Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2000
German (GERM)
Rice Course Schedule as of 01/03/2000.
This schedule is maintained by the Office of the Registrar
(reg@rice.edu).
NOTE: Course web pages are available for some GERM courses.
GERM 102 ELEMENTARY GERMAN Credits 5.00 Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I (Must complete first semester)
No description
001 TBA Gaug, Christa Enr: 0 Max: NA
002 TBA TBA Enr: 0 Max: NA
003 TBA TBA Enr: 0 Max: NA
GERM 202 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN Credits 4.00 Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Intermediate language skills with readings and discussion of literary texts and
related materials.
Prereq- Germ 201 or equivalent.
001 TBA Bledsoe, Robert Steven Enr: 0 Max: NA
002 TBA TBA Enr: 0 Max: NA
GERM 213 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN FOR ENGINEERING AND Credits 4.00 Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Intermediate German for students in engineering and the sciences. Expansion of
Engineering/science-related content. Focus on communicative compentence and
cultural awareness. Multimedia integration. Preparation for professtional
language use during work and/or studey abroad.
Prereq- Germ 114, or Germ 102, or consent of instructor.
001 TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 20
GERM 214 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN FOR ENGINEERING AND Credits 4.00 Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
No description
001 TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 20
GERM 302 ADVANCED GERMAN FOR THE PROFESSIONS Credits 3.00 Spring 00
Readings in German computer language.
001 TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
GERM 306 COMPOSITION & CONVERSATION Credits 3.00 Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Extensive readings, discussions and viewing of contemporary German materials
(e.g. current German newspaper and magazine articles, website informations, and
videos) with topical compositions to gain semantic strength and oral fluency in
German expression and communciation.
Prereq- Germ 202 or placement equivalent.
001 TBA Eifler, Margret E. Enr: 0 Max: NA
GERM 378 WOMEN FILMMAKERS Credits 3.00 Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Since the sixties Germany build a very distinct auteur cinema with independent
filmmakers such as Fassbinder, Herzog, Wenders, Adlon, Sander, Brueckner,
Trotta and others. Film critical readings and class discussions will be in
English. All films will subtitled in English. German majors may read and
write in German.
001 TBA TBA Enr: 0 Max:
GERM 391 GERMAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE: 1945-1995 Credits 3.00 Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
The course will focus on the interplay between German literary texts and opera,
by exploring the adaptation of texts to opera libretti and the use of opera in
German literature. Texts considered will include works from Schiller, Goethe,
Buchner, Wagner, Hofmannsthal and Mann. Operas will include works by Verdi,
Massenet, Gounod, Berg, Wagner and Strauss.
001 TBA TBA Enr: 0 Max:
GERM 392 GERMAN POETRY AND MUSIC Credits 3.00 Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Discussion of several protoypes from the fairy-tale collection of the Brothers
Grimm and the subsequent development of the "literary" fairy tale from Goethe
and the Romantics to the 20th century.
Also offered as GMAN 392
001 TBA Weissenberger, Klaus H. Enr: 0 Max: NA
GERM 401 INDEPENDENT WORK IN GERMAN LITERATURE Credits Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Qualified students work on projects of their choice under the supervision of
individual instructors with approval of the Undergraduate Advisor. Honors
theses are encouraged.
001 TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
002 TBA TBA Enr: 0 Max: NA
GERM 402 INDEPENDENT STUDY Credits Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Qualified students work on projects of their choice under the supervision of
individual instructors with approval of the Undergraduate Advisor. Honors
thesis encouraged.
001 TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
GERM 404 HIST OF GERM LANGUAGE Credits 3.00 Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Aspects of the history of German phonology, syntax, and semantics (with related
systems) from its Proto-Indo-European orgins to the present.
Also offered as LING 434
001 TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
GERM 412 MIDDLE HIGH GERM EPIC POETRY Credits 3.00 Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Selections in the original Middle High German from two of the great medieval
epics: Parzival, the quest for the Holy Grail, and Tristan, the celebration of
the overwhelming power of illicit love. Open to graduate students for credit.
001 TBA TBA Enr: 0 Max:
GERM 433 LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE-GERMAN Credits 3.00 Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Synchronic study of modern German phonology, syntax, and semantics, including
aspects of discourse structure.
Also offered as LING 433
001 TBA TBA Enr: 0 Max:
GERM 434 HISTORY OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE Credits 3.00 Spring 00
Aspect of the history of German phonology, syntax, and semantics (with related
systems) from its Proto-Indo-European origins to the present.
Also offered as LING 434
001 TBA - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Copeland, James E. Enr: 0 Max: NA
GERM 437 ADAPTATIONS: FROM TEXT TO FILM WENDISH ( Credits Spring 00
Many novels and short stories by prominent German writers have been brought to
the screen. This course will focus on works by Kafka, Doeblin, Mann, Grass,
Boell, Frisch, Bachmann and others. Questions will be assessed such as what
have the two media in common, how do they express differently, and how should
the literary author versus the film director be preceived. Interpretative
readings and class discussions in English. German majors may read and write in
German.
Also offered as GMAN 437
001 TBA Eifler, Margret E. Enr: 0 Max: NA
GERM 500 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits Spring 00
Graduate research and thesis in partial fulfillment for the degree of Master of
Arts.
001 TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
GERM 511 TEACHING GERMAN: PRAXIS AND THEORY Credits Spring 00
Practical and theoretical considerations of foreign language teaching
methodologies, instructional planning and evaluation, textbook evaluation and
use, testing methods and design, course planning, etc. Peer instruction
observations required. With approval of the Graduate Advisor.
001 TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
GERM 512 GRAD INDEPENDENT WORK Credits Spring 00
With approval of the Graduate Advisor.
001 TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
GERM 571 THE RISE OF THE MODERN NOVEL Credits 3.00 Spring 00
The course will examine the rise of the modern novel in Germany during the
Enlightenment and trace developments into the first half of the 19th century,
paying special attention to changing notions of subjectivity.
001 TBA TBA Enr: 0 Max:
GERM 600 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits Spring 00
With the approval of the Graduate Advisor.
001 TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
GERM 611 LANGUAGE METHODOLOGY PRACTICUM Credits Spring 00
The course, a continuation of Germ 510, allows students to gain further
knowledge and expertise in aspects of language methodology by attending a
series of workshops on topics such as Technology and Learning, Writing, and
content-based instruction. Students will also complete assignments that
supplements or expand on the material presented in the workshops.
Also offered as LING 611
001 TBA Barlow, George Michael Enr: 0 Max: NA
Kecht, Maria-Regina
GERM 800 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits Spring 00
Graduate research and dissertation in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
001 TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
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