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Program Requirements
This program may be expanded to the Major Concentration German Language and Literature.
Complementary Courses (18 credits)
Students may begin at the intermediate or advanced level in their first year if they have taken German courses in high school or in CEGEP or through McGill Summer Studies.
Note: Beginners' and Intermediate language levels are offered either as a one-term intensive course or a two-term spanned course. Students choose which version of the level they prefer.
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GERM 200 German Language, Intensive Beginners (6 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : An intensive language course designed to develop communicative skills; covers the first level (GERM 202D1/GERM 202D2) in one term. Required for program students.
Terms: Winter 2013
Instructors: Kim, Sun-Young (Winter)
Winter
6 hours, plus 1 hour laboratory
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GERM 202D1 German Language, Beginners' (3 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : A comprehensive first level course designed to develop communicative skills.
Terms: Fall 2012
Instructors: Spiller, Kathrin Maria; Orhan, Ozlem; Sark, Katrina; Gosselin, David (Fall)
Fall, Winter
Students must register for both GERM 202D1 and GERM 202D2.
No credit will be given for this course unless both GERM 202D1 and GERM 202D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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GERM 202D2 German Language, Beginners (3 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : See GERM 202D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2013
Instructors: Spiller, Kathrin Maria; Orhan, Ozlem; Kim, Sun-Young; Gosselin, David (Winter)
Winter
Prerequisite: GERM 202D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both GERM 202D1 and GERM 202D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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GERM 300 German Language Intensive Intermediate (6 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : Continuation of GERM 200; covers the second level (GERM 307D1/GERM 307D2) in one term.
Terms: Fall 2012
Instructors: Kim, Sun-Young (Fall)
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GERM 307D1 German Language - Intermediate (3 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : Review of grammar, further development of basic skills; literary and cultural readings.
Terms: Fall 2012
Instructors: Rieger, Sylvia; Ivantsova, Olesya (Fall)
Fall, Winter
Prerequisite: GERM 200 or GERM 202, 202D1/D2, or equivalent, or permission of Department.
Students must register for both GERM 307D1 and GERM 307D2.
No credit will be given for this course unless both GERM 307D1 and GERM 307D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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GERM 307D2 German Language - Intermediate (3 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : See GERM 307D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2013
Instructors: Rieger, Sylvia; Ivantsova, Olesya (Winter)
Winter
Prerequisite: GERM 307D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both GERM 307D1 and GERM 307D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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GERM 325 German Language - Intensive Advanced (6 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : This course aims at developing post-intermediate proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, with emphasis on oral and written expression. Special attention is given to word formation and to the proper choice of grammatical structures, vocabulary, and phraseology.
Terms: Fall 2012, Winter 2013
Instructors: Rieger, Sylvia (Fall) Kim, Sun-Young (Winter)
Fall or Winter
6 hours
Prerequisite: GERM 300 or GERM 307D1/D2, or equivalent, or permission of Department.
Required for program students.
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GERM 336 German Language, Media and Culture (3 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : Introduction to German culture through literary and non-literary texts, film, multimedia, commercials, painting and photography. By learning how to read these cultural productions, students will refine their communication skills, expand reading strategies, build vocabulary, and review selective grammatical structures.
Terms: Winter 2013
Instructors: Rieger, Sylvia (Winter)
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GERM 341 Essay Writing (3 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : This course is designed to further develop the writing skills of students having attained the 325-level. The rhetorical strategies of writing will be studied and analyzed with different text genres: letters, curriculum vitae, summaries, book reviews, expository and argumentative essays, minutes, feature stories, term papers, etc. Particular attention will be paid to argumentation, vocabulary, and style.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Fall
Given in German
Prerequisite: GERM 325 or equivalent, or permission of Department
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GERM 342 Translation (3 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : An introductory course, emphasizing practice more than theory. It covers mainly written translation (from German into English), i.e. reading and writing, and teaches to analyze, and to manipulate, grammatical/syntactical structures and to get a sense of semantic accuracy. The course is designed to familiarize students with basic technical terminology and to enable them to observe, analyze and produce accurate and appropriate translations. Vocabulary building is not a main issue.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Fall
Given in German
Prerequisite: GERM 325 or equivalent, or permission of Department
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GERM 345 Business German 1 (3 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : This course introduces students to the terminology and syntax of Business German in contrast with English to ensure a sound basis for business communication.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Fall
Given in German
Prerequisite: GERM 325 or equivalent, or permission of the Department
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GERM 346 Business German 2 (3 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : This course is designed to develop oral and written skills for competence in German for business communication as well as cross-cultural awareness by discussing current materials from various sources.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Winter
Given in German
Prerequisite: GERM 345 or equivalent, or permission of the Department
Faculty of Arts—2012-2013 (last updated Dec. 20, 2012) (disclaimer)
