German

Humanities Division

GERM-01 ELEMENTARY GERMAN
(CSU breadth area C2) 5 units: 5 hours lecture.
Advisory: ENGL-84.
This is a beginner's course. The course will focus on the development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in a cultural context, with primary emphasis on communicative competency. Students will learn how to express in German the most basic functions of everyday life. (11/03)

GERM-02 ELEMENTARY GERMAN
(CSU breadth area C2) 5 units: 5 hours lecture.
Prerequisite: GERM-01 or two years of high school German.
GERM-02 is a continuation of GERM-01. This course will focus on the further development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in a cultural context, with primary emphasis on communicative competency. Students will learn how to express in German basic functions of everyday life. (11/03)

GERM-03 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN
(CSU breadth area C2) 5 units: 5 hours lecture.
Prerequisite: GERM-02. Advisory: LRNR-30.
GERM-03 is a continuation of GERM-02. This course reviews and further develops grammatical concepts introduced in GERM-01 and GERM-02, as well as introduces the student to new concepts. Through varied readings, composition, and discussion, the student will increase his or her vocabulary and cultural knowledge. (11/03)

GERM-04 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN
5 units: 5 hours lecture.
Prerequisite: GERM-03. Advisory: LRNR-30.
This course is a review of the fundamentals of reading, writing, speaking, and understanding German, designed to aid the student in preparing for advanced studies in German composition, grammar, and conversation, as well as literature in German, history, and culture. (11/03)

GERM-39 ADVANCED GERMAN
1 unit: .5 hour lecture, 1.5 hours lab.
Prerequisite: GERM-04. Advisory: LRNR-30.
This course is designed to acquaint the advanced student with specific items of German language, literature, and culture, including history, political thought, and sociological change. The student will engage in activities that will reinforce knowledge of these areas and critical analysis of current German intellectual and social thinking. This course may be repeated three times. (9/04)