121 Beginning German (5 hrs)
Instruction includes pronunciation, aural-oral pattern practice, the fundamentals of grammar, written exercise, reading. Laboratory attendance is required. Satisfies general education foreign language composition requirement, Area I.
GERN 122 Beginning German (5 hrs)
The goals of the two-course Beginning German sequence are the development of oral and written communication through the use of verbal and nonverbal symbols. The emphasis is on communicative competence (both spoken and written) through the mastery of vocabulary and grammar appropriate to given communicational situations. Besides gaining communicative skills in German, the student can expect to gain some familiarity with modern German culture. Satisfies general education foreign language composition requirement, Area I.
Prereq: GERN 121 or equivalent. Placement examination required.
GERN 177/178/179 Special Topics (1/2/3 hrs)
An exploration and study of topics not covered in other departmental offerings. Students may elect more than once, provided different topics are studied.
Prereq: Department permission.
GERN 221 Intermediate German Reading (3 hrs)
This course consists of readings in German literature and civilization. Students who plan to continue in German should take GERN 233 concurrently with GERN 221, and GERN 234 concurrently with GERN 222. Satisfies Area IV of general education requirements.
Prereq: GERN 122 or equivalent. Placement examination required.
GERN 222 Intermediate German Reading (3 hrs)
This course consists of readings in German literature and civilization. Students who plan to continue in German should take GERN 233 concurrently with GERN 221, and GERN 234 concurrently with GERN 222. Satisfies Area IV of general education requirements.
Prereq: GERN 122 or equivalent. Placement examination required.
GERN 233 Intermediate German Conversation, Composition, and Grammar (3 hrs)
This course requires the student to practice spoken and authentically correct language in the social cultural situations that occur in German-speaking Europe.
Prereq: GERN 122 or equivalent.
GERN 234 Intermediate German Conversation, Composition, and Grammar (3 hrs)
This course requires the student to practice spoken and authentically correct language in the social cultural situations that occur in German-speaking Europe.
Prereq: GERN 233 or equivalent.
GERN 277/278/279 Special Topics (1/2/3 hrs)
These courses deal with subject matter not provided in other department offerings. Students may elect such a course several times, provided different topics are studied.
Prereq: Department permission.
GERN 341 Survey of German Literature (3 hrs)
This is an introduction to literary criticism as applied to German literature. Extensive readings of materials in German literature and culture. It covers an introduction to literature analysis and major writers and trends in modern German poetry and short stories, and is a prerequisite for all later courses in literature. Students must have sufficient comprehension to follow lectures in German.
Prereq: GERN 222 or department permission.
GERN 342 Survey of German Literature (3 hrs)
This is the second part of the introductory survey course in German Literature. It continues the introduction to literary criticism begun in GERN 341, and encourages students to apply principles of analysis to a chronological selection of literary works from the beginning of German literature to 1940. It is a prerequisite for all later courses in literature. Students must have sufficient comprehension to follow lectures in German.
Prereq: GERN 222 and GERN 341, or department permission.
GERN 343 German Composition (3 hrs)
Writing for a variety of purposes and a systematic grammar review. Frequent written assignments. In German.
Prereq: GERN 234 or department permission.
GERN 344 German Conversation (3 hrs)
Builds on the foundation in speaking skills acquired in GERN 233 and GERN 234. Emphasizes vocabulary and idiom building and improvement in basic sentence structure. Readings, slides, tapes, films and other aids stimulate discussion. Meets three times per week.
Prereq: GERN 234 or department permission.
GERN 361 German for International Trade (3 hrs)
Develops working knowledge of commercial material including economics and business in multinational setting. Cross-cultural references provide opportunity for comparative and contrastive analysis of American and German cultural patterns in a business setting.
Prereq: GERN 343 or department permission.
GERN 377/378/379 Special Topics (1/2/3 hrs)
These courses deal with subject matter not provided in other department offerings. Students may elect such a course several times, provided different topics are studied.
Prereq: Department permission.
GERN 388 Internship (1 hr)
An opportunity for the student to extend theoretical classroom learning through working experience in an appropriate setting. Field experience will be supplemented by regular meetings with the faculty supervisors. Credit/no credit.
Prereq: Department permission.
GERN 425 German Literature from the Middle Ages to the Baroque (3 hrs)
Readings from the period are discussed in class meetings and taken as topics for student essays and reports. The literature is considered in the broad context of culture. In German.
Prereq: GERN 342 or department permission.
GERN 426 German Literature from 1750-1850 (3 hrs)
The literature of Germany from the preclassical period through Romanticism is discussed in class meetings and treated in student essays and reports. Perspectives of the other arts and of political and social developments enable the student to appreciate the literature in the context of European civilization. In German.
Prereq: GERN 342 or department permission.
GERN 427 German Literature from 1850-1945 (3 hrs)
Selections from the literature of Poetic Realism, Biedermeier, Naturalism, Neo-Romanticism and Expressionism viewed against the background of political and cultural history. Classroom discussion and student reports.
Prereq: GERN 342 or department permission.
GERN 428 German Literature from 1945 to the Present (3 hrs)
Those works that have shaped and are shaping current German literary and cultural life. Classroom discussion, papers and reports. In German.
Prereq: GERN 342 or department permission.
GERN 443 German Syntax and Advanced Composition (3 hrs)
Builds on the foundation in written expression acquired in GERN 343. Intensive vocabulary and idiom writing; treatment of the more complex structural features of German, and stylistics. Frequent assignments increase the student's ability to write for a variety of purposes.
Prereq: GERN 343 and GERN 344, or department permission.
GERN 444 Advanced German Conversation (3 hrs) Development of advanced conversational fluency. A variety of media are employed to increase the student's facility in oral comprehension, and to stimulate conversational exchange among the class members.
Prereq: GERN 343 and GERN 344, or department permission.
GERN 446 Business German I (3 hrs)
The idiom and terminology of the German economy and economic geography. Emphasis on business communication in German.
Prereq: Three years of college German or the equivalent, or department permission.
GERN 447 Business German II (3 hrs)
The idiom and terminology of the German economy and economic geography. Emphasis on business communication in German.
Prereq: GERN 446 or department permission.
GERN 451/452 Readings in German (1/2 hr)
Special projects in directed reading for majors and minors who have completed the available offerings in German or who, because of most unusual circumstances, are granted department approval to substitute this for the regular courses.
Prereq: Department permission.
GERN 466 German for International Affairs (3 hrs)
The study and functional use of German terminology for international affairs with emphasis on improving cross-cultural communication skills. The principles of German government (with references to Austria and Switzerland) and the implications for Germany's international relations and trade with the United States. In German.
Prereq: GERN 343 and GERN 344.
GERN 477/478/479 Special Topics (1/2/3 hrs) These courses deal with subject matter not provided in other department offerings. Students may elect such a course several times, provided different topics are studied.
Prereq: Department permission.
GERN 488/489 Internship (2/3 hrs)
An opportunity for the student to extend theoretical classroom learning through working experience in an appropriate setting. Field experience will be supplemented by regular meetings with the faculty supervisors. Credit/no credit.
Prereq: Department permission.
GERN 490 Intensive German in Europe (3 hrs)
An intensive summer course offered in Europe. Instruction at many different levels available. May be counted for equivalent hours on 100 to 400 levels. May be repeated for credit.
GERN 497/498/499 Independent Study (1/2/3 hrs)
Advanced study on an individual research basis in areas not covered in formal course work. Prereq: Department permission.
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GRADUATE LEVEL COURSES
GERN 590/591/592 Special Topics (1/2/3 hrs)
An intensive study of a specific area of German language or literature, to be determined by the instructor's field of specialization and student interest. This course may be repeated for credit with permission. Not more than six hours of special topics may be used on a degree program.
GERN 610 Intensive German in Europe (6 hrs)
An intensive summer course offered in Austria or Germany. Instruction emphasizes improvement of listening comprehension and speaking skill. Various levels of instruction suited to student needs. May be repeated for credit.
GERN 620 Advanced German Syntax and Composition (3 hrs)
An advanced course in grammar, syntax and composition. Intended to give a solid basis for oral and written expression.
Prereq: GERN 443 German Syntax and Advanced Composition or department permission.
GERN 621 Advanced Conversation in German (3 hrs)
A continuation of advanced conversation with emphasis on attaining fluency at all levels pertinent to professional needs.
Prereq: GERN 444 Advanced German Conversation or department permission.
GERN 646/647 German Business Practices (3 hrs each)
The course teaches the correct usage of German economic and financial vocabulary, and trains the students in the reading, writing and translating of German business communications. German language periodicals and journals are used.
Prereq: GERN 443 German Syntax and Advanced Composition and GERN 444 Advanced German Conversation, or department permission.
GERN 679/680/681 Special Topics (1/2/3 hrs)
An intensive study of a specific area of German language or literature, to be determined by the instructor's field of specialization and student interest. This course may be repeated for credit with permission. Not more than six hours of special topics may be used on a degree program.
GERN 697/698/699 Independent Study (1/2/3 hrs)
Intensive study of a problem, under the direction of a member of the graduate faculty. Not more than six hours of independent study may be used on a degree program.
Prereq: Department permission.
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