UNIVERSITY of TENNESSEE
MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES & LITERATURES

GERMAN GRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

• GERM 411 - Advanced Conversation and Composition (3)
  (DE) Prerequisite(s): 311 and 312 or consent of department.


• GERM 412 - Advanced Conversation and Composition (3)
  (DE) Prerequisite(s): 311 and 312 or consent of department.


• GERM 415 - German Special Topics (3)
  Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
  (DE) Prerequisite(s): 202 or 223.


• GERM 416 - Metropolis Revisited (3)
  The 20th-century German or Austrian metropolis in the mirror of history, literature, theory, art, architecture, and music. Taught in English.
  (DE) Corequisite(s): 102 or 123.
  Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.


• GERM 419 - German Fairy Tales and Literary Fantasies (3)
  Examination of how and why forms of literary fantasies ranging from apocalyptic dreams to enchanted visions have changed over the centuries. Strong interdisciplinary component, tracing interconnections between philosophy, psychology, religion and literary history, as well as exploring the relationship between literary, musical and artistic representations of specific themes.
  Recommended Background: 6 hours of 300-level courses, excluding 331 and 332.


• GERM 420 - Selected Topics in German Literature from 1750 to the Present (3)
  Recommended Background: 6 hours of 300-level courses, excluding 331 and 332 and courses in English translation.


• GERM 425 - Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics (3)
  Cross-listed: (See French 425.)


• GERM 426 - Methods of Historical Linguistics (3)
  Phonetics, distinctive feature analysis, sound change types, nature of sound change, principles of reconstruction, and fundamental assumptions about language change through time. Non-phonological linguistic change, language families, and Proto-Indo-European, and other protolanguages.
  Cross-listed: (Same as French 426; Linguistics 426; Russian 426; Spanish 426.)
  Recommended Background: 6 hours of upper-division foreign language courses, excluding courses in translation or graduate reading courses.


• GERM 431 - Images of Nature and the Body in German Culture (3)
  Representations of nature from idyllic refuge and object of praise to scientific object and precarious resource. Other themes include sexuality, the body, childhood, and aging. Discussions based on literary and documentary texts and films.
  Recommended Background: 6 hours of 300-level courses, excluding 331 and 332.


• GERM 432 - German Creative Thinking: Interdisciplinary Dialogues (3)
  Interdisciplinary connections between German literature and art, music, philosophy, theatrical praxis, psychology, dance, anthropology, history, and the sciences. Comparative analyses of literary and non-fictional texts, films, and other media.
  Recommended Background: 6 hours of 300-level courses, excluding 331 and 332.


• GERM 433 - Nation, Race, and Ethnicity (3)
  Examination of cultural constructions of nation, race, and ethnicity and how they have challenged each other and developed in German speaking countries since the 18th-century. Close study and analysis of fiction, non-fiction, and films that address controversial topics such as assimilation, integration, racial/ethnic identity formation, and multiculturalism.
  Recommended Background: 6 hours of 300-level courses, excluding 331 and 332.


• GERM 434 - Extraordinary Wo(Men)-Outcasts, Rebels, Martyrs and Saints (3)
  Examination of German texts and visual media that have challenged mainstream thinking throughout the centuries. Strong interdisciplinary component focusing on literary and artistic forms that depict struggles involving religion, politics and gender.
  Recommended Background: 6 hours of 300-level courses, excluding 331 and 332.


• GERM 435 - Structure of the German Language (3)
  Contrastive English-German segmental and suprasegmental phonemes, contrastive English-German linguistic structures, selected topics in advanced German grammar and syntactic analysis.
  Cross-listed: (Same as Linguistics 435.)
  Recommended Background: 6 hours of upper-division German language courses, excluding courses in translation and graduate reading courses.


• GERM 436 - History of the German Language (3)
  Development of the German language from Indo-European through Proto-Germanic, Old High German, Middle High German to New High German. Internal and external linguistic history of German speech.
  Cross-listed: (Same as Linguistics 436.)
  Recommended Background: 6 hours of upper-division German language courses, excluding courses in translation and graduate reading courses.


• GERM 485 - Business German (3)
  German used in fields of business, government, administration, and economics.
  Recommended Background: 6 hours of upper-division German, excluding courses in translation and 331 and 332.


• GERM 494 - German Community Service Practicum (1)
  Supervised by the director of the lower-division German program. Students either assist German classes at local schools or perform supervised service with local institutions that promote awareness of German culture among the general public.
  Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours. (Maximum 1 hour per semester.)
  Recommended Background: 18 hours of upper-division German courses.
  Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.


• GERM 500 – Thesis (1-15)
  Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
  Repeatability: May be repeated.


• GERM 502 - Registration for Use of Facilities (1-15)
  Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when student uses university facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed.
  Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
  Repeatability: May be repeated.
  Credit Restriction: May not be used toward degree requirements.


• GERM 510 - German Phonetics and Advanced Grammar (3)
  Advanced work in phonetics, pronunciation, and selected topics in German grammar. For teachers and prospective teachers.
  Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.


• GERM 515 - Technology Enhanced Language Learning (3)
  Cross-listed: (See French 515.)


• GERM 519 - Bibliography and Methods of Research (3)
  Introduction to Middle High German.


• GERM 550 - Studies in German Literature (3)
  Content varies.
  Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.


• GERM 552 - German Enlightenment, Rococo, and Sturm und Drang (3)
  Content varies.
  Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.


• GERM 553 - German Classicism and Romanticism (3)
  Content varies.
  Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.


• GERM 554 - German Realism and Naturalism (3)
  Content varies.
  Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.


• GERM 555 - Modern German Literature 1890-1945 (3)
  Content varies.
  
  Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.


• GERM 556 - Modern German Literature 1945-Present (3)
  Content varies.
  Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.


• GERM 560 - German Literary Theory and Criticism (3)


• GERM 561 - Directed Readings in German Language and Literature (3)
  Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.


• GERM 562 - Directed Readings in German Language and Literature (3)
  Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.


• GERM 591 - Foreign Study (1-15)
  Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.


• GERM 592 - Off-Campus Study (1-15)
  Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.


• GERM 593 - Independent Study (1-15)
  Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
  Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.


• GERM 600 - Doctoral Research and Dissertation (3-15)
  Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
  Repeatability: May be repeated.


• GERM 621 - Seminar in German Literature (3)
  Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 18 hours.


• GERM 622 - Seminar in German Literature (1-15)
  Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 18 hours.


• GERM 631 - Seminar in German and Germanic Philology (1-15)
  Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 18 hours.


• GERM 632 - Seminar in German and Germanic Philology (1-15)
  Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 18 hours.