Courses : Complete List - Graduate Courses

German 1G: Introduction to reading German (for graduate students)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
May be repeated for credit.
A brief introduction to the essentials of German grammar with emphasis on aspects of structure that are indispensable for reading skills (while deemphasizing those that are not). Reading texts are included from the beginning.

German 2G: Introduction to reading German (for graduate students)
Prerequisite: German 1G; graduate standing
Course is a continuation of German 1G, using the same approach, with reading texts on a more complex level.

German 203: German Phonetics and Phonology
Introduction to the German phonological system and to pronouncing German words and sentences. Focus on describing and producing vowels and consonants, and on improving pronunciation, including attention to rhythmic, stress and intonational differences between German and English. Taught in German.

German 204: German Language and Society
Discussion of the dialects of German spoken in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Topics include: geographic and social varieties of standard and colloquial German (e.g., Jugendsprache); the language of email and the Internet; "linguistic" problems after reunification. Taught in German.

German 210: Seminar in Literary Theory and Criticism
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Topics in literary theory to be determined on a quarterly basis. Taught in English or German-determined quarterly.

German 214: Greek Myths in German Tragedy
Prerequisites: graduate standing; consent of instructor.
The tragedies of Antigone, Penthesilea, Medea as read by Hölderlin, Kleist, Grillparzer. Readings by Lessing, Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and others.

German 221A-B-C: Topics in Psychoanalysis
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Topics include the intersection of psychoanalysis and feminism, recent French readings of Freud, and psychoanalysis and Marxism. Three-course sequence:
A. Introduction to psychoanalytic theory and its relevance
B. Psychoanalysis and literature
C. Psychoanalysis and film

German 226: Schiller: Geisterseher
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
The diversion of the monumentalism ascribed to Schiller notwithstanding, there is in this author's corpus evidence of communication with ghosts that invites another reading of Schiller's works.

German 227: Reading Goethe
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
The problematic reception of Goethe from Schlegel through Thomas Mann to Germanistics today as a crisis in reading allegorized in advance in Goethe's works.

German 229: Faust Tradition
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
The legendary figure of German letters is at the same time master of the university. Seminar doubles as exploration of genealogies of modern institutions (the university, the press, commodity and stock markets, the nuclear family, and so on).

German 238: Cryptology
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
The term "cipher," derived from "chifra," the Arabic word for "zero," defines as string of letters parading as a string of illegible numbers. Study of history of cryptology. Division between alphabetic and numeric symbols.

German 242A: Back to Frankfurt School
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Topics include "The Case of California," quarrels with Habermas, Benjamin's ghosts, and the merger proposals between Marxism and psychoanalysis.

German 243: German Judaism in Literature and Philosophy
Prerequisites: graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Analysis of German eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century texts on Judaism. Exploration of historical, philosophical, political contexts of desire for/resistance against "German-Jewish symbiosis." Discussions include German, French, and Israeli commentaries."

German 244: Ethics and Psychoanalysis
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
What does psychoanalysis-a theory grounded on a praxis-have to do with ethics, that traditionally deals with laws given to a community? What are its political implications? The class will focus on Lacan, Kant, Freud, Heidegger, Derrida, and Foucault. Taught in English.

German 249: Childhood and Pedagogy
Prerequisites: graduate standing and consent of instructor.
An examination of eighteenth and nineteenth century literature, both fictional nonfictional, on child rearing and education (Goethe), fairy tales (Grimm brothers), treatises, and practical handbooks on education and instruction.

German 250A: Memory and the Study of Culture
Same course as Comparative Literature 250A and Slavic 250A. Not open for credit to students who have completed Russian 250A.
Study of the relevance of different models of remembering and forgetting for the development and the transmission of culture, especially in European and Russian modernism. Readings by Cicero, Quintilian, Freud, Bakhtin, Derrida, Mandel'shtam, and others. Taught in English.

German 251: Post World War II German Literature
Prerequisites: graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Fiction and drama written in the aftermath of the war in both East and West Germany.

German 252: Literature through Politics
Prerequisites: graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Analyzes the intersection of literature and politics, with specific emphasis on the twentieth century. Examines the way in which politics and law it creates are tied to (literary) rhetoric. Some emphasis on executive organs of the political sphere, such as police, and the way they interfere in literary traffic.

German 257A: Postmodernism East and West
Prerequisite: graduate standing. Same course as Slavic 257A.
The postmodern "condition" is often thought to be a phenomenon of late capitalist development. This class examines the relationship between Western postmodernism and its counterpart in the former Eastern Bloc. Lectures and readings in English.

German 259: The Sublime
Prerequisite: graduate standing. Same course as Slavic 259.
Analysis of key theories of the sublime from Pseudo-Longinus to Lyotard. The rhetorical sublime. The sublime in German idealism (Kant). Freud and the sublime. The sublime and theology. Taught in English.

German 260: Heidegger in France
Prerequisites: graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Contemporary philosophy in France has been influenced in large part by the works of Martin Heidegger. Course covers the political ramifications, the influence of psychoanalysis, and the consideration of the Judaic tradition in the French reception of Heidegger's writings.

German 262A: Applied Linguistics
Overview of the basic theoretical principles of second language acquisition as they apply to language teaching and learning. Discussion of different methodologies of foreign language teaching and the history of those used in the U.S.; special emphasis on current methodologies.

German 262B: Second Language Acquisition
Overview of second language acquisition theories from a range of perspectives (e.g., psychology, linguistics, cognitive science, sociology). Focus on adult SLA including role of the native language, universal grammar, acquisition vs. learning, interlanguage, input and interaction, learner processes and strategies.

German 267: From Movable Letter to Bits: A Media History of German Literature
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Analyzes material and technical conditions of writings as key to imaginary effects as produced in fiction and theory. Emergence of author from printing press, alienation of author by voice recording and transmitting technologies. Texts by Luther, Kant, Goethe, Kleist, Freud, Kafka, Fichte, and others.

German 268: Speaking of Language
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Traces discourse on language from the seventeenth century to the present:: quest for universal language, stories about language and origins, history of language and language games. Texts by: Boehme, Wilkins, Leibniz, Rousseau, Herder, Nietzsche, de Saussure, Benjamin, Lacan, Derrida, and others.

German 270: Theories of the Modern
Prerequisite: graduate standing. Same course as Art History 296A.
Analysis of theories and critiques of modernism and modernity from Benjamin to Adorno and Derrida, with special focus on the historical avantgarde.

German 276A: Media Events
Based on literary, artistic, philosophical, scientific and technical documents this course investigates the impact of new media-technologies such as the printing press, photography, telephony, phonography, cinematography, and electronic data processing on nineteenth- and twentieth-century thought and culture. Taught in English.

German 500: Practicum for Teaching Assistants
Subject oriented, designed to relate directly to the teaching of a particular course in progress, to improve the skills and effectiveness of the department's teaching assistants. Units earned in this course, which is required of all teaching assistants, do not apply toward completion of the M.A. or Ph.D. requirement.

German 596: Directed Reading and Research
2-4 units
Prerequisites: graduate standing; consent of instructor, graduate advisor, and department chair. Letter grade only.
Individualized instruction. A written proposal must be approved by department chair, to include a description of the course content and a reading list.

German 597: Individual Study for Master's Comprehensive Examinations and Ph.D. Examinations
1-12 units
Prerequisites: graduate standing; consent of graduate advisor. No unit credit allowed toward advanced degree(s). Enrollment limited to 12 units per examination.
Instructor should normally be the student's major professor or chair of the doctoral committee. Enrollment must be approved by graduate advisor.

German 598: Master's Thesis Research and Preparation
1-6 units
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units, but only 4 units may apply toward masters degree in German.
Instructor should be chair of student's thesis committee.

German 599: Ph.D. Dissertation Research and Preparation
2-8 units
Prerequisites: advancement to candidacy; consent of graduate advisor. S/U grading only.
Only for preparation of the doctoral dissertation. Instructor should be the chair of the student's Ph.D. committee.

Interdisciplinary Courses

Int. 223A: Learning and Teaching with Digital Media
In order to prepare graduate students for future careers in which knowledge of using technology for instruction is becoming increasingly essential, the goals of this course are to:
* Examine underlying theories and principles of learning with media
* Discuss instructional rationales for design of new media, in particular, web-based applications
* Develop and discuss criteria for evaluation of existing software
* Learn to use authoring systems and tools for multimedia acquisition and manipulation

Int. 223B: Learning and Teaching with Digital Media
Continuation of INT 223A. Based on the theories and principles covered during the first quarter, students design and develop an instructional module in their field, including plans for evaluation of its usability and effectiveness.

Int. 223C: Learning and Teaching with Digital Media
Examines research on the theory and practice of using digital media and the Internet for teaching and learning second languages and cultures; discusses principles for the design and development of multimedia courseware.

Int. 262A: Applied Linguistics
Same course as German 262A.
Overview of the basic theoretical principles of second language acquisition as they apply to language teaching and learning. Discussion of different methodologies of foreign language teaching and the history of those used in the U.S.; special emphasis on current methodologies.

Int. 262B: Second Language Acquisition
Same course as German 262B.
Overview of second language acquisition theories from a range of perspectives (e.g. psychology, linguistics, cognitive science, sociology). Focus on adult SLA including role of the native language, universal grammar, acquisition vs. learning, interlanguage, input and interaction, learner processes and strategies.