GERMAN

School of Humanities and Liberal Arts

GERMAN (GERN)

GERN-01 ELEMENTARY GERMAN I

4 units: 4 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(CSU breadth area C2) (IGETC area 6)

This is a beginner’s course. The course will focus on the development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in a cultural context, with primary emphasis on communicative competency. Students will learn how to express in German the most basic functions of everyday life. (04/19)

GERN-02 ELEMENTARY GERMAN II

4 units: 4 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(CSU breadth area C2) (IGETC area 3B/6)
Prerequisite: GERN-01 or two years of high school German.

GERN-02 is a continuation of GERN-01. This course will focus on the further development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in a cultural context, with primary emphasis on communicative competency. Students will learn how to express in German basic functions of everyday life. (10/16)

GERN-03 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN I

4 units: 4 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(CSU breadth area C2) (IGETC area 3B/6)
Prerequisite: GERN-02.
Advisory: LRNR-30.

GERN-03 is a continuation of GERN-02. This course reviews and further develops grammatical concepts introduced in GERN-01 and GERN-02, as well as introduces the student to new concepts. Through varied readings, composition, and discussion, the student will increase his or her vocabulary and cultural knowledge. (10/16)

GERN-04 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN II

4 units: 4 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(CSU breadth area C2) (IGETC area 3B/6)
Prerequisite: GERN-03.
Advisory: LRNR-30.

This course is a thorough review of the fundamentals of reading, writing, speaking and understanding German, designed to aid the student in preparing for advanced studies in German composition, grammar, and conversation, as well as literature in German, history and culture. (10/16)