Spring 2008 Advance Course Information

This information effective for spring 2008. Check with instructor the first day of class for any changes.

German

[ GERM-1B ] [ GERM-3 ] [ GERM-3.2 ] [ GERM-6 ]

1B: Accelerated Elementary German (Continuation)

Instructor: Walter Campbell
Phone: 9-5040
E-mail: walterc@ucsc.edu

Course Description

This course is designed as the accelerated continuation of German 1A (winter quarter).  As such, it continues to introduce students to the German language and culture at the first-year level.  It is designed for students who have successfully completed German 1A or its equivalent- 1-2 years of high-school German or 1 semester of college-level German.  Students who have completed German 1 or German 2 at UCSC may also take this course.

Emphasis in German 1B is placed on the continued development of beginning-level competence in the four basic skills: speaking, reading, writing, and understanding.  Through group work in class, and individual work at home and in the language lab, students build an introductory, working knowledge of pronunciation, basic German vocabulary, and German grammar.   The cultural readings in the text and other readings supplied by the instructor further students' knowledge of the culture of the German-speaking countries.  Among the additional readings in this course are various German fairy tales and short texts.  Video material is used where appropriate to augment the topics discussed in class.

This course begins with Chapter 7 in the text in the text Deutsch: Na klar ! (5th ed.) by Di Donato et al. By the end of the quarter, we will have covered the material in Chapters 7-11, and part of Chapter 12.

Required Texts

1. Briggs, Jeanine.  Workbook.  5th. ed.  New York: McGraw-Hill College, 2008. (Designed to accompany Deutsch: Na klar! )
   
   
2. Daves-Schneider, Linda and Michael Buesges.  Laboratory Manual. 5th. ed.  New York: McGraw-Hill College, 2008.  (Designed to accompany Deutsch: Na klar! )
   
   
3. Di Donato, Robert, Monica D. Clyde and Jacqueline Vansant. Deutsch: Na klar!   5th. ed.  New York: McGraw-Hill College, 2008.
   
   
4. Audio CD package to accompany Deutsch: Na klar! 5th ed., 2008 and Laboratory Manual: Deutsch: Na klar! 5th ed., 2008.
   
   
5. A reader, available at the Bay Tree Bookstore,  containing supplementary materials supplied by the instructor.

Optional Texts

1. A German-English dictionary. (Students' choice.)
2. Zorach, Cecile and Charlotte Melin. English Grammar for Students of German . 4th ed. Ann Arbor: The Olivia and Hill Press, 2001.

Course Requirements

1. Regular attendance and participation
2. Completion of daily written homework assignments
3. Completion of language lab assignments
4. Two chapter tests
5. One oral interview
6. One midterm exam
7. One comprehensive final exam

For questions regarding the content or conduct of the course, feel free to contact the instructor: W. Campbell. E-Mail: walterc@ucsc.edu.

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3: Beginning German 3

Instructor: Walter Campbell
Phone: 9-5040
E-mail: walterc@ucsc.edu

Course Description

This course is designed for students who have successfully completed German 2 or its equivalent (2 years of high school German--in the recent past).  Its goal is to further the knowledge of the German language and culture that students gained in German 2.  In this course as well, emphasis is placed on mastering beginning-level competence in the four basic skills: speaking, reading, writing, and understanding.  Through group work in class, and individual work at home and in the language lab, students increase their working knowledge of pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar. The cultural readings in the text and other readings supplied by the instructor further students' knowledge of the culture of the German-speaking countries.  Among the additional readings in this course are various German fairy tales and short texts.  Video material is used where appropriate to augment the topics discussed in class.

After an initial period of review and practice, the course begins with Chapter 9 in the text Deutsch: Na klar ! (5th ed.) by Di Donato et al. By the end of the quarter, we will have covered the material in Chapters 9-12.

Required Texts

1. Briggs, Jeanine.  Workbook.  5th. ed.  New York: McGraw-Hill College, 2008. (Designed to accompany Deutsch: Na klar! )
   
   
2. Daves-Schneider, Linda and Michael Buesges.  Laboratory Manual. 5th. ed.  New York: McGraw-Hill College, 2008.  (Designed to accompany Deutsch: Na klar! )
   
   
3. Di Donato, Robert, Monica D. Clyde and Jacqueline Vansant. Deutsch: Na klar!   5th. ed.  New York: McGraw-Hill College, 2008.
   
   
4. Audio CD package to accompany Deutsch: Na klar! 5th ed., 2008 and Laboratory Manual: Deutsch: Na klar! 5th ed., 2008.
   
   
5. A reader, available at the Bay Tree Bookstore,  containing supplementary materials supplied by the instructor.

Optional Texts

1. A German-English dictionary. (Students' choice.)
2. Zorach, Cecile and Charlotte Melin. English Grammar for Students of German. 4th ed. Ann Arbor: The Olivia and Hill Press, 2001.

Course Requirements

1. Regular attendance and participation
2. Completion of daily written homework assignments
3. Completion of language lab assignments
4. Two chapter tests
5. One oral interview
6. One midterm exam
7. One comprehensive final exam

For questions regarding the content or conduct of the course, feel free to contact the instructor: W. Campbell. E-Mail: walterc@ucsc.edu.

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3.2: Elementary German 3.2

Instructor: Judith Harris-Frisk
Office: 139 Humanities 1
Phone: 9-2319
E-mail: jhfrisk@ucsc.edu

Course Description

This course is designed for students who have successfully completed German 2 or its equivalent (2 years of high school German--in the recent past).  Its goal is to further the knowledge of the German language and culture that students gained in German 2.  In this course as well, emphasis is placed on mastering beginning-level competence in the four basic skills: speaking, reading, writing, and understanding.  Through group work in class, and individual work at home and in the language lab, students increase their working knowledge of pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar. The cultural readings in the text and other readings supplied by the instructor further students' knowledge of the culture of the German-speaking countries.  Among the additional readings in this course are various German fairy tales and short texts.  Video material is used where appropriate to augment the topics discussed in class.

After an initial period of review and practice, the course begins with Chapter 9 in the text Deutsch: Na klar! (5th ed.) by Di Donato et al. By the end of the quarter, we will have covered the material in Chapters 9-12.

Required Texts

1. Briggs, Jeanine.  Workbook.  5th. ed.  New York: McGraw-Hill College, 2008. (Designed to accompany Deutsch: Na klar! )
2. Daves-Schneider, Linda and Michael Buesges.  Laboratory Manual. 5th. ed.  New York: McGraw-Hill College, 2008.  (Designed to accompany Deutsch: Na klar!)
3. Di Donato, Robert, Monica D. Clyde and Jacqueline Vansant. Deutsch: Na klar!   5th. ed.  New York: McGraw-Hill College, 2008.
4. Audio CD package to accompany Deutsch: Na klar! 5th ed., 2008 and Laboratory Manual: Deutsch: Na klar! 5th ed., 2008.
5. Notes, handouts and exercises in pdf format on instructor’s website.

Optional Texts

1.  A German-English dictionary. (Students' choice.)
    
2. Zorach, Cecile and Charlotte Melin. English Grammar for Students of German. 4th ed. Ann Arbor: The Olivia and Hill Press, 2001.

Course Requirements

1. Regular attendance and participation
2. Completion of daily written homework assignments
3. Completion of language lab assignments
4. Two chapter tests
5. One oral interview
6. One midterm exam
7. One comprehensive final exam

For questions regarding the content or conduct of the course, feel free to contact the instructor:   e-Mail: jhfrisk@ucsc.edu.

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6: Intermediate German 3

Instructor: Judith Harris-Frisk
Office: 139 Humanities 1
Phone: 9-2319
E-mail: jhfrisk@ucsc.edu

Course Description

For the final course in the two-year sequence, students have the opportunity to engage in two areas of inquiry: to advance their knowledge of reading, writing and speaking through the use of a second and third year text, Der treffende Ausdruck, and to engage in greater depth in student-selected genres from the early 20th century. Film and other cultural inventions will provide the backdrop for selected readings and discussions about Germany’s first experiment with democracy in the Weimar period, foreshadowed by the early novelle, Kafka’s Verwandlung.

Texts will be selected from among many genres of 1919-1933:   films of the 20s, radio plays, cabaret, song, the plays of Brecht, the art of the Flaneur, new theories of architecture (das Kino!) and the new media, film and radio.

Requirements include

1. Daily participation
2. Concentration on a topic of choice for research paper and short presentation
3. Selected chapters of Der treffende Ausdruck
4. 1 midterm
5. Final paper/performance

For additional information: contact jhfrisk@ucsc.edu or stop by office hours.

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