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GRMN3011: Twentieth-Century German Culture
2025 unit information
In this course, students will take a tour through the most significant developments in German history in the period 1918 - 2000 and examine how these developments relate to German society and culture today. Along the way, students will have an opportunity to engage with relevant visual and written texts in German and explore intersecting cultural themes through their assessment tasks.
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Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Germanic Studies |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 2000 or 3000 level in Germanic Studies |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. understand the historical factors that have formed German society and culture today
- LO2. demonstrate this understanding of the relevance of historical factors by application to German cultural products
- LO3. demonstrate greater skill in comprehending sophisticated and complex German texts
- LO4. demonstrate an ability to develop, plan, and write an independent research essay
- LO5. demonstrate a critical approach to source material in both English and German
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