SCHOOL OF GERMANIC LANGUAGES.
Professor Faulkner.
Mr. Steger.
For Undergraduates.
German 1: Beginners may take this course. Elementary grammar
and prose composition; special training in pronunciation and simple conversational
German; reading of about 600 pages of German prose, with
conversational exercises and composition work in free reproduction, based
on texts read. (No credit for any degree. Admits to German B1 only.)
Two Sections: I. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 12-1. II. Tuesday, Thursday,
Saturday, 1-2. Cabell Hall. Professor Faulkner, Mr. Steger.
Students entering in January, with one to two years of preliminary
training in German, may profitably register for German 1, and will be
given credit for the work of the first term, on the successful completion
of the remaining two terms.
German B1: German 1 or German A and B of the entrance requirements,
prerequisite.—Reading of about 800 pages of prose, illustrative of
modern German life and thought; grammatical and conversational exercises
and composition work in free reproduction, based on texts read,
throughout the session. (B. A. or B. S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Two
Sections: I. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10-11. II. Monday, Wednesday,
Friday, 1-2. Cabell Hall. Professor Faulkner, Mr. Steger.
Students entering in January, with three years or more of preliminary
training in German, may profitably register for German B1, and will receive
full credit for the course by successfully completing the work of the
second and third terms of the current session, and that of the first term
in the session next ensuing.
German B2: German B1, or its equivalent, prerequisite.—History of
German Literature; Storm and Stress and the Classic Drama; the Romantic
Movement; German lyric and ballad poetry. Reading of about 1,000
pages in selected texts, illustrative of topics treated. Conversational exercises
and composition-themes in German throughout the session. (B. A.
or B. S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 12-1.
Cabell Hall. Professor
Faulkner.
For Undergraduates and Graduates.
The following courses are offered in alternate years. All lectures and
class-work are in German. Hence students desiring to enter either of
these courses will be required to give satisfactory evidence of ability to
understand spoken German.
German C1: German B1 and B2, or the equivalent, prerequisite.—
First Term: Der deutsche Roman in seinen typischen Erscheinungen;
Second Term: Die Tragödie der Klassiker; Third Term: Goethe's Faust,
I und II Teil. Seminary-work: First Term: Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre;
Second Term: Wallenstein; Third Term: Faust. Students with
adequate preparation may register for any term of this course. Hours by
appointment. Cabell Hall. Professor Faulkner. Omitted in 1915-1916.
German C2: German B1 and B2, or the equivalent, prerequisite.—
Goethe: Leben und Werke. Seminary-work: Dichtung und Wahrheit;
die Leiden des jungen Werthers; Faust I und II. Hours by appointment.
Cabell Hall. Professor Faulkner.
For Graduates.
The following courses are open only to candidates for a doctor's degree
in one of the Schools of English, English Literature, Latin, Greek, Romanic
or Germanic Languages, who have already completed not less than one year
of graduate work as candidates for that degree. Only one course will be
given in any one session. The selection will depend on the wishes and
needs of the applicants. Graduate students, therefore, who wish to enter
any one of these courses are requested to notify the head of the School not
later than June fifteenth, preceding the session in which they desire to enter
the course.
For all of these courses German C1 or C2 is a prerequisite.
German D1: Gothic and Old High German. Three hours a week, by
appointment. Professor Faulkner.
German D2: Middle High German, with readings in the Nibelungenlied.
Three hours a week, by appointment. Professor Faulkner.
German D3: Middle High German, with readings in Walther von der
Vogelweide. Three hours a week, by appointment. Professor Faulkner.
German D4: I. A half year's course in German grammar. II. A half
year's course in the phonetics of German and English. Three hours a week,
by appointment. Professor Faulkner.
For summer-school courses in German, on which college credit will
be allowed, see p. 273.
