2008-2009 UNK Graduate Catalog/ GERM Courses

Offered by Department of Modern Languages
College of Fine Arts and Humanities

GERM Courses

GERM 800P - German Drama - 3 hours: Plays and their writers to 1900.
GERM 801P - Contemporary German Drama - 3 hours: Modern plays and their writers along with trends and ideas of today's German theater.
GERM 803P - German Novel - 3 hours: A survey of the development of the novel and a study of writers and their principal works.
GERM 804 - Introduction to Middle High German - 3 hours: A study of medieval German with readings from works by principal Middle High poets.
GERM 805 - History of the German Language - 3 hours: The origin and development of the German language from its beginnings to the present. Stages in this development are revealed through close examination of literary and nonliterary documents.
GERM 814P - Advanced Composition and Conversation II - 3 hours: Designed to take the student beyond the functional ability gained in the lower level German conversation courses. Topics of discussion will be political, literary, religious and social.
GERM 815 - Seminar in German Thought - 3 hours: A study of German philosophy from Kant to the present combining the features of a survey and an in-depth study of specific philosophers.
GERM 825P - Modern German Poetry - 3 hours: Twentieth and twenty-first century poetry and poets of German-speaking countries.
GERM 850P - Goethe and His Times - 3 hours: Plays, prose and poetry in Goethe's time.
GERM 870P - Seminar in German Studies - 3 hours: The study of literary works and cultural contexts. Topic to be selected and announced in schedule of courses. May be taken more than once.
GERM 875P - Study German Culture - 3 hours: A study of German language and culture taught in a German-speaking country; it also requires a research paper to be presented to UNK graduate faculty.
GERM 876P - Study German Culture - 3 hours: A study of German language and culture taught in a German-speaking country; it also requires a research paper to be presented to UNK graduate faculty.
GERM 899 - Independent Studies - German - 1-3 hours: Individual studies and research under the guidance of a faculty member. May be taken twice for two separate studies or research in German.