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2018-2019 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

Course Numbering System

The following lists include all courses normally offered at Albion College. However, not all courses are offered every year. When possible, courses offered in alternate years are designated. For details, students should consult the Class Schedule for each semester, available online at: www.albion.edu/registrar. The College reserves the right to add or withdraw courses without prior announcement, as conditions may require.

Unless otherwise stated, 100 level courses are intended for freshmen, 200 level for sophomores, 300 and 400 level for juniors and seniors.

A list of courses which meet the core and category requirements, organized by departments, is available online at www.albion.edu/registrar.

Further information may be obtained at the Registrar’s Office in the Ferguson Student, Technology, and Administrative Services Building.
 

German
  

  • GERM 101: Elementary German

    (1 Unit)
    Introduction to German language and culture through the contextualized study of grammatical concepts and vocabulary. Study and practice in the four language skills—listening, reading, writing and speaking—necessary for the interpersonal, interpretive and presentational modes of communication. Conducted primarily in German. Tutorials with native speakers are required. Note: Students who have taken more than one year of German in high school must take the placement test before enrolling in this course. Myers.
  

  • GERM 102: Elementary German, continued

    (1 Unit)
    Proficiency Expected level of proficiency: GERM 101  or equivalent.
    Continuation of GERM 101 . Expansion of vocabulary, work with more complex grammatical structures. Tutorials with native speakers are required. Myers.
  

  • GERM 187: Selected Topics

    (1/4 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  

  • GERM 188: Selected Topics

    (1/2 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  

  • GERM 189: Selected Topics

    (1 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  

  • GERM 201: Intermediate German

    (1 Unit)
    Proficiency Expected level of proficiency: GERM 102  or equivalent.
    Continuation of the study of German language and culture through the contextualized study of grammatical concepts and vocabulary. Continues the development of the four basic skills necessary for the interpersonal, interpretive and presentational modes of communication. Authentic tapes and texts are the foundation of the teaching materials. Conducted in German. Tutorials with native speakers are required. Myers.
  

  • GERM 202: Intermediate German, continued

    (1 Unit)
    Proficiency Expected level of proficiency: GERM 201  or equivalent.
    Continuation of GERM 201 . Practice with more sophisticated dialogues, reading of unedited short stories, poems and other authentic materials. Conducted in German. Tutorials with native speakers are required. Myers.
  

  • GERM 287: Selected Topics

    (1/4 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  

  • GERM 288: Selected Topics

    (1/2 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  

  • GERM 289: Selected Topics

    (1 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  

  • GERM 301: German Conversation and Composition

    (1 Unit)
    Proficiency Expected level of proficiency: GERM 202  or equivalent.
    Development of speaking, listening and writing skills; selective review of complex grammatical structures. Practice speaking about everyday situations in different ways (e.g., role play, dialogues, skits, oral reports); use of audio tapes. Writing of exercises and compositions with emphasis on correctness of expression, stylistic appropriateness and idiomatic usage. Learning of specialized vocabulary and idioms; writing of different types (e.g., dialogues, letters, journals, essays). Myers.
  

  • GERM 302: German Conversation and Composition, continued

    (1 Unit)
    Proficiency Expected level of proficiency: GERM 301  or equivalent.
    Continuation of practice in speaking, listening and writing skills; selective review of complex grammatical structures. Practice speaking about everyday situations in different ways (e.g., role play, dialogues, skits, oral reports); use of audio tapes. Writing of exercises and compositions with emphasis on correctness of expression, stylistic appropriateness and idiomatic usage. Learning of specialized vocabulary and idioms; writing of different types (e.g., dialogues, letters, journals, essays). Myers.
  

  • GERM 303: German Language and Culture for the Professions

    (1 Unit)
    Proficiency Expected level of proficiency: GERM 301  or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
    Intended to improve students’ communicative skills in German and provide knowledge for the professions. Covers aspects of the German business world such as banking, marketing and organizational structures. Assignments include development of marketing strategies and development of a business plan for a start-up venture. Myers.
  

  • GERM 306: German Cultural History: From Germania to Nation State

    (1 Unit)
    Proficiency Expected level of proficiency: GERM 301  or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
    Introduces pivotal moments and figures in German cultural history from the Roman Empire to the creation of the first German nation-state in 1871. Provides a deeper understanding of German-speaking culture and society as well as the constructed nature of all forms of national identity. Myers.
  

  • GERM 307: German Cultural History: Empire, Stunde Null, Reunification

    (1 Unit)
    Proficiency Expected level of proficiency: GERM 301  or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
    Explores the radical transformations in German society and culture from the late Wilhelminian era to reunification at the end of the twentieth century through the combination of historical texts, literature, film and “eyewitness” documentation. Situates German cultural history in the larger context of world history. Offered every third year. Myers.
  

  • GERM 308: Crime Stories and the Nazi Past

    (1 Unit)
    Proficiency Expected level of proficiency: GERM 301  or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
    Begins with a brief literary exploration of Christian morals and ethics that developed after the Reformation, then turns to the Romantic fascination with good and evil. Explores early twentieth-century examples of pseudo-crime stories to address such questions as why the German crime fiction tradition emerged so late relative to the British, French or American traditions, or why the “hard-boiled school” only began in Germany during the 1980s. Closes with several detective novels that illustrate how Germans after World War II have sought to come to terms with the Nazi past. Myers.
  

  • GERM 314: Multiculturalism in Germany (World War II to present)

    (1 Unit)
    Proficiency Expected level of proficiency: GERM 301  or permission of instructor.
    Explores how German society has become multiculturally constructed since World War I—from the Holocaust aftermath to current sociocultural debates about the role and treatment of women of color, the large Turkish immigrant population, and Islam and Islamic nationalism in Germany—through the study of various discourses (fiction, essay, speeches, poetry, film, TV news) representing these issues. Studies how perceptions of ethnic difference have evolved in Germany and have become intertwined with social and political debates of the day. Conducted in German. Myers.
  

  • GERM 316: Crisis in Language: A Literary Survey (1890-1945)

    (1 Unit)
    Proficiency Expected level of proficiency: GERM 301  or GERM 302  or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
    Includes a selection of German works from different genres (plays, short fiction, poetry, theoretical texts) and films from the era 1890-1945. Focuses on each work as a cultural representation of the historical context in which it was written or produced, exploring how each was engaged with the social, political and cultural transformations of the era (e.g., social Darwinism, crisis of narration and language, bourgeois morals, the individual and society, the role of the artist, the Third Reich). Myers.
  

  • GERM 356: German Film

    (1 Unit)
    Proficiency Expected level of proficiency: GERM 301  or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
    The historical contextualization of German films beginning during the early part of the twentieth century through the post-1989 era. Explores various themes in a specific national setting, while linking to important cultural, political and social issues beyond Germany: (1) the increasing degradation and isolation of the worker in capitalistic society and the breakdown of social class models; (2) emergence of Fascist ideology and the culpability of all Germans for its disaster; (3) the German attempt to come to terms with the past after World War II, but also as Germany sought to reunify after 1989. Through outside readings and in-class discussions considers how all of these films illustrate important German and European, as well as global, social and cultural historical transformations. Myers.
  

  • GERM 387: Selected Topics

    (1/4 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  

  • GERM 388: Selected Topics

    (1/2 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  

  • GERM 389: Selected Topics

    (1 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  

  • GERM 391: Internship

    (1/2 Unit)
    Offered on a credit/no credit basis. Staff.
  

  • GERM 392: Internship

    (1 Unit)
    Offered on a credit/no credit basis. Staff.
  

  • GERM 398: Practicum

    (1/2 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
    Experience in language teaching in the classroom or with individual students under the close supervision of a regular instructor. Offered on a credit/no credit basis. Staff.
  

  • GERM 401: Seminar

    (1/2 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
    Special topics in languages, literature or civilization for advanced students. Conducted in German. Staff.
  

  • GERM 402: Seminar

    (1 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
    Special topics in languages, literature or civilization for advanced students. Staff.
  

  • GERM 411: Directed Study

    (1/2 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Permission of department chair.
    Staff.
  

  • GERM 412: Directed Study

    (1 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Permission of department chair.
    Staff.