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| GERM 116 | Intensive Introductory German (0) |
| This is the non-credit option for GERM 1016. | |
| GERM 126 | Intensive Introductory German (0) |
| This is the non-credit option for GERM 1026. | |
| GERM 216 | Intensive Intermediate German (0) |
| This is the non-credit option for GERM 2016. | |
| GERM 226 | Intensive Intermediate German (0) |
| This is the non-credit option for GERM 2026. | |
| GERM 1010 | Elementary German (4) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | Introduces the essentials of German structure and syntax; emphasizes oral and written proficiency in German. Five class sessions. Language laboratory required. Followed by GERM 2010, 2020. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| GERM 1015 | German for Reading Knowledge (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | For graduate students requiring reading knowledge of German. Open to 4th year undergraduates, but does not count toward fulfillment of the language requirement. Please note: graduate students may enroll for C/NC or as auditors. However, graduates must enroll via the GSAS Office, rather than on SIS. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| GERM 1016 | Intensive Introductory German (3) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| GERM 1020 | Elementary German (4) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | Introduces the essentials of German structure and syntax; emphasizes oral and written proficiency in German. Five class sessions. Language laboratory required. Followed by GERM 2010, 2020. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| GERM 1025 | Reading Course in German (3) |
| 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. | |
| GERM 1026 | Intensive Introductory German (3) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level.Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: GERM 1016 or equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| GERM 1110 | Accelerated German I (4) |
| Introduces basic skills in listening, speaking, writing and reading at an accelerated pace. Introduces essential elements of German grammar and syntax. Develops basic knowledge of contemporary German-speaking world. Five class sessions. Language laboratory required. With instructor permission, students may continue in the accelerated track and enroll in GERM 2120 or switch to the non-accelerated track and continue with GERM 2010. | |
| GERM 1559 | New Course in German (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of German. | |
| GERM 2010 | Intermediate German (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | Increases accuracy and fluency through authentic literary and cultural materials with a focus on reading. Reviews essentials of German grammar and syntax. Exposes students to a wide variety of topics relating to contemporary Germany. Internet news and cultural programming in the classroom. Language laboratory required. Prerequisite: GERM 1020, or equivalent Course was offered Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| GERM 2016 | Intensive Intermediate German (3) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level oral expression, listening comprehension,reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: GERM 1016 & 1026 or equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| GERM 2020 | Intermediate German (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | Builds upon skills developed in GERM 2010. Continues the review of grammar. Continues to expose students to a wide variety of topics relating to contemporary Germany. Includes a contemporary play and film. Internet news and cultural programming in the classroom. Language laboratory required. Prerequisite: GERM 2010, or equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| GERM 2026 | Intensive Intermediate German (3) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: GERM 1016, 1026, & 2016 or equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| GERM 2050 | German Express (4) |
| Intensive intermediate course in German language. The course teaches all four language skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening comprehension), covering the same material as GERM 2010-2020, including a component in German culture. German Express allows students to acquire language skills at an accelerated pace, preparing them for advanced courses (300-level and above) and study abroad in German-speaking countries. Prerequisite: GERM 1020. | |
| GERM 2120 | Accelerated German II (4) |
| Covers the material of intermediate German. Builds upon skills developed in GERM 1110 and1020. Continues review of grammar exposes students to a variety of topics relating to contemporary Germany. Internet news and cultural programming in the classroom. Language laboratory required.
Prerequisite: GERM 1110, GERM 1020, or instructor permission. With instructor permission, students may enroll directly in 3000-level courses after GERM 2120. Course was offered Spring 2015, Spring 2014 | |
| GERM 2525 | Intermediate German, Topics (3) |
| Builds upon GERM 2010 and is equivalent to GERM 2020. Develops the four essential skills in language learning (listening, speaking, reading, writing) on the basis of a theme-based approach that may be project-oriented. Topics vary per semester and instructor. Pre-requisites: GERM 2010 or equivalent. Course was offered Fall 2014 | |
| GERM 2559 | New Course in German (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of German. | |
| GERM 3000 | Advanced German (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | This course builds on the first and second year German sequence and seeks to increase students' level of competence in both grammar and vocabulary. Students will produce more accurate and complex language and begin to discuss a diverse range of topics in German culture. Grammatical accuracy will be a central focus but also register, appropriacy, and fluency.
Prerequisite: GERM 2020 or equivalent, or instructor permission Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| GERM 3010 | Texts and Interpretations (3) |
| Employing a broad definition of text, this course allows students to develop a complex understanding of the relationship between meaning and linguistic form. Course readings may include poems, novels, films, historical documents, letters, memoirs etc. Specific grammatical topics will be addressed on the basis of the given material. This course is the prerequisite for all GERM 3000- level courses.
Prerequisite: GERM 2020 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| GERM 3110 | Literature in German II (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | German literature from 1890 to the present. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses. Prerequisite: GERM 3010. |
| GERM 3120 | Literature in German I (3) |
| German literature from 1750 to 1890. Prerequisite: GERM 3010. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| GERM 3220 | German Drama: Stage Production (1 - 3) |
| 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. Prerequisite: GERM 2020 or comparable language proficiency. Course was offered Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| GERM 3230 | Contemporary German: Writing and Speaking (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | Using mentor texts based on digital cultural programming, students focus on a range of topics of culture and civilization in the contemporary German-speaking world. Beyond cultural competence, the writing assignments test command of mature grammatical structures, contemporary language, advanced idioms, and punctuation. The goal, following Goethe Institute guidelines, is to write comprehensive texts on a range topics.
Prerequisite: GERM 3000. |
| GERM 3240 | Contemporary German: Writing and Speaking II (3) |
| Designed to expand and refine German writing skills, this course assumes mastery of the German language sufficient to write with progressive length and complexity. Using mentor texts based on digital cultural programming, the course focuses on contemporary issues related to the culture of German-speaking lands. The writing assignments test command of cultural competence, mature grammatical structures, advanced idioms, and punctuation.
Prerequisite: GERM 3230 or Instructor Permission. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| GERM 3250 | German for Professionals (3) |
| Prepares students to communicate and interact effectively in the business environment of German-speaking countries. Emphasis is placed on practical, career-usable competence. Prerequisite: GERM 3000 or equivalent Course was offered Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2009 | |
| GERM 3260 | German for Professionals (3) |
| Continuation of GERM 3250. Prerequisite: GERM 3250. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| GERM 3290 | German Studies Roundtable (1) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | One-credit conversation on current themes. May be taken more than once for credit, but only once for major credit. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| GERM 3300 | Language House Conversation (1) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | For students residing in the German group in Shea House. May be taken more than once for credit. Departmental approval needed if considered for major credit. Prerequisite: instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019 |
| GERM 3340 | German and Austrian Culture, ca. 1900 (3) |
| Studies literature, the arts, politics, and social developments between 1870 and 1918. Prerequisite: GERM 3010 or 3230. | |
| GERM 3350 | Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany (3) |
| Studies German life between 1918 and 1945. Prerequisite: GERM 3010 or 3230. | |
| GERM 3510 | Topics in German Culture (3) |
| Studies selected aspects of German culture, such as opera. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: GERM 3010 or 3230. | |
| GERM 3515 | Postwar German Culture (3) |
| Readings in the cultural, social, and political histories of the German-speaking countries since 1945. Prerequisite: GERM 3010 or 3230. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| GERM 3526 | Topics in Business German: (3) |
| Interdisciplinary seminar in German business. Topics vary annually and may include: green business practices, business ethics, the European Union, or the challenges of globalization. Taught in German. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses. Prerequisites: GERM 3000. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2012, Fall 2010 | |
| GERM 3559 | New Course in German (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of German. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017 | |
| GERM 3590 | Topics in German Literature (3) |
| Seminar in German literature. May be repeated for credit. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses. Prerequisite: GERM 3010. | |
| GERM 3610 | Lyric Poetry (3) |
| Major forms and themes in German lyric poetry. Prerequisite: GERM 3010. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2017 | |
| GERM 3620 | New Voices in German: Transnational and Multilingual Literature Today (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | In ¿New Voices in German¿ we will explore a selection of contemporary prose works and ask how these works critically engage with Germany¿s multilingual and transnational literary landscape. Readings include works by Fatma Aydemir, Katja Petrowskaja, Khuê Ph¿m, Saša Staniši¿, Sharon Dodua Otoo, and others. GERM 3620 is conducted in German. Prerequisite is GERM 3010 or Instructor Permission. Course was offered Spring 2012, Spring 2011 |
| GERM 3660 | Romanticism (3) |
| German literature from 1800 to 1830 and its influence. Prerequisite: GERM 3010. | |
| GERM 3993 | Independent Study (1 - 4) |
| Generic course to be used when students are taking independent study with a faculty member. May be repeated for credit. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| GERM 4450 | Advanced Composition and Conversation (3) |
| This is the capstone course for German language skills. Using digital mentor texts, students focus on a contemporary issues in German-speaking lands, to compose writing assignments that test mature language structures (including idiomatic expressions) and specialized vocabularies. The goal, following Goethe Institute guidelines, is to attain the ability to write in context and in the appropriate stylistic register.
Prerequisite: GERM 3240 or permission of instructor. | |
| GERM 4559 | New Course in German (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of German. | |
| GERM 4600 | Fourth-Year Seminar (3) |
| Literary analysis for advanced students. Prerequisite: GERM 3010 and other literature courses. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| GERM 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | Prerequisite: Approval by a supervising faculty member. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| GERM 4995 | Honors Research and Thesis (6) |
| Prerequisite: Admission to the DMP, permission of undergraduate advisor and a supervising faculty member. Course was offered Spring 2021, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| GERM 4998 | Honors Research and Thesis (0) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | This is the first semester of the year-long DMP thesis. Students who enroll in it will only receive a grade when the complete its sequel, GERM 4999, at which point they will receive 6 credits. Prerequisite: Admission to the DMP, permission of undergraduate advisor and a supervising faculty member. |
| GERM 4999 | Honors Research and Thesis (6) |
| This is the second semester of the year-long DMP thesis. Students should enroll in this course only if they have completed GERM 4998, and must enroll in GERM 4999 to receive credit for GERM 4998. Prerequisite: Admission to the DMP, permission of undergraduate advisor and a supervising faculty member; GERM 4998. Course was offered Spring 2018, Spring 2011 | |
| GERM 5015 | German for Reading Knowledge (1 - 3) |
| For graduate students who need to develop skills necessary for reading and translating scholarly German and/or to pass the graduate reading exam. Nightly homework assignments from the textbook, combined in the later part of the course with readings and translation of texts from students' chosen fields of study, will help students attain their desired research skills in German. No prior knowledge of German required. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023 | |
| GERM 5100 | Middle High German (3) |
| Introduces Middle High German grammar and includes readings in Middle High German literature. | |
| GERM 5140 | Arthurian Romance (3) |
| Theory and analysis of the chief German Arthurian romances: Erec, Parzival, Yrain, Iwain, and Tristan. Course was offered Fall 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| GERM 5210 | Early Modern German Literature: Humanism, Reformation and Baroque,1450-1700 (3) |
| An overview of works from the Early Modern period in Germany, 1450-1700, drawing on three movements and intellectual spheres: Humanism, Reformation, and Baroque. Among the authors and works treated are Tepl's Plowman of Bohemia, Brant's Ship of Fools, Luther, Hans Sachs, the Historia von D. Johann Fausten, Fleming, Gryphius, and Hofmannsswaldau. Open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates of all disciplines. Course was offered Fall 2013 | |
| GERM 5250 | Age of Goethe I (3) |
| Studies German "Storm and Stress' and classicism, focusing on Goethe and Schiller. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| GERM 5300 | Romanticism (3) |
| German literature and intellectual history from 1795 to 1830. | |
| GERM 5370 | Nineteenth Century (3) |
| Major writers and works from 1830 to 1890, including Grillparzer, Stifter, Heine, Hebbel, Keller, Storm, Fontane. Course was offered Fall 2012 | |
| GERM 5470 | Turn of the Century (3) |
| Discusses the major literary movements at the turn of the century with analysis of representative works by Hofmannsthal, Schnitzler, George, Rilke, Thomas Mann, Musil, Kafka, and others. Course was offered Fall 2014 | |
| GERM 5480 | Twentieth Century (3) |
| Introduces the main currents of German literature since 1920, emphasizing major authors and traditions. | |
| GERM 5500 | Special Topics (3) |
| Major figures, genres, or literary problems serve as the focus for an intensive course within any literary period. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses. Course was offered Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| GERM 5559 | New Course in German (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of German. Course was offered Spring 2016, Fall 2015 | |
| GERM 5562 | Topics in New German Cinema (3) |
| Examines German art cinema from the 1960s-1980s, focusing on modernist aesthetics and filmic responses to major historical events in post-war Germany. Films by Fassbinder, Herzog, Wenders, Kluge, Sander, Von Trotta, and others. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| GERM 5600 | Studies in Lyric Poetry (3) |
| Investigates the theory and practice of lyric poetry in Germany, emphasizing major authors and traditions. Course was offered Fall 2013 | |
| GERM 5610 | Studies in Prose Fiction (3) |
| Studies representative works of fiction (either novels or shorter forms) with special attention to formal and thematic developments, and representative theories of fiction. Course was offered Fall 2016, Spring 2013 | |
| GERM 5620 | Studies in Drama (3) |
| Investigates dramatic theory and practice in Germany, emphasizing major authors and traditions. Course was offered Spring 2014 | |
| GERM 5840 | Introduction to Literary Theory (3) |
| Current theories of literature, including Marxist, psychoanalytical, formalist, structuralist, and hermeneutic approaches. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses. | |
| GERM 5880 | Ling Approaches to Literature (3) |
| Ling Approaches to Literature | |
| GERM 7400 | German Intellectual History From the Enlightenment to Nietzsche (3) |
| Studies the development of the concepts of 'education' and 'evolution,' and the predominance of aesthetics in German culture. Includes lectures on the impact of Leibnitz, Kant, and Schopenhauer; and readings in Lessing, Kant, Schiller, Fichte, Hegel, Feuerbach, Marx, and Nietzsche. Course was offered Spring 2014, Fall 2011 | |
| GERM 7420 | German Intellectual History from Nietzsche to the Present (3) |
| Readings in and discussion of the intellectual, philosophical, and social history of Germany from the late nineteenth century to the present. Course was offered Fall 2014, Spring 2011 | |
| GERM 7559 | New Course in German (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of German. | |
| GERM 7600 | German Cinema (3) |
| For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses. Course was offered Fall 2010 | |
| GERM 7700 | Narrative Theory (3) |
| Study and comparison of major theories of narrative, including Booth, Stanzel, Barthes, Genette, Cohn, Bakhtin, and others. | |
| GERM 8559 | New Course in German (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of German. | |
| GERM 8610 | Seminar in Language Teaching (3) |
| Studies the theory and practice of language teaching with supervised classroom experience. One group meeting per week plus extensive individual consultation. Required of all teaching assistants in the teacher training program. | |
| GERM 8620 | Seminar in Language Teaching (3) |
| Studies the theory and practice of language teaching with supervised classroom experience. One group meeting per week plus extensive individual consultation. Required of all teaching assistants in the teacher training program. | |
| GERM 8810 | Pre-Dissertation Research I (3) |
| Supervised reading, directed toward the formulation of a dissertation proposal by the individual student. Course was offered Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| GERM 8820 | Pre-Dissertation Research II (3) |
| Supervised reading, directed toward the formulation of a dissertation proposal by the individual student. Course was offered Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| GERM 8995 | Guided Research (3) |
| Special research projects for advanced students. Individually directed. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| GERM 8998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| GERM 8999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | For master's thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| GERM 9559 | New Course in German (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of German. | |
| GERM 9998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| GERM 9999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| German in Translation | |
| GETR 1559 | New Course in German in Translation (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of German in translation. | |
| GETR 2559 | New Course in German in Translation (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of German in translation. | |
| GETR 2770 | Germany: Past and Present (3) |
| What does it mean for a country to confront its past, define its present, and imagine its future? This course will introduce you to modern German history and culture by looking at the interaction between culture and memory. We will approach the cities of Berlin and Weimar not just as a collection of streets and buildings, but as multi-layered cultural and historical texts. On-site visits will combine lectures with active student participation. Course was offered January 2014 | |
| GETR 3330 | Introduction to German Studies (3) |
| A survey of German cultural history from the enlightenment to the present, and an introduction to the field of German Studies. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses. . Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| GETR 3352 | Modern German History (3) |
| This class studies key aspects of German history, including the origins of Nazi ideology, colonialism, war and genocide; the Cold War and its legacies; European Integration and it's challenges; the resurgence of far-right and new-fascist politics and movements, as well as Germany's ongoing efforts to come to terms with the Holocaust. Course was offered Fall 2012 | |
| GETR 3372 | German Jewish Culture and History (3) |
| This course provides a wide-ranging exploaration of the history, culture, and thought of German-speaking Jewry from 1750 to the present. It focuses on the Jewish response to modernity in Central Europe and lasting transformations in Jewish life. We read the works of such figures as Moses Mendelssohn, Rachel Varnhagen, Heinrich Heine, Karl Marx, Theordor Herzl, Franz Kafka, Gershom Scholem, and Inge Deutschkron. Course was offered Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| GETR 3380 | Jewish Humor (3) |
| Are Jews funny? Many people think so. Humor has certainly played an important role in Jewish life. This course examines the character and function of Jewish humor in Germany and the rest of Europe, the United States, and Israel. One goal of the course is to show how humor has been used in these Jewish communities to highlight the desires, needs, and frustrations of ordinary Jews. | |
| GETR 3385 | Kafka's Short Works: The Quest for Materiality (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | Students will read and discuss the most important short works of Kafka, with an ultimate focus on the problem of the self and the idea of materiality. Short readings from other literatures and other disciplines are included in order to provide historical context and interpretive parallels. Method will be discussion rather than lecture. Two papers required. |
| GETR 3390 | Nazi Germany (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | Detailed survey of the historical origins, political structures, cultural dynamics, and every-day practices of the Nazi Third Reich. Cross-listed in the history department. Taught in English. Course was offered Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| GETR 3391 | The Idea of the University (3) |
| This course considers how some of our contemporary questions about higher education were first formulated in early 19th-century Germany. We will also consider how these questions were taken up by Thomas Jefferson and the founding of the University of Virginia. Some of our more particular questions will include: What is the relation between the university and the state or society more broadly speaking? What is the relationship between teaching and Course was offered Fall 2012 | |
| GETR 3392 | Fairy Tales (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | Entering the world of fairy tales often feels like passing into an elaborate dream: it is a world teeming with sorcerers, dwarves, wondrous objects, and animals that speak. This seminar explores fairy tales and dream narratives in literature and film from the romantic period into the present. Authors to be discussed include: Goethe, the brothers Grimm, Bettelheim, Hoffmann, Freud, Saint-Exupery, Tolkien, and others. Course was offered Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021 |
| GETR 3393 | Serial Media (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | In this class we will explore the historical context of serial media, from the journal projects of the German Romantics to the second golden age of television. After a historical survey and a discussion of terminology ("series," "serial") we will examine certain specific "series" including Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers, Marcel Duchamp's Ready-mades, or the German Netflix show "Dark." |
| GETR 3400 | German Intellectual History from Leibniz to Hegel (3) |
| Reading and discussion of central theoretical texts in the German tradition 1700-1810, including works by Leibniz, Herder, Lessing, Kant, Schiller, Fichte, and Hegel. Course was offered Spring 2014, Fall 2011 | |
| GETR 3410 | Nietzsche and Modern Literature (3) |
| Reading and thorough discussion of the major works of Nietzsche, in English translation, from the Birth of Tragedy to Twilight of the Idols. Emphasizes the impact of Nietzsche on 20th-century literature and thought in such diverse authors as Shaw, Rilke, Thomas Mann, and Kafka. A term paper submitted in two stages and a final examination. | |
| GETR 3420 | German Intellectual History From Nietzsche to the Present (3) |
| Readings in philosophical and social history of Germany from the late 19th century onward. Course was offered Spring 2018, Spring 2011 | |
| GETR 3462 | Neighbors and Enemies (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | Explores the friend/foe nexus in German history, literature and culture, with an emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses. Course was offered Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2010 |
| GETR 3464 | Medieval Stories of Love and Adventure (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | This course traces the lineage and shapes of the Arthurian legend as witnessed in medieval literature and modern adaptations, including film and television ("Games of Thrones," "Star Wars," etc.) The aim is familiarity with the story of King Arthur and his court, as well as an ability to appreciate the permutations of the legend in all forms of media. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020 |
| GETR 3470 | Literature of the Holocaust (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | Introduces the most significant texts of Holocaust literature and surveys important philosophical and historical reflections on the meaning of the Holocaust. |
| GETR 3471 | Weimar Cinema (3) |
| This course explores the film culture of the Weimar period (1918-1933). Rife with ambition, experimentation, and sometimes disastrous failure, Weimar cinema forces us to confront fundamental questions of how moving images work, what they can do, and how they relate to the sociopolitical conditions that produce them. Course was offered Spring 2021 | |
| GETR 3500 | German Cinema (3) |
| Analyzes the aesthetics and semiotics of film, with a focus on German expressionism and New German Cinema. | |
| GETR 3505 | History and Fiction, Topics (3) |
| Explores the relationship between facts and fiction in the representation of the past. Course materials range from archival sources and scholarly articles to novels, films, paintings, sculptures, poems and other creative articulations of the historical imagination. The role of the new media and media analysis in the representation of history will also be examined. Topics vary annually. | |
| GETR 3550 | Children's Literature (3) |
| Studies the nature and aims of children's literature, primarily European and American, from the 17th century onward. | |
| GETR 3559 | New Course in German in Translation (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of German in translation. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| GETR 3560 | Topics in German Literature (3) |
| Examines such myths as Faust and Tristan, along with the modernist parody of them. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| GETR 3561 | The Frankfurt School and its American legacy (3) |
| Introduces students to the history of the Frankfurt School in Europe and the University States. | |
| GETR 3562 | New German Cinema (3) |
| Examines German art cinema from the 1960s-1980s, focusing on modernist aesthetics and filmic responses to major historical events in post-war Germany. Films by Fassbinder, Herzog, Wenders, Kluge, Sander, von Trotta, and others. | |
| GETR 3563 | Spiritual Journeys in Young Adult Fiction (3) |
| This writing-intensive, discussion-based seminar invites students to explore the topic of the spiritual journey both academically and personally. Different disciplinary perspectives and experiential approaches to reading and writing will deepen our exploration of such themes as: religiosity vs. spirituality, becoming a hero, confronting evil, being different, achieving autonomy, faith and doubt, and the magical and the miraculous. Course was offered Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| GETR 3566 | Topics in film (3) |
| The course reflects on the often complicated ways in which representations of violence are related to gender codes. we will look especially at films that depict and document the topos of Lager/Camp: the Camp functions as metaphor, as fantasy, gendered space, laboratory, and heterotopia,. Critical look at films that imagine the camp both as a historical site or as a hiding place. | |
| GETR 3590 | Course(s) in English (3) |
| Reading and discussion of German texts compared to texts from other literatures (all in English translation), with the aim of illuminating a central theoretical, historical, or social issue that transcends national boundaries. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses. Course was offered Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| GETR 3600 | Faust (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | Taking Goethe's Faust as its point of departure, this course traces the emergence and transformations of the Faust legend over the last 400 hundred years. We explore precursors of Goethe's Faust in the form of the English Faust Book, Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, and possibly other popular re-workings of the text. We will Goethe's Faust in its entirety, and then proceed to Bulgakov's response to Stalinism in The Master and Margharta and Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2013 |
| GETR 3692 | The Holocaust (3) |
| This course aims to clarify basic facts and explore competing explanations for the origins and unfolding of the Holocaust--the encounter between the Third Reich and Europe's Jews between 1933 and 1945 that resulted in the deaths of almost six million Jews. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses. | |
| GETR 3693 | Holocaust Testimony (3) |
| This course explores what it means not only to read or listen to but also to see testimony by Jewish survivors of the Holocaust. We will also view and analyze testimony by survivors of other genocides and atrocities. The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop the theoretical background and skills of close reading and close viewing necessary to analyze oral testimony. Course was offered Spring 2021 | |
| GETR 3695 | The Holocaust and the Law (3) |
| This course explores the pursuit of legal justice after the Holocaust. Study of legal responses to the Nazi genocide of Europe's Jews in Europe, Israel, and the United States from the immediate aftermath of the Holocaust to the present. Focus on the Nuremberg, Eichmann Trial, Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials, among others. The course ask how the pursuit of legal justice after the Holocaust affects our understanding of the legal process. | |
| GETR 3705 | The Jewish Experience in Europe: Vienna and Budapest (3) |
| This course will explore Jewish history, culture, and everyday life in Europe from a multidisciplinary perspective. It will consist of introductory lectures, site visits, guest speakers, and student presentations. The course is designed to be 12-day term with primary locations in Graz, Vienna, and Budapest. | |
| GETR 3710 | Kafka and His Doubles (3) |
| Introduction to the work of Franz Kafka, with comparisons to the literary tradition he worked with and the literary tradition he formed. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| GETR 3720 | Freud and Literature (3) |
| In formulating his model of the psyche and his theory of psychoanalysis, Freud availed himself of analogies drawn from different disciplines, including literature. Freud's ideas were then taken up by many twentieth-century literary writers. After introducing Freud's theories through a reading of his major works, the course will turn to literary works that engage with Freud. | |
| GETR 3730 | Modern Poetry: Rilke, Valéry and Stevens (3) |
| Studies in the poetry and prose of these three modernist poets, with emphasis on their theories of artistic creation. The original as well as a translation will be made available for Rilke's and Valery's poetry; their prose works will be read in English translation. | |
| GETR 3740 | Narratives of Childhood (3) |
| Childhood autobiography and childhood narrative from Romanticism to the present. Course was offered Fall 2017 | |
| GETR 3750 | Women, Childhood, Autobiography (3) |
| Cross-cultural readings in women's childhood narratives. Emphasis on formal as well as thematic aspects. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses. | |
| GETR 3760 | Ways of Telling Stories: Eighteenth-Century Fiction (3) |
| Comparative studies in the European novel. Dominant novel types, including the fictional memoir, the novel in letters, and the comic "history." Course was offered Spring 2018 | |
| GETR 3770 | Women Writers: Women on Women (3) |
| This course focuses on women writers from any era who address the topic of femininity: what it means or implies to be a woman. Course was offered Fall 2016 | |
| GETR 3780 | Memory Speaks (3) |
| Interdisciplinary course on memory. Readings from literature, philosophy, history, psychology, and neuroscience. | |
| GETR 3790 | Pursuing Happiness (3) |
| Fictions of happiness pursued -- and found! Through the ages, people have sought happiness and formulated conceptions of what happiness means. This course compares ideas and stories of happiness from antiquity through the present day in all genres: prose fiction, poetry, essays, film, and humanistic and scientific theory. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2022 | |
| GETR 4493 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | Guided study Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2013 |
| GETR 4559 | New Course in German in Translation (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of German in translation. Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| GETR 7559 | New Course in German in Translation (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of German in Translation. Course was offered Fall 2021, Spring 2020 | |
| GETR 7700 | Cognitive Literary Theory (3) |
| Readings in recent theories, findings, and methods from cognitive science, psychology, and neurobiology that have been applied to the study of literature, whether by the scientists themselves or by literary scholars. Examples include the embodied mind thesis, conceptual metaphor, prototypes, neurobiological theories of the self, blending, emotion theory, memory theory, theory of mind, and the empirical study of reader response. Course was offered Spring 2016, Spring 2014 | |
| Yiddish | |
| YIDD 1050 | Elementary Yiddish Language and Culture (3) |
| For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses. | |
| YIDD 1060 | Elementary Yiddish Language and Culture (3) |
| Elementary Yiddish Language and Culture | |
| YIDD 1559 | New Course in Yiddish (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Yiddish. | |
| YIDD 2559 | New Course in Yiddish (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of Yiddish. | |
| Yiddish in Translation | |
| YITR 3452 | Jewish Culture and History in Eastern Europe (3) |
| Studies major trends in Yiddish, East European, and North American Jewish culture, with special focus on the interaction between cultural forms and historical developments in Eastern Europe and North American. Topics vary. | |
| YITR 3560 | Topics in Yiddish Literature (3) |
| Surveys important developments in Yiddish literature from the eighteenth century to the present. Special attention is paid to the innovations Yiddish writers produced in response to historical and cultural change. | |