Courses that may be applied toward the German Studies Major or Minor option can be drawn from several disciplines, including:
Anthropology
Art History
Literature and Film
Economics
History
Philosophy
Political Science
Other courses may be added to the list as well. Contact the Director of Undergraduate Studies, Professor Nicholas Rennie, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for approval.
Note that courses applied toward the concentration for the major or minor must constitute a thematically coherent examination of a period, topic, or set of questions, and would normally all be drawn from a single one of the thematic categories on this list. For questions, or to discuss the option of creating a custom-made German Studies concentration, please contact the Undergraduate Director.
Anthropology
01:070:238 ANTHROPOLOGY OF EUROPE (3)
European societies and cultures in modern history; changing anthropological perspectives. Gender, ethnicity, and class. Representations and realities of Europe in the making, including issues of nation-building, colonialism, mass culture, and violence.
Art History
01:082:300 HISTORY OF MODERN CRAFTS AND DESIGN (3)
Crafts from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, with particular attention to major developments such as art nouveau, art deco, and functionalism. Developments in England, France, Germany, and the United States.
Prerequisite: 01:082:106 or permission of instructor.
01:082:313 THE RENAISSANCE IN NORTHERN EUROPE (3)
Religious and secular art in Germany, the Netherlands, and France during the sixteenth century; painting, sculpture, and prints; impact of reformation and humanism.
Prerequisites: 01:082:105,106 or permission of instructor.
01:082:347 EARLY NORTHERN EUROPEAN PAINTING (3)
Development of fifteenth-century easel painting in France, the Netherlands, and Germany; relationship of painting to decorative arts; symbolism, realism, invention from Van Eyck to Bosch.
Prerequisites: 01:082:105,106 or permission of instructor.
01:082:348 NORTHERN EUROPEAN PAINTING OF THE 17TH CENTURY (3)
Styles, themes, and historical context of painting in 17th-century Northern Europe, with emphasis on the Netherlands. Artists include Rubens, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, and Vermeer.
Prerequisites: 01:082:105,106 or permission of instructor.
01:082:374 ROMANESQUE AND GOTHIC ART (3)
Art and architecture of Western Europe from AD. 1000 to 1400, from Romanesque symbolic style to Gothic realism.
Prerequisites: 01:082:105,106 or permission of instructor.
01:082:375 RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE (3)
Survey of the most important buildings, architects, and stylistic developments from 1400 to 1750 in Italy, France, England, and Germany.
Prerequisites: 01:082:105,106 or permission of instructor.
01:082:377 GOTHIC (3)
Gothic artistic production in Northern Europe from the mid-12th through the early 15th century in architecture, sculpture, manuscript illumination, and various crafts, in their religious, social, political, and economic context. Topics include liturgy and ceremony, mysticism and devotion, pictorial narrative, lay literacy, attitudes towards death, courtly love, and the construction of the "other".
Prerequisites: 01:082:105,106 or permission of instructor.
01:082:384 ROMANESQUE AND GOTHIC ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN GERMANY (3)
Romanesque and Gothic art and architecture in Germany, with particular attention given to major monuments in southern Germany. Field Trips to the monuments are an important aspect of this course.
Taught in connection with German Summer Program in Constance.
01:082:385 RENAISSANCE TO MODERN ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN GERMANY (3)
German Painting, sculpture, and architecture from the Renaissance to the present. Special attention given to southern German development of baroque and rococo styles. Field trips to various architectural monuments and museums in Germany.
Taught in connection with German Summer Program in Constance.
01:082:390 MODERN ART: TWENTIETH CENTURY (3)
European painting and sculpture to World War II; emphasis on American art from 1945 to the present. Field trips to museums.
Prerequisites: 01:082:105,106 or permission of instructor.
Literature and Film
01:195:135 INTRODUCTION TO SHORT FICTION (3)
Study of various genres of short fiction, in English translation, by some of the most important writers in world literature. Course themes focus on the city, the nation, migration and exile, colonialism, science fiction, the fantastic, magical realism, horror, mystery, among others.
01:195:304 FICTION AND IDEOLOGY (3)
Fictional narratives as statements about the social order. Texts by major thinkers such as Marx, Lukacs, Goldmann, Benjamin, and Williams.
01:195:312 LITERATURE AND PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY (3)
Texts by Freud, Lacan, and Jung. Introduction to the various literary questions raised by modern theories in psychology, particularly psychoanalysis.
01:195:320 WORLD CINEMA I (3)
Developments in French, Italian, British, Russian, and other national cinemas from 1896 to World War II; also examines cross-influences between foreign and American cinema.
Credit not given for both this course and 01:354:320 or 01:175:320.
01:195:321 WORLD CINEMA II (3)
Developments in global filmmaking from the 1950s to the present, with an emphasis on specific national and transnational cultures and their industrial and artistic practices.
Credit not given for both this course and 01:354:321 or 01:175:321.
01:195:342 THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT (3)
Intellectual currents and representative works, including lyric, prose fiction, and drama of the European romantic movement. Major romantic texts of France, Germany, and Russia.
01:195:356 MODERN FICTION (3)
Major works of fiction from 1900 to 1945 in their historical and political context. Works by such authors as Lawrence, Gide, Woolf, Mann, Malraux, Kafka, Proust, Soseki, and Lu Xun.
01:195:385 MODERN POETRY (3)
Comparative survey of poetry in languages other than English from 1850 to the present. Poets include: Baudelaire, Mallarme, Rimbaud, Rilke, Brecht, Neruda, Vallejo, Mandelstam, Akhmatova, Pessoa, Apollinaire, and Artaud.
01:358:263 CIVILIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENT (3)
01:359:311 HISTORY OF LITERARY THEORY II (3)
Selected trends and texts of literary theory from Romanticism to the present. Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
01:470:225 FAIRY TALES THEN AND NOW (3)
Analysis of structure, meaning, and function of fairy tales and their enduring influence on literature and popular culture.
01:470:241,242 INTRODUCTION TO GERMAN LITERATURE (3,3)
Critical appreciation of German literature through the study of selections of prose fiction, drama, and poetry, and the culture of the periods in which they were written.
01:470:244 TOPICS IN GERMAN CULTURE - IN ENGLISH(3)
Examination of topics in German culture. May be repeated for credit, depending on topic.
01:470:246 GERMAN CULTURE - IN ENGLISH (3)
Examination of topics in German culture. May be repeated for credit, depending on topic.
01:470:253 TALES OF HORROR (1.5)
Tales of horror in literature and film from Brothers Grimm to Alfred Hitchcock. Consideration of historical, political, and psychoanalytical dimensions.
01:470:254 FROM NIETZSCHE TO SUPERMAN (1.5)
What is popular culture? Examination of this question through analysis of Nietzsche's "Overman" and its gradual translation into the American "Superman" hero. Consideration of works from Nietzsche to Kafka, Hermann Hesse, Bertolt Brecht, Bob Dylan, Stanley Kubrick, and the Wachowski Brothers (The Matrix).
01:470:255 THE FAUST LEGEND THROUGH THE AGES - IN ENGLISH (3)
Relevance of the Faust theme to Western civilization from biblical days to the present, with emphasis on Goethe's Faust.
01:470:261, 262 MAJOR GERMAN WRITERS - IN ENGLISH (3)
Selected masterpieces of German literature from the Middle Ages to the present.
01:470:275 INTRODUCTION TO GERMAN STUDIES (3)
Introduction to major cultural movements and pivotal historical moments in the German tradition examined through literature, painting, drama, philosophy, music, and film.
01:470:276 REALISM AND REVOLUTION (3)
Introduction to 19th-century German literature and its response to and critical reflection of the French Revolution. Taught in English.
01:470:277 RADICAL MODERNISM & ANTI-ART (3)
Introduction to major movements and protagonists of early 20th-century European modernism. Artists, styles, spaces, and political agendas of Expressionism, Futurism, Dada, and Surrealism to be explored by means of a story map and in multimedia assignments. Examples from visual arts (Kirchner, Kandinsky, Duchamp, Höch), literature (Rimbaud, Wedekind, Benn, Marinetti, Kokoschka, Kafka), cinema (Wiene, Richter, Buñuel), music (Schönberg), and avant-garde journals and books. Taught in English.
Credit not given for both this course and 01:195:277 or 01:082:276
01:470:299 GERMAN MEDIA & SOCIETY (1.5)
Development of active language skills through study of the role of various media (including print, internet, film, and the other arts) in informing contemporary German politics and society. Special attention to cultural differences between Germany and the United States. Texts and presentations chosen to accommodate level of students enrolled. All levels of language above German 121 welcome. Required of residents in Leupp Hall German special interest housing. Course open to other students and may be repeated.
01:470:301 INTRODCTION TO LITERARY AND CULTURAL ANALYSIS (3)
Introduction to the basic German terminology of literary and cultural analysis, and preparation for courses in German at the 300 level. Study of literary works and films, as well as newspaper articles, film review, and literary analysis. Prerequisite: 01:470:232, or simultaneous enrollment in 01:470:231 or 232. May be repeated for credit.
01:470:302 INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY AND CULTURAL ANALYSIS (3)
Introduction to the basic German terminology of literary and cultural analysis, and preparation for courses in German at the 300 level. Study of literary works and films, as well as newspaper articles, film review, and literary analysis. Prerequisite: 01:470:232, or simultaneous enrollment in 01:470:231 or 232. May be repeated for credit.
01:470:313 BUSINESS GERMAN I (3)
Development of effective communication models with emphasis on the terminology of economics. Treatment of basic principles governing commercial organizations in German-speaking countries.
01:470:314 BUSINESS GERMAN II (3)
Continuation of 01:470:313 with emphasis on the terminology of international commerce and the development of specialized language skills for diverse business situations. Contrastive treatment of cultural factors affecting German-American trade relations. Prerequisite: 01:470:313 or permission of instructor.
01:470:315 TRANSLATION SEMINAR I (3)
Methodology and techniques of translating German-English and English-German. Texts are drawn from a variety of fields, with special attention to stylistic, syntactic, and semantic divergences between the two languages and the latest developments in computer-generated translations.
01:470:316 TRANSLATION SEMINAR II (3)
Methodology and techniques of translating German-English and English-German. Texts are drawn from a variety of fields, with special attention to stylistic, syntactic, and semantic divergences between the two languages and the latest developments in computer-generated translations.
01:470:321 FUNDAMENTALS OF LITERARY ANALYSIS (3)
Introduction to textual categories, literary terminology, and methodological problems through the analysis and interpretation of representative works of literature.
01:470:323 MASTERS OF GERMAN POETRY (3)
Readings from such poets as Walther von der Vogelweide, Gryphius, Klopstock, Goethe, Schiller, the romantics, Heine, George, Hofmannsthal, Rilke, Benn, and Brecht.
01:470:324 MASTERS OF GERMAN DRAMA (3)
Study of the drama through readings from such playwrights as Lessing, Goethe, Schiller, Kleist, Büchner, Wedekind, Brecht, Handke, and Heiner Müller, along with analysis (using video) of current approaches to theater production.
01:470:325 THE SHORT NARRATIVE: 16TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT (3)
Studies in short genres of German prose such as the anecdote, farce, fable, novella, and short story.
01:470:327 WRITING TRAVEL: MOVEMENT, MIGRATION, MOBILITY (3)
Explores the link between narration and mobility; provides overview of the history of travel and the changes in writing travel from the 18th century until today; engages various literary forms and other media (film, art, and music) as well as cartographic tools offered by digital humanities. Prerequisite: 01:470:232, or simultaneous enrollment in 01:470:231 or 232.
01:470:329 HEROES AND MONSTERS (3)
Survey from medieval literature to the present of the relationship between heroes and monsters, the latter considered as the incarnation of all that would destroy civilization.
01:470:331 GERMAN LITERATURE OF THE MIDDLE AGES (3)
The first "Golden Age" of German literature (1175-1225) in modern adaptation. Readings from such epics as the Nibelungenlied, Tristan, and Parzival, as well as the poetry of the minnesingers.
01:470:332 GERMAN LITERATURE OF THE RENAISSANCE, REFORMATION, AND BAROQUE (3)
German literature from about 1400 to 1700, with emphasis on the following writers: Hutten, Luther, Hans Sachs, Fischart, Opitz, Gryphius, and Grimmelshausen.
01:470:333 GERMAN LITERATURE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT, ROCOCO, AND STORM AND STRESS (3)
Major authors of the 18th century, including Klopstock, Lessing, Herder, the early Goethe, and Schiller.
01:470:335 GOETHE: LIFE AND WORKS (3)
Close reading of Goethe's works against the cultural, historical, and political background of his time. Selected poems, plays, and prose.
01:470:337 SCHILLER: LIFE AND WORKS (3)
Close readings of Schiller's works against the cultural, historical, and political background of his time. Selected poems, plays, and prose.
01:470:341 GERMAN CIVILIZATION I: FIFTH THROUGH FIFTEENTH CENTURIES (3)
Cultural foundations of the German-speaking areas of central Europe from the fall of Rome to the waning of the Middle Ages. Readings from historical, didactic, and poetic documents, supplemented by slides and recorded music.
01:470:342 GERMAN CIVILIZATION II: SIXTEENTH THROUGH EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES (3)
Cultural foundations of the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation from the age of Luther to the Napoleonic era. Readings from historical, didactic, poetic documents, supplemented by slides and recorded music.
01:470:343 GERMAN CULTURE TODAY (3)
Contemporary cultural, social, and political life in German-speaking countries with emphasis on the daily experience. Audiovisuals, guest lectures, field trips, and contact with resource persons.
01:470:345 GERMAN LITERATURE AND CIVILIZATION (3)
Interpretation and analysis of major works of German literature as cultural phenomena, with special reference to the art monuments of the Lake Constance region. Field trips to key sites in Austria, France (Alsace), Germany, and Switzerland. Offered only as part of the summer program in Germany.
01:470:346 GERMAN LITERATURE AND CIVILIZATION (3)
Interpretation and analysis of major works of German literature as cultural phenomena, with special reference to the art monuments of the Lake Constance region. Field trips to key sites in Austria, France (Alsace), Germany, and Switzerland. Offered only as part of the summer program in Germany.
01:470:347 GERMAN POLITICS & SOCIETY: GERMANY 1871-1945 (3)
Overview of significant political, historical, and social trends which shaped modern Germany in its early years from the Franco-Prussian War to the end of World War II.
01:470:348 GERMAN POLITICS & SOCIETY: GERMANY 1945 TO THE PRESENT (3) Introduction to major political, historical, and social trends which have shaped German society, both east and west, from the end of World War II to the present.
01:470:349 CONTEMPORARY GERMAN & EUROPEAN CINEMA (3)
New German and European cinema as a contemporary mode of artistic expression and political commentary. Viewing and analysis of films and TV shows by such outstanding directors as Petzold, Grisebach, Dardenne, McQueen. Emphasis on post-migration and critical race studies. Discussion of digital turn and streaming culture.
Credit not given for this course and 01:175:349 or 01:360:349
01:470:350 NAZI PERIOD IN FILM (3)
Exploration of important role of cinema during Nazi era. Study of historical situation in Germany between 1933 and 1945, and of representative films produced in Germany under the Nazi regime. Focus on the staging of power, representations of race, and the promotion of escapism in these films, as well as on retrospective representation of the period in contemporary cinema.
01:470:354 KAFKA AND WORLD LITERATURE (3)
An introduction to Kafka's work and its impact on world literature.
01:470:356 PSY FI: LITERATURE AND PSYCHOANALYSIS (3)
Key psychoanalytic concepts explored through readings of literature, film, case studies, and literary theory.
01:470:360 CLASSIC GERMAN CINEMA: FROM HAUNTED SCREEN TO HYPERREALITY (3) Introdution to canonical films of the Weimar, Nazi, and post-war period and reflects on what constitutes the canon when discussing films, including those of recent vintage. Exploring issues of class, gener, and oedipal conflict by means of close analysis, the course seeks to sensitize students to the cultural context of these films and the changing sociopolitical climates in which they arose. Special attention will be paid to the issue of film style. Directors include Lang, Pabst, Murnau, Riefenstahl, Staudte, Schloendorff, von Trotta, Herzog, Fassbinder, Wenders, Haneke, and Dresen.
01:470:364 LITERATURE OF CHAOS AND ORDER (3)
Representations of dramatic upheavals in the physical universe as analogies for crisis and revolution in history, politics, psychology, science, and the arts. In literature and philosophy from the Renaissance to the present. Credit not given for both this course and 01:195:371.
01:470:365 LITERATURE AND SOCIETY CHANGE (3)
Interaction between German literature and society from the unification (1871) and industrialization of German to the end of World War II.
01:470:367 POSTWAR NOVEL (3)
Major prose writers of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland since the end of World War II.
01:470:368 POSTWAR DRAMA (3)
Major playwrights of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland since the end of World War II.
01:470:371 MARX, NIETZSCHE, FREUD (3)
Exploration of the work of three German writers who revolutionized modern philosophy, theology, psychology, aesthetics, social and political science, gender studies, historiography, literature, and the arts. Credit not given for both this course and 01:195:374 or 01:730:344.
01:470:373 BERTOLT BRECHT (3)
Study of Brecht's epic (Marxist) theater and its impact on contemporary dramatic theory and theatrical practice; an introduction to Brecht's poetry of engagement.
01:470:376 GERMAN CULTURE THROUGH THE ARTS (3)
Introduction to the visual arts, music, and dance created in German-speaking countries in the 19th and 20th centuries. Taught at the Zimmerli Art Museum by a team of curators, art historians, guest musicians, and dance scholars, and with visits to museums and performances in Manhattan. Open to all students; of special interest to those considering enrolling in the German department's Berlin Summer Program.
01:470:380 GERMAN-JEWISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE (3)
Survey of German-Jewish culture, 18th century to present. Literature in political-historical context, with some attention to music, philosophy, and film. Special permission required for credit toward major. Credit not given for both this course and 01:563:380.
01:470:381 CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS OF GERMANY (3)
Significant aspects of German civilization from the age of Charlemagne to the unification of Germany in 1870. Focus on the German contribution to music, the arts, the sciences, philosophy, and literature.
01:470:382 MODERN GERMANY (3)
01:470:383 GERMAN MYTHOLOGY (3)
Myths and religious practices of the migration period and the age of the Vikings. Sources: the Eddas, Christian and pre-Christian documents and texts, archaeological finds, place names, modern folkloristic beliefs.
01:470:384 GENDER AND POLITICS IN YIDDISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE (3)
Traces the cultural dynamics of Ashkenazic Jews in 16th- to 19th-century Europe through Yiddish religious writings, folktales, fiction, memoirs, and poetry. All readings in translation. Prerequisites: 01:563:202, 260, or permission of instructor. Credit not given for both this course and 01:563:384 or 01:988:391.
01:470:385 IMAGE OF WOMEN (3)
Selected works of German literature that convey the experience of women cast into socially prescribed roles.
01:470:387 TOPICS IN GERMAN LITERATURE AND CIVILIZATION (3)
01:470:388 TOPICS IN GERMAN LITERATURE AND CIVILIZATION (3)
01:470:389 TOPICS IN GERMAN LITERATURE AND CIVILIZATION (3)
01:470:390 TOPICS IN GERMAN LITERATURE AND CIVILIZATION (3)
01:470:391 TOPICS IN GERMAN LITERATURE AND CIVILIZATION (3)
01:470:392 TOPICS IN GERMAN LITERATURE AND CIVILIZATION (3)
01:470:431 GERMAN LITERATURE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: ROMANTICISM (3) Romantic period from Wackenroder to Eichendorff (1790-1850), including Tieck, Novalis, Hoffmann, A.W. and F. Schlegel, Hölderlin, Kleist, and Brentano. Readings of theoretical and poetic texts.
01:470:435 GERMAN LITERATURE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY BEFORE 1945 (3)
Major literary movements and figures from the turn of the century to the end of World War II, including naturalism (Hauptmann); impressionism (Schnitzler); symbolism (Rilke); expressionism (Kaiser, Trakl); neo-factualism (Zuckmayer); the outsiders (Wedekind, Hesse, Kafka); and the anti-Nazi writers in exile (Mann, Brecht).
01:470:436 GERMAN LITERATURE AFTER 1945 (3)
Literary trends and currents from the end of World War II to the present: the "literature of the ruins" (Borchert, Böll); documentary theater (Weiss, Hochhuth); Brecht's epic theater and East Germany; major novelists (Böll, Frisch, Grass, Wolf); and playwrights (Dürrenmatt, Handke).
01:470:444 MASTERS OF GERMAN SATIRE (3)
Satirical features and strategies in literary and visual texts from late medieval carnival plays to postmodern cabaret.
01:470:450 READING WOMEN'S LIVES (3)
Twentieth-century women's literature and film; historical retrospective and methodological introduction prepare for treatement of preeminent postwar texts. Prerequisite: A 300-level course in German or permission of instructor.
01:470:491 SENIOR SEMINAR IN GERMAN LITERATURE (3)
Analysis and interpretation of selected works of German literature with emphasis on various literary genres; discussions, oral and written reports.
01:470:495 SENIOR HONORS IN GERMAN (BA)
Independent research on a topic selected by the senior and approved by a departmental honors committee; carried out under the guidance of a member of the department.
01:470:496 SENIOR HONORS IN GERMAN (BA)
Independent research on a topic selected by the senior and approved by a departmental honors committee; carried out under the guidance of a member of the department.
Economics
01:220:437 ECONOMICS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (3)
Intraregional macroeconomic analysis of the European Union, elimination of all trade barriers, integration of capital and labor markets, coordination of monetary and fiscal policies, the euro currency. Upper-level elective.
Prerequisites: 01:220:320, 321, and 322. Credit not given for both this course and 01:220:337.
History
01:506:211 WOMEN IN EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS UNTIL 1800 (3)
Survey of women's roles in Western society and culture-covering Europe and the New World up to about 1800.
Credit not given for both this course and 01:988:211.
01:506:212 WOMEN IN EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS SINCE 1800 (3)
Survey of women's roles in Western society and culture-covering the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Credit not given for both this cuorse and 01:988:260.
01:506:375 JEWISH IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE (3)
Modern Jewish immigrant experience, focusing on European and Middle Eastern communities resettled in America, Israel, and Europe.
Credit nto given for both this course and 01:563:373 and 01:988:373.
01:510:101 DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPE I (3)
Introductory survey of European history from ancient times to the early modern period. Introduction to historical interpretation and historical inquiry.
01:510:102 DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPE II (3)
Introductory survey of European history from the early modern period to the present. Introduction to historical interpretation and historical inquiry.
01:510:245 THE ARTS OF POWER: RITUAL, MYTH, AND PROPAGANDA (3)
Investigates how paintings, movies, poems, and ceremonies have been manipulated to bolster the political authority of rulers, including Louis XIV, Lincoln, Hitler, and Elizabeth II.
01:510:261 HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST (3)
Developments of anti-Semitism in modern European history culminating in the "Final Solution"; special emphasis on Jewish responses and resistance.
Credit not given for both this course and 01:536:261.
01:510:325 NINETEENTH-CENTURY EUROPE (3)
Examination of the formative period of modern Europe, including the industrial and democratic revolutions, nationalism, imperialism, and the crises culminating in World War I.
01:510:327 TWENTIETH-CENTURY EUROPE (3)
Major economic and social forces shaping life in twentieth-century Europe, and efforts of major social groups to cope with and shape these forces.
01:510:357 MEDIEVAL GERMANY (3)
Survey of German history from the late Roman Empire to the threshold of the Reformation, ca 300 to ca 1500.
01:510:360 SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN GERMANY, 1750-1870 (3)
Introduction to the classical period of German culture, including study of Kant, Fichte, Lessing, Goethe, and Schiller in historical context.
01:510:363 GERMANY FROM 1871 TO PRESENT (3)
Analysis of the collapse of imperial Germany, the failure of democracy in the Weimar Republic, Hitler's Third Reich, the Holocaust, and restructuring of Germany since 1945.
01:510:368 JEWS OF GERMANY & AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, 1780-PRESENT (3)
Jewish history in modern Central Europe. Focus on Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic and Slovakia) from the late 1700s until the present day.
Credit not given for both this course and 01:563:368.
01:510:370 REMEMBERING THE HOLOCAUST (3)
Holocaust remembrance in contemporary social and cultural practices in the United States and globally considered as a paradigm for deriving lessons from the past in order to respond to traumatic losses, address present social injustices, and prevent future acts of intolerance.
Credit not given for both this course and 01:470:369 or 01:563:360
01:510:383 EASTERN EUROPE, 1945-PRESENT (3)
Impact of communism and neoliberalism on Eastern Europe. Collapse of the Soviet Bloc, transition to liberal market capitalism, and its social consequences.
01:510:385 RABBIS, REBELS, AND RATIONALISTS: THE JEWS OF EASTERN EUROPE (3)
Economic, legal, and political conditions of Jewish life from the sixteenth century to World War II. Forms of Jewish response: autonomism, messianism, Hasidism, emigration, and socialism.
Credit not given for both this course and 01:563:385.
01:510:390 JEWISH MEMORY (3)
Course explores various forms of Jewish memory shaped in response to major events, including myths, holidays, monuments, pilgrimages, testimonies, museums, literature, and film.
Credit not given for both this course and 01:563:390.
Philosophy
01:730:205 INTRODUCTION TO MODERN PHILOSOPHY (3)
Study of the formative period of modern philosophy. Readings selected from works of Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, Hobbes, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant.
01:730:310 CONTEMPORARY MOVEMENTS IN PHILOSOPHY (3)
Major movements in twentieth century philosophy, such as American pragmatism, development of logic, logical positivism, existentialism, phenomenology. Philosophers such as Peirce, James, Frege, Russel, Carnap, Wittgenstein, Sartre, Heidegger, Husserl.
Prerequisite: One course in philosophy.
Political Science
01:790:204 CAPITALISM, SOCIALISM, AND DEMOCRACY (3)
Genesis and development of democracies and dictatorships in advanced industrial societies and in the third world. Role of capitalism; revolutionary, conservative, and liberal movements; contemporary forms of imperialism and dependency.
01:790:311 EUROPEAN POLITICS (3)
Analysis of national governments in western Europe and of the European Union (EU). Focus on contemporary issues including economic liberalization, welfare state reform, European law, foreign policy, and enlargement to eastern Europe.
01:790:315 POLITICS AND CULTURE (3)
Relationship among various aspects of culture, e.g., the role of symbol, myth, ritual, and religion and its relationship to politics.
