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 first term, four hours a week
second and third terms. (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 class is conducted in
German. The reading-texts used in class-work are equipped with material and
apparatus for systematic language-study. Their content is planned to introduce
the student to the culture, science, economics, and politics of modern Germany.
Limited to three sections of 30 each. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Faulkner, Associate Professor Wood, and Assistant Professor
Mohr.
German B2: 6 session-hours of College German or 4 entrance-units in
German prerequisite.—German Literature from 1800 to 1920; advanced composition.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Faulkner.
German C: German B2, or the equivalent, prerequisite.—Of the following
C courses two are given each session, the choice being determined by the
plan of study of the undergraduates 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. (Given
in 1933-34.)
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.
Associate Professor Wood.
German C4: Given in German.—Deutsche Lyrik, with intensive study of the
lyrics of Goethe and of Heine, and of selected lyrics since 1870.
Associate Professor Wood.
Facilities for Graduate Study: Special funds recently received have made
possible extensive additions to the library in German literature and Germanic
philology, and the school is now equipped to accept candidates for the Doctor's
as well as the Master's degree. Candidates for the Master's degree
will be required to complete not less than two of the C courses, listed above,
and Germanics D3, Old and Middle High German. Candidates for the Doctorate
will in addition complete a program of study covering not less than
two full sessions. Candidates for the Master's degree will be required to
file certificates showing not less than 4 entrance-units in Latin. Candidates
for the Doctorate must, in addition, have credit for not less than one year
of Greek or take and pass a beginners' course in Greek in the College of
Arts and Sciences. The following courses are offered for such candidates
in 1934-35.
Deutsches Colloquium: Open only to students taking German B2 or some
higher course. Required of students majoring in German.—Two hours a week of
practice in speaking German. (No session-hour credit.)
Assistant Professor Mohr and Mr. Volm.
Germanics D1: 1. Gothic: Open to Graduate Students in English or German.—Three
hours a week, first term, by appointment. 2. History of the German
Language: German B2, or the equivalent, prerequisite.—Three hours a week,
second and third terms, by appointment. (Given in 1933-34.)
Associate Professor Wood.
Germanics D2: Old Norse: Open to Graduate Students in English or
German.—Three hours a week, by appointment. (Given in 1933-34.)
Associate Professor Wood.
Germanics D3: Seminar: German B2, or the equivalent, prerequisite.—
First term: Old High German; Ottfried's Crist; the Heliand. Second and
third terms: Middle High German: Hartmann von Aue's Iwein; the Nibelungenlied.
Hours by appointment. (Given in 1933-34.)
Associate Professor Wood.
