No credit is allowed for completing a less advanced course after successful completion of a more advanced course in grammar and/or composition. Students with demonstrated preparation may be permitted to transfer to a more advanced course with consent of the instructor.
1. Elementary German. Lecture, five hours; laboratory, one hour; outside study, five hours minimum. P/NP or letter grading.
1G. Elementary German for graduate students. Preparation for Graduate Division foreign language reading requirement. May not be applied toward degree requirements. S/U grading.
2. Elementary German. Lecture, five hours; laboratory, one hour; outside study, five hours minimum. Enforced requisite: course 1. P/NP or letter grading.
2G. Elementary German for Graduate Students. Preparation for Graduate Division foreign language reading requirement. May not be applied toward degree requirements. S/U grading.
3. Elementary German. Lecture, five hours; laboratory, one hour; outside study, five hours minimum. Enforced requisite: course 2. P/NP or letter grading.
4. Intermediate German. Lecture, five hours; laboratory, one hour; outside study, five hours minimum. Enforced requisite: course 3. P/NP or letter grading.
5. Intermediate German. Lecture, four hours; laboratory, one hour; outside study, four hours. Enforced requisite: course 4. P/NP or letter grading.
6. Intermediate German. Lecture, four hours; laboratory, one hour; outside study, four hours minimum. Enforced requisite: course 5. P/NP or letter grading.
8. Elementary German: Intensive (12 units). Lecture, 15 hours; laboratory, five hours; outside study, 16 hours. Intensive basic course in German equivalent to courses 1, 2, and 3. P/NP or letter grading.
10. Intermediate German: Intensive (12 units). Lecture, 20 hours; laboratory, four hours. Enforced requisite: course 3. Intensive intermediate course in German equivalent to courses 4, 5, and 6. P/NP or letter grading.
12. German Conversation (2 units). Enforced requisite: course 1. Use of German language teaching films; students have opportunity to practice spoken German in small groups.
14. Intermediate Conversation (2 units). Enforced requisite: course 3. Students have opportunity to practice spoken German in small groups.
50A-50B. Masterworks of German Literature in Translation. Lecture, three hours. May not be applied toward completion of the major in German:
50A. Medieval Period through Classicism. Study and analysis of selected masterworks in English translation, including works from the earliest period, such as the heroic and courtly epic, to authors such as Grimmelshausen, Lessing, Schiller, and Goethe.
50B. Romanticism to the Present. Study and analysis of selected masterworks in English translation, including authors such as E.T.A. Hoffmann, Heine, Fontane, Rilke, Kafka, Brecht, Thomas Mann, Hesse, Grass, Böll, and Christa Wolf.
51. Masterworks of Germanic or East Central European Literatures in English Translation. Lecture, three hours. Study and analysis of masterworks of Germanic or East Central European literatures (Dutch and Afrikaans, Hungarian, Old Norse, or Yiddish). Examination of one particular literature per term.
88. Lower Division Seminar. Discussion, three hours. Course of variable content limited to topics of current interest and offered whenever a staff member is available.
Requisite for all upper division courses (except 100A, 100B, 100C, 119A through M119H, 121A, 121B, 121C) is course 6 or equivalent or consent of instructor.
Courses in the German 119 literature series may not be applied toward completion of the major in German.
No credit is given to graduate students in German
100A. German Civilization and Culture before 1700. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, five hours minimum. Lectures, discussions, and readings in English; knowledge of German not required. Study of development of German civilization and institutions from earliest times to 1700. Study of German culture as represented in its literature, art, music, and architecture. P/NP or letter grading.
100B. Modern German Civilization and Culture from 1700 to 1919. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, five hours minimum. Lectures, discussions, and readings in English; knowledge of German not required. Study of development of German civilization and institutions from 1700 to 1919. Study of German culture as represented in its literature, art, music, and architecture. P/NP or letter grading.
100C. German Civilization and Culture in the 20th Century. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, five hours minimum. Lectures, discussions, and readings in English; knowledge of German not required. Study of development of German culture and institutions from 1919 to the present, emphasizing developments in literature, arts, and architecture. P/NP or letter grading.
101A. Introduction to German Poetry. Close analysis of representative examples of German lyric poetry from early as well as modern literary periods, including systematic consideration of poetic conventions and forms, diction, tone, imagery, symbolism, and metrics. Course should be taken at beginning of literary studies.
101B. Introduction to German Drama. Analysis of selected examples of drama (e.g., tragedy, comedy, one-act play, lyric drama, lyric theater, etc.), including systematic introduction to dramatic forms, techniques, and theories. Texts selected from modern literature as well as from other periods. Course should be taken at beginning of literary studies.
101C. Introduction to German Narrative Prose. Analysis of significant examples of narrative prose (e.g., short story, novella, novel, fairy tale, etc.), including systematic introduction to narrative forms, techniques, styles. Texts selected from modern literature as well as from older periods. Course should be taken at beginning of literary studies.
102. Business German. Lecture, three hours. Prerequisite: course 6 or equivalent. Introduction to business terminology and correspondence. Topics include economic and political developments and principles of business in German-speaking countries.
103. German Translation. Prerequisite: course 108B with a grade of B or better or consent of instructors. German/English and English/German translation of literary texts, newspaper and magazine articles, business documents, and letters.
104. Introduction to German Enlightenment, Sturm und Drang, and Classicism. Lecture, three hours. Reading and discussion of representative works by Lessing, Goethe, and Schiller; their historical and social background, their relationship to music (Bach, Mozart) and philosophy (Leibniz, Kant), as well as their place in the history of ideas.
105. Introduction to German Literature from Romanticism to Realism. Lecture, three hours. Reading and analysis of selected works from Romanticism to realism.
106. Introduction to Modern Literature. Analysis of selected works of the period from 1890 to 1945.
107. Introduction to Contemporary Literature. Analysis of selected works of the period from 1945 to the present time.
108A-108B. Conversation and Composition on Contemporary German Culture and Society I, II. Lecture, three hours. Prerequisite: course 6 or equivalent. Course 108A or equivalent is prerequisite to 108B. Advanced language courses, with focus on speaking and writing proficiency through themes connected with contemporary German culture and society.
119A. German Literature in the Age of Chivalry, in English Translation. Lecture, three hours. Study and analysis of literary monuments in English translation in their social and cultural settings, including courtly love lyrics, Arthurian epics, and heroic epics. May not be applied toward completion of the major in German.
119B. Weimar Classicism and Its Influence, in English Translation. Lecture, three hours. Study and analysis of works in English translation from the classic age of German literature and concentrating on major works of Lessing, Goethe, and Schiller and their reflection in the modern period. May not be applied toward completion of the major in German.
119C. The Faust Tradition from the Renaissance to the Modern Age, in English Translation. Lecture, three hours. Readings and discussions in English of the Faust theme and tradition in European literature and intellectual history, including chapbook of Doktor Faustus, Christopher Marlowe's and Goe-the's Faust dramas, and Bulgakow, as well as Thomas Mann's novel, Doktor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkühn. May not be applied toward completion of the major in German.
119D. Romantic Heritage in German Literature, in English Translation. Lecture, three hours. Study and analysis of literary works in English translation that reflect German Romantic imagination from end of the 18th century into the 20th century. May not be applied toward completion of the major in German.
119E. Pattern and Chaos: Modern German Literature and Thought, in English Translation. Lecture, three hours. Selected works in English translation of German authors, poets, and thinkers from the late 19th through the 20th century, such as Nietzsche, Thomas Mann, Kafka, Brecht, Grass, and Christa Wolf. Topics vary from term to term. May not be applied toward completion of the major in German. May be repeated for credit.
119F. From Dream to Nightmare: The German-Jewish Experience, in English Translation. Lecture, three hours. Study and analysis of works in English translation reflecting the process of German-Jewish assimilation and disenfranchisement, including authors such as Mendelssohn, Heine, Schnitzler, Kafka, Feuchtwanger, Anne Frank, Sachs, Celan, and Becker.
M119G. Interwar Central European Prose. (Same as Comparative Literature M162 and Slavic M125.) Lecture, three hours. Analysis of selected novels, stories, plays, and essays of representative authors of the 1920s and 1930s in translation. Special attention to relation between literature and historical and ethnic concerns. P/NP or letter grading.
M119H. Postwar Central European Prose. (Same as Comparative Literature M166 and Slavic M126.) Lecture, three hours. Analysis of selected novels, stories, plays, and essays of representative contemporary authors in translation. Special attention to relation between art and ideology. P/NP or letter grading.
M119I. Fairy Tales in Literature and Society (5 units). (Same as Folklore M119.) Lecture, four hours. History and reception of folklore collections in Europe, with particular attention to ideology and influence of Grimms' tales. Study and interpretation of selected tales in English and their transformations and appropriation in literature, film, advertising, and pedagogy.
M119K. Tristan, Isolde, and History of Heterosexuality. (Same as Women's Studies M119.) Lecture, three hours; outside study, nine hours. Tristan and Isolde are among the more famous and enduring of European literary lovers, and following their tradition from Middle Ages to the present provides opportunity to consider a host of issues -- from questions of genre to those of kinship, from representation of love to tyranny of gender, and history of heterosexuality. P/NP or letter grading.
121A. Special Problems in Literature. Lecture or seminar, three hours. Prerequisite: upper division standing. Varying topics of current importance and immediate relevance to literary study. Designed to introduce students to contemporary trends in literary study and predominantly concerned with topics related to German literature and criticism.
121B. German Film in Cultural Context: Early German Film. Lecture, one hour; discussion, one hour; screenings, two to two and one-half hours. Survey of German film from the Weimar to Adenauer eras. Viewing and discussion of films by Lang, Murnau, Sternberg, Wiene, Staudte, etc., with respect to their cultural, sociopolitical, and cinematographic codes.
121C. German Film in Cultural Context: New German Film. Lecture, one hour; discussion, one hour; screenings, two to two and one-half hours. Survey of new German film as it evolved in the late 1960s. Viewing and discussion of films by Fassbinder, Herzog, Schlöndorff, Sanders-Brahms, Wenders, and other German-speaking filmmakers, with respect to their cultural, sociopolitical, and cinematographic codes.
121D. Selected Topics in German Culture and Civilization. Lecture, three hours. Required of all German majors who are candidates for standard instructional credential in secondary teaching.
121E. Women in German Literature. Lecture, three hours. Prerequisite: upper division standing or consent of instructor. Role of women writers and image of women in German literature of various periods (e.g., Romanticism, 19th century, early 20th century, contemporary). Readings to be selected to represent the period of literature being taught in any given term.
122. Studies in German Literature before 1750. Prerequisites: three upper division courses (including course 100A) or consent of instructor. Readings and analysis of major works from the Middle Ages to the baroque.
123. Goethe. Lecture, three hours. Prerequisites: courses 100A or 100B and 104, or consent of instructor. Reading and discussion of representative works (except Faust) from Goethe's early period to his maturity and old age.
124. Romanticism. Prerequisites: courses 100A or 100B and 105, or consent of instructor. Reading and analysis of major works of the Romantic period. Authors include Tieck, Novalis, E.T.A. Hoffman, and Eichendorff.
126. Advanced Study in Modern Literature. Prerequisites: courses 100A or 100B or 100C and 106, or consent of instructor. Reading and analysis of a wide range of literature from 1890 to 1945.
127. Advanced Study in Contemporary Literature. Prerequisites: courses 100A or 100B or 100C and 107, or consent of instructor. Analysis of a wide range of German literature from 1945 to the present.
128. Advanced Conversation and Composition on Current and Historical Topics. Lecture, three hours. Prerequisites: courses 108A-108B or equivalent. Advanced language course that establishes continuity between current affairs and cultural heritage of German-speaking countries and builds on courses 108A-108B to teach complex speaking and writing skills of analysis and criticism.
129. Language and Linguistics. Lecture, three hours. Prerequisite or corequisite: course 108A. Theories and methods of linguistics, with emphasis on structure of modern standard German, its phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. Other topics include diachronic, spatial, and social variation of German (i.e., its historical development, dialectology, and sociolinguistics).
130. Methodology of Literary Criticism. Prerequisite: senior standing or consent of instructor. Introduction to methodology of literary criticism, including systematic study of motif, topos, plot, space and time, semantics, stylistics, rhetoric, metrics, imagery (emblem, metaphor, allegory, symbol), structural elements (act, stanza, book, flashback, anticipation, interior monologue), narrator and reader response, humor and irony, hermeneutics.
132. Goethe's Faust. Prerequisites: courses 100A or 100B and 123, or consent of instructor. Detailed interpretation of Goethe's Faust, Parts I and II, together with general consideration of other treatments of the Faust theme in European literature.
134. German Folklore. Survey of various genres of German folklore.
137. Current Topics in Germanic Linguistics. Lecture, three hours. Prerequisite or corequisite: course 108A. Recommended: course 129. In-depth look at one topic within the field of Germanic linguistics. Topics include phonetics and phonology, morphology and syntax, semantics and pragmatics, social and spatial variation (i.e., sociolinguistics and dialectology of German), and history of German.
C138. Linguistic Theory and Grammatical Description. Lecture, three hours. Prerequisites: course 129 and Linguistics 20, or consent of instructor. Crucial problems in structure of Dutch and German, considered from such theoretical frameworks as sign-oriented linguistics, functional linguistics, discourse grammar, and cognitive linguistics. Discussion of formal linguistic approaches. Concurrently scheduled with course C238.
195. Senior Thesis Course. Extensive reading, research, and writing of senior thesis. May be used for writing honors thesis.
199. Special Studies (2 to 4 units). Requisite: consent of instructor. To be arranged with faculty member who directs the study (course section to be identified by two-letter code using initials of sponsoring instructor -- see department for I.D. number). Independent studies course for students who desire more intensive or specialized investigation of material covered in a regular course and who present such a course as a requisite.
201A. Bibliography, Research Methods, and Scholarly Writing. Lecture, three hours. Introduction to current state of advanced research and analysis of literary and philological materials, with emphasis on bibliographies and such tools of research as reference works, series publications, journals, archives, literary histories, and computer data banks. Practical exercises in analysis of sources, compilation and presentation of bibliographies, and writing of research papers.
201C. Theories of Literary Criticism. Lecture, three hours. Analysis and discussion of foundations of literary criticism and current theories such as hermeneutics, positivism, psychoanalytical criticism, social historical approaches, intellectual history (Geistesge-schichte), New Criticism, Marxist Criticism, Russian and Czech Formalism, structuralism, and semiotics.
202A. Middle High German. Introduction to grammar, syntax, and vocabulary of the Middle High German language. Exercises in reading Middle High German literary works, combined with study of sociocultural contexts in which works of the medieval period were produced and performed.
202B. Readings in Middle High German Literature. Extensive reading of literary monuments of the medieval period in Germany. Introduction to cultural and literary history of the Middle Ages.
203A. The Courtly Epic. Analysis of major epics of the medieval period in Germany, such as Hartmann's Erec and Iwein, Wolfram's Parzival, and Gottfried's Tristan. Study of courtly society, as well as introduction to methods of interpretation and analysis.
203B. The Courtly Lyric. Analysis of medieval songs of courtly performers, beginning with Der von Kürenberg and ending with Johannes von Hadlaub. Study of sociocultural context in which the songs were produced and performed, and introduction to methods of interpretation and analysis.
203C. The Heroic Epic. Survey of German heroic literature, beginning with Hildebrandslied and including such works as Nibelungenlied, Kudrun, and the Dietrich epics. Methods of analysis and interpretation, as well as analysis of thematic and formal characteristics of the different epics.
204. Renaissance and Reformation Literature. Literature of the 15th and 16th centuries, including introduction to and study of the early New High German language. Selected readings from works of authors such as Sebastian Brant, Martin Luther, Hans Sachs, and Johann Fischart.
205. Baroque Literature. Definition of the term baroque; development of modern baroque scholarship; influence of foreign models; analysis of sample theoretical writings (prosodies) and of representative poems, dramas, novels, and prose satires of the 17th century.
206A. Enlightenment and Sentimentalism. Study of representative authors of the earlier part of the 18th century from Gottsched through Lessing, including authors such as Leibniz, Thomasius, Wolff, Bodmer and Breitinger, Johann Elias Schlegel, Haller, Brockes, Anacreontic poets, Gessner, Klopstock, Mendelssohn, and Wieland.
206B. Sturm und Drang. Study of representative authors of the Sturm und Drang period, such as Herder, Forster, Gerstenberg, Leisewitz, Klinger, Wagner, R.M. Lenz, Moritz, Heinse, Schubart, and the young Goethe and Schiller.
207A. Classicism: Goethe. Selected topics from works of Goethe in the period from 1786 to 1832, such as Iphigenie auf Tauris, Torquato Tasso, Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, Die natürliche Tochter, Pandora, and poetry selections.
207B. Classicism: Schiller. Selected topics from critical and dramatic works of Schiller in the period from 1793 to 1805, such as Über Anmut und Würde, Über das Erhabene, Wallenstein, Maria Stuart, Jungfrau von Orleans, and Wilhelm Tell.
208. Romanticism. Analysis of selected works of the Romantic period by authors such as Wackenroder, Tieck, the brothers Schlegel, Novalis, Hölderlin, Brentano, Arnim, the brothers Grimm, "Bonaventura," E.T.A. Hoffmann, Eichendorff, and others. Course may be genre or topic oriented.
209A. 19th-Century Lyrics. Development of German lyric poetry from the classic/Romantic period to symbolism. Discussion of forms, attitudes, tendencies. Analyses may include poetry by Romantic authors, as well as Heine, Platen, the political poets of Vormärz, Droste-Hülshoff, Keller, Storm, C.F. Meyer, Nietzsche, George, and others.
209B. 19th-Century Drama. Reading and analysis of selected dramas by Kleist, Büchner, Hebbel, Grillparzer, and others. Discussion and analyses may include topics such as Schicksalstragödie, bourgeois trivial drama, sociopolitical drama, historical drama, Viennese Volkstheater.
209C. 19th-Century Narrative Prose. Analysis of German prose works from Romanticism to naturalism. Discussion of the problem of reality and literary realism with respect to narrative techniques. Authors may include Heine, Büchner, Droste-Hülshoff, Stifter, Gotthelf, Keller, C.F. Meyer, Fontane, and the early naturalists.
210A. Naturalism and Symbolism. Sociological background and theoretical writings concerning naturalism and symbolism. Analysis of representative poems, dramas, and shorter narratives by authors such as Holz, G. Hauptmann, George, Hofmannsthal, and Rilke.
210B. Expressionism and Neorealism. Historical and sociological background in the period from 1910 to 1933. Literary magazines, theoretical writings, poetry of expressionism and Dadaism, expressionist dramas, and shorter narratives. Definition and representative works of neorealism.
210C. 20th-Century Novel to 1945. Analysis of selected 20th-century novels written prior to 1945. Authors of different literary and historical eras, such as Broch, Döblin, Hesse, Kafka, Heinrich Mann, Thomas Mann, and Rilke.
211A. Contemporary Novel. Study of selected novels in the period from 1945 to the present. Works by authors from West and East Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, such as Böll, Grass, Handke, Frisch, and Christa Wolf, analyzed and placed in context of literary, cultural, and political trends.
211B. Contemporary Lyrics and Drama. Study of selected dramas and poems in the period from 1945 to the present. Works by authors from West and East Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, such as Dürrenmatt, Frisch, Handke, Celan, and Brecht, analyzed and placed in context of literary, cultural, and political trends.
217. History of the German Language. Historical survey of development of the standard literary German language from the time of Indo-European unity through proto-Germanic, West Germanic, medieval period, Reformation, baroque period, and Enlightenment until its final codification at the end of the 19th century.
230. Survey of Germanic Philology. Systematic survey of major problems in the field of Germanic linguistics: origin and historical diffusion of Germanic dialects and their classification; problems in evolution of nominal and verbal morphology of the various dialects; problems in phonological evolution of the various dialects.
231. Gothic. Systematic study of phonology and grammar of the Gothic language, with readings in Wulfila's translation of the Bible and introduction to history of the Goths and their place in the development of modern Europe.
232. Old High German. Introduction to earliest phases of German literature, with extensive readings in major documents of that period (750 to 1050). Emphasis on grammatical interpretation of these documents and identification of dialects used in their composition.
233. Old Saxon. Introduction to study of earliest documents in Old Low German. Readings in the Hel'and and study of the Old Saxon Genesis.
C238. Linguistic Theory and Grammatical Description. Lecture, three hours. Prerequisites: course 129 and Linguistics 20, or consent of instructor. Crucial problems in structure of Dutch and German, considered from such theoretical frameworks as sign-oriented linguistics, functional linguistics, discourse grammar, and cognitive linguistics. Discussion of formal linguistic approaches. Concurrently scheduled with course C138. Graduate students meet as a group one additional hour each week and write research papers of greater length and depth.
240A. Theories, Methods, and History of Germanic Folklore. History of Germanic folklore studied in context of European cultural history. Evolution of theories and methods of the discipline as developed by Herder, the Grimms, Bolte, Meier, Naumann, Bau-singer, and others.
240B. Folk Song and Ballad. Analysis of poetic and musical aspects of German folk songs and ballads. Study of thematic and formalistic evolution of text and music, combined with introduction to theories and methods of analysis of folk music and function of folk song in its social context.
240C. Oral Prose Genres. Study of thematic and formal characteristics of legends, folktales, jests, proverbs, and riddles. Role of popular narrative in its sociocultural context in German history and survey of methods of analysis of narratives, texts, and contexts.
245B. Germanic Antiquities. Survey of prehistory and early history of Germanic civilization from the Bronze Age to the end of the migrations on basis of archaeological, historic, and philological evidence. Uses of methods of comparative ethnography, religion, and myth to interpret evidence.
251. Seminar: Syntax and Phonology of German. Topics selected from the field of contemporary German syntax and phonology according to needs and preparation of students enrolled (e.g., Dialektgeog-raphie, generative phonology, generative syntax, Val-enztheorie, Texttheorie).
252. Seminar: Historical and Comparative Germanic Linguistics. Topics selected from the field of historical German phonology and syntax according to needs and preparation of students enrolled (e.g., West Germanic problem and classification of the Germanic languages, development of Germanic verbal and nominal morphology, proto-Germanic syntax).
253. Seminar: Medieval Literature. Selected topics in medieval literature, with emphasis on problems in literary analysis and applicability of various types of analysis to medieval texts.
254. Seminar: Renaissance and Reformation. Selected literary or philological problems, such as a particular genre, author, or theme. Studies on textual analysis or pertinent research to apply methods of literary history to literature of the 15th and 16th centuries.
255. Seminar: Baroque Literature. Selected problems of German baroque literature, such as a particular genre, author, or theme. Textual analysis supplemented by critical review of research and application of methods of literary analysis pertinent to literature of this age.
256. Seminar: Enlightenment and Sturm und Drang. Selected topics in 18th-century literature, such as utopian literature, love and money as motifs, family structure and family life, image of women and women's literature, Jacobin literature, seduction and betrayal as motifs, nobility and middle class in 18th-century literature. Textual analysis and review of current research.
257. Seminar: Age of Goethe. Selected topics in German literature between 1775 and 1832, such as Schiller's theoretical writings, Goethe's Faust II, Goethe's Wanderjahre and West-Östlicher Divan, Goethe's Faust II and Hegel's Phänomenologie des Geistes, the French Revolution and German classicism. Textual analysis and review of current research.
258. Seminar: Romanticism. Discussion of a specific author or topic from the Romantic period, possibly in close connection with course 208. Critical review of secondary works.
259. Seminar: 19th-Century Literature. Discussion of a specific author or topic of 19th-century literature, possibly in close connection with course 209A, 209B, or 209C. Critical review of secondary works.
260. Seminar: Modern Period. Selected genre, author, or theme of 20th-century German literature prior to 1945.
261. Seminar: Contemporary Literature. Study of selected works, a specific author, genre, period, or topic from 1945 to the present. Texts analyzed and placed in context of literary, cultural, and political trends.
262. Seminar: Germanic Folklore. Detailed research on individual aspects of Germanic folklore. Topic selected generally is from course in the German 240 series that preceded the seminar. Emphasis on problems of theory and method.
263. Seminar: Theories of Literature. Specialization in literary theories, such as Rezeptionsästhetik, Neo-Marxist Criticism, New Criticism, psychoanalytic criticism or sociology of literature, structuralism, semiology, and hermeneutics.
370. Teaching German in Secondary Schools. Lecture, three hours; discussion periods. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Required of all candidates for general secondary instructional credential in German.
375. Teaching Apprentice Practicum (1 to 4 units). Preparation: apprentice personnel employment as a teaching assistant, associate, or fellow. Teaching apprenticeship under active guidance and supervision of a regular faculty member responsible for curriculum and instruction at the University. May be repeated for credit. S/U grading.
495A. Preparation for College Teaching of German (2 units). Study of problems and methods in teaching German on college level, with emphasis on teaching and testing the listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. May not be applied toward M.A. course requirements. S/U grading.
495B. College Teaching of German: Special Problems (2 units). Prerequisite: course 495A or consent of instructor. Study of contemporary issues in German language pedagogy, with emphasis on textbook evaluation and proficiency-oriented instruction. May not be applied toward M.A. course requirements. S/U grading.
596. Directed Individual Study or Research. To be arranged with faculty member who directs the study or research (course section to be identified by two-letter code using initials of sponsoring instructor -- see department for I.D. number). May be repeated once; however, only one course in the 500 series may be applied toward M.A. graduate course requirement. S/U grading.
597. Preparation for M.A. Comprehensive Examination or Ph.D. Qualifying Examinations. To be arranged with faculty member who directs the study (course section to be identified by two-letter code using initials of sponsoring instructor -- see department for I.D. number). May be taken only once before and only once after M.A. degree, except for Ph.D. candidates with a formal minor field of studies who may take course twice after M.A., once in the major and once in the minor. Only one course in the 500 series may be applied toward M.A. graduate course requirement. S/U grading.
598. Research for and Preparation of M.A. Thesis (4 to 12 units). To be arranged with faculty member who directs the study (course section to be identified by two-letter code using initials of sponsoring instructor -- see department for I.D. number). Only one course in the 500 series may be applied toward M.A. graduate course requirement. S/U grading.
599. Research for and Preparation of Ph.D. Dissertation (4 to 12 units). To be arranged with faculty member who directs the study (course section to be identified by two-letter code using initials of sponsoring instructor -- see department for I.D. number). May be repeated. S/U grading.