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 perrequisite.—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. Section 1 is for scientific and engineering
students only, Sections 2 and 3 for undergraduates in general. (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.—History of German Literature; assigned readings and discussion
of German lyrics and ballads, one classical drama, and one modern novel;
weekly written themes in German on topics chosen from the history of German
literature. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Faulkner.
German C: German B2, or the equivalent, 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. (Given
in 1931-32.)
Professor Faulkner.
German C2: Given in German.—Der deutsche Roman von Goethe bis zur
Gegenwart, with intensive study of selected novels. (Given in 1931-32.)
Associate Professor Wood.
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.
Associate Professor Wood.
Facilities for Graduate Study: Special funds recently received have made
possible extensive additions to the library in works on 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. The following courses
are offered for such candidates in 1932-33.
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.—One hour a week, Monday, Wednesday, or Friday afternoon by appointment.
2. History of the German Language: German B2, or the equivalent,
prerequisite.—Two hours a week, by appointment.
Associate Professor Wood.
Germanics D2: 1. Old Norse: Open to Graduate Students in English or
German.—One hour a week, Tuesday or Thursday afternoon, by appointment.
2. Introduction to Comparative Linguistics: Open to all Graduate Students in
English and Foreign Languages.—Two hours a week, by appointment.
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.
Associate Professor Wood.
