First semester Hebrew is a beginning level course designed for students who have little or no prior knowledge of Hebrew. Begins with learning the Hebrew alphabet and immediately starts developing rudimentary Hebrew conversational, reading and writing skills. By the end of the semester students are expected to have attained basic understanding and expressive abilities in Hebrew.
Introduces students to speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in the historic language of Ashkenazic Jewry. Uses grammar as point of departure for development of oral skills.
Second semester builds on Hebrew skills introduced in the first semester, with a focus on speaking, comprehension, reading and writing. Students learn new verbal tenses and paradigms. The course blends a communicative method with formal grammatical instruction. By the end of this semester students are expected to be able to converse in, comprehend, and produce written basic Hebrew. Prereq., HEBR 1010 (min. grade C-) or instructor consent.
Covers the same material as GRMN 1010 and GRMN 1020 in one course. Focuses on acquiring ability to understand and speak everyday German; on developing reading and writing skills; and on learning about the cultures of the German-speaking countries. Credit not granted for this course and GRMN 1010 and GRMN 1020.
This course is designed to enable students to read the Hebrew Bible in the original language. The focus will be the ability to read the various genres of the text, utilizing both the tools of modern language acquisition and the study of classical grammar methods. Same as JWST 1030.
Building on HEBR/JWST 1030, this course continues to build expertise in reading the Hebrew Bible. Modern language acquisition and classical grammar study methods equip students with the tools to translate and read the various genres of the Biblical material. Prereq., HEBR/JWST 1030 or instructor consent. HEBR 1040 and JWST 1040 are the same course.
Covers same material as RUSS 1010 and RUSS 1020 combined in one course. Focuses on acquiring basic grammar (all cases for nouns, adjectives and possessives, verb conjugations, in all three tenses), and ability to understand and speak basic everyday Russian. Develops basic reading and writing skills and provides exposure to the fundamentals of the Russian culture. Credit not granted for this course and RUSS 1010 or 1020.
Examines the Nordic aspect of J.R.R. Tolkien's work, especially The Lord of the Rings. The course concentrates on the Nordic saga tradition, mythology, folklore and fairy tales Tolkien used as his sources. Students will explore the transformations of these sources from prehistoric times to contemporary cinematic adaptations, while paying special attention to cultural appropriations, national revisions, and political alterations. Taught in English. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.
Designed especially for graduate students. Emphasizes analytical skills for acquiring reading proficiency in specialized and technical German in one's field of research. Recommended for pass/fail registration. Does not satisfy the arts and sciences foreign language requirement. Does not count towards the German major.
Introduces the culture of contemporary German-speaking central Europe, examining historical processes, social and political patterns, and the intellectual and artistic responses to problems of the 20th and 21st centuries. Taught in English. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: contemporary societies.
An interdisciplinary introduction to the modern industrial city in Europe and the USA, with particular attention to the representation of urbanism in the visual arts. Taught in English. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.
Critically examines titles in German literature and thought. Nature and environment are used to explore alienation, artistic inspiration, nihilism, exploitation, sexuality, rural versus urban, meaning of the earth, cultural renewal, identity and gender. This "Green" survey of German classics spans Romanticism's conception of nature as unconscious spirit to the politics and values of contemporary Germany's Green Party. Taught in English. Same as HUMN 1701. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.