Graduate Bulletin
  1996-1997

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German

In the College of Arts and Letters

Office: Business Administration and Math. 304
Telephone: (619) 594-6313
Fax: (619) 594-8006
EMail: german.coord@sdsu.edu


Faculty

Edith J. Benkov, Ph.D., Professor of French, Acting Chair of Department

Erich W. Skwara, Ph.D., Professor of German

Mary M. Wauchope, Ph.D., Associate Professor of German

General Information

The Department of German and Russian Languages and Literatures, in the College of Arts and Letters, offers advanced coursework in German. Graduate courses in German may be used to fulfill requirements for advanced degrees in other departments with the approval of the student's graduate adviser.

UPPER DIVISION COURSES

501. Translation (3)

Prerequisite: German 301.

Translation of a variety of texts from German to English and English to German.

505. Applied German Linguistics (3)

Prerequisite: German 301 or consent of instructor.

Linguistic study of modern German; integration of modern linguistic theory with the language classroom.

520. Modern German Literature (3)

Prerequisite: German 310.

Major authors and genres since Sturm Und Drang.

530. Topics in German Literature (3)

Prerequisite: German 310.

Study of a movement, theme or genre of German literature, such as romanticism, literature and film, literature of the holocaust, women's literature, literature of the German democratic republic in retrospect. May be repeated with new title and content. See Class Schedule for specific content. Maximum credit six units.

596. Topics in German Studies (3)

Prerequisite: German 310 (for literary topics) or 505 (for linguistic topics). Proof of completion of prerequisite required: Copy of transcript.

Topics in German language, literature, or linguistics. May be repeated with new content. See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor's degree. Maximum combined credit of six units of 596 and 696 applicable to a 30-unit master's degree.

GRADUATE COURSES

696. Topics in German Studies (1-3)

Prerequisite: Eighteen upper division units in German.

Intensive study in specific areas of German. May be repeated with new content. See Class Schedule for specific content. Maximum credit six units applicable to a master's degree. Maximum combined credit of six units of 596 and 696 applicable to a 30-unit master's degree.

798. Special Study (1-3) Cr/NC/SP

Prerequisites: Eighteen upper division units in German and consent of staff; to be arranged with department chair and instructor.

Individual study. Maximum credit six units applicable to a master's degree.


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