INTERMEDIATE INTENSIVE (HONORS) GERMAN: LANGUAGE, CULTURE, TEXTS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: GERMAN 204 . Not open to students with credit for GERMAN 258 or 262 . Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Literature Frgn Lang - 5th + semester language Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Honors - Accelerated Honors (!) Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Gain knowledge of major periods in German culture, literature, and history from 1750 to the present Audience: Undergraduate 2. Become aware of how German texts responded to contemporary events or issues and, conversely, how those texts have shaped and influenced both past and present-day German culture Audience: Undergraduate 3. Develop intercultural competence by reflecting on the connections and differences between their native culture and German culture and its objects Audience: Undergraduate 4. Learn to appreciate the relevance of grammatical accuracy, lexical precision, proper discourse organization, and voice/expressiveness in terms of conveyance of exact intended meaning (including tone, implications, and connotations), aesthetic value, and generally, as a means of sharing experiences across language and cultural boundaries Audience: Undergraduate 5. Be able to approach a wide variety of textual genres in different ways appropriate to each Audience: Undergraduate 6. Become attentive to rhetorical and formal strategies in different types of texts and gain the ability and vocabulary to describe and analyze them Audience: Undergraduate 7. Learn how to write and talk about texts both analytically and creatively Audience: Undergraduate 8. Improve critical thinking abilities through group discussion and individual assignments asking them to argue for and support positions Audience: Undergraduate 9. Gain enhanced awareness of reading styles and strategies and how to apply them while reading to develop critical reading skills for different text types Audience: Undergraduate 10. Improve German language abilities in the areas of writing, reading, listening, and speaking through individual assignments, collaborative work, and class discussions Audience: Undergraduate 11. Enhance teamwork skills through extensive collaborative work both in and out of class Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Gain knowledge of major periods in German culture, literature, and history from 1750 to the present Audience: Undergraduate 2. Become aware of how German texts responded to contemporary events or issues and, conversely, how those texts have shaped and influenced both past and present-day German culture Audience: Undergraduate 3. Develop intercultural competence by reflecting on the connections and differences between their native culture and German culture and its objects Audience: Undergraduate 4. Learn to appreciate the relevance of grammatical accuracy, lexical precision, proper discourse organization, and voice/expressiveness in terms of conveyance of exact intended meaning (including tone, implications, and connotations), aesthetic value, and generally, as a means of sharing experiences across language and cultural boundaries Audience: Undergraduate 5. Be able to approach a wide variety of textual genres in different ways appropriate to each Audience: Undergraduate 6. Become attentive to rhetorical and formal strategies in different types of texts and gain the ability and vocabulary to describe and analyze them Audience: Undergraduate 7. Learn how to write and talk about texts both analytically and creatively Audience: Undergraduate 8. Improve critical thinking abilities through group discussion and individual assignments asking them to argue for and support positions Audience: Undergraduate 9. Gain enhanced awareness of reading styles and strategies and how to apply them while reading to develop critical reading skills for different text types Audience: Undergraduate 10. Improve German language abilities in the areas of writing, reading, listening, and speaking through individual assignments, collaborative work, and class discussions Audience: Undergraduate 11. Enhance teamwork skills through extensive collaborative work both in and out of class Audience: Undergraduate