ClassInfo - Spring 2021 German Classes

Spring 2021 | GER 5711 Section 001: History of the German Language I (65762)

Instructor(s): Anatoly Liberman
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: Completely Online
Class Attributes:: Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:: Exclude fr or soph 5000 level courses
Meets With:: GER 3702 Section 001
GER 3701 Section 001
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021

Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PM

Off Campus

UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:: Open (4 of 5 seats filled)
Also Offered:: (Tentative) Spring 2025
(Tentative) Spring 2023

Course Catalog Description:: Historical development of German, from beginnings to 1450. prereq: 3011
Class Notes:: Undergrads interested in registering for this course should contact the department (gnsd@umn.edu). http://classinfo.umn.edu/?aliber+GER5711+Spring2021
Class Description:: The recorded history of the German language is approximately twelve centuries long. Its sounds, grammatical forms, and syntax have changed radically over this period of time. We will be reading texts, the earliest of which goes back to the 9th century and the latest to the post-Reformation epoch. There will be assignments for every meeting. The excerpts from an anthology are relatively short. They will provide the students with a glimpse of older German poetry and prose, but the objective of the course is to introduce them to the development of the German language, rather than of German literature. Regular attendance is indispensable. There will be a takehome midterm and a takehome final. Lectures will alternate with discussion. This course is open to undergraduates and graduates, and one does not have to be a major to take it, but reading knolwedge of German is required. The glossary in the anthology is in German, the lectures/discussions will be in English.
Grading:: 30% Midterm Exam
40% Final Exam
30% Class Participation
Exam Format:: Essay
Class Format:: 50% Lecture
50% Discussion
Workload:: 40 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
Other Workload: The texts are short, but in a dead language
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65762/1213
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 21 May 2007

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