http://www.augustana.edu/academics/catalog/courses-and-areas-of-study/areas-of-study-d- g/german-studies
BENJAMIN MIER-CRUZ, Assistant Professor
B.A., Arizona State; M.A., Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
LISA SEIDLITZ, Associate Professor B.A., M.A., Illinois; Ph.D., Texas (Austin)
MAJOR IN GERMAN STUDIES. 27 credits beyond GERM-103,including four language courses
from GRMN-209, GRMN-210, GRMN-211, GRMN-212, GRMN-213, GRMN-309, GRMN-310, GRMN- 319, GRMN-326, GRMN-330 and four culture courses from GRMN-220, GRMN-225, GRMN-250, GRMN-310, GRMN-316, GRMN-318, GRMN-325, GRMN-327, GRMN-409, HIST-315. Students will also complete 3 credits of Senior Inquiry; students completing SI in another major may
level.Students majoring in German must participate in an approved study or internship program in Germany.
Recommended Supporting Courses: ARHI-167, ARHI-366, ARHI-367, BUSN-363, GEOG-335, HIST-112, HIST-113, HIST-315, MUSC-313, MUSC-314, at least one year of an additional language.
MAJOR FOR TEACHING GERMAN. 32 credits. See the departmental advisor for this major. MINOR IN GERMAN STUDIES. 18 credits beyond GERM-103, including three language courses
from GRMN-209, GRMN-210, GRMN-211, GRMN-212, GRMN-213, GRMN-309, GRMN-310, GRMN- 319, GRMN-326, GRMN-330 and three culture courses from GRMN-220, GRMN-225, GRMN-250, GRMN-316, GRMN-318, GRMN-325, GRMN-327, GRMN-409, HIST-315. At least 3 credits must be at the 300 level.
Courses (GRMN)
GRMN-101 First-Year German (3 Credits)
Introduction of German language and culture, with an emphasis on conversational German. For students with no prior study of German.
GRMN-102 First- Year German (3 Credits)
Introduction to German language and culture, with an emphasis on conversational German. Prerequisite: GRMN-101 or placement.
GRMN-103 First-Year German (3 Credits)
Introduction to German language and culture, with an emphasis on conversational German. Prerequisite: GRMN-102 or placement.
GRMN-199 Directed Study (1 Credits)
Opportunity for students to study a particular subject under a faculty member's direction. Prerequisite: permission of instructor and department chair.
GRMN-209 Conversational German (3 Credits)
Current Events: Conversational German. Discussion of current events and cultural issues in Germany. Taught in Germany.
GRMN-210 Intensive German Language (3 Credits)
Intensive German language instruction. Taught in Germany.
GRMN-211 German Geography (3 Credits)
Intermediate German language and introduction to regions of Germany. Includes vocabulary building, grammar review, writing, reading, and development of listening skills. Taught in German. Prerequisite: GRMN 103 or placement.
GRMN-212 Culture of Austria (3 Credits)
Includes vocabulary building, grammar instruction, writing, reading, and development of listening skills. Prerequisite: GRMN 103 or placement.
GRMN-213 Culture of Switzerland (3 Credits)
Intermediate German language and introduction to culture, art, music, and history of
Switzerland. Includes vocabulary building, grammar review, writing, reading, and development of listening skills. Prerequisite: GRMN 103 or placement.
GRMN-220 Folklore & Fairy Tales (3 Credits)
(PL) Emphasis on storytelling and oral tradition in folk tales, folk songs, poems, music and legends, as well as tales by H.C. Andersen, the Brothers Grimm and others. Counts toward the major and minor requirements for both German and Scandinavian Studies. Taught in English.
GRMN-225 Decadence & Decay (3 Credits)
(PP) Traces cultural and social developments during the Weimar Republic in Germany, 1919- 1933, using fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, and film. Taught in English
GRMN-230 Outsider in German Literature & Film (3 Credits)
(PL) In this course we will focus on representations of masculinity and the Other in German literature and film. Students will read canonical poetry, short stories, novels, and films and learn to analyze and critically evaluate ideas, themes, and cinematic techniques with the aid of
feminist criticism and film theory.
GRMN-250 Century of Disasters (3 Credits)
(PP,G) This course provides students with an overview of the century from the beginning of the First World War to present day. Topics covered include: Russian revolution, two world wars, the welfare state characteristics, the growth of democracy and the rise of totalitarian states, the Holocaust, Nazism, Communism, Cold War, decolonization and the emergence of a new world order after the Cold War. Taught in English.
GRMN-299 Directed Study (1 Credits)
Opportunity for students to study a particular subject under a faculty member's direction. Prerequisite: permission of instructor and department chair.
GRMN-307 Linguistics (3 Credits)
Description and historical study of language: linguistic analysis, language universals, language in its social and cultural setting, language acquisition, with application to German. Also ENGL-307. Prerequisite: one year of college-level German or the equivalent or consent of instructor.
GRMN-309 Current Events: Conversational German (3 Credits)
Current Events: Discussion of current events and cultural issues in Germany. Taught in Germany.
GRMN-310 Intensive German (3 Credits)
Intensive German language instruction. Taught in Germany.
GRMN-316 Class, Gender & Sexuality Naturalist Lit (3 Credits)
(PL) Topics in German and Scandinavian Naturalist Literature (marriage, family and heredity, concerns of the working class) in works by Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg and Gerhart
Hauptmann. Counts toward the major and minor for both German and Scandinavian Studies. Taught in English.
GRMN-318 Science in Literature and Film (3 Credits)
(PL) Exploration of depiction of science and technology in significant works of literature and film, with an emphasis on social responses to technological development. Fulfills requirements toward the German Studies major and minor. Taught in English.
GRMN-319 World War II (3 Credits)
Intermediate German language and introduction to World War II and Nazi Germany. Includes vocabulary building, grammar review, writing, reading, and development of listening skills. Prerequisite: GRMN 103 or placement.
GRMN-325 German Cinema (3 Credits)
(PA) An overview of major films, movements, and directors of German cinema in the 20th century, along with the fundaments of the analysis of film as an art form. Taught in English. Also WLIT 325.
GRMN-326 German Through Film (3 Credits)
Intermediate German language and discussion of contemporary cultural topics that are depicted in several current and recent German films. Includes vocabulary building, grammar review, writing, reading, and development of listening skills. Prerequisite: GRMN 103 or placement.
GRMN-327 East and West (3 Credits)
(PP) Traces the division of post-war Germany into East and West and provides an overview of the social, political, and economic differences between the two states, including the continued division more than twenty years after unification. Taught in English
GRMN-330 Business German (3 Credits)
Provides an introduction to the language and cultural norms of the German workplace. Includes vocabulary building and grammar review. Prerequisite: GRMN-103 or consent of instructor.
GRMN-399 Directed Study (1 Credits)
Opportunity for students to study a particular subject under a faculty member's direction. Prerequisite: permission of instructor and department chair.
GRMN-400 Independent Study (1 Credits)
Research project in German literature or civilization for departmental or divisional majors. Prerequisite: consent of department chair.
GRMN-408 Current Events: Conversational German (3 Credits)
Discussion of current events and cultural issues in Germany. Taught in Germany.
GRMN-409 Literature in Germany (3 Credits)
(PL) Taught in Germany. May be repeated with department approval.
GRMN-480 Senior Seminar (1 Credits)
May deal with a writer (e.g., Goethe), a movement (e.g., Romanticism), a genre (e.g., Medieval Epic) or a cultural topic (e.g., the Holocaust).
GRMN-499 Directed Study (1 Credits)
Opportunity for students to study a particular subject under a faculty member's direction. Prerequisite: permission of instructor and department chair.
GRMN-INTR German Internship (0-9 Credits)
GRMN-INTR--Sxx/Lxx/Axx Senior Inquiry/ Service Learning / Academic Internship (1-9 credits.) Departmental internships must be approved by the department. These internships are described more fully in the catalog. Analysis of the background, structure, and policy issues in the
sponsoring organization. Prerequisites: a declared major or minor in German. GRMN-INTR- Exx/Vxx 150 Experiential / Volunteer (0-9 credits.) Departmental internships must be approved by the department.