The German Program has posted its courses for Fall 2024. In addition to courses at all beginning and intermediate levels, students may consider an advanced course on German \u201cKrimis,\u201d a Conversation and Theater workshop course for students at all levels, a Fairy Tales course that double dips toward the General Education requirement in \u201cGreat Works,\u201d and a community engagement course open to students at all levels interested in group-teaching elementary school students basic German vocabulary and conversation in a \u201cLEGO Autobahn\u201d after-school enrichment program.<\/p>\n
Students can also start to plan ahead for the popular \u201cGerman Grammar Bootcamp\u201d as well as the Munich<\/a> and Konstanz<\/a> August 2025 summer abroad programs.<\/p>\n Prospective students should take a short free online World Language Placement Test<\/a> as first step. Perspectives and all current students seeking advising should reach out to Dr. Thomas Herold (heroldt@montclair.edu<\/a>).<\/p>\n As the essential introductory series, these courses promise not only to teach you the basic skills for communication with German speakers, but also to introduce socio-historical topics of central concern to German culture, from Germany\u2019s role in the European Union to the German school system to daily life in Berlin and other cities. To enhance your comfort in interacting with German speakers, courses will provide formal and informal opportunities to read authentic texts and listen to German native speakers, as well as write and speak about yourself, your experiences, and your opinions. The German-speaking world has been home to some of Europe\u2019s most significant historical developments and some of the world\u2019s most renowned detective works, be it Kafka, Fritz Lang, or the birth of the regional detective novel genre from Alpenkrimis to Nordsee-Krimis. This course will feature some of the highlights of the detective genre from the 20th-century, using these films and texts as springboards for cultural discussions in which you will have the chance to gain comfort in speaking, polish your writing, and refresh your German grammar.<\/p>\n GERM22301 MR 3:45-5:00, LaFountain, CRN 45911, UH2026<\/strong><\/p>\n This course is open to all students who have at least one semester of German experience and are interested in improving their conversation skills and working on their speaking comfort and confidence. In the first part of the semester, we will read a few German plays together and discuss their content and staging possibilities. We will then pick one and put on a show for the German campus community (and beyond). No acting experience necessary, but a willingness to try out new things. If you cannot register, please ask heroldt@montclair.edu for a permit.<\/p>\n GERM30901 TR 5:30-6:45, Herold, CRN 45913, CS214<\/strong><\/p>\n This course examines the oral roots and multimedia afterlife of German fairy tales documented by the Brothers Grimm in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Core fairy tale themes and motifs will be discussed, as will later treatments of the narrative material, and theoretical approaches to understanding fairy tales from structuralist, psychoanalytical, feminist, and poststructuralist perspectives. After in-depth analysis of the Grimm fairy tales, the course explores Romantic literary fairy tales by Ludwig Tieck and E.T.A. Hoffmann, as well as twentieth-century appropriations of the fairy tales by Disney and others. Concluding discussions will engage with the pressing question of how contemporary individuals can mobilize these multiform cultural tales to help establish new social roles and identities. *** Meets Gen Ed 2002 – Great Works and their Influences.<\/strong> This course \u201cdouble dips,\u201d counting for German Major\/Minor AND Gen Ed. Cross listed with GRIN 226.<\/p>\n GERM22601 MR 9:45-11:00, LaFountain, CRN TBD<\/strong><\/p>\n This 1-credit course provides an opportunity to bring German to the community. A group of MSU students teaches German to local elementary school kids in an after-school enrichment program. Students must be available Wednesday afternoons.<\/p>\n GERM38501 W 2:30-4:15 Lafountain, CRN 45925<\/strong><\/p>\n GERM205: German Grammar<\/strong> Preview: Summer 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n Summer study abroad: Language course in Munich or Konstanz<\/strong> in August, where you can earn three German language credits at all levels. 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Beginning German I & II and Intermediate German<\/h3>\n
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\nGERM10101\u00a0 MR 12:45-2:00, Glore-Crimmins, CRN 40533, UH 3054
\nGERM10102\u00a0 MR 2:15-3:30, LaFountain, CRN 43196, UH 2031
\nGERM10103\u00a0 TF 9:45-11:00, STAFF, CRN 45013, CS 110
\nGERM10202 TF 11:15-12:40, Herold, CRN 45910, TBA*
\n*If this section is full, please ask heroldt@montclair.edu for a permit!
\nGERM12101 MR 2:15-3:30, Glore-Crimmins, CRN 41621, UH3054<\/strong><\/p>\nAdvanced German Through Detective Stories<\/h3>\n
Practice in Spoken German: Conversation and Theater Workshop<\/h3>\n
Fairy Tales from Grimm to Disney<\/h3>\n
Spark for German \u2013 Cooperative Education<\/h3>\n
Preview: Spring 2025<\/h3>\n
\nThis \u201cgrammar bootcamp\u201d is open to all students who have taken at least GERM101 and are interested in improving their grammar skills. It makes grammar fun (according to students who have taken the class before) and accessible and features daily Kahoots.<\/p>\n