Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION I: LANGUAGE AND STYLE IN CULTURAL TEXTS

Department: German Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): GERM 202 or permission of instructor

Description: Discussion and composition based on a variety of reading materials (videos, current German newspapers, websites, short literary texts) and interactional contexts (e.g. partner works, reports, interviews, dialogues). Focus on cultural awareness and topics relating to contemporary German literature, culture, and politics, then and now. Special emphasis on developing writing skills and oral fluency. Taught in German.