German Courses in the Online Course Synopsis Handbook
ACES Course Offerings

Courses in the German Language Program

German 1: First-Year German I. Credits: 1.00
First semester of a two-semester sequence. Communicative approach to the language of every-day life in German-speaking countries. Practice in spoken and written German (speaking, listening, reading, writing); introduction to German culture and society through poems, songs, films, and other authentic materials. Computer, video, and audio labs are an integral part of the course. Click here for sample
German 001 Syllabus.

German 2: First-Year German II. Credits: 1.00
Second semester of first-year sequence (see above). Click here for sample German 002 Syllabus.

German 14: Intensive First-Year German. Credits: 2.00
Combines in one semester the work of German 1 and 2. Also taught in Duke-in-Berlin fall semester program.

German 65: Intermediate German. Credits: 1.00
First semester of a two-semester sequence (65-66). Builds language proficiency through a topic-oriented syllabus focusing on contemporary German-speaking cultures and societies (family, leisure, work, education, environment, current events). Provides a thorough review of German grammar. Authentic texts from a variety of media will provide the basis for discussion and cultural awareness. Extensive reading includes one longer prose text (in 65) and one full-length play (in 66) by contemporary German, Swiss, or Austrian writers.
Click here for sample German 65 Syllabus.

German 66: Advanced Intermediate German. Credits: 1.00
Second semester of Intermediate German (see 65 above). Click here for sample German 66 Syllabus.

German 69: Intensive Intermediate German. Credits: 2.00
This one-semester intermediate course (two-course credits) provides a thorough review of the basic structures of the German language, and further develops reading, listening, speaking and writing abilities through a topic-oriented syllabus dealing with contemporary German-speaking cultures and societies (see 65-66). Authentic texts from a variety of media will provide the basis for discussion and cultural awareness. This course effectively combines the two-semester Intermediate sequence (65-66) into one semester, thus preparing students more quickly for 100-level courses. Click here for sample German 69 Syllabus.

German 100S: Business German. Credits: 1.00
Introduction to the language and culture of German business.

German 117S: Advanced German I: Cultural and Literary Perspectives. Credits: 1.00
German 117 and 118 expand and deepen students' cultural literacy and interpretive skills by focusing on issues of social, cultural, and political significance in German-speaking countries (e.g. reunification, multiculturalism, representations of women, globalisation of media, role of Germany in United Europe, dealing with the holocaust, issues of identity). Students work on increasing active and passive vocabulary and perfecting sentence structure for oral and written communication in various formats: formal and informal. Intensive work on idiomatic vocabulary, sentence structure and patterns of expression will enable students to discuss a variety of complex topics with increasing ease and confidence. Click here for sample German 117 Syllabus.

German 118S: Advanced German II: Advanced Language and Writing Workshop. Credits: 1.00
This course is designed to further students' overall German language proficiency at a very advanced level. Focus is on increasing their ability to express own ideas as convincingly and precisely as possible. In particular, it will focus on the use of writing to foster an understanding of the varied communicative functions of language. We will read authentic texts from a variety of media and genre, each with a thematic focus. We will also analyze the various genre in terms of form, content, style, audience, and purpose, emphasizing the process through which a writer creates and produces meaning. Through a process of carefully guided writing exercises, including free writing, composing drafts, peer editing, and revising, students will practice writing various kinds of texts, such as biographical portraits, place descriptions, narratives, reports, reviews, argumentation and persuasion, and literary interpretive essays.

Upper Division Courses
(see Bulletin for course descriptions)

German 128S. Utopias and Nightmares: Science, Technology, and German Culture.

German 130S. From Enlightenment to Classicism.

German 131S. Extraordinary Stories: Short German Prose of the 19th Century.

German 132S. The Maerchen.

German 133S. Introduction to German Drama.

German 136S. Romantic Dreams and Ironies.

German 137S. Twentieth Century German Women Writers.

German 138S. German Unity, German Divisions.

German 139S. Germany and the Holocaust.

German 141S. German Film.

German 142S. Vienna at the Turn of the Century.

German 201S. Intro to Medieval German: The Language of the German Middle Ages and its Literature.

German 203S. Sex, Gender, and Love in Medieval German Literature.

German 210S. Renaissance and Reformation.

Geman 220S. Reason and the Imagination: The German Eighteenth Century.

German 225S. Introduction to Goethe.

German 226S. Goethe's Faust.

German 227S. Goethe Seminar.

German 230S. German Romanticism.

German 232S. Poetry and Modernity.

German 235S. NineteenthCentury German Literature.

German 245S. The Twentieth Century.

German 247S. Postwar German Literature.

German 260. History of the German Language.

German 261. Second Language Acquisition Theory and Practice.