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The following list of courses is intended to include all "core" GER courses - that is, those that are offered regularly and change only rarely. Please note, however, that not all GER courses are offered every year, the list changes over time, and "topic" GER courses not listed below may be offered in any given semester. The current Undergraduate Course Catalog is the official document governing all courses, including those designated as GER courses. Please be sure to consult that document regularly. For more information on these courses, use the class search function in Banner Self Service.

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GER 1 – Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning

GER Satisfied Course ID Course Title
Credits
GER 1
CSCI146
Reasoning Under Uncertainty 3
GER  1
ECON307
Principles/ Methods Statistics 3
GER  1
KINE394
Statistics & Evaluation 3
GER  1
MATH104
Math Powered Flight 3
GER  1
MATH106
Elem Probability/Statistics 3
GER  1
MATH108
Calculus: Concept/Applications 4
GER  1
MATH111
Calculus I 4
GER  1
MATH112
Calculus II 4
GER  1
MATH131
Calculus I for Life Sciences 4
GER1 MATH132 Calculus II for Life Sciences 4
GER  1
PSYC301
Elementary Statistics 3
GER  1
SOCL353
Social Statistics 3

 

GER 2A – Physical Sciences

GER Satisfied Course ID Course Title Credits
GER  2A CHEM101 Survey of Chemical Principles 3
GER 2A CHEM101L Chemical Principles Laboratory 1
GER 2A CHEM103 General Chemistry I 3
GER2A CHEM103L General Chemistry I Lab 1
GER 2A GEOL101 Dynamic Earth-Physical Geology 3
GER 2A GEOL110 Physical Geography 3
GER2A GEOL160 Intro. Geology Lab 1
GER2A PHYS101 Gen Physics (includes Lab) 4
GER 2A PHYS102 Gen Physics (inlcudes Lab)
4
GER 2A PHYS105 Great Ideas of Physics 3
GER 2A PHYS108 Physics for Life-Science (includes Lab) 4
GER 2A PHYS109 Practical Physics 3
GER2A PHYS110 Experimental Practical Physics (Lab) 1
GER 2A PHYS121 Physics of Music 3
GER 2A PHYS175 Physics and Cosmology 3
GER 2A PHYS176 Introductory Astronomy 3
GER2A PHYS177 Astronomy Laboratory 1

GER 2B – Biological Sciences

GER Satisfied Course ID Course Title Credits
GER 2B ANTH203 Intro Biological Anthropology 3
GER 2B BIOL100 General Biology 3
GER 2B BIOL105 Plants, People, & Agriculture 3
GER 2B BIOL108 Intro Ecol/Environ Science 3
GER2B BIOL109 Intro Ecol/Environ Science Laboratory 1
GER 2B BIOL110 Insects and Society 3
GER2B BIOL111 Insects Biology Laboratory 1
GER 2B BIOL203 Principles Bio: MCD (includes lab)
4
GER 2B BIOL204 Principles Bio: OEE (includes lab)
4
GER2B BIOL214 Principles of Biology Laboratory 1
GER 2B KINE304 Human Physiology 3
GER2B KINE305 Human Physiology Lab 1
GER 2B KINE350 Science of Nutrition 3
GER 2B PSYC201 Intro Psych as a Natural Science 3
GER 2B PSYC313 Physiological Psych 3

 

GER 3 – Social Sciences

GER Satisfied Course ID Course Title Credits
GER 3 ANTH204 Study of Language 4
GER 3 ANTH307 Social Anthropology 3
GER 3 ANTH309 Medicine and Culture 3
GER 3 ANTH315 Environ Archaeology 3
GER 3 ANTH335 Peoples & Cultures of Africa 3
GER 3 ANTH342 People/Culture East Asia 3
GER 3 ANTH347 Japanese Society 3
GER 3 ANTH411 Historical Linguistics 3
GER 3 ANTH412 Descriptive Linguistics 4
GER 3 ANTH413 Language  and Society 3
GER 3 ANTH415 Linguistic Anthropology 3
GER 3 BUAD442 Psychology of Decision Making 3
GER 3 ECON101 Principles: Microeconomics 3
GER 3 ECON102 Principles: Macroeconomics 3
GER 3 ECON151 Freshmen Seminar 3
GER 3 ECON152 Freshmen Seminar 3
GER 3 ENGL220 Study of Language 4
GER 3 ENGL304 Generative Syntax 3
GER 3 ENGL307 Intermediate Phonology and Morphology
3
GER 3 ENGL404 Historical Linguistics 3
GER 3 ENGL405 Descriptive Linguistics 4
GER 3 ENGL406 Language  & Society 3
GER 3 ENGL415 Linguistic Anthropology 3
GER 3 GOVT203 Intro Comparative Politics 3
GER 3 GOVT204 Intro International Politics 3
GER 3 KINE340 Motor Development 3
GER 3 KINE400 Sport Psychology 3
GER 3 PSYC202 Intro Psy as a Social Science 3
GER 3 PSYC310 Developmental Psychology 3
GER 3 PSYC316 Organizational Behavior 3
GER 3 PSYC318 Abnormal Psychology 3
GER 3 PSYC373 Human Sexuality 3
GER 3 PSYC375 Psychology of Decision Making 3
GER 3 PSYC376 Health Psychology 3
GER 3 SOCL203 American Society 3
GER 3 SOCL204 Social Problems 3
GER 3 SOCL250 Principles of Sociology 3
GER 3 SOCL301 Society and the Individual 3

 

GER 4A – History and Culture in the European Tradition

GER Satisfied Course ID Course Title Credits
GER4A AFST306 African American History to Emancipation 3
GER4A AFST306 African American History Since Emancipation 3
GER 4A AMST201 Amer Pop Cul/Modern  America 4
GER 4A AMST203 Intro to American Studies 4
GER 4A AMST271 American Popular Music 4
GER 4A AMST273 Jazz 4
GER 4A ARTH251 Survey: Art Hist I 3
GER 4A ARTH252 Survey: Art Hist II 3
GER 4A CLCV217 Greek Archaeology and Art 3
GER 4A CLCV218 Roman Archaeology and Art 3
GER 4A CLCV311 Ancient Greece 3
GER 4A CLCV312 Ancient Rome 3
GER 4A CLCV315 Women in Antiquity 3
GER 4A CLCV331 Greek Philosophy 3
GER 4A ECON341 American Economic History 3
GER 4A ECON342 Global Economic History 3
GER 4A ENGL400 Meaning & Understanding 3
GER 4A ENST302 Philosophic History Am Environ 3
GER 4A FREN310 French Cinema 3
GER 4A FREN314 Intro French Cultural Studies 3
GER 4A FREN315 Intro French Literature 3
GER 4A GRMN207 Intro German Cultural Studies 3
GER 4A HIST111 History of Europe, Ancient World to 1715
3
GER 4A HIST112 History of Europe, 1715 to present
3
GER 4A HIST121 American History to 1877
3
GER 4A HIST122 American History since 1877
3
GER 4A HIST221 US Women 1600-1879 3
GER 4A HIST222 US Women 1879-Present 3
GER 4A HIST224 Southern Cultures 3
GER 4A HIST226 American West, 1890- 3
GER 4A HIST235 African American History to Emancipation
3
GER 4A HIST236 African American History since Emancipation
3
GER 4A HIST241 European History, 1815-1914 3
GER 4A HIST242 European History, 1915-1945 3
GER 4A HIST243 Europe Since 1945 3
GER 4A HIST365 Ancient Greece 3
GER 4A HIST366 Ancient Rome 3
GER 4A ITAL302 Italian Lit Since 17th Century 3
GER 4A ITAL307 Italian Civilization English 3
GER 4A ITAL315 Modern Italian Culture 3
GER 4A MUSC213 History of Western Music 4
GER 4A MUSC271 American Popular Music 4
GER 4A MUSC273 Jazz 4
GER 4A PHIL230 Phil History Universal Rights 3
GER 4A PHIL321 Existentialism 3
GER 4A PHIL322 American Philosophy 3
GER 4A PHIL231 Greek Philosophy 3
GER 4A PHIL232 Medieval Philosophy 3
GER 4A PHIL252 17th & 18th Century Philosophy 3
GER 4A PHIL253 Kant and his Successors 3
GER 4A RELG204 Christian Origins 3
GER 4A RELG210 Intro History of Christianity 3
GER 4A RELG211 Intro History Jewish Thought 3
GER 4A RELG332 Medieval Religion & Society 3
GER 4A RELG345 Rel Amer Life & Thght to 1840 3
GER 4A RELG346 Rel Amer Life/Thght 1840 - Pre 3
GER 4A RUSN250 Russian Myths & Legends 3
GER 4A RUSN320 Russian Cultural History 3
GER 4A WMST221 US Women's History, 1600-1879 3
GER 4A WMST222 US Women's History, 1879-Pres 3
GER 4A WMST315 Women in Antiquity 3

 

GER 4B – History and Culture outside the European Tradition [Top]

GER Satisfied
Course ID
Course Title
Credits
GER 4B
ANTH201
Intro to Archaeology 3
GER 4B
ANTH241
Worlds of Music 4
GER 4B
ANTH319
Archaeology Near East 3
GER 4B
ANTH320
Rise & Fall of Civilizations 3
GER 4B
ANTH323
Indians of North America 3
GER 4B
ANTH324
Indians of the Southwest 3
GER 4B
ANTH330
Caribbean Cultures 3
GER 4B ANTH335 Peoples & Cultures of Africa 3
GER 4B ANTH336 African Cultural Economies 3
GER 4B ANTH337 African Ritual/Relig Practice 3
GER 4B ANTH338 Native Cult of Latin America 3
GER 4B ANTH342 People/Culture East Asia 3
GER 4B ANTH347 Japanese Society 3
GER 4B ANTH349 Contem. Issues Japanese Society 3
GER 4B ANTH362 Anthropology of Know/Educ 3
GER 4B ARAB309 Arab Literature in Translation 3
GER 4B ARAB310 Modern Arab Lit in Translation 3
GER 4B ARTH392 Art of India 4
GER 4B ARTH393 The Art of China 4
GER 4B ARTH394 Art of Japan 4
GER 4B CHIN280 East Asian Culture Film 3
GER 4B CHIN309 Chinese Literature in English 3
GER 4B CHIN316 Women in Chinese Cltr & Lit 3
GER 4B CHIN322 20thC Chinese Literature (Eng) 3
GER 4B FREN385 Francophone African Lit I 3
GER 4B GOVT336 Politics of China & Japan 3
GER 4B GOVT337 Politics in Africa 3
GER 4B GOVT338 Latin American Politics 3
GER 4B GOVT339 Middle East Political Systems 3
GER 4B HIST131 Latin American History (to 1824)
3
GER 4B HIST132 Latin American History (post 1824)
3
GER 4B HIST141 East Asian to 1600 3
GER 4B HIST142 East Asian 1600-Present 3
GER 4B HIST161 History of South Asia 3
GER 4B HIST171 Modern Middle East (1500 - 1800)
3
GER 4B HIST172 Modern Middle East (post 1800)
3
GER 4B HIST181 Africa to 1800 A.D. 3
GER 4B HIST182 Africa Since 1800 A.D. 3
GER 4B HIST191 Global History to1500
3
GER4B HIST237 American Indian Hist: pre 1763 3
GER 4B HIST238 American Indian Hist:1763-Pres 3
GER 4B HIST265 Postwar Japan 3
GER 4B HIST270 Nation,Gender& Race South Asia 3
GER 4B HIST280 West African History 3
GER 4B JAPN280 East Asian Culture Film 3
GER 4B MUSC241 Worlds of Music 4
GER 4B MUSC372 Music Cultures of Middle East 4
GER 4B PHIL324 Classical Chinese Philosophy 3
GER 4B RELG203 History/Relg Ancient Israel 3
GER 4B RELG212 Introduction to Islam 3
GER 4B RELG213 Hinduism 3
GER 4B RELG214 Buddhism 3
GER 4B RELG215 Religion in East Asia 3
GER 4B RELG317 Women in Islam 3
GER 4B RELG318 Islam in the Modern World 3
GER 4B SOCL151W Freshmen Seminar 3
GER 4B SOCL312 Comparative Sociology 3
GER 4B SOCL313 Globalization & Intl Developmt 3
GER 4B SOCL430 Comp Study in Gender & Work 3
GER 4B WMST151W Fr Sem:Gender Non-West Culture 4
GER 4B WMST290 Nation, Gender, and Race in South Asia
3
GER 4B WMST312 Comparative Sociology 3
GER 4B WMST314 Women in Chinese Culture & Lit 3
GER 4B WMST317 Women in Islam 3
GER 4B WMST430 Comp Studies in Gender & Work 3

 

GER 4C – Cross Cultural Issues [Top]

GER Satisfied Course ID Course Title Credits
GER 4C AMST341 Artists & Cultures 3
GER 4C ANTH202 Intro Cultural Anthropology 3
GER 4C ANTH305 Comparative Colonial Systems
3
GER 4C ANTH309 Medicine and Culture 3
GER 4C ANTH312 Comparat Colonial Archaeology 3
GER 4C ANTH325 Sun Dance People 3
GER 4C ANTH363 Culture and Cuisine 3
GER 4C ANTH364 Artists & Cultures 3
GER 4C ANTH370 Evolution Perspect on Gender 3
GER4C ARTH395 Visual Culture of Colonial Mexico 3
GER 4C ECON382 The Centrally Planned Economy in Transition
3
GER 4C FREN212 Cross-Cultural Perspectives 3
GER4C HIST183 Intro. to the African Diaspora 3
GER4C HIST192 Global History since 1500 3
GER 4C HIST223 Pacific War 3
GER 4C HIST230 History of Modern South Africa 3
GER 4C HIST231 The Global Color Line 3
GER 4C HIST239 History of Pan-Africanism 3
GER 4C HIST240 The Crusades 3
GER 4C HIST451 African Religions in Diaspora 3
GER 4C HIST452 Free/Enslaved Blacks Old South 3
GER 4C HISP207 Cross Cultural Perspectives 3
GER 4C MUSC275W Music, Migration and Multiculturalism 3
GER 4C RELG201 Introduction to Religion 3
GER 4C RELG361 Modern Hinduism 3
GER 4C THEA332 Sex & Race in Plays & Films 3
GER 4C WMST205 Introduction Women's Studies 4

 

GER 5 – Literature

GER Satisfied
Course ID
Course Title
Credits
GER 5 AMST202 Intro to American Studies 4
GER 5 AMST240 History of Modern Dance 3
GER 5 AMST 241 Hist American Vernacular Dance 3
GER 5 AMST 273 Jazz 4
GER 5 AMST343 American Ethnic Lit & Culture 3
GER 5 AMST350 Preserving American Arts and Letters 3
GER 5 ANTH 348 Japanese Values Lit/Film 3
GER 5 ARTH 251 Survey: Art Hist I 3
GER 5 ARTH252 Survey: Art Hist II 3
GER 5 CHIN 309 Chinese Literature in English 3
GER 5 CHIN316 Women in Chinese Cltr & Lit 3
GER 5 CHIN322 20thC Chinese Literature (Eng) 3
GER 5 CLCV 205 Greek and Roman Mythology 3
GER 5 CLCV 207 Greek Civilization 3
GER 5 CLCV208 Roman Civilization 3
GER 5 CLCV 217 Greek Archaeology and Art 3
GER 5 CLCV218 Roman Archaeology and Art 3
GER5 CLCV316 Voyage of the Hero 3
GER 5 CLCV318 Ancient Laughter
3
GER5 CLCV317 Sacred Violence in Greek and Roman Tragedy 3
GER 5 DANC220 History of Modern Dance 3
GER 5 DANC 230 History Amer Vernacular Dance 3
GER 5 ENGL 203 British Literature I 3
GER 5 ENGL 204 British Literature II 3
GER 5 ENGL 205 Intro to Shakespeare 3
GER 5 ENGL 207 American Lit: Themes & Issues 3
GER 5 ENGL209 Critical Approaches to Literature
3
GER 5 ENGL210 Romancing King Arthur 3
GER 5 ENGL210 Hemingway 3
GER 5 ENGL210 Ethics of Literature 3
GER 5 FILM 150W FR SEM: Film Studies 4
GER 5 FILM 250 Film Studies 4
GER 5 FILM251 Before TV: 1895-1955 3
GER 5 FREN 210 Read Write French 3
GER 5 FREN 314 Intro French Cultural Studies 3
GER 5 FREN 315 Intro French Literature 3
GER 5 GREK202 Literature of Greece 3
GER 5 GRMN207 Intro German Cultural Studies 3
GER 5 HBRW202 Read Bible Hebrew II 3
GER 5 HISP 208 Literary Criticism 3
GER 5 HISP 384
Landscapes of Spain 3
GER 5 ITAL302 Italian Lit Since 17th Century 3
GER 5 ITAL312 Renaisssance Lit /Translation 3
GER 5 ITAL314 Modern Theatre 3
GER 5 ITAL315 Modern Italian Culture 3
GER 5 ITAL316 20th C Italian Women Writers 3
GER 5 JAPN309 Classical Japanese Lit in Translation 3
GER 5 JAPN310 Modern Japanese Lit in Translation
3
GER 5 JAPN311 Japanese Cinema (in English) 3
GER 5 LATN202 Intro Latin Poetry 3
GER 5 LCST 201 Intro Literary Cultural Study 3
GER 5 MUSC 213 History of Western Music 4
GER 5 MUSC271 American Popular Music 4
GER 5 MUSC 273 Jazz 4
GER 5 MUSC373 Music in the United States 4
GER 5 MUSC381 Medieval & Renaissance Music 4
GER 5 MUSC 383 Baroque & Classic Period 4
GER 5 MUSC385 Romantic Period 4
GER 5 MUSC387 Music of the 20th Century 4
GER 5 RELG 203 History/Relg Ancient Israel 3
GER 5 RELG 204 Christian Origins 3
GER 5 RELG206 Reading the Bible in Hebrew II 3
GER 5 RELG 211 Intro History Jewish Thought 3
GER 5 RELG302 Torah 3
GER 5 RELG358 Jesus and the Gospels 3
GER 5 RUSN 250 Russian Myths & Legends 3
GER 5 RUSN 320 Russian Cultural History 3
GER 5 RUSN380 Russian Cinema 4
GER 5 RUSN387 Love & Prostitution in Rus Lit 3
GER 5 RUSN388 Rvltn, Crm & Rmnc in 20thC Rus 3
GER 5 RUSN390 Rusn Lit Since Stalin (Trans) 3
GER 5 RUSN396 Chekhov in English Translation 3
GER 5 RUSN397 Dostoevsky in Translation 3
GER 5 RUSN398 Tolstoy in English Translation 3
GER 5 THEA 150 Freshman Seminar 3
GER 5 THEA 150W Freshman Seminar 4
GER 5 THEA 308 History of Costume & Fashion 3
GER 5 THEA 328 Survey of Thea 500 BC-1750 3
GER 5 THEA 329 Survey of Thea Hist/1750-Pres 3
GER 5 WMST314 Women in Chinese Culture & Lit 3
GER 5 WMST316 20th-C Italian Women Writers 3

 

GER 6 – Creative and Performing Arts

GER Satisfied
Course ID
Course Title
Credits
GER 6 ART211 2-Dimensional Foundations 3
GER 6 ART212 3-Dimensional Foundations 3
GER 6 DANC111 Modern I 2
GER 6 DANC211 Modern II 2
GER 6 DANC212 Modern II 2
GER 6 DANC261 Intermediate Ballet 2
GER 6 DANC262 Intermediate Ballet 2
GER 6 DANC264 Intermediate Jazz 2
GER 6 DANC333 Intro. to Classical Asian Performance 3
GER 6 ENGL212 Intro to Creative Writing 2
GER 6 ENGL368 Creative Writing: Fiction 3
GER 6 ENGL369 Creative Writing: Poetry 3
GER 6 FILM306 Video Production 3
GER 6 MUSC207 Composition I 4
GER 6 MUSC221 Conducting I 3
GER 6 MUSC281 Electroacoustic Music 4
GER 6 Music ensembles and private perfomrance music lessons - All music ensembles and all lessons, both group and private, except M10, M20, M30, M40 (Musicmanship) count for GER 6.
1
GER 6 SPCH201 Public Speaking 3
GER 6 THEA152 Freshmen Seminar 4
GER 6 THEA152W Freshmen Seminar 4
GER 6 THEA200 Introduction to Theatre 3
GER 6 THEA206 Makeup 2
GER 6 THEA211 Intro. to Stage Combat
GER 6 THEA301 Beginning Acting 3
GER 6 THEA303 Scene Painting 2
GER 6 THEA313 Introduction to Stage  Lighting 3
GER 6 THEA317 Playwriting 3
GER 6 THEA333 Introduction to Classical Asian Performance 3

 

GER 7 – Religious, Social and Philosophical Thought

GER Satisfied
Course ID
Course Title
Credits
GER 7 ANTH348 Japanese Values Lit/Film 3
GER 7 ENST302 Philosophic History Am Environ 3
GER 7 ENST303 Issues in Environmental Ethics 3
GER 7 GOVT303 Survey of Political Theory 3
GER 7 GOVT304 Survey of Political Theory 3
GER 7 GOVT305 Contemp Political Theory 3
GER 7 GRMN307 German Speaking Peoples 3
GER 7 GRMN312 German Critical Thought I 3
GER 7 GRMN313 German Critical Thought II 3
GER 7 INTR150W Perspectives on Citizenship and Community 3
GER 7 INTR150 Thinking 3
GER 7 KINE393 Health Ethics 3
GER 7 KINE493 Philosophy in Kinesiology 3
GER 7 PHIL150W Freshmen Seminar 4
GER 7 PHIL201 Introduction to Philosophy 3
GER 7 PHIL210 Introduction to Critical Thinking 3
GER 7 PHIL215 Contemporary Moral Issues 3
GER 7 PHIL303 Ethics 3
GER 7 PHIL304 Aesthetics 3
GER 7 PHIL305 Social & Political Philosophy 3
GER 7 PHIL310 Philosophy of Law 3
GER 7 PHIL320 Philosophy of Feminism
3
GER 7 RELG221 Religion and Ethics 3
GER 7 RELG309 The Holocaust 3
GER 7 RELG321 Ecology and Ethics 3
GER 7 RELG322 Medicine and Ethics 3
GER 7 RELG323 Warfare and Ethics 3
GER 7 RELG335 Modern Religious Thought 3
GER 7 RELG338 Death 3
GER 7 RELG340 Roman Catholicism Since 1800 3
GER 7 THEA331 Feminist Theory & Contemp Thea 3
GER 7 WMST331 Feminist Theory & Contemp Thea 3
GER 7 WMST405 Feminist Theory 3