Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [German] From Mercer University

Beginning German I and II?(4 hours)

• This course sequence is designed to help students cultivate a basic level of proficiency in all four language skills (reading, writing, speaking, and listening). By the end of this sequence, students should be able to communicate meaningfully with native-speakers who are accustomed to dealing with non-native users of German. Emphasis is on basic needs in highly predictable, common everyday situations.? (4 hrs. credit each)

251-252. Intermediate German I and II?(3 hours)

• Prerequisite: GER 102 or exemption.This sequence is designed to help students enhance their proficiency in all four language skills. By the end of the sequence, students should be able to communicate meaningfully with sympathetic native speakers. Emphasis is on an increasing variety of interactive transactions in past, present, future, and hypothetical frames of reference, including those requiring expression of opinion, emotions, wishes, and reservations.?

253S.-353S. German Studies Abroad?(Variable credit up to 15 hours)

• Prerequisite: Completion of German 112 or consent of instructor.Emphasis on one or more of the following areas: German languages, culture, history, and literature. Variable credit up to 15 hours, up to 9 of which may count toward the major or minor.

285. Intermediate Oral Practice?(1 hour)

• Prerequisite: German 251 or consent of instructor.This course is designed for students who would like to maintain their proficiency in speaking and listening skills. Course content will include discussion of current topics from German-language newspapers, magazines, newsletters, videos, and films. One credit-hour per semester not to exceed four credit-hours; does not count toward major or minor; non-optional and "Satisfactory-Unsatisfactory'' grading.

311. Conversation and Composition?(3 hours)

• Prerequisite: GER 252 or consent of instructor.Continued enhancement and refinement of the four language skills leading to the ability to perform effectively and meaningfully in an increased variety of social situations. Introduction to discourse strategies in speaking (e.g. interrupting speaker, asserting one's opinion, paraphrasing) and in writing (e.g. requesting information, applying for positions, refusing or accepting invitations).

321. Contemporary German Society and Culture?(3 hours)

• Prerequisite: GER 311 or consent of instructor.On-going enhancement and refinement of skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Class discussion will focus on a variety of issues affecting contemporary German society and culture (e.g., political, economic, sociological, psychological, religious).

351. German Literature, Culture, and Society I?(3 hours)

• Prerequisite: GER 311.On-going enhancement and refinement of skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Class discussion will focus on excerpts from works written by authors such as Walther von der Vogelweide, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Martin Luther, Andreas Gryphius, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Johann Michael Lenz, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich von Schiller, Friedrich Hoelderlin, and Immanuel Kant.