German Courses
GER 1401 - Beginning GermanFor those with little or no previous knowledge of German. Emphasis on basic comprehension, speaking, reading and writing skills. Systematic inclusion of cultural aspects. Meets five days a week. (4 credit hours)
GER 1402 - Beginning German
Continuation of 1401. Prerequisites: GER 1401 or consent of division director. Meets five days a week. (4 credit hours)
GER 1412 - Accelerated Beginning German
Intensive course especially for first-year students covering content of German 1401 and 1402. Fulfills language requirement only when combined with GER 2310 and 2320 (or equivalent). Emphasis on accuracy of pronunciation, fundamentals of grammar, cultural awareness, acquisition of vocabulary, and conversational skills. Prerequisites: Two or more years of high-school German or consent of instructor.
GER 2310 - Intermediate German
Further development of communicative skills and knowledge of culture. Prerequisites: GER 1401/1402, 1403, or three years or more of high-school German, or consent of division director. Meets three days a week. (3 credit hours)
GER 2320 - Intermediate German cont.
Continuation of GER 2310. Prerequisites: GER 2310, four years of high-school German, or consent of division director. (3 credit hours)
GER 3301 - German Conversation and Composition
Prerequisites: GER 2320 or consent of instructor. Designed to develop conversation and writing skills beyond the intermediate level with special attention to vocabulary building. Required of all German majors. (3 credit hours)
GER 3302 - German Reading Development
Designed to develop reading skills beyond the intermediate level by working with texts from many different newspapers and magazines in various subject areas. Prerequisites: GER 2320 or consent of instructor. (3 credit hours)
GER 3311 - German Proficiency
Designed to consolidate proficiency with an emphasis on vocabulary building, correct usage, and advanced grammar. Prerequisites: GER 3301 or consent of instructor. (3 credit hours)
GER 3341 - Introduction to German Culture: Germany in the Making
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.
GER 3343 - Baylor in Germany: The Dresden Experience
Culturally-based course in the Baylor in Germany (Dresden) summer program. Emphasizes issues of German and American identities. May not be offered every summer.
GER 3345 - Introduction to German Film: German Culture from Berlin to Hollywood
German culture through German film, including cinematic traditions of the Weimar Republic and prominent German directors to emigrated to the US, Nazi film, post-war cinema in E. and W. Germany, and the international media context since German unification. Taught in English.
GER 3352 - Modern German Short Prose
An exploration of the German short story of the twentieth-century. Prerequisites: GER 2320 or consent of instructor. (3 credit hours)
GER 3353 - German Drama
An exploration of the development of the German drama with readings from important works. Prerequisites: GER 2320 or consent of instructor. (3 credit hours)
GER 3354 - German Poetry
An exploration of the development of German poetry through the ages. Prerequisites: GER 2320 or consent of instructor. (3 credit hours)
GER 3355 - Deutsche Dichter und Denker I (under curricular consideration)
Survey of major authors, works, movements, genres, and intellectual currents in German-speaking literature from 1750 to 1890.
GER 3356 - Deutsche Dichter und Denker II (under curricular consideration)
Survey of major authors, works, movements, genres, and intellectual currents in German-speaking literature from 1890 to the present.
GER 3V70 - Special Problems 1 to 3 sem. hrs.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of division director. With content changed, may be repeated once for credit.
GER 4301 - Survey of German Literature: Early Writings
An overview of the literature, history, and culture of the German-speaking area from its beginnings to the early eighteenth century. Prerequisites: GER 3301 or consent of instructor. (3 credit hours)
GER 4302 - Survey of German Literature: Enlightenment to Realism
An overview of the literature, history, and culture of the German-speaking area in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Prerequisites: GER 3301 or consent of instructor. (3 credit hours)
GER 4303 - Survey of German Literature: Modernity
An overview of the literature, history, and culture of the German-speaking area in the twentieth century. Prerequisites: GER 3301 or consent of instructor. (3 credit hours)
GER 4305 - German Literature of the Classical Period
Prerequisite(s): Seventeen semester hours of German including GER 3301 or consent of instructor. Masterpieces of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries with emphasis on Lessing, Schiller, and Goethe.
GER 4306 - Goethe's Faust
Prerequisite(s): Seventeen semester hours of German including GER 3301 or consent of instructor. Faust I and selected readings from Faust II.
GER 4307 - German Literature of the Nineteenth Century
Prerequisite(s): Seventeen semester hours of German including GER 3301 or consent of instructor. Emphasis on Romanticism.
GER 4308 - German Literature of the Nineteenth Century, continued
Prerequisite(s): Seventeen semester hours of German including GER 3301 or consent of instructor. Emphasis on Junges Deutschland and Realism.
GER 4309 - German Literature of the Twentieth Century
Prerequisite(s): Seventeen semester hours of German including GER 3301 or consent of instructor. Varied readings from modern German literature.
GER 4315 - Methods of Foreign Language Teaching
Theoretical and historical bases with practical applications in communication methodology. Introduction to professional activities and materials. Does not count towards a major in German or towards the first or second teaching field. Prerequisites: Student teaching must be taken concurrently. (3 credit hours)
GER 4320 - Special Topics in German
Special topics of study in German literature, culture, and/or linguistics not covered by regular course offerings. Offered every semester on a rotating basis by German Division faculty. May be repeated up to four times when content differs.
GER 5370/71 - German for Reading Knowledge
Designed to teach students how to read German texts up to the intermediate level. No previous language experience required. Limited to graduate students and seniors. Does not count towards undergraduate foreign language requirement. (3 credit hours)
GER 4V90 - Independent Study 1 - 3 hrs
A one-on-one class on a topic to be chosen by instructor and student. Designed especially for those students who have completed all available classes at the 4000 level. Can be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: Consent of division director and instructor. (1 - 3 credit hours)