Two semesters in one. Practice in speaking, reading, and writing German. Cultural and literary readings together with frequent use of Internet resources dealing with everyday situations and experiences in the German-speaking countries sensitize students to the cultural context in which the language is used. Online grammar and listening comprehension exercises, as well as weekly conversation sessions with peer assistant from Germany supplement class work.

The course emphasizes the development of German reading, writing, and speaking skills by focusing on contextualized grammatical features. Combining content- and language knowledge, we look at a variety of texts and genres. The completion of various task-sheets and specific instructions on speaking and writing assignments will complement the work with the texts.

Revolutions are deeply embedded in cultural, economic, political, and environmental structures. Some are violent, some are peaceful; some evolve out of historical processes over long periods of time; and others emerge spontaneously without warning. Still others are material in nature, such as the industrial revolution or the end of the Berlin wall. The seminar explores the causes, forms, and impact of major revolutions in German cultures from the invention of the printing press to the most recent 'Wende' that led to unification.

Focus on the spoken and written analysis of materials covered in 223 and on topics of interest to students. Emphasis on revising and editing papers and on developing oral presentations for variety of audiences.

A study of such representative films from Germany's 'Golden Age' as Wiene's Expressionist film noir, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Lang's sci-fi classic, Metropolis, and psycho-thriller, M., Murnau's Dracula film, Nosferatu, and Pabst's prostitution study, Joyless Street. Emphasis on investigating historical and sociological background; influence of Expressionist theater; advent of sound; the 'New Woman'; genesis of horror, action, and utopian film; influence on New German Cinema and contemporary popular culture.

Films, readings, and discussion in German using materials related to those in GRMST-231.

Europe, and Germany, are poised at a crossroads to decide Europe's future. One group proclaims the 'death of multiculturalism' and the staunch belief in a 'Christian heritage' of the European Enlightenment, another calls for a vocal and violent rejection of all that is deemed 'Western' and 'immoral'. The paths they would choose, paradoxically, might turn out the same road to intolerance and destruction of the perceived 'other.' This course emphasizes, in word and film, the voices of immigrant and Islamic-heritage citizens; it focuses on such key issues as human rights vs.

Social networks, multimedia, the rapid transmission of information across cultural boundaries and geographic distances: the twenty-first century can seem like a brave new world for communication. Yet the peoples of the Americas have long been involved in creative ways of connecting with each other. This course surveys the history of communication in early America, from wampum beads to oral traditions, speeches to incendiary political pamphlets, comets to newspapers, inscribed rocks to Neoclassical poetry.

This course will explore the history of South Asia between the eighteenth century and the present. Using a combined chronological and thematic approach and against a historical canvas that engages such diverse issues as gender, political economy, conquest, resistance, state formation, economic exploitation, national liberation, and identity politics, the aim of this course is to interrogate the impact of British colonialism and South Asian nationalisms on the state, society, and people of the subcontinent.