Undergraduate Catalog - Lake Erie College

GR 301 German for the Professional Environment (4 SH)
Pre-Requisite(s): GR 201; and 310 (recommended)
This course serves as an introduction to the professional
culture of Germanophone countries and societies. Students
will prepare for a successful professional experience abroad
or in a multinational organization in the U.S. Topics and
learning outcomes will include creating a resume or curriculum
vita in the second language, proficiency in basic
professional correspondence, familiarity with different
types of enterprises, organizational structures, marketing,
banking and finance, accounting, the employment market,
insurance, daily activities in an office, economics, transportation,
information technology applications, etiquette in a
variety of professional situations, shipping and customs,
etc. Interactive work with visual media and IT applications
is emphasized, and the course will be taught primarily in
the target language.
GR 302 German Phonetics and Pronunciation (1 SH)
Semester Offered: Fall
Pre-Requisite(s): GR 102 or permission of instructor
Exercises in the pronunciation of standard German
through learning the International Phonetic Alphabet,
linking of written German (graphemes) and spoken sounds
(phonemes), practice of difficult phonemes, practice of
intonation, etc.
GR 310 Studies in German Literature (4 SH)
Pre-Requisite(s): GR 201
A course dealing with particular periods, movements or
individual authors as announced in the schedule. Taught
in German or English.
GR 311 German Composition (3 SH)
Semester Offered: Spring
Pre-Requisite(s): GR 201
Concise exercises in writing. Examples: summary, close
reading, developing and arguing of a thesis, transitions,
culturalized conclusions, business correspondence, email,
grammar in context, etc.
GR 320 Germanophone Literatures and Cultures (3 SH)
Semester Offered: Spring odd 4th year
Pre-Requisite(s): GR 201; and 310 (recommended)
Study, discuss and write on cultural production (literature,
film, historiography, intellectual movements, particular
contributions, etc.) from countries that use German as an
everyday medium of communication.
GR 401 Translation Studies in German (3 SH)
Semester Offered: Fall odd 4th year
Pre-Requisite(s): GR 201; and 310 (recommended)
Study the theory of translation. Put the theory into practice
through translation GRom and into German of literary,
business, technical and academic texts.
GR 402 Germanophone Intellectual History (3 SH)
Semester Offered: Spring odd 4th year
Pre-Requisite(s): GR 201; and 310 (recommended)
Study, discuss and write on such periods and movements
as the Middle Ages, Reformation, Marxism and Socialism,
Romanticism, Realism, Modernism, Feminism, Expressionism,
etc.
GR 410 Germanophone Literatures in English Translation
(3 SH)
Study, discuss and write on translations into English of such
canonical writers as Goethe, Schiller, von Hoffmannsthal,
Kleist, Kafka, Brecht, Hesse, Rilke, Thomas Mann, Dürrenmatt,
Stefan Zweig, etc.
GR 411 Germanophone Women Writers and Filmakers
(3 SH)
Semester Offered: Spring even 4th year
Pre-Requisite(s): GR 201; and 310 (recommended)
Study, discuss and write on the important contributions
to culture by such women as Hildegard von Bingen, Fanny
Lewald, Clara Schumann, Claire von Glümer, Anna Seghers,
Christa Wolf, Leni Riefenstahl, Helke Sander, Margarethe
von Trotta, Monika Treut, Hannah Arendt, etc.
GR 420 Germanophone Visual Arts, Music, Architecture
(3 SH)
Semester Offered: Spring even 4th year
Pre-Requisite(s): GR 201; and 310 (recommended)
Study, discuss and write on the visual arts, music, architecture,
artists, composers, styles, etc., that have come out of
Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Examine the role these
have played in the formation of culture.
GR 421 Germanophone Cinema (3 SH)
Semester Offered: Fall odd 4th year
Pre-Requisite(s): GR 201; and 310 (recommended)
Study, discuss and write on the history of film in Germany,
major film producers, influential movements, famous performers,
significant films, documentaries and lesser-known
films produced in Germanophone countries and societies.
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