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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, 1 course for those having
no entrance-credit in German.)
Professor Faulkner, Assistant Professor Mohr and Dr. Volm.
German B1: Germon 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, 1
course.)
Associate Professor Wood and Dr. Volm.
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, 1 course.)
Assistant Professor Mohr.
German B3: 6 session-hours of College German, or 4 entrance-units in
German prerequisite.—German Literature of the Classical Period; advanced composition.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.)
Professor Faulkner.
German C: German B2, or B3, 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 1935-36.)
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.
(Given in 1935-36.)
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. 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 1936-37.
Deutsches Colloquium: Open only to students taking German B2 or som
higher course. Required of students majoring in German.—Two hours a week
of practice in speaking German. (No course credit.)
Assistant Professor Mohr and Dr. Volm.
Germanics D1: Gothic: Open to Graduate Students in English or German.—Three
hours a week, first term, by appointment. History of the German
second and third terms, by appointment.
Associate Professor Wood.
Germanics D2: Old Norse: Open to Graduate Students in English or
German.—Three hours a week, by appointment.
Associate Professor Wood.
Germanics D3: Seminar: German B2, or the equivalent, prerequisite.—
First term: Old High German; Broune's Althochdeutsches Lesebuch. Second
and third terms: Middle High German: Hartmann von Aue's Iwein; the Nibelungenlied.
Hours by appointment.
Associate Professor Wood.
Public Lecture Courses: Open to the Public of the Community.
German Folksong, Lyric and Ballad: Eight lectures, copiously illustrated
by graphophone records of the musical settings. Fall term.
Professor Faulkner.
Wagner as a Musical Dramatist: Nine lectures, copiously illustrated by
graphophone records, including the complete Götterdämmerung. Winter term.
Associate Professor Wood.
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