German (GRMN)

In this course, students are introduced to socio-political issues in contemporary German society. Students will work on different topic modules to gain a better understanding of the developments in contemporary German society and Germany’s role in Europe and within the global network. The course is taught in English and includes experiential learning components.

Students will focus on German media and culture including music, poetry, film, (social) media, fairy tales etc. Students will have a better understanding of the role and function of different types of media in contemporary German society and help students to critically analyze these images and cultural artifacts. This course is taught in English.

This intensive course (full year in 6½ weeks) is taught at the Canadian Summer School in Germany. Students acquire A2 German comprehension, writing, reading, and speaking skills through instruction, excursions, immersion, and living in a German home. Integral are fluency development, enhanced cultural knowledge, and grammar. Instruction is in German.

An introductory language course for those beginning the study of German. Basic linguistic structures will be studied with particular emphasis on oral communications.

This course continues the studies begun in GRMN 2203.

Students examine German literatures and cultures in translation from the Germanic tribes to World War II focused on the development of the “we-image” of Germans between tribalism-militarism and idealism-humanism This course is taught in English.

This intensive course (a full year in 6.5 weeks) is taught at the Canadian Summer School in Germany. Students will acquire intermediate comprehension, writing, reading, and speaking skills through instruction, excursions, immersion experience, and living in a German home. Integral are fluency development, enhanced cultural knowledge, and grammar review. Instruction is in German.

An intermediate German language course with emphasis on grammar in context, listening comprehension, reading and writing.

This course is a continuation of the studies begun in GRMN 3211.

Students examine German literatures in translation from various periods exploring critical and diverse representations of gender and sexuality. Students are provided with an introduction to literary analysis. This course is taught in English.

Students examine German literatures and cultures in translation from World War II to the present focusing on building peace, intra-national divisions, domestic and international terrorism, refuge, and diversity. This course is taught in English.

Students examine how migration and mobility affect German identity and Germany’s perception as a multicultural society. Students study German literatures and cultures in translation from the guest worker program to the present.

By combining readings, interactive tasks, and guided projects, this course offers students opportunities to expand and refine their ability to comprehend and to communicate effectively in German.

This course is a continuation of German 3311.

This field study course enables students to examine insitu various aspects of German cultural history as exemplified by and in the city of Cologne. Following orientation classes on the significant position of Cologne in German culture and history, the students will depart for Germany where they will take part in educational tours of major cultural venues in and around Cologne. Further educational excursions may include a rococo palace in Brühl and Beethoven’s house and the Museum of Contemporary German History in Bonn.

This intensive course (a full year in 6.5 weeks) is taught at the Canadian Summer School in Germany. Students will acquire advanced comprehension, writing, reading, and speaking skills through instruction, excursions, immersion experience, and living in a German home. Integral are fluency development, enhanced cultural knowledge, and grammar review. Instruction is in German.

The study of the significant prose works and plays in German literature from 1945 to 1989. This course is taught in German.

The study of significant aspects of German literature and culture from the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 to the present day. This course is taught in German.

This intensive course (a full year in 6.5 weeks) is taught at the Canadian Summer School in Germany. Students will acquire operationally proficient comprehension, writing, reading, and speaking skills through instruction, excursions, immersion experience, and living in a German home. Integral are fluency, critical cultural analysis, and grammar review. Instruction is in German.

Students provide 50 hours of community service to faculty and participants of the Canadian Summer School in Germany through classroom support, peer consultation, and out-of-class experiential components. Students complete readings, an activity log, progress report, language journal, teaching intervention, community-engaged project, and critical self-reflection. Instruction is in German.