The following directory lists the graduate courses which the University expects to offer, although the University in no way guarantees that all such courses will be offered in any given academic year, and reserves the right to alter the list if conditions warrant. Click on the links below for a list of courses in that subject area. You may then click “View Classes” to see scheduled classes for individual courses.
5314. German Studies
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 12 credits.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Exploration of the field of German Studies as an "interdiscipline"; analysis of a coherent body of material drawn from the social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, or other fields that helps to illuminate the German-speaking world.
View Classes »5324. Teaching for Intercultural Citizenship and Human Rights I
Explores the role of intercultural competence and human rights education from a variety of perspectives, including applied linguistics, education, psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, and pragmatics. Through readings, online and face-to-face discussions, role-plays, scenarios, and presentations students will critically reflect on models of intercultural competence and human rights education and their relation to (student) outcomes; examine the role of social justice and human rights within the teaching of intercultural competence; and integrate and assess intercultural competence in teaching. Taught in English.
View Classes »5325. Teaching for Intercultural Citizenship and Human Rights II
Continued exploration of the role of intercultural competence and human rights education from a variety of perspectives, including applied linguistics, education, psychology, neuroscience, philosophy and pragmatics. Students will design a research project or curricular unit for a specific purpose in which they apply models of intercultural competence/ citizenship and human rights in practice. Taught in English.
View Classes »5345. Studies in German Literature III
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 12 credits.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Study of a coherent body of texts drawn from the period from approximately 1890 to the present.
View Classes »5350. Theater and Human Rights
Exploration of theater and related performing arts as forms of artistic expression and public debate. Analysis of specific characteristics of modern and contemporary theater and exploration of theater's engagement with human rights discourse and interventions in the public sphere. Theoretical texts and recordings of performances will inform class discussions.
View Classes »5355. German Jewish Literature and Human Rights
Exploration of German Jewish Literature as a form of artistic expression and public debate. Discussion of German Jewish literary writing and its relationship with human rights discourses since the Enlightenment.
View Classes »5365. German Film Studies
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 12 credits.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Study of a coherent body of films and related materials (e.g. fiction, theory, reviews) organized to illuminate particular themes (e.g. representations of postwar Germany), relationships (e.g. between films and literature or film and social context), cinematic styles (e.g. Expressionism), etc.
View Classes »5376. Rhetoric and Writing
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 12 credits.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
In-depth introduction to the rhetorical resources of the German language; extensive analysis of spoken and written language; application of knowledge in students' own writing and speaking.
View Classes »5390. Independent Study
1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 24 credits.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
5395. Special Topics
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
May be repeated for up to nine credits with a change in content.
View Classes »5398. Variable Topics
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Prerequisites and recommended preparation vary. May be repeated for up to nine credits with a change in content.
View Classes »5399. Independent Study
1.00 - 3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.
Prerequisites: Instructor consent.
Grading Basis: Graded
May be repeated for up to nine credits with a change in content.
View Classes »6460. Seminar in Twentieth-Century Literature
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 12 credits.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
6480. Investigation of Special Topics
1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 12 credits.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded