GRM - German

GRM 101 Elementary German

Acquisition of vocabulary and structures necessary to execute basic communicative tasks.

3

GRM 102 Elementary German

Acquisition of vocabulary and structures necessary to execute basic communicative tasks.

3

Prerequisites

GRM 101 or permission of instructor.

GRM 105 Accelerated Elementary German

This class provides students with the opportunity to learn a full year of German in one semester with the advantage of intensive study, which promotes greater retention. It provides a solid foundation for second-year German at the University of Portland or for students planning to study in Salzburg.

6

GRM 181 Maximizing Study Abroad

Maximizing Study Abroad helps students approach and enrich the study and/or sojourning abroad experience from the perspectives of intercultural communication, cultural adjustment, and practical language learning strategies prior to departing for their target cultures. Participants are applicants to UP Study Abroad programs and UP students sojourning abroad. This course counts toward meeting requirements of the Sojourner Scholars Program.

1

GRM 201 Intermediate German

Review and further development of proficiency skills.

3

Prerequisites

6 credit hours of beginning college German, two years of high school German, or equivalent.

GRM 202 Intermediate German

Review and further development of proficiency skills.

3

Prerequisites

GRM 201 or permission of instructor.

GRM 207 Accelerated Intermediate German

This course will offer students an opportunity to immerse themselves in the German language and strengthen their linguistics skills. This course follows GRM 102 or GRM 105 and will build upon the concepts covered at the introductory level.

6

GRM 301 German Conversation and Composition

Broad variety of activities and reading materials are used together with partner, group, and individualized approaches to develop conversational proficiency, improve accuracy in writing and speaking, and expand active and passive vocabulary. Conducted in German.

3

GRM 302 German Conversation and Composition

Broad variety of activities and reading materials are used together with partner, group, and individualized approaches to develop conversational proficiency, improve accuracy in writing and speaking, and expand active and passive vocabulary. Conducted in German.

3

GRM 311 Advanced Conversation and Composition

Students will increase the proficiency of their receptive and productive skills in German through a variety of activities and materials, including tasks allowing students to engage with local culture and customs. At the end of their year in Salzburg, students take an internationally recognized stadardized test and receive a certificate. (Salzburg only.)

3

Prerequisites

GRM 202 or GRM 207 or equivalent.

GRM 312 Advanced Conversation and Composition

Students will increase the proficiency of their receptive and productive skills in German through a variety of activities and materials, including tasks allowing students to engage with local culture and customs. At the end of their year in Salzburg, students take an internationally recognized stadardized test and receive a certificate. (Salzburg only.)

3

Prerequisites

GRM 202 or GRM 207 or equivalent.

GRM 353 Introduction to Literary and Cultural Analysis

This course is intended as a scaffold between the GRM 301-GRM 302 sequence and the 400-level. By reading a variety of texts, students will strengthen their reading skills, practice close analysis, and begin to work with literary theory. This course will continue to build on students' existing vocabulary and grammar knowledge with the goal of greater precision in writing in preparation for the 400-level.

3

Prerequisites

GRM 301 or GRM 311

GRM 354 Introduction to Literary and Cultural Analysis

This course is intended as a scaffold between the GRM 301-GRM 302 sequence and the 400-level. By reading a variety of texts, students will strengthen their reading skills, practice close analysis, and begin to work with literary theory. This course will continue to build on students’ existing vocabulary and grammar knowledge with the goal of greater precision in writing in preparation for the 400-level.

3

Prerequisites

GRM 301 or GRM 311

GRM 355 Advanced Conversation and Composition and Austrian Images

This course allows students who have completed two 300-level courses prior to study in Salzburg to improve the accuracy of their written and spoken proficiency in German. Along with classroom activities, students will engage with the local culture and customs. At the end of their year in Salzburg, students will take an internationally recognized standardized test and receive a certificate. (Salzburg only.)
3

Prerequisites

GRM 302 or equivalent.

GRM 356 Advanced Conversation and Composition and Austrian Images

This course allows students, who have completed two 300-level courses prior to study in Salzburg, to improve the accuracy of their written and spoken proficiency in German. Along with classroom activities, students will engage with the local culture and customs. At the end of their year in Salzburg, students will take an internationally recognized standardized test and receive a certificate. (Salzburg only.)
3

Prerequisites

GRM 302 or equivalent.

GRM 381 Language Learner Strategies in the Classroom and Beyond

Participants will become familiar with how experts in the field consider the language learning process and how theories of second language acquisition connect to their own efforts to learn a foreign language. More importantly, participants will reframe how they go about learning a foreign language, try new strategies, and document what they have done through a diary research project.

3

GRM 390 Directed Study

Credit arranged.

Variable

GRM 401 Multicultural Society in Germany

Germanness is often equated with whiteness, but this no longer reflects the reality of German society. In this course we engage with historical events that complicate the idea of Germanness as well as current creative works that revise Germany's national identity as based on race. Together we investigate national identity, belonging, and the politics of integration and inclusion.

3

Prerequisites

GRM 301 or equivalent

GRM 403 Topics in Austrian Literature and Culture

Students in this course will explore an aspect of Austrian literature and culture as it relates to depictions of nature, boundaries, identity, spirituality, or the legacy of the past and will also refine their receptive (listening, reading) and productive (speaking, writing) skills in German through summary, description, comparison, and narration.

3

Prerequisites

GRM 301 or GRM 311

GRM 405 German Women's Writing

In this supposedly post-feminist age, gender nonetheless shapes lived experience. This course introduces students to the literature and thematic concerns of "women's writing" in German. Taking an intersectional approach to identity, we consider gender as one facet that shapes life and literary production.
3

Prerequisites

GRM 301 or GRM 311

GRM 407 Text and Image in the First World War

This course focuses on visual and textual cultural products in the German-speaking world during the First World War, including public documents, such as Kaiser Franz Josef’s declaration of war, and private documents, such as letters written between war front and home front. Along with content goals, this course focuses on practicing and increasing German language skills appropriate for this level.

3

Prerequisites

GRM 301 or 311

GRM 408 German Play Reading and Performance

Contemporary German plays will be read in a reader's theater format, discussed in the context of current social/cultural events, and performed in German. Emphasis upon expanding vocabulary and improving pronunciation, intonation, and expression. Conducted in German.

3

Prerequisites

GRM 301 or GRM 311

GRM 411 Remembering Divided Germany

Using a variety of cultural products (films, poetry, memoirs, essays, newspaper articles, and museum exhibits) created after German unification, we consider the ways that Germans remember their divided past and how it shapes their current understanding of the German nation. Ultimately we ask whether it is possible yet to speak of a unified Germany.
3

Prerequisites

GRM 301 or GRM 311

GRM 412 Nature, German Romanticism and its Legacy

In this course, we will describe characteristics of German Romanticism focusing on nature and spirituality and explore how the depiction of nature in Romanticism is a vehicle for discussions about environmental degradation and solutions in contemporary Germany. We will engage with a variety of images and text genres, including literature, public debate, and political posters.
3

Prerequisites

GRM 301 or GRM 311

GRM 422 Art and Media of German-Speaking Countries

Students will investigate a variety of media or a single medium (such as art, theater, film, and music) to analyze depictions of nature, boundaries, identity, spirituality, or the legacy of the past in German-speaking cultures. Concurrent with refining their German language skills, students will learn specific vocabulary to analyze each medium.

3

Prerequisites

GRM 301 or GRM 311

GRM 497 German Internship

Academic internships are available for qualified students (3.0 GPA; 3.25 GPA in German). Internships provide students with job experience pertinent to the study of German. The internship may be taken for one to three credit hours. Students may receive an IP (In Progress) grade until the completion of their internship.

Variable

GRM 499 Senior Thesis

Research, study, or original work under the direction of a faculty mentor, leading to a scholarly thesis document with a public presentation of results. Requires approval of thesis director, department chair, dean, and the director of the honors program, when appropriate.

Variable

Prerequisites

Senior standing; 3.0 GPA in the thesis area or good standing in the honors program.