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RELG 214 - Archaic Cult and Myth
Surveys scientific and popular interpretations of prehistoric, ancient, and traditional religions. (E)
Credits: 3
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RELG 215 - Religion in American Life and Thought to 1865
Topics include the influence of Puritanism, the character of American religious freedom, and the interaction between religion and social reform. (IR)
Credits: 3
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RELG 216 - Religion in American Life and Thought from 1865 to the Present
Includes American religious pluralism, religious responses to social issues, and the character of contemporary American religious life. (Y)
Credits: 3
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RELG 219 - Religion and Modern Fiction
Studies religious meanings in modern literature, emphasizing faith and doubt, evil and absurdity, and wholeness and transcendence in both secular fiction and fiction written from traditional religious perspectives. (Y)
Credits: 3
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RELG 230 - Religious Ethics and Moral Problems
Examines several contemporary moral problems from the perspective of ethical thought in the Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish traditions. (Y)
Credits: 3
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RELG 238 - Faith and Doubt in the Modern Age
Examines religious skepticism in the modern world. (Y)
Credits: 3
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RELG 239 - Theism and Humanism
Studies contemporary understandings of religious faith in response to the challenge of humanism. (O)
Credits: 3
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RELG 244 - Human Nature and Its Possibilities
Examines psychological, literary, philosophical, and theological perspectives on human existence with a view to seeing what possibilities are contained in the linguistic, theoretical, practical, poetic, and ecstatic capacities of human beings. (Y)
Credits: 3
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RELG 263 - Business, Ethics, and Society
A study of the philosophical and religious frameworks for interpreting and evaluating human activity in the marketplace. This includes major theoretical perspectives, contemporary issues within the marketplace, and corporate ethics. (S)
Credits: 3
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RELG 265 - Theology, Ethics, and Medicine
Analyzes various moral problems in science, medicine, and health care (e.g., abortion and euthanasia) as viewed by religious and philosophical traditions. (O)
Credits: 3
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RELG 270 - Festivals of the Americas
The course will examine case studies of contemporary religious festivals in the Caribbean, and in South, Central, and North America by reading ethnographies and screening documentary films. (E)
Credits: 3
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RELG 305 - Religions of Western Antiquity
Studies Greco-Roman religions and religious philosophies of the Hellenistic period, including official cults, mystery religions, gnosticism, astrology, stoicism; emphasizes religious syncretism and interactions with Judaism and Christianity. (IR)
Credits: 3
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RELG 308 - Israeli Fiction in Translation
Israeli Fiction in Translation
Credits: 3
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RELG 321 - Major Themes in American Religious History
Examines a major religious movement or tradition in American history. (IR)
Credits: 3
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RELG 336 - Religions in the New World, 1400’s-1830’s
A historical examination of the effects of European colonization and the transatlantic slave trade upon the religious practices of indigenous peoples, African captives, creole residents and European settlers in colonial Latin America and the Caribbean. (O)
Credits: 3
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RELG 340 - Women and Religion
Introduces the images of women in the major religious traditions, the past and present roles of women in these traditions, and women’s accounts of their own religious experiences. (IR)
Credits: 3
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RELG 347 - Christianity and Science
Christian Europe gave rise to modern science, yet Christianity and science have long appeared mutual enemies. Does science undermine religious belief? Can human life and striving really be explained in terms of physics and chemistry? In this course we explore the encounter between two powerful cultural forces and study the intellectual struggle to anchor God in the modern world. (Y)
Credits: 3
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RELG 351 - Religion and Society
Critical appraisal of classical and contemporary approaches to the sociological study of religion and society. (IR)
Credits: 3
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RELG 353 - Religion and Psychology
Major religious concepts studied from the perspective of various theories of psychology, including the psychoanalytic tradition and social psychology. (O)
Credits: 3
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RELG 357 - Existentialism: Its Literary, Philosophical and Religious Expressions
Studies Existentialist thought, its Hebraic-Christian sources, and 19th and 20th century representatives of the movement (Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Sartre, Camus, Buber, and Tillich). (Y)
Credits: 3
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RELG 360 - Religion and Modern Theatre
Examines the works of several playwrights, some of whom dramatize explicitly religious themes or subjects, and others who are predominantly concerned with secular situations and contexts that imply religious questions and issues. (Y)
Credits: 3
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RELG 364 - Religion, God, and Evil
Studies the “problem of evil,” using philosophical, literary, and various religious sources. (IR)
Credits: 3
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RELG 365 - Systems of Theological Ethics
Examines one or more contemporary systems of Christian ethics, alternating among such figures as Reinhold Niebuhr, C. S. Lewis, Jacques Ellul, and Jacques Maritain. (O)
Credits: 3
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RELG 366 - Issues in Theological Ethics
Studies a moral problem or set of related problems (e.g., human experimentation, special moral relations, or warfare) in the context of recent work in theological ethics. (Y)
Credits: 3
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RELG 372 - Witchcraft
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Credits: 3
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RELG 375 - Taoism and Confucianism
(Y)
Credits: 3
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RELG 386 - Human Bodies and Parts as Properties
An analysis and assessment of theological, philosophical, and legal interpretations of rights holders and rights held in living and dead human bodies and their parts, in the context of organ and tissue transplantation, assisted reproduction, and research. (E)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: RELG 265
Credits: 3
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RELG 395 - Evil in Modernity: Banal or Demonic
Investigates how modern thinkers have understood the character of evil and the challenge it poses to human existence. Evaluates the proposals made in response to that challenge. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Any course in religious studies.
Credits: 3
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RELG 400 - Majors Seminar
Introduces the study of religion as an interdisciplinary subject, utilizing methods in history of religions, theology, sociology, depth psychology, and literary criticism. Limited to twenty religious studies majors. (S)
Credits: 3
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RELG 415 - Salem Witch Trials in History and Literature
Study of the Salem witchcraft episode of 1692 based on the original court documents and contemporary accounts, including an examination of Salem’s later treatment in the literary works by Longfellow, Hawthorne, and Miller, The course also examines major interpretive issues in recent historical works on the Salem witch trials. Cross-listed with HIUS 415. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: majors in Religious Studies, History, English, American Studies, SWAG
Credits: 3
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RELG 422 - American Religious Autobiography
Multidisciplinary examination of religious self-perception in relation to the dominant values of American life. Readings represent a variety of spiritual traditions and autobiographical forms. (Y)
Credits: 3
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RELG 461 - Sex and Morality
An advanced, reading-intensive survey of what Western moralists have argued for on a variety of sexual topics. (Y)
Credits: 3
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RELG 503 - Readings in Chinese Religion
Examines selected readings from a specific text, figure, or theme. Readings emphasize possible structures of religious language and their translation. (SI)
Credits: 3
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RELG 506 - Interpretation of Myth
An interdisciplinary study of myth, focusing on structuralist, hermeneutical, and history of religion methodologies. (E)
Credits: 3
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RELG 507 - Interpretation Theory
Analyzes existentialist, phenomenological, structuralist, literary, historical, and psychological approaches to the interpretation of texts, especially narrative religious texts; and the interactions of language, history, and understanding. (E)
Credits: 3
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RELG 508 - Seminar on Religion and American Culture I
Prerequisite: A course in either American history or American religious history. Open to upper-level undergraduates. (IR)
Credits: 3
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RELG 514 - Seminar on a Major Religious Thinker
Studies the relationship between philosophical and religious thought as seen in a selected philosopher and theologian. (SI)
Credits: 3
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RELG 515 - Issues in Religious Ethics
Studies selected issues such as mysticism and morality, conscience, natural law, nonviolence, and methodology in religious ethics. (Y)
Credits: 3
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RELG 517 - Seminar in History of Religions
Introduces the basic thinkers in the field of history of religions and to fundamental problems in the study of religious sociology, mythology, and ritual. (Y)
Credits: 3
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RELG 518 - Seminar in Philosophical Theology
Studies ideas of God in Western thought from Plato through Descartes. (O)
Credits: 3
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RELG 524 - Problems in Philosophy of Religion
Examines classic and contemporary discussions of problems in the philosophy of religion. (SI)
Credits: 3
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RELG 537 - Feasting, Fasting and Faith: Food in Jewish and Christian Traditions
Feasting, Fasting and Faith: Food in Jewish and Christian Traditions
Credits: 3
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RELG 541 - Seminar in Social and Political Thought
An examination of the social and political thought of selected religious thinkers. (Y)
Credits: 3
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RELG 563 - Seminar: Issues in the Study of Religion and Literature
Analyzes, in terms of fundamental theory, the purposes, problems, and possibilities of interdisciplinary work in religion and literary criticism. (Y)
Credits: 3
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RELG 569 - Contemporary Religious Movements
Studies the psychological, sociological, and political dimensions of conversion and ideological commitment in selected contemporary religious movements. (IR)
Credits: 3
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RELG 571 - The Victorian Crisis of Faith: Its Religious and Literary Expressions
Studies the religious dilemmas at the center of English thought in the 19th century, from the time of Keble’s Assize sermon and the advent of the Oxford Movement into the period of Thomas Hardy. The focal figures include Newman, Tennyson, Clough, Arnold, Carlyle, John Stuart Mill, George Eliot, and Thomas Hardy. (IR)
Credits: 3
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RELG 573 - Theology of Culture
Explores the relationship between religion and culture, including a theological assessment of the value of culture; the impact of secularization; the critique of religion levied by various disciplines; and the problems of doing theology in a pluralistic context. (E)
Credits: 3
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RELG 575 - Myth and Ritual
Examines theories of myth and ritual from an interdisciplinary perspective, including selected mythological and ritual texts. (SI)
Credits: 3
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RELG 578 - Wallace Stevens and the Absolute
A close reading of Wallace Steven’s major poems and an evaluation of their theological significance. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Graduate seminar plus advanced undergraduates in approved.
Credits: 3
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RELG 585 - Narrative in Ethics and Theology
Examines the nature of narrative modes of representation and argument, and how narrative theory has been employed in contemporary ethics and religious thought. (SI)
Credits: 3
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RELG 592 - Theology and Politics
Investigates the relationship between theological reflection and political thought, focusing on how theological positions may have implications for political theory and vice-versa. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Graduate status or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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Genre Studies |
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ENGN 331 - The Lyric
Studies the major lyrical forms and traditions in Western literature, with particularly close reading of poems written in English. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ENGN 340 - Drama From the Restoration to the Twentieth Century
Surveys English drama (with some attention to one or two European dramatists) from the Restoration to the twentieth century. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ENGN 341 - Tragedy
Studies the development of tragic forms. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ENGN 350 - Studies in Short Fiction
Analyzes form, technique, and ideas in selected short fiction from various periods in the British, American, and Continental traditions. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ENGN 351 - Forms of the Novel I
Studies the relation of form, narrative technique, and idea in selected novels from various periods of English, American, and Continental fiction (in translation). First semester to about 1900, second semester to the present. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ENGN 352 - Forms of the Novel II
Studies the relation of form, narrative technique, and idea in selected novels from various periods of English, American, and Continental fiction (in translation). First semester to about 1900, second semester to the present. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ENGN 380 - Romance
Investigates the narrative form and cultural uses of Romance. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ENGN 382 - The Art and Theory of Comedy
Studies in comic theory and practice from the classical period to the present. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ENGN 384 - Satire
Reading and discussion of major satirical works from classical times to the present. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ENGN 481 - Advanced Studies in Literary Genres I
Limited enrollment. Topics vary from year to year. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ENGN 482 - Advanced Studies in Literary Genres II
Limited enrollment. Topics vary from year to year. (IR)
Credits: 3
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EVGE 504 - Geochemistry
Studies the principles that govern the distribution and abundance of the elements in the earth’s lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere. (O)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: CHEM 141, 142, EVSC 280, 480, two semesters calculus, MATH 131, 132 recommended; or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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EVGE 507 - Aqueous Geochemistry
Studies the principals of thermodynamics as applied to mineral-water systems. Treatment includes mineral stability, phase diagrams, solution thermodynamics, electrolyte theory, aqueous complex and hydrolysis equilibria, and electrochemical equilibria. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: One year of college chemistry and calculus, and one mineralogy or petrology course.
Credits: 4
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EVGE 582 - Geomorphology
Studies the processes that shape the land surface and their relationship to human activity. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: EVSC 280 or 340.
Credits: 4
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EVGE 584 - Sediment Processes and Environments
Studies the erosion, transport, and deposition of sediment; initial motion of sediment, bedload and suspended load transport and bedforms; and important sediment-transporting environments. Applies sediment transport theory to problems of geological and environmental interest. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: one year of calculus and physics, or instructor permission; corequisite: EVGE 584L.
Credits: 3
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EVGE 584L - Sediment Processes Laboratory
Laboratory and field investigations of sediment transport phenomena and readings of classic and current research. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Corequisite: EVGE 584.
Credits: 1
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GERM 101 - Elementary German
Introduces the essentials of German structure and syntax; emphasizes oral and written proficiency in German. Five class sessions. Language laboratory required. Followed by GERM 201, 202. (S)
Credits: 4
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GERM 101G - Reading Course in German
For Graduate of Arts and Sciences students who want a reading knowledge of German for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Open to 3rd and 4th year undergraduates, but does not count toward fulfillment of the language requirement or permit admission to German courses with a spoken component. (Y)
Credits: 3
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GERM 102 - Elementary German
Introduces the essentials of German structure and syntax; emphasizes oral and written proficiency in German. Five class sessions. Language laboratory required. Followed by GERM 201, 202. (S)
Credits: 4
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GERM 102G - Reading Course in German
For Graduate of Arts and Sciences students who want a reading knowledge of German for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Open to 3rd and 4th year undergraduates, but does not count toward fulfillment of the language requirement or permit admission to German courses with a spoken component. (Y)
Credits: 3
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GERM 111 - Intensive Elementary German
An accelerated course designed for mature and self-motivating undergraduates. After completion of this course and its sequel, GERM 112, students are eligible to take GERM 201, or, on the basis of the Fall Placement Test, a higher level language course. A traditional but fast-moving introduction to German grammar is combined with intensive practice in reading, writing, and speaking the language. (S)
Credits: 4
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GERM 112 - Intensive Elementary German
An accelerated course designed for mature and self-motivating undergraduates. After completion of this course, students are eligible to take GERM 201, or, on the basis of the Fall Placement Test, a higher level language course. A traditional but fast-moving introduction to German grammar is combined with intensive practice in reading, writing, and speaking the language. (S)
Credits: 4
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GERM 201 - Intermediate German
Readings in German prose and poetry, and review of German structure and syntax. Language laboratory required. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: GERM 101, 102, or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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GERM 202 - Intermediate German
Readings in German prose and poetry, and review of German structure and syntax. Language laboratory required. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: GERM 101, 102, or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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GERM 300 - Intensive Grammar
Systematic review of German grammar, syntax, and vocabulary. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: GERM 202 or equivalent. Not taken concurrently with GERM 202.
Credits: 3
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GERM 301 - Introduction to Literature
Analysis of major literary works for a better understanding of literature in general. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: GERM 300 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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GERM 311 - Survey of Literature II
German literature from 1890 to the present. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: GERM 301.
Credits: 3
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GERM 312 - Survey of Literature I
German literature from 1750 to 1890. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: GERM 301.
Credits: 3
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GERM 322 - German Drama: Stage Production
Interprets and stages a representative play in German with students as actors and producers. May be taken more than once for credit, but only once for major credit. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: GERM 202 or comparable language proficiency.
Credits: 1 to 3
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GERM 323 - Composition and Conversation
Practice in writing and speaking German. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: GERM 300.
Credits: 3
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GERM 324 - Advanced Composition and Conversation
Further practice in writing and speaking German. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: GERM 323.
Credits: 3
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GERM 325 - Commercial German I
Introduces the specialized language of the business world and German business practices. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: GERM 323.
Credits: 3
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GERM 326 - Commercial German II
Continuation of GERM 325. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: GERM 325.
Credits: 3
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GERM 329 - Conversation
May be taken more than once for credit, but only once for major credit. (Y)
Credits: 1
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GERM 330 - Conversation
May be taken more than once for credit, but only once for major credit. (Y)
Credits: 1
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GERM 331 - Topics in German Culture
Studies selected aspects of German culture, such as opera. May be repeated for credit. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: GERM 301 or 323.
Credits: 3
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GERM 334 - German and Austrian Culture, ca. 1900
Studies literature, the arts, politics, and social developments between 1870 and 1918. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: GERM 301 or 323.
Credits: 3
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GERM 335 - Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany
Studies German life between 1918 and 1945. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: GERM 301 or 323.
Credits: 3
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GERM 336 - Postwar German Culture
Readings in the cultural, social, and political histories of the German-speaking countries since 1945. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: GERM 301 or 323.
Credits: 3
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GERM 351 - Lyric Poetry
Major forms and themes in German lyric poetry. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: GERM 301.
Credits: 3
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GERM 352 - Novelle
Analyzes and discusses representative German novelle from Kleist to the present. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: GERM 301.
Credits: 3
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GERM 353 - Drama
Investigates dramatic theory and practice emphasizing major German authors and movements. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: GERM 301.
Credits: 3
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GERM 355 - Classicism
Studies major works by Goethe and Schiller, as well as authors who shared their classical values. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: GERM 301.
Credits: 3
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GERM 356 - Romanticism
German literature from 1800 to 1830 and its influence. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: GERM 301.
Credits: 3
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GERM 357 - Modernism
Major German authors from 1890 to 1945. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: GERM 301.
Credits: 3
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GERM 358 - Postwar Literature
Representative German authors since 1945. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: GERM 301.
Credits: 3
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GERM 361 - Topics in German Literature
Seminar in German literature. May be repeated for credit. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: GERM 301.
Credits: 3
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GERM 370 - Bertolt Brecht
Studies Brecht’s life and works, including plays, poems, and theoretical writings. (IR)
Credits: 3
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