SCHOOL OF GERMANIC LANGUAGES
German A1: For beginners and for students without entrance-credit in
German.—Elementary grammar, reading, conversation, and composition. Limited
to five sections of 30 each. Five hours a week. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours
for those having no entrance-credit in German.)
Assistant Professor Mohr and Mr. Volm.
German B1: German A1, or not less than 2 entrance-units in German prerequisite.—Review
of grammar, systematic word-study and expansion of vocabulary,
reading, conversation, dictation, and composition. The texts used are two
cultural readers, affording an introduction to the cultural, social, economic, and
political background of Germany since 1918, and supplying the material and apparatus
for all the language instruction. The class is conducted in German. Limited
to two sections of 30 each. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Faulkner and Assistant Professor Mohr.
German B2: 6 session-hours of college German, or 4 entrance-units in
German prerequisite.—Introduction to German political and cultural history, with
German conversation and weekly written themes in German, based on the texts
read. (One hour a week.) Goethe's Faust. (Two hours a week.) Limited to
one section of 20. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Faulkner.
German C: 9 session-hours of college German, or the equivalent of 4 entrance-units
and 3 session-hours of college German prerequisite.—Of the following
C courses one is given each session, the choice being determined by the
plan of study of the undergraduates in the class who wish to major in German,
and of the graduates who are offering German as part of their work for the
Master's or the Doctor's degree. Students are therefore requested to confer
with Professor Faulkner not later than June 1 preceding the session in which
they plan to enter the course.
In all C courses in German collateral reading in the history of German
Literature and in German biography is required.
German C1: Goethe's Life and Works, with intensive study of Faust.
(Offered in 1929-30.)
Professor Faulkner.
German C2: Given in German. Der deutsche Roman von Goethe bis zur
Gegenwart, with intensive study of selected novels.
Professor Faulkner.
German C3: Given in German. Drama der Klassiker, with intensive study
of Goethe's Egmont, Schiller's Wallenstein, and Lessing's Nathan der Weise.
Professor Faulkner.
German C4: Given in German. Deutsche Lyrik, with intensive study of
the lyrics of Goethe and of Heine, and of selected lyrics since 1870.
Professor Faulkner.
German D1: For graduate students only. First term: Phonetics of German
and English; Second term: Historical Grammar of German; Third Term:
Introduction to Old and Middle High German.
Professor Faulkner.
