UCSB 2009-2010 Catalog Course Search
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| GER 1 - Elementary German |
| (5) Chun |
| Beginning course in German. Student acquires the basic structure of the language, communicative skills, a limited general vocabulary, correct pronunciation, and an ability to read and understand simple cultural texts. Weekly laboratory assignments support and enhance classroom learning. |
| GER 1G - Introduction to Reading German (for Graduate Students) |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing in any field. |
| A brief introduction to the essentials of German grammar with emphasis on aspects of structure that are indispensable for reading skills (while deemphasizing those that are not). Reading texts are included from the beginning. |
| GER 2 - Elementary German |
| (5) Chun |
| Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in German 1. |
| Continuation of German 1. |
| GER 2G - Introduction to Reading German (for Graduate Students) |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Course is a continuation of German 1G, using the same approach, with reading texts on a more complex level. |
| GER 3 - Elementary German |
| (5) Chun |
| Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in German 2. |
| Continuation of German 2. |
| GER 4 - Intermediate German |
| (5) Chun |
| Prerequisites: German 3 with a minimum grade of C. |
| Continuation of German 3. Introduction of the last few points of grammar. Web-based Intercultural Exchange (ICE) with university students in a German-speaking country: On-line discussions about a variety of cultural topics, text-based chat sessions, oral interactions in virtual classrooms. |
| GER 5 - Intermediate German |
| (5) Chun |
| Prerequisites: German 4 with a grade of C or better. |
| Expansion and refinement of linguistic and communicative skills learned in Beginning German. Greater focus on speaking German with fluency and accuracy, reading short authentic texts, and writing coherent, organized essays. |
| GER 6 - Intermediate German |
| (5) Chun |
| Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in German 5. |
| Continuation of German 5. |
| GER 8A - German Conversation |
| (2) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: German 2. |
| Course designed to offer beginning and intermediate German language students communicative strategies needed by speakers and listeners in face-to-face interaction. |
| GER 8B - German Conversation |
| (2) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: German 2. |
| Course designed to offer beginning and intermediate German language students communicative strategies needed by speakers and listeners in face-to-face interaction. |
| GER 8C - German Conversation |
| (2) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: German 2. |
| Course designed to offer beginning and intermediate German language students communicative strategies needed by speakers and listeners in face-to-face interaction. |
| GER 31 - Doubles: Film and Literature |
| (4) Rickels |
| When the double is visualized in film, the double's mention or description disappears from the typeface of literature. At the same time it takes center stage or screen in psychoanalytic theory. |
| GER 43A - Dreaming Revolutions: Introduction to Marx, Nietzsche and Freud |
| (4) Weber |
| Introduction to the revolutionary theories of Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud. Explorations of three authors whose writing have profoundly changed our world. |
| GER 43B - German Childhood and Youth |
| (4) STAFF |
| Analyzes the positive (idyllic Heidi happy childhood) and the negative (cruelty of Grimm tales) myths which are popularly attributed to German childhoods through the lens of historians, film makers, and writers. |
| GER 43C - Germany Today |
| (4) Holland |
| Covers Germany from the fall of the Berline Wall in 1989 through today to explore how writers, artists, musicians, intellectuals and politicians respond to the quesiton of who and what is "German." |
| GER 50A - Reading Texts of German Culture |
| (4) Becher |
| Introductory reading class designed to accompany lecture classes. Meant for students who would like to explore original German text and film material related to the topics discussed in the lecture classes. No prior knowledge of German is required. |
| GER 50B - Reading Texts of German Culture |
| (4) Becher |
| Introductory reading class designed to accompany lecture classes. Meant for students who would like to explore original German text and film material related to the topics discussed in the lecture classes. No prior knowledge of German is required. |
| GER 50C - Reading Texts of German Culture |
| (4) Becher |
| Introductory reading class designed to accompany lecture classes. Meant for students who would like to explore original German text and film material related to the topics discussed in the lecture classes. No prior knowledge of German is required. |
| GER 55A - Contemporary German Pop Culture |
| (4) Holland, Weber |
| Study of contempory film, music, and other facets of pop culture that have shaped the lifestyle of today's nation of Germany. Study of pop music from 1989 to today and its impact on the new emerging society of post-Wall Germany, focusing on the pointed, humorous, and sometimes scathing lyrics and pop music's ties to German youth culture. |
| GER 55B - Contemporary German Pop Culture |
| (4) Holland, Weber |
| Study of contempory film, music, and other facets of pop culture that have shaped the lifestyle of today's nation of Germany. Study of contemporary German cinema since 1970, exploring cinematic representations of issues such as immigration, opposition to East Germany's regime, National Socialism and the Shoah, racism, and sexuality. |
| GER 95A - Elementary Yiddish |
| (4) STAFF |
| An introduction to the Yiddish language. The goal is to convey the rediments of the grammar, and to acquire the ability both to read printed Yiddish and to read and write cursive Yiddish. |
| GER 95B - Intermediate Yiddish |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: German 95A or equivalent. |
| Continuation of German 95A with further exposure to th grammar of Yiddish. More attention given to standard literary figures (Sholem Aleichem, Peretz,etc.) and their easier works. |
| GER 95C - Advanced Yiddish |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: German 95B or equivalent. |
| Continuation of German 95B with advanced grammatical study emphasis on literary texts of some maturity and difficulty as well as contemporary Yiddish in this country, both journalistic and literary. |
| GER 99 - Introduction to Research |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of department and instructor. |
| Independent research under the guidance of a faculty member. Exceptional students are offered an opportunity to undertake independent or collaborative research or to act as interns for faculty-directed research projects. |
| GER 101A - Advanced German |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: German 6. |
| Speaking, listening, reading, and writing on an advanced level, while exploring contemporary German culture. Systematic review of grammar material. Additional focus on vocabulary building. Written and oral discussions based on newspaper articles, literary texts, German films, and websites. |
| GER 101B - Advanced German |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: German 6. |
| Continuation of German 101A. |
| GER 101C - Advanced German |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: German 6. |
| Speaking, listening, reading, and writing on an advanced level, while exploring contemporary German culture. Systematic review of grammar material. Additional focus on vocabulary building. Written and oral discussions based on newspaper articles, literary texts, German films, and websites. |
| GER 103 - Phonetics and Phonology |
| (4) Chun |
| Prerequisites: German 6. |
| Introduction to the German sound system and to pronouncing German words and sentences. Focus on describing and producing vowels and consonants, and on improving pronounciation, including attention to rhythmic, stress and intonational differences between German and English. Taught in German. |
| GER 104 - German Language and Society |
| (4) Chun |
| Prerequisites: German 6. |
| Discussion of the dialects of German spoken in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Topics include: geographical and social varieties of standard and colloquial German (e.g., Jugendsprache); the language of email and the Internet; "linguistic" problems after reunification. Taught in German. |
| GER 105A - Advanced Conversation |
| (2) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: German 6 (may be taken concurrently). |
| Emphasizes interactional strategies needed for communication in German, while also giving intermediate and advanced students the opportunity to discuss a wide variety of topics. |
| GER 105B - Advanced Conversation |
| (2) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: German 6 (may be taken concurrently). |
| Emphasizes interactional strategies needed for communication in German, while also giving intermediate and advanced students the opportunity to discuss a wide variety of topics. |
| GER 105C - Advanced Conversation |
| (2) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: German 6 (may be taken concurrently). |
| Emphasizes interactional strategies needed for communication in German, while also giving intermediate and advanced students the opportunity to discuss a wide variety of topics. |
| GER 107A - History of Culture |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: German 6. |
| Careful and close readings from the cultural history of German speaking countries. Materials, which may be revised each academic year, include documents from literature, philosophy, art, music, architecture, science, politics, and law. Taught in German. |
| GER 107B - History of Culture |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: German 6. |
| Careful and close readings from the cultural history of German speaking countries. Materials, which may be revised each academic year, include documents from literature, philosophy, art, music, architecture, science, politics, and law. Taught in German. |
| GER 107C - History of Culture |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: German 6. |
| Careful and close readings from the cultural history of German speaking countries. Materials, which may be revised each academic year, include documents from literature, philosophy, art, music, architecture, science, politics, and law. Taught in German. |
| GER 115A - Survey of German Literature |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: German 6 or equivalent. |
| Survey of the literary movements of the twentieth century. |
| GER 115B - Survey of German Literature |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: German 6 or equivalent. |
| Survey of the literature of classicism and romanticism. |
| GER 115C - Survey of German Literature |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: German 6 or equivalent. |
| Survey of the literary movements of the nineteenth century. |
| GER 116A - Representations of the Holocaust |
| (4) Weber, Derwin |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Close reading of post-Holocaust literature. Taught in English. |
| GER 138 - Psy Fi: German Science Fiction |
| (4) Rickels |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| In German culture and thought science fiction provided owner's manual instruction to technologization, modern total war, and psychological warfare. Taught in English. |
| GER 143 - The Superhuman |
| (4) Rickels |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Our ongoing technologization received two theoretical frames by the end of the nineteenth century: first the theory of evolution, then psychoanalysis.In this double setting, the fantasy of the superhuman has been opening up new prospects for man-and-god. |
| GER 145 - Second Language Acquisition |
| (4) Chun, Schultz |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| An introduction to the theories and principles of how adults acquire a language other than their mother tongue, why it is more difficult than acquiring their first language, and what needs to be learned, from linguistic, psychological and social perspectives. |
| GER 151C - Literature of Central Europe |
| (4) Spieker |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Investigation of the prolific literatures of central Europe, one of the culturally and linguistically most diverse regions of the European continent that has produced writers such as Italo Svevo, Franz Kafka, Robert Musil, Bruno Schultz, and others. Readings in English. |
| GER 164E - German Writers in German Language |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| One or more major figures will be studied in each quarter from the following: E. Kafka. Readings and lecture in English. |
| GER 164F - German Writers in German Language |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| One or more major figures will be studied in each quarter from the following: F. Nietzsche in literature. Readings and lecture in English. |
| GER 164G - German Writers in German Language |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| One or more major figures will be studied in each quarter from the following: G. Freud. Readings and lectures in English. |
| GER 164I - Modern Autobiography and Memoir: Texts and Contents |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| How do life's events shape autobiographical writing? Conversely, how does the writing about a life actually shape its meaning? These and other questions are explored in the works of modern writers and film makers. Taught in English. |
| GER 165 - Youth Movements in German Literature and Culture |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Investigation of the recurrent phenomenon of youthful rebellion against the older generation; of the underlying causes in society, culture, literature; literature used as a vehicle of social protest; reactions by the establishment. Reading of masterpieces and cultural manifestoes. Stormand stress to romanticism; young Germany to 1990's. Taught in English. |
| GER 166 - Grimm |
| (4) Rickels |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Explores the Grimm tale of childhood bedtime stories from Germany to Disney. |
| GER 170 - Women Writers |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Focus on the female voices in German literature, from romanticism to our days: Rachel Varnhagen, Bettina von Arnim, Droste-Hulshoff, Sabine Spielrein, Ingeborg Bachman, Nelly Sachs, and others. Lectures and readingsin English. |
| GER 179B - Mysticism |
| (4) Weber |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Analysis of German mystical writing, its roots in ancient Greek texts, revolutionary impact, links with other mystical traditions, and influence on secular literature. Texts include Hildegard von Bingen, Meister Eckhart, Mechthild von Magdeburg, Novalis, Rilke, etc. Taught in English. |
| GER 179C - Mediatechnology |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Telegraph, telephone, phonograph, and film are techniques that have engendered new forms of representation, communication, and thinking. Course studies the impact of these transformations in literature and on literature. Taught in English. |
| GER 182 - Vampirism in German Literature and Beyond |
| (4) Rickles |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| From the earliest eye-witness accounts of vampire attacks in ancient Rome to the novels of Stoker and Ewers, the films of Dreyer and Browning, and the interpretations of Voltaire and Freud, bloodsucking has remained, in our culture, our premier and oldest legacy. |
| GER 183 - The Horror Film |
| (4) Rickles |
| Prerequisites: Film Studies 46 or upper-division standing. |
| Study of the horror film genre and the reasons for its popularity, including new interest in psychoanalysis and reaction to modern mass society and consumerism. Covers issues of sacrifice, simulated catastrophicloss, and other themes of catharsis. |
| GER 187 - Satan in German Literature and Beyond |
| (4) Rickels |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Explores the rich popular literature dealing with making deals with the devil with focus fixed on the German contributions (for example the Baroque Trauerspiel, Luther, versions of the Faust legend). |
| GER 190 - Proseminar |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: German 6 or equivalent. |
| Intensive advanced seminar on topic to be determined on a quarterly basis. Taught in German. |
| GER 191 - Fantasy |
| (4) Rickels |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| According to the bookstores, "fantasy" is a genre. It is also one of Freud's entries into an analytic understanding of art. Relations between the Middle Ages (as epoch or as crisis) and the Teen Age that consumes it are explored. |
| GER 193 - The Creatue in German Literature and Beyond |
| (4) Rickels |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Through Freud's Totem and Taboo, the creature feature is explored in the long history of fictions of becoming animal and of surviving the threat of evolutionary mutations of "animals." |
| GER 197 - Senior Honors Project |
| (4-8) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Open to senior majors only; consent of instructor. |
| An independent study course (one to three quarters) directed by a faculty member with a carefully chosen topic and bibliography which will result in a documented project or a senior thesis. |
| GER 198 - Readings in German |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; completion of 2 upper-division courses in German. |
| Independent studies in German. Individual investigations in literary fields. Readings in German. |
| GER 199 - Independent Studies in German |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; completion of 2 upper-division courses in German. |
| Individual investigations in literary fields. |
| GER 199RA - Independent Research Assistance in German |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; completion of 2 courses in upper-division German; consent of instructor and department. |
| Coursework shall consist of faculty supervised research assistance. |
| GER 203 - German Phonetics and Phonology |
| (4) Chun |
| Introduction to the German phonological system and to pronouncing German words and sentences. Focus on describing and producing vowels and consonants, and on improving pronunciation, including attention to rythmic, stress, and intonational differences between German and English. Taught in German. |
| GER 204 - German Language and Society |
| (4) Chun |
| Discussion of the dialects of German spoken in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Topics include: geographic and social varieties of standard and colloquial German (e.g., Jugendsprache); the language of e-mail and the Internet; "linguistic" problems after reunification. Taught in German. |
| GER 210 - Seminar in Literary Theory and Criticism |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Topics in literary theory to be determined on a quarterly basis. |
| GER 214 - Greek Myths in German Tragedy |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing; consent of instructor. |
| The tragedies of Antigone, Penthesilea, Medea as ready by Holderlin, Kleist, Grillparzer. Readings by Lessing, Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and others. |
| GER 221B - Topics in Psychoanalysis |
| (4) Rickels, Derwin, Weber |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Three-course sequence B) psychoanalysis and literature. Topics include intersection of psychoanalysis and feminism, recent french readings of Freud, and psychoanalysis and Marxism. |
| GER 222 - Deconstructions |
| (4) Weber |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| "Deconstruction" is one of the most controversial contemporary theoretical approaches to texts. According to Derrida, "deconstruction" exists only as deconstructions, replacing one solution with a multiplicity of questions, leading to other questions, and to a radically new ethics of multiplicity. |
| GER 227 - Reading Goethe |
| (4) Rickels |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| The problematic reception of Goethe from Schlegel through Thomas Mann to Germanistics today as a crisis in reading allegorized in advance in Goethe's works. |
| GER 229 - Faust Tradition |
| (4) Rickels |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| The legendary figure of German letters is at the same time master of the university. Seminar doubles as exploration of genealogies of modern institutions (the university, the press, commodity and stock markets, the nuclear family, and so on). |
| GER 230A - The Romantic Movement |
| (4) Hoffmeister |
| Prerequisites: German 201A-B or equivalent. |
| Early german romanticism, with emphasis on theoretical premises and their literary expression. |
| GER 238 - Cryptology |
| (4) Kittler |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| The term cipher, derived from "chifra," the Arabic word for "zero," defines a string of letters parading as a string of illegible numbers. Study of history of cryptology. Division between alphabetic and numeric symbols. |
| GER 242A - Back to Frankfurt School |
| (4) Rickels |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Topics include "The Case of California," quarrels with Habermas, Benjamin's ghosts, and the merger proposals between Marxism and psychoanalysis. |
| GER 243 - German Judaism in Literature and Philosophy |
| (4) Weber |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing; consent of instructor. |
| Analysis of German 18th, 19th, and 20th century texts on Judaism. Exploration of historical, philosophical, and political contexts of desire for/resistance against "German-Jewish symbiosis." Discussions include German, French, and Israeli commentaries. |
| GER 244 - Ethics and Psychoanalysis |
| (4) Weber |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| What does psychoanalysis-a theory grounded in a praxis-have to do with ethics, that traditionally deals with laws given to a community? What are its political implications? The class will focus on Lacan, Kant, Freud, Heidegger, Derrida, and Foucault. Taught in english. |
| GER 260 - Heidegger in France |
| (4) Weber |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing; consent of instructor. |
| Contemporary philosophy in France has been influenced in large part by the works of Martin Heidegger. Course covers the political ramifications, the influence of psychoanalysis, and the consideration of the Judaic tradition in the French reception of Heidegger's writings. |
| GER 262A - Applied Linguistics |
| (4) Chun |
| Overview of the basic theoretical principles of second language acquisition as they apply to language teaching and learning. Discussion of different methodologies of foreign language teaching and the history of those used in the U.S.; special emphasis on current methodologies. |
| GER 262B - Second Language Acquisition |
| (4) Chun |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Overview of second language acquisition theories from a range of perspectives (e.g., psychology, linguistics, cognitive science, sociology). Focus on adult SLA including role of the native language, universal grammar, acquisition vs. learning, interlanguage, input and interaction, learner processes and strategies. |
| GER 267 - From Movable Letter to Bits: A Media History of German Literature |
| (4) Kittler |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Analyze material and technical conditions of writings as key to imaginary effects as produced in fiction and theory. Emergence of author from printing press, alienation of author by voice recording and transmitting technologies. Texts by Luther, Kant, Goethe, Kleist, Freud, Kafka, Fichte, and others. |
| GER 270 - Theories of the Modern |
| (4) Spieker |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Analysis of theories and critiques of modernism and modernity from Benjaminto Adorno and Derrida, with special focus on the historical avantgarde. |
| GER 299 - Topics in Applied Linguistics |
| (4) STAFF |
| May be repeated for credit. |
| Specialized topics in the study of applied linguistics. |
| GER 500 - Practicum for Teaching Assistants |
| (2-4) Chun |
| Subject oriented, designed to relate directly to the teaching of a particular course in progress, to improve the skills and effectiveness of the department's teaching assistants. |
| GER 596 - Directed Reading and Research |
| (2-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: German 210A-B or equivalent. Graduate standing; consent of instructor, graduate adviser and department chair. |
| Individualized instruction. A written proposa must be approved by department chair, to include a description of the course content and a reading list. |
| GER 597 - Individual Study for Master's Comprehensive Examinations and Ph.D. Examinations |
| (1-12) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: German 201A-B or equivalent. Graduate standing; consent of graduate adviser |
| Instructor should normally be the student's major professor or chair of thedoctoral committee. Enrollment must be approved by graduate adviser. |
| GER 598 - Master's Thesis Research and Preparation |
| (1-6) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Instructor should be chair of student's thesis committee. |
| GER 599 - Ph.D. Dissertation Research and Preparation |
| (2-8) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: German 201A-B or equivalent. Advancement to candidacy; consent of graduate adviser. |
| Only for preparation of the dissertation. Instructor should be the chair of the student's doctoral committee. |