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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2017-2018.
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- Schedule of Classes - June 18, 2018 7:14PM EDT
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Classes
GERST 1109
Course Description
How did bawdy tales of peasants using magic to climb the social ladder get transformed into moral lessons for children? The answer lies in Romanticism and its appropriation of the imagination as a force ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 122
Instructors
McBride, D
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Balch Hall - Tatkon Ctr 3331
Instructors
Stoltz, M
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute
GERST 1118
Course Description
Why do we play games and why do we have fun with them? What makes us winners and losers? This course will explore various approaches to games and humans at play. We will try to understand why people play ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 158
Instructors
Pirozhenko, E
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute
GERST 1170
Course Description
A basic understanding of Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud is a prerequisite for participating in critical debates in the humanities and social sciences. Our seminar will explore key terms in the revolutionary ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Balch Hall - Tatkon Ctr 3343
Instructors
Oosterom, S
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR White Hall B02
Instructors
Mueller, M
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G19
Instructors
Giannuzzi, M
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute
GERST 1210
Course Description
Students develop basic abilities in listening, reading, writing, and speaking German in meaningful contexts through interaction in small group activities. Course materials including videos, short articles, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R White Hall B14
Instructors
Kelingos, L
Matthias Phelps, G
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Additional Information
Intended for students with no prior experience in German or with LPG score below 37 or SAT II score below 370. Must enroll in one Lecture and one Discussion.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R White Hall B14
Instructors
Kelingos, L
Matthias Phelps, G
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Additional Information
Intended for students with no prior experience in German or with LPG score below 37 or SAT II score below 370. Must enroll in one Lecture and one Discussion.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWF Uris Hall G24
Instructors
Kelingos, L
Matthias Phelps, G
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWF Uris Hall G24
Instructors
Davenport, J
Kelingos, L
GERST 1220
Course Description
Students build on their basic knowledge of German by engaging in intense and more sustained interaction in the language. Students learn more advanced language structures allowing them to express more complex ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T White Hall 110
Instructors
Lischke, G
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: GERST 1210, LPG score of 37-44, or SAT II score of 370-450. Must enroll in one Lecture and one Discussion.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T White Hall 110
Instructors
Lischke, G
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: GERST 1210, LPG score of 37-44, or SAT II score of 370-450. Must enroll in one Lecture and one Discussion.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWRF Uris Hall 303
Instructors
Aupiais, J
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWRF Uris Hall 303
Instructors
Lischke, G
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWRF Uris Hall 303
Instructors
Larsen, S
GERST 1230
Course Description
Students continue to develop their language skills by discussing a variety of cultural topics and themes in the German-speaking world. The focus of the course is on expanding vocabulary, reviewing major ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWF Uris Hall 254
Instructors
Tackett, J
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Additional Information
Limited to students who have previously studied German and have an LPG score of 45-55 or an SAT II score of 460-580. Successful completion of GERST 1210, 1220 and 1230 satisfies Option 2.
GERST 2000
Course Description
Students examine important aspects of present-day German culture while expanding and strengthening their reading, writing, and speaking skills in German. Materials for each topic are selected from a variety ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Uris Hall 254
Instructors
McBride, D
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: GERST 1230, or LPG score of 56-64, or SAT II score of 590-680 or placement by examination. Satisfies Option 1. A content-based language course on the intermediate level.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Uris Hall 302
Instructors
Dunham, D
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: GERST 1230, or LPG score of 56-64, or SAT II score of 590-680 or placement by examination. Satisfies Option 1. A content-based language course on the intermediate level.
GERST 2040
Course Description
This course aims at sharpening your awareness of personal and cultural subjectivity by examining texts in a variety of media against the backdrop of cultural, political, and historical contexts. We will ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Uris Hall G20
Instructors
Sommer, A
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: GERST 2000, or placement by examination (placement score and CASE). Satisfies Option 1. Students must take one of the following courses as a prerequisite for Study Abroad in a German-speaking country: GERST 2020, GERST 2040, or GERST 2060.
GERST 2060
Course Description
Learn German and understand German business culture at the same time. This is a German language course that examines the German economic structure and its major components: industry, trade unions, the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF White Hall B14
Instructors
Lischke, G
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: GERST 2000 or placement by examination (placement score and CASE). Students without previous knowledge of Business German are welcome. Taught in German. Satisfies Option 1. Students must take one of the following courses as a prerequisite for Study Abroad in a German-speaking country: GERST 2020, GERST 2040, or GERST 2060.
GERST 3013
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M McGraw Hall 366
Instructors
Lagodny, J
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Additional Information
Conducted in German. Co-requisite: GOVT 1313.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
GERST 3080
Course Description
In this course, we will encounter German culture of today in and through Web 2.0. No technical knowledge is required since, in the process, a solid base of knowledge concerning the use of media will be ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Stimson Hall G27
Instructors
Born, E
Matthias Phelps, G
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Additional Information
Taught in German. Satsfies Option 1. Prerequisite: GERST 2040, GERST 2060, or equivalent or permission of instructor. Monday classes will be taught online. This course may be counted towards the requirement for 3000-level language in the major.
GERST 3215
Course Description
With Schiller's famous treatise on the stage as moral institution, the theater starts to fullfil a moral, pedagogical, public task. The landscape of German theater is unique because of a political commitment ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR White Hall B14
Instructors
Siegel, E
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Additional Information
Taught in German. Satisfies Option 1.
GERST 3580
Course Description
Survey of nineteenth century philosophy. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 3250
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Stimson Hall G01
Instructors
Kosch, M
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Additional Information
Survey of German philosophy from late 18th through late 19th century, covering Kant, Fichte, Hegel, Feuerbach, Marx, and (depending on student interest) either Kierkegaard or Nietzsche.
GERST 3620
Course Description
Shortly after the last election, The New Yorker published an article entitled "The Frankfurt School Knew Trump was Coming." This course examines what the Frankfurt School knew by introducing students to ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one discussion. Combined with: COML 3541, ENGL 3920, GOVT 3636
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
Instructors
Fleming, P
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Additional Information
Taught in English.
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 236
Instructors
Kohlbry, M
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Additional Information
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 283
Instructors
Kohlbry, M
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Additional Information
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F White Hall 106
Instructors
Molde, K
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Additional Information
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 160
Instructors
Molde, K
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Additional Information
Department Consent Required (Add)
GERST 4375
Course Description
In the last decades, "Holocaust Studies" witnessed an extraordinary expansion, covering different fields of scholarship, from history to literature, from philosophy to aesthetics. This seminar will retrace ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FREN 4375, FREN 6375, GERST 6375, HIST 4237, HIST 6237, ROMS 4370, ROMS 6370
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W McGraw Hall 365
Instructors
Traverso, E
GERST 4413
Course Description
This extraordinary figure died in 1941, and his death is emblematic of the intellectual depradations of Nazism. Yet since World War II, his influence, his reputation, and his fascination for scholars ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4413, ANTHR 7413, COML 4429, GERST 6413, JWST 4913, JWST 7913, NES 4913, NES 7913
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R McGraw Hall 215
Instructors
Boyarin, J
GERST 4520
Course Description
Undergraduate student and faculty advisor to determine course of study and credit hours. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Waite, G
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Adelson, L
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Department Consent Required (Add)
GERST 4530
Course Description
The Reading Course is administered by the director of the honors thesis. It carries 4 hours credit, and may be counted towards the work required for the German Major. The reading concentrates ... view course details
GERST 4540
Course Description
The thesis is to be written on a subject related to the work done in GERST 4530. A suggested length for the thesis is 50-60 pages. view course details
GERST 6131
Course Description
Reading, translation, and English-language discussion of important texts in the German philosophical tradition. Readings for a given term are chosen in consultation with students. view course details
GERST 6320
Course Description
Emphasis on development of the specialized vocabulary of student's field of study. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 181
Instructors
Calla, M
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Additional Information
Limited to graduate students. Prerequisite: GERST 6310 or equivalent.
GERST 6375
Course Description
In the last decades, "Holocaust Studies" witnessed an extraordinary expansion, covering different fields of scholarship, from history to literature, from philosophy to aesthetics. This seminar will retrace ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FREN 4375, FREN 6375, GERST 4375, HIST 4237, HIST 6237, ROMS 4370, ROMS 6370
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W McGraw Hall 365
Instructors
Traverso, E
GERST 6413
Course Description
This extraordinary figure died in 1941, and his death is emblematic of the intellectual depradations of Nazism. Yet since World War II, his influence, his reputation, and his fascination for scholars in ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4413, ANTHR 7413, COML 4429, GERST 4413, JWST 4913, JWST 7913, NES 4913, NES 7913
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R McGraw Hall 215
Instructors
Boyarin, J
GERST 6610
Course Description
This course examines the profound cultural and social changes that took place during the Enlightenment and their aftermath as reflected in German literature and philosophy. The main focus will be on the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Olin Library 403
Instructors
Gilgen, P
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Additional Information
Anchor course. German reading knowledge is required.
GERST 6760
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Olin Library 403
Instructors
Adelson, L
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Additional Information
Discussion in English. Enrollment limited to: graduate students or permission of instructor required.
GERST 7000
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-12 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
GERST 7540
Course Description
Graduate student and faculty advisor to determine course of study and credit hours. view course details
GERST 7541
Course Description
The course consists of a bi-weekly workshop series focusing on a range of interdisciplinary topics and sponsored by the Institute for German Cultural Studies (IGCS). Speakers include prominent scholars ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 181
Instructors
Gilgen, P