Program Description

COURSE OF STUDY, 16 CREDITS

Students will be asked to meet the requirements for the following courses, which meet on a MWTh schedule to accommodate occasional travel on the weekends. Successful completion of the German seminar will satisfy the College language requirement.

GERMAN 290-17: DIRECTED READING

(4 CREDITS)

To be carried out during the summer before the program starts. This reading course, consisting of a short review of German history and various prose pieces relevant to our literature course (some of them in German), will prepare students for the program both in terms of content and in terms of speaking, reading, and writing the language in an all-German context. During the orientation period, there will be a discussion of these texts, followed by a test.

Instructor: Sigi Leonhard

GERMAN 205-07: INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITON AND CONVERSATION

(6 CREDITS)

This course, taught by a native speaker, will focus on students’ reading, writing, and speaking abilities. The class format will feature mainly

discussions with grammar exercises interspersed as needed. Students will write frequent papers and correct these papers themselves.

Instructor: Local faculty

GERMAN 244-07: THE WORLD’S A STAGE – THEATER IN BERLIN

(6 CREDITS)

This course will be structured around the theater productions of the fall 2006 season in Berlin. (A few films will be included). The class will read six to eight plays from different literary and historical periods, and then see them performed in the theater.

Another focal point of this course is the current cultural scene in Germany; visits to museums and special exhibitions, their historical and cultural contexts, as well as frequent excursions will constitute part of the syllabus.

Instructor: Sigi Leonhard

HOUSING

Students will be placed with German families or individuals with a room of their own to insure privacy and the ability to study for classes. The number of activities students and their hosts do together varies, since it depends on the time and interest of both parties. In most cases, there are some shared activities, and in some instances, lifelong friendships have developed. The homestays with German hosts are an integral part of the program.

PREREQUISITES

German 103 or exemption (based on the German placement examination or AP credit). Please contact the director if there are any questions.