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Faculty List
Professors Emeriti
A.P. Dierick, MA, Ph D (V)
R.H. Farquharson, MA, Ph D (V)
H. Froeschle, MA, Dr Phil (SM)
W. Hempel, Dr Phil (SM)
H.L.M. Mayer, Dr Phil (V)
H.W. Seliger, M.A. Ph D (V)
D. W.J. Vincent, MA, Ph D (T)
Chair of the Department
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Associate Professor and Associate Chair (Graduate Studies)
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Associate Chair (Undergraduate Studies)
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Full Professors
W. Goetschel, Ph D
J. Noyes, Ph D (on leave, winter 2020)
A. Shternshis, Dr. Phil
J. Zilcosky, MA, Ph D (on leave, fall 2019)
Associate Professors
A. Fenner, Ph D
M. Hager, Dr. Phil
C. Lehleiter, MA, Ph D
S. Soldovieri, MA, Ph D
M. Stock, Dr. Phil (on leave, 2019-2020)
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
E. Boran, MA, Ph D
Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
Hang-Sun Kim, Ph D (on leave, winter 2020)
Introduction
German-speaking countries enjoy a long tradition at the cultural and political core of Europe. During the last two hundred years their importance has steadily increased, and with the recent developments in Eastern Europe their influence seems certain to expand even more.
The importance of the German language has grown correspondingly: it is the second foreign language after English in the countries of central and Eastern Europe, and its use is spreading within the European Community. Learning German opens the door to many fields of intellectual, technical and politico-economic endeavor. German scholars have been leaders in philosophy, the sciences, history, archaeology, sociology and political science. German literature is equally distinguished: writers like Goethe, Kafka, Rilke, Brecht, Mann, Wolf, Grass, Jelinek, Özdamar, etc., have dealt with the widest possible range of human problems and concerns, and have been recognized worldwide.
The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures offers courses on literature from the Middle Ages to the present, so that the student may acquire an overview of this significant element of German life and culture. We offer language courses from beginning and intermediate to advanced levels, with practice in reading, writing, comprehending and speaking German, as well as stylistics, linguistics, and the specialized vocabulary and concepts of business. Language and literature instruction is integrated as far as possible, with the aim of teaching students advanced critical literacy in German. The department offers a minor in Yiddish, with instruction offered from beginning and intermediate to advanced levels. German combines well with other modern languages and literatures, and double-majors are encouraged. Students in a variety of programs, such as Cinema Studies, European Studies, Literary Studies, Drama, Music and others, will benefit from courses in German language, literature and culture. The Department supports opportunities for students to study and work in Germany, by encouraging participation in programs established by the German government, by Canadian universities, and by our own Arts and Science Faculty's Study Elsewhere Program. One of these is the exchange program under which Toronto students can spend the academic year at the Humboldt University in Berlin.
A knowledge of German is a virtual necessity for specialists in many disciplines; it is also very useful in certain career areas (e.g., the foreign service, interpretation and translation, librarianship, business and commerce, music, tourism, and of course teaching). The successful completion of a four-year program, including seven approved courses in German, may entitle the student to enter the M.A. or Ph.D. program in the Graduate Division of the Department.
Students entering with some previous knowledge of German are required to contact the department to write an initial assessment test (placement test) and will then be advised to take courses at the appropriate level. Please check the department's website at german.utoronto.ca for more information.
Information on studies in German Language and/or Literature can be obtained from the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies at german.undergrad@utoronto.ca.
Enquiries: Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
Address: 50 St. Joseph Street, Odette Hall #322
Tel.: 416-926-2324
Email: german@chass.utoronto.ca
Website: german.utoronto.ca
German Programs
German Studies in English (Arts Program) - ASMIN1405
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
Requirements:
- The Minor Program requires 4 full courses (FCE), three of which have to have a GER denominator;
- GER150H1 is required;
- A maximum of 1.0 FCE in cognate courses is allowed (i.e. courses offered by other departments containing a relevant Germanic component and a final paper on a Germanic topic); please inquire at the Department and get approved in advance.
For a list of courses taught in English, please check the German Department website.
Note: Students registered for a German Specialist or Major may not simultaneously be registered for a German Minor program.
German Studies Specialist (Arts Program) - ASSPE1400
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
(10 full courses or their equivalent)
- GER100Y1, GER200Y1, GER300Y1, GER400H1
- GER150H1 (to be taken as early as possible), GER205H1 (should be taken together with GER200Y1, must be taken prior to completing GER300Y1), GER305H1
- At least 2.5 additional F.C.E. in GER courses on the 300-level
- At least 1.0 additional F.C.E. in GER courses on the 400-level (except GER401H1)
- No more than 3.0 F.C.E. courses taught in English
- Up to 2 F.C.E. in identified or preapproved cognate courses may count (i.e. courses offered by other departments containing a relevant Germanic component and a final paper on a Germanic topic); please inquire at the Department and get approved in advance.
Notes: (a) All specialists should schedule an appointment with the Undergraduate Coordinator for personalized counselling as early in their studies as possible; (b) students with prior German knowledge are required to contact the department to take a placement test; self-placement is not allowed; (c) Completion of GER205H1 is a prerequisite for taking ANY 300-level literature courses taught in German; (d) completion of GER305H1 is a prerequisite for taking ANY 400-level literature courses taught in German; (e) 300-level courses may be replaced by 400-level courses (inquire in advance); (f) GER401H1 is not a program requirement, but recommended.
German Studies Major (Arts Program) - ASMAJ1400
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
(7 full courses or their equivalent)
- GER100Y1, GER200Y1, GER300Y1, GER400H1
- GER150H1 (to be taken as early as possible), GER205H1 (should be taken together with GER200Y1, must be taken prior to completing GER300Y1), GER305H1
- At least 1.5 additional F.C.E. in GER courses on the 300-level
- At least 0.5 additional F.C.E. in GER courses on the 400-level (except GER401H1)
- No more than 1.5 F.C.E. courses taught in English
- Up to 1.0 F.C.E. in identified or preapproved cognate courses may count (i.e. courses offered by other departments containing a relevant Germanic component and a final paper on a Germanic topic); please inquire at the Department and get approved in advance.
Notes: (a) All majors should schedule an appointment with the Undergraduate Coordinator for personalized counselling as early in their studies as possible; (b) students with prior German knowledge are required to contact the department to take a placement test; self-placement is not allowed; (c) Completion of GER205H1 is a prerequisite for taking ANY 300-level literature courses taught in German; (d) completion of GER305H1 is a prerequisite for taking ANY 400-level literature courses taught in German; (e) 300-level courses may be replaced by 400-level courses (inquire in advance); (f) GER401H1 is not a program requirement, but recommended.
Al and Malka Green Yiddish Program Minor (Arts Program) - ASMIN1163
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
(4 full courses or their equivalent)
- ( GER260Y1 and GER360H1), OR GER463Y1
- GER460H1 OR GER462H1*
- The remaining courses should be taken from: GER361H1, GER367H1, JGJ360H1, GER100Y1, GER150H1, or any course offered by and crosslisted by the Centre for Jewish Studies
*NOTE: 1. Students who took GER463Y1 cannot take GER260Y1 or GER360H1; students who took GER260Y1 or GER360H1 cannot take GER463Y1. 2. Students who took GER462H1 cannot take GER460H1.
Business German Minor (Arts Program) - ASMIN2453
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
(4.0 credits GER courses or their equivalent)
This Minor Program requires 4.0 credits from the Department of German.
1. GER100Y1/ GER200Y1, OR proof of comparable German level
3. 1.0 credit must be taken from GER270H1/ GER272H1/ GER290H1/ GER391H1
4. the remainder of the courses or equivalent must have a GER designator OR must be a pre-approved cognate course.
Note: Students enrolled in the German Studies Specialist of Major Program may not simultaneously enroll for a Business German Minor Program.
German Studies Minor (Arts Program) - ASMIN1400
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
(4 full courses or their equivalent)
1. GER100Y1, GER200Y1, GER300Y1
2. 1.0 F.C.E. in courses with a GER designator, but cannot be GER400H1 or GER401H1.
3. No more than 0.5 F.C.E. may be taken in English
Note: (a) Students registered for a German Specialist or Major may not simultaneously be registered for a German Minor program; (b) students with prior German knowledge are required to take a placement test and to see the adviser; (c) the exclusion of GER400H1 and GER401H1 does not apply if the student's entry level is post- GER100Y1.
Certificate in Global German Studies (UofT Global Scholar) - ASCER1401
This is an open enrolment Certificate. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the Certificate.
(Total: 2.0 credits)
- 1.0 credit in German language at any level, including GER100Y1, GER101H1, GER200Y1, GER201H1, GER272H1, GER300Y1, GER301H1, GER370H1, GER372H1, GER400H1.
- Students with very advanced previous knowledge of German may in consultation with the Department take a combination of other 300 or 400-level GER topics courses (taught in German) to meet the requirement.
- GER290H1 ‘Global Issues / German Contexts’.
- 0.5 credit in global experience. May take the form of an internship course, GER391H1 ‘iPRAKTIKUM Experiential Learning and Internationalization Internship’. Students may also complete a study abroad course in a German-speaking country, such as GER354Y0. International Course Modules (ICM) or the GER398H0 Research Excursion Program also fulfil the global experience requirement with the previous consent of the department.
Faculty of Arts & Science Language Citation
The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures participates in the Faculty of Arts & Science’s Language Citation initiative for German. The study of German is a demanding and intellectually rewarding educational experience, providing students with excellent resources for understanding the culture of the German speaking world. German is now the second foreign language after English in the countries of central and Eastern Europe, and its use is spreading within the European Community. Learning German opens the door to many intellectual, technical, political, and economic fields. Successful study of German demonstrates intelligence, discipline, analytical sophistication, and an excellent memory. The study of any foreign language provides invaluable insights into the varieties of human culture and expression.
The Language Citation recognizes a significant level of achievement in language study with a high level of academic success. The Citation in German is available to students who complete GER100Y1 (or the equivalent prerequisite training) and earn a grade of at least B- in GER200Y1 and GER300Y1.
Students should note that the Language Citation is not equivalent to an academic program and that enrolment in a program is not necessary in order to earn the recognition bestowed by the Citation.
Notes:
- All students with previous knowledge of the German language, as well as students returning from extended stays in German-speaking countries, are REQUIRED to take a placement test offered at the Department.
- The Department reserves the right to place students in the language course appropriate to their level of language skill.
- More detailed course descriptions and reading lists for the various courses are available from the instructor.
- Courses that indicate "(E)" in the title are taught in English.
German Courses
GER100Y1 - Introduction to German
This is the language course to take if you have had no previous experience of the German language. The emphasis is on comprehension, speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary and basic grammar. This course can be counted towards all programs in German.
Note: Students with any previous knowledge of German are REQUIRED to take a placement test offered at the department.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER101H1 - Introduction to German b
This course is intended for students with some prior knowledge of German. It is equivalent to the Spring Term of GER100Y1. The emphasis is on comprehension, speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary and basic grammar.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER150H1 - Introduction to German Culture (E)
This course taught in English is intended for students who are unfamiliar with German culture. It examines historical, political and cultural developments in Germany from about 1871 to the present focusing on literary and non-literary texts. (Note: This course is required for the major and specialist program; it should be taken within the first two years.)
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER194H1 - The Age of Reason and the New World (E)
In this course we will examine the growing awareness of the strange new world beyond Europe in the so-called Age of Reason. How did writers respond to the challenges of radically different cultures? What did their way of life and their world view mean for a Europe that placed reason above all other human qualities? How did the fact of slavery and exploitation change the way they viewed the "New World"? What did this encounter mean for growing preoccupations with common humanity? We will read a number of classic texts from the European Enlightenment with an eye to these and other questions. All readings and class discussions will be in English. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER195H1 - Cities, Real and Imagined (E)
Cities have been described as places of desire and places of fear. They pulse with life, bringing together people from different class, gender, and ethnic backgrounds, simultaneously giving rise to a sense of freedom and oppression, a sense of belonging and alienation. This course will explore the city as a physical reality that shapes our lives, but is also a projection of our deepest imaginings. Through readings of philosophical and sociological texts by influential theorists of the city, we will consider various ancient and modern conceptions of urban space and subjectivity. Alongside these theoretical readings, we will also examine literary and filmic representations of the city as a space of desire, memory and power. All readings and class discussions are in English. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER196H1 - "Es war einmal auf Deutsch" - Learning German with Fairy Tales
Grimms Fairy Tales – we all know and love them. But what do we really know? Which versions are we familiar with? Most likely not the ones by the Brothers Grimm. And certainly not in German! This course is a journey into the mythical German Schwarzwald, a place of wolves and witches, the realm of the fantastic. It is not a traditional language course, as we won’t be cramming grammar and vocabulary, at least not excessively. Rather, we will learn German playfully by reading, analyzing and acting out original folk tales, their Romantic adaptations and modern retellings. In the process we will enrich our understanding of German language and culture. Please note that basic knowledge of German is required to participate in this course (i.e. at least one year of solid high school instruction). Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER197H1 - Automaton, Puppet, Thing in German Literature (E)
This course will introduce students to the various attempts in German literature over the course of the past 200 years to define the boundary between human and non-human agents. It will examine the idea of a mechanical being, of prostheses (both physical and emotional), of self-motivated matter, of narrating agency in non-human beings, and of imagining the limits of human action. In reading select texts on this topic, we will explore the physical, mental and moral qualities that purportedly separate human from non human agents. Students will gain insight into the problem of defining human beings in the context industrialization, mechanization, automation and artificial intelligence. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER198H1 - Technology and the Human in German Literature and Thought (E)
Technology has changed our lives, and scientific knowledge has enhanced human capacities. At the same time, though, this development is also experienced as a threat. Killing missiles, controlling 'Big Brothers,' and monstrous creatures are often considered the flip-side of technological advancement. This course asks: What is the relationship between technology and the "human"? Can there be progress of technology without a regress of humanity? Or is technology liberating us from the bonds of nature? We will discuss possible answers to these questions by looking at key texts in German literature, philosophy, and cultural history from the eighteenth century to Post-Modernity. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER199H1 - The Pleasure of Reading: Reading as Self-Emancipation in the German Literary Tradition (E)
In this course we read some of the most enjoyable plots and stories in German Literature and examine how the pleasure of reading sets readers free to re-imagine themselves and the world released from everyday pressures and the repressive weight of the status quo. Readings are all in English translation and include texts by Lessing, Goethe, Schiller, Kleist, Keller, Heine and Kafka. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER200Y1 - Intermediate German 1
This course continues the work done in GER100Y1 / GER101H1. It further expands on basic grammar and vocabulary, practice in comprehension, composition, and conversation.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER201H1 - Intermediate German 1b
This course is equivalent to the Spring Term of GER200Y1. It further expands on basic grammar and vocabulary, practice in comprehension, composition, and conversation. The Department reserves the right to place students in the appropriate language course on the 200- and 300 levels.
Exclusion: GER200Y1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER205H1 - German Literature I
This course offers a transition from the language courses to the topic courses on the 300-level. It introduces students to German literature and provides them with working methods and analytical tools relevant for the study of German literary texts in the original German.
Note: This course is required for the major and specialist program
Corequisite: GER200Y1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER220H1 - German Literature in Translation (E)
This course taught in English is an introduction to major authors of German literature, such as J.W. Goethe, F. Kafka, T. Mann, G. Grass, C. Wolf and E.S. Özdamar, focusing on their key works and introducing central topics.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER251H1 - German and European Cinema (E)
This course examines German cinema against the backdrop of European film history. European films share common references points anchored in the cataclysms of two world wars, and have also negotiated analogous postwar transformations in family life, urbanization, the regional and the national, cultural identity, labour relations, post-socialist societies, and state security. A comparative approach enables examination of what binds German cinema to European cinema – shared histories and political concerns--as well as what is nationally unique and distinctive. By matching select films with readings from social theory, cultural studies, and film studies, we will compare and contrast these socio-historical concerns while also attending to the medium specificities of film style, aesthetics, and narrative form.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER260Y1 - Elementary Yiddish
This course introduces Yiddish language, literature, music, theater, and cinema through interactive multi-media seminars, designed to build proficiency in reading, writing and comprehending. No prior knowledge of Yiddish is required.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER270H1 - Money and Economy in German Literature and Culture (E)
In this course, we examine key literary, philosophical, and cultural texts, in order to understand how modern culture approaches problems such as property, debt, and exchange value.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER272H1 - Introduction to Business German
This course introduces students to basic concepts and vocabulary necessary for the German business context. All the language skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) will be practiced in appropriate business contexts.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER275H1 - Marx, Nietzsche, Freud (E)
This is an introductory course to the thought of Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Sigmund Freud and their pioneering contributions to the understanding of the individual and society in modernity. Readings include selections from writings of the early Marx, the Communist Manifesto, and Capital, Nietzsche's critique of culture, academe, and nationalism, and Freud's theory of culture, his views on the psychopathology of everyday life, on the meaning of dreams, symptoms, the return of the repressed, and what it might mean to live in a free society.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER290H1 - Global Issues - German Contexts (E)
The movement of cultural products, material goods, capital, people, ideas, and information across national borders has resulted in a new quality of global interdependency. The course explores the contemporary character of globalization patterns and problems as they bear on German-speaking contexts. Readings in globalization history and theory.
Corequisite: none
Exclusion: none
Recommended Preparation: 2.0 FCE of German language instruction in consultation with department
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
GER299Y1 - Research Opportunity Program
Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. Details at https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/academics/research-opportunities/.... Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
GER300Y1 - Intermediate German 2
Continuing the work done in GER100Y1 and GER200Y1, this course offers German at the intermediate level focusing on extension of vocabulary, specific problems of grammar, essay-writing, reading and conversation. The Department reserves the right to place students in the appropriate course in the series GER200Y1 and GER300Y1.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER301H1 - Intermediate German 2b
This course is equivalent to the Spring Term of GER300Y1. It further expands on basic grammar and vocabulary, practice in comprehension, composition, and conversation at the intermediate level. The Department reserves the right to place students in the appropriate language course on the 200- and 300 levels.
Exclusion: GER300Y1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER305H1 - German Literature II
Building on the work of GER205H1, this course offers a survey of German literature and culture from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. Within a chronological framework, students read and analyze excerpts from representative works of major German writers. (Note: This course is required for the major and specialist program, and should be taken concurrently with GER300Y1.)
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER310H1 - Contemporary German Culture and Media
This course focuses on contemporary German culture as expressed through a variety of media. It approaches Germany and Germany's position within Europe and the world mainly (but not exclusively) through non-literary texts.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER320H1 - The Age of Goethe
Goethe and his contemporaries saw themselves faced with a rapidly changing world. This course examines the innovative literary experiments they developed in response to these changing times.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER321H1 - 19th Century German Literature
This course focuses on German authors of the nineteenth century. Literary, political and philosophical texts are analyzed as a discussion of political uprisings, the industrial revolution and the emergence of German nationalism.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER322H1 - Kafka in Context
Franz Kafka's texts are read in the literary, historical, and philosophical context of fin-de-sicle Prague and central Europe.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER323H1 - Weimar Culture and Beyond
Focusing roughly on the period from 1918 to 1945, this course examines literary and artistic movements like Dada, Bauhaus, the Golden Age in German film in the decades between World War I and Nazism.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER326H1 - Writing Memory: Post 1945
An examination of post-World War II German literature and culture from Zero Hour through to present-day debates about the Holocaust and its memorialization within a German context.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER332H1 - Deviance - Madness - Outsiders
An analysis of the artistic confrontation with deviance, madness, and outsiders. The course covers expressions of this confrontation in a variety of genres.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER334H1 - Transnational Literatures
Hours: 24S
This course investigates contemporary German culture by paying attention to its other or alternate voices and perspectives, i.e. those not usually prevalent in mainstream cultural and sociopolitical discourses.
Exclusion: GER423H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER336H1 - Focus On Berlin
This course offers an exploration of the cultural developments of one of the most exciting capitals of the world, from the Bismarckian era to German reunification and beyond.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER340H1 - German Theater Production
The course offers close reading, rehearsing and staging of a play. Students will become familiar with the different steps of a theater production, be introduced to basic acting and staging techniques and get acquainted to leading theories of theater.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER350H1 - German Visual Cultures
This course presents students with a survey of the history and development of the German cinema. It examines major trends of German cinematography focusing on thematic and formal aspects.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER354Y0 - Special Topics Summer Course in Berlin (E)
The topics of this course taught in English and open to students from other disciplines vary from year to year. Interested students can address questions to Woodsworth College.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER355Y0 - Summer Course in Berlin
Students who wish to petition the department for credit toward a specialist or major program in German will be required to do part of their work in German. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER360H1 - Intermediate Yiddish
JGJ360H1 - Holocaust in Literature (E)
This course examines literary works written in different languages, in ghettos and concentration camps during the Holocaust, as well as those reflecting on the genocide in its aftermath. We focus on literature as a means of engaging with the unimaginable and on the cross analysis of eye-witness and memory writing.
Exclusion: CJS220H1, GER367H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER361H1 - Yiddish Literature in Translation (E)
An overview of the major figures and tendencies in modern Yiddish literature and culture from the beginning of the 19th century to the present. Readings (in English) of modern Yiddish prose, poetry, drama and cinema.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER367H1 - Topics in Yiddish or German Jewish Literature and Culture
Topics in modern Yiddish or German Jewish literature and culture from the beginning of the 19th century to the present, featuring a selection of readings of modern Yiddish prose, poetry, drama and cinema. Taught in English and open to students across disciplines.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER370H1 - German Business Culture 1
This course provides students with a working knowledge of German business culture that allows them to navigate the German workplace. The main focus is to deepen students’ knowledge of business concepts.
Note: This course is required for the minor program in Business German
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER372H1 - German Business Culture 2
This course offers an intensive development of the linguistic skills needed in the context of business transactions and management in German-speaking countries. Through materials from various sources, students develop oral and written skills for competence in German business communication as well as cross-cultural awareness.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER391H1 - iPRAKTIKUM Experiential Learning and Internationalization Internship
The course provides curricular support for a variety of work and community-engaged, experiential learning placements in the GTA and in German-speaking countries. The placements are designed to deepen linguistic, cultural, and analytical skills acquired in the classroom in work-related environments, create an awareness of the translatability of academic knowledge to other contexts, promote global competency, and foster links to the community. The number of weekly hours spent in the field, the scope of learning objectives, and the nature of reflective activities are determined on an individual basis in consultation with the host institution, the German Department, and other units in which the student is pursuing a program degree (as required). In addition to successfully achieving the formulated learning goals, students must complete assignments such as eJournals and research papers as well as participate in peer-to-peer reporting and post-placement interviews.
Recommended Preparation: 3.0 FCE in GER courses
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
GER398H0 - Research Excursions
An instructor-supervised group project in an off-campus setting. Details at https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/academics/research-opportunities/.... Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
GER398Y0 - Research Excursions
An instructor-supervised group project in an off-campus setting. Details at https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/academics/research-opportunities/.... Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
GER399Y1 - Research Opportunity Program
Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. Details at https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/academics/research-opportunities/.... Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
GER400H1 - Advanced German 1
This is a course for advanced learners of German reviewing complex features of the language and introducing them to aspects of German stylistics. The emphasis lies on oral and written communication.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER401H1 - Advanced German 2
This is a course for advanced learners of German reviewing complex features of the language and introducing them to aspects of German stylistics. The emphasis lies on oral and written communication.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER410H1 - Topics in German Intellectual History (E)
This course taught in English offers an examination of key moments and themes in German intellectual history from the Enlightenment to the present.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
GER426H1 - Medieval Language and Culture
This course offers an introduction to the language, literature and culture of Medieval Germany. The reading and translation of exemplary medieval German texts will introduce students to Middle High German and provide an insight into epochal concepts like courtly love and chivalry as well as courtly and monastic designs of identity.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER430H1 - Topics in German Literature and Culture
An open course which explores specific aspects of German literature and culture.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER431H1 - Topics in Germanic Studies
An open course which explores specific aspects of Germanic Studies.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER460H1 - Advanced Yiddish
Hours: 36P
This course conducted entirely in Yiddish focuses on advanced reading, writing, vocabulary and conversation, the study of poetry, short fiction, and memoir literature by leading authors. Selected advanced grammatical topics are presented in conjunction with the study of texts.
Exclusion: GER462H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER463Y1 - Yiddish Language for German Speakers
The course is designed as an intensive Yiddish language training. The goal is to teach German speakers to read, write and speak in Yiddish. The curriculum relies on the German language skills of the students, and focuses on differences between Yiddish ad German grammar and vocabulary. Upon the completion of the course, students should be able to read Yiddish literary texts with a minimal use of dictionary.
Note: Graduate students can take the course in preparation for their Yiddish competency test.
Exclusion: GER260Y1, GER360H1, GER462H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
GER490H1 - Independent Study
A reading & research project in Germanic literature and/or culture involving a substantive research component. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
GER491Y1 - Individual Studies
A scholarly project chosen by the student and supervised by a member of the staff. The form of the project and the manner of its execution are determined in consultation with the supervisor. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities