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Nov 29, 2024
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2005-2006 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
German Major with Inclusive Education
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The general purpose of the major program is to educate
students to think and perceive rationally and critically. The student majoring in German will learn
about the world of ideas and cultural values through significant texts and how
these intersect with the great issues in the world, past and present. This will include reading and thinking,
learning about literary and cultural movements and making connections between
the primarily aesthetic literary artifacts of the related cultures and their
political, social and economic histories.
Students will learn to interact through rational discourse and
presentations, both written and oral.
Students are trained, first, to interact effectively in the
German speaking cultures through language.
At all language course levels students make use of the Emerson
Foreign Language Laboratory to allow them to perfect their language
skills. At all course levels of
language, literature and culture students engage with literature, documents and
artifacts housed in the German Culture Center, as well as the holdings
of the library of the College. All
students will learn to value and evaluate information available in electronic
form. Each student majoring in German
will study abroad in the Berlin Residential Program a minimum of one
semester, either in the sophomore or junior year.
Taken together, the program prepares students to think
philosophically and practically by creating their own linkages between the
German major and another major or minor.
Students majoring in German may choose a second major in
another academic discipline or a minor/s to complement their undergraduate
education. German may also be combined
with a program in Education: Inclusive or Adolescence Education.
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German Core
German Majors are required to take a minimum of ten Upper
Division Courses. (Note: Some of these
courses may be taken abroad).
- Two
Upper Division Language Courses (200 level) credits: 6
- Two
Upper Division Culture Courses (200 level): credits: 6
- Six
Upper Division German Courses (300 - 400 levels) credits: 18
These include:
Berlin Residential Program
The major core includes courses taken at the Berlin Residential Program:
- German Language/Culture (200 or 300 Level) Credits: 3
- Theatre, Film and Cabaret in Berlin Credits: 3 (Course taken in Berlin)
German Study Abroad Program
Students
majoring in German regularly study for a fall semester (sophomore or junior
year) at Studienforum Berlin, the Berlin Residential Program sponsored
by Nazareth College.
Additionally, students may supplement the study abroad requirement at a
summer language institute for one or two months (i.e., Goethe Institut,
etc.). The Berlin
residential program is also open to Nazareth
and non-Nazareth students on a competitive basis. Courses are taught in English, and students
enroll in a German language course at their appropriate level of
instruction. Additionally, students
complete a professional internship – in English or German - for 3 credits in
the major, with a corporation, international or governmental association, law
firm, museum, public school or other institution. Three additional courses satisfying
Perspectives I or II College requirements are offered. Course credit in these is available in
Economics, Political Science, Literature, Theater Arts, History, or
Sociology. Co-curricular activities are available
to the students, such as course weekend trips out of town, field trips, theater
visits and tours of government and cultural headquarters.
Required Courses for Inclusive Education
The following courses are required for Quad
Inclusive Education certification. The Quad Inclusive program includes:
Childhood Education (Grades 1-6), Childhood with Disabilities (Grades 1-6),
Middle Childhood (Grades 5-9), and Middle Childhood with Disabilities (Grades
(5-9).
German Senior Experience
The Senior Experience for the German major culminates in
specially directed advanced level work in two courses in German taken in the
senior year. The first course will be in literature and culture (300 – 400
level), and the second will be GER 312 (Advanced Grammar and Stylistics). Here students will further develop their
scholarly and critical thinking in preparation for the German Comprehensive
Exam.
The German Comprehensive Exam (written and oral), provides
students with the threefold opportunity:
- To
ascertain that seniors have adequately mastered the German language;
- To
help seniors synthesize the subject matter of the four-year learning
experience;
- To demonstrate a practical working knowledge of German
literature and culture
Sample Program for the German Major with Inclusive Education
Students may begin at the GER Elementary (101),
Intermediate (103) or Advanced (201) levels.
Below is a sample beginning at GER 103 level.
Freshman Year
- Perspectives I Credits: 9
- Math and Science Perspectives I Credits: 7
As well as:
Sophomore Year
Minimum of One Semester Abroad Taken in the Fall
- Perspectives I Credits: 9
- Perspectives II Credits: 3
- Math or Science Perspectives II Credits: 3
- Upper Division German Credits: 15
As well as:
Junior Year
- Perspectives II Credits: 6
- Upper Division German Credits: 6
- Liberal Arts Electives Credits: 9
As well as:
Summer Between Junior and Senior Year
Senior Year
- Upper Division German Credits: 6
- Liberal Arts Elective Credits: 3
As well as:
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