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2005-06 Undergraduate Catalog

Course Descriptions

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

FOW 3380 Castles and Cloisters: An Introduction to Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Credits: 3.
A study of monastic and courtly-chivalric communities as these evolved in the Middle Ages and early modern period. Explorations of architecture, art, literature and music illustrate how different monastic and chivalric communities saw the world and their place in it.

Czech Language

CZE 1130 Introduction to Czech Language and Culture 1
Credits: 5.
This course and its sequel, CZE 1131, offer a comprehensive introduction to Czech, using interactive methods to develop competence in speaking, listening, reading, writing and cultural interaction.

CZE 1131 Introduction to Czech Language and Culture 2
Credits: 5; Prereq: CZE 1130 (grade of C or better, or S), or its equivalent.

CZE 2200 Intermediate Czech 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: CZE 1131 (grade of C or better, or S), or its equivalent.
This course is designed to build reading and writing skills while continuing to develop conversational ability and listening comprehension. Using a communicative approach, this course will also offer an overview of Czech grammar.

Dutch Language

The language requirement (10 credits) can be fulfilled by the sequence DUT 1130, 1131.

DUT 1130 Beginning Dutch 1
Credits: 5.

DUT 1131 Beginning Dutch 2
Credits: 5; Prereq: DUT 1130 (grade of C or better, or S), or the equivalent.

German Studies

The language requirement (10 credits) can be fulfilled by the sequence GER 1120, GER 1121, GER 1122 or GER 1125, GER 1126 or GER 1130, GER 1131.

GER 1120 Beginning German 1
Credits: 4.

GER 1121 Beginning German 2
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 1120 (grade of C or better, or S), or the equivalent.

GER 1122 Beginning German 3
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 1121 (grade of C or better, or S), or the equivalent.

GER 1125 Discover German 1
Credits: 5.
The first semester of a two-semester sequence that includes GER 1126. In this innovative on-line course, students will acquire basic skills in the German language and use the Internet as a resource to explore aspects of German culture and everyday life. (GER 1125 and 1126 can be taken instead of GER 1120, 1121 and 1122 to satisfy the German language requirement.)

GER 1126 Discover German 2
Credits: 5; Prereq: GER 1125.
Continuation of GER 1125 Students will continue acquiring basic skills in the German language using the Internet to explore aspects of German culture and everyday life.

GER 1130 Beginning Intensive German 1
Credits: 5; no previous knowledge of German required.
Emphasis is on spoken German. Reading, writing and grammar are also included in the program. Communication in German is enhanced by the use of multi-media and regular meetings with tutors. Supervised homework and drill sessions in small groups.

GER 1131 Beginning Intensive German 2
Credits: 5; Prereq: GER 1130 (grade of C or better, or S), or the equivalent.

GER 1930 Variable Languages
Credits: 3 to 10.
Upon completion students will be able to converse, read and write one of the less commonly taught languages. May be repeated with change in content up to a maximum of ten credits.

GER 2200 Intermediate German 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 1122 or GER 1126 or GER 1131, or its equivalent.
Participants will improve their skills in the four basic areas (reading, writing, listening comprehension, speaking) by reviewing elements of grammar, particularly morphology (i.e., word forms), and by expanding vocabulary. Upon successful completion, students may go directly to Advanced German.

GER 2240 Intermediate German 2
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 2200, or its equivalent.
Objectives include improving reading and speaking skills at the intermediate level. Upon completion participants will be able to pronounce German words more accurately, listen with greater comprehension to German, and respond to questions about a variety of recorded texts.

GER 3234 Introduction to Reading German Texts
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 2200.
Upon completion, students will be able to read literary and non-literary texts and to identify the more common syntactical, stylistic and rhetorical elements.

GER 3330 German Language and Culture 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 2200.
Students will be introduced to German civilization through grammar review, vocabulary building, reading and essay writing. Upon completion, students will be able to discuss cultural and literary concepts in German. (H)

GER 3331 German Language and Culture 2
Credits: 3.
Students will review points of German grammar, using the vocabulary of cultural and literary history; understand and use concepts and vocabulary common to discussion of German cultural history and make the transition from speaking in everyday situations to discussing intelligently cultural and literary documents.

GER 3332 Topics in German Film and Culture
Credits: 1; Prereq: GER 1122 or GER 1126, or GER 1131 (or equivalent) and one 2000-level GER course.
GER 3224 is a one-credit course taught as a FLAC accompaniment to various courses. It provides a forum for discussion covering different topics in German film and culture. All materials and class discussions will be in German.

GER 3401 Advanced German 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 2200, or permission of the undergraduate coordinator.
A study of the German language focusing on syntax (i.e., sentence structure) is combined with the reading and discussion of different kinds of prose texts (newspaper and magazine articles about aspects of contemporary German culture, short stories) and video materials, the composition of short essays and vocabulary building. Successful completion of Advanced German I and II will increase fluency and enable students to understand and express themselves about relatively complex texts.

GER 3402 Advanced German 2
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 2200, or permission of undergraduate coordinator.
In this continuation of GER 3401, students continue to develop their fluency and their ability to understand and utilize complex texts by studying the relationship of meaning to sentence structure and by working with different kinds of written texts and video materials. With the permission of the instructor, students may enroll in this course before taking GER 3401.

GER 3440 German in Business
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 2200.
In this course, which includes the study of Wirt-schaftsdeutsch and the ability to read and write texts in the area of international business transactions in German, students acquire the ability to communicate in German in a professional business setting. (I, S)

GER 4850 The Structure and Stylistics of German
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 3234, GER 3401 or GER 3402.
Upon completion students will understand the elements of contrastive grammar and be able to translate from German to English more effectively.

GER 4956 Overseas Studies in German
Credits: 1 to 15; Prereq: permission of undergraduate coordinator.
This revolving topics course provides a mechanism by which course work taken abroad as part of an approved study abroad program can be recorded on the transcript and counted toward graduation at UF.

GET 2000 German Culture and Civilization 1
Credits: 3.
Knowledge of German is not required. Introduction to German civilization from the earliest times to the beginning of the nineteenth century. Upon completion, students will have some acquaintance with German literature, philosophy, art, music and architecture. Readings and discussions in English. (H, I)

GET 2001 Modern German Culture and Civilization
Credits: 3.
Knowledge of German is not required. Introduction to German civilization in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Participants will be able to discuss developments in German literature, philosophy, art, music and architecture. Texts and lectures in English. (H, I)

GET 2100 German Literary Heritage
Credits: 3; not for major credit. Satisfies general education requirement.
Knowledge of German is not required. Upon completion participants will be able to discuss major works of German literature, mainly from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. Texts and lectures in English. (H) (WR)

GET 2250 The Tales of King Arthur
Credits: 3.
Upon completion students will be familiar with some of the great literary works of the Arthurian tradition, and with the manner in which the tales of King Arthur serve, from their sixth century Celtic origins to the present, to articulate the interests and values of different social groups through history. (H, I)

GET 2290 Early German Cinema - 1945
Credits: 4.
A historical overview of the most influential films of German classical cinema, including how they relate to the social reality of the 1920's and 30's.

GET 3200 The Literature of Knighthood
Credits: 3.
A study of the chivalric literature written in the northern, German-speaking regions of the Holy Roman Empire during the High Middle Ages (ca. 1200). Students will explore the political and historical foundations of knighthood in this region, the narrative traditions to which different chivalric works are related, and the significance of adventures, tournaments, and quests. (H) (WR)

GET 3501 History, Literature and Arts of Berlin
Credits: 3.
Upon completion of this course, students will have a working knowledge of the history and culture of Berlin from 1871 to the present by exploring literature, painting and film. Authors and artists will include Mann, Brecht, Dix and Wenders.

GET 3580 Representations of War in Literature and Visual Media
Credits: 3.
This course explores the shifting cultural representations of war (literature/art) in the 20th century, focusing primarily on European history, culture and politics. Primary sources will include Mann, Remarque, Boll, Celan, Grosz and Kiefer.

GET 3581 Limits of Representation: The Literature and Arts of the Holocaust
Credits: 3.
Through an analysis of Holocaust literature, film and visual media, we will investigate the connections between history, trauma, witnessing and representation. Primary sources include Celan, Sachs, Kluger and Spiegelman.

GET 4291 Women and German Cinema
Credits: 4.
An introduction to the role of women in German film from Weimar to the present day on "both sides of the camera." Basic concepts in feminist film theory will also be covered.

GET 4293 New German Cinema 1945 to Present
Credits: 4.
An introduction to "New German Cinema" from its inception in the 1960's to its demise and its subsequent legacy, both in filmmaking and criticism.

GEW 3100 Survey of German Literature 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: permission of instructor.
Upon completion participants will be acquainted with the major periods and works of German literature from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century. Texts in German. (H, I)

GEW 3101 Survey of German Literature 2
Credits: 3.
Upon completion students will be familiar with the major periods of German literature from the eighteenth century to the present. Authors include Goethe, Kleist, Kafka, Mann, Grass and Christa Wolf. Readings in German. (H)

GEW 4301 Introduction to German Drama and Theater
Credits: 3; Prereq: GEW 3100 and GEW 3101, or its equivalent.
Survey of German drama from the late medieval period to the present. Introduction to major forms, periods and authors such as Lessing, Goethe, Schiller and Brecht. (H)

GEW 4400 Medieval Studies in German
Credits: 3; Prereq: GEW 3100 and GEW 3101.
Students read some shorter verse narratives dealing with love and chivalric adventures in the original language of the German Middle Ages (ca. 1200). In conjunction with this reading, students will learn some of the basic features of the poetic idiom (Middle High German) as well as some of the issues and problems involved in the production, transmission and editing of medieval manuscripts. (H)

GEW 4542 Romantics and Revolutionaries
Credits: 3; Prereq: GEW 3100 and GEW 3101.
This introduction to the movements "Romanticism" and "Young Germany" will enable students to analyze social movements and their relationship to literature in the first half of the nineteenth century. Participants will also learn to recognize specific literary forms and styles. (H)

GEW 4730 Modern German Literature
Credits: 3; Prereq: GEW 3100 and GEW 3101.
Upon completion students will be able to discern the major trends of German literature in the first half of the twentieth century, including impressionism, expressionism, Neue Sachlichkeit, workers' literature and Nazi culture. Works by Thomas Mann, Hermann Hesse and Bertolt Brecht will be discussed. (H)

GEW 4731 Contemporary German Literature
Credits: 3; Prereq: GEW 3100 and GEW 3101.
Participants will learn to discern the major trends of post WW II German literature. Students will be able to recognize the key features of works by such German authors as Böll, Grass, Weiss, and Wolf and by such Swiss and Austrian writers Frisch, Dürrenmatt and Handke. (H)

GEW 4750 Women in German Literature
Credits: 3; Prereq: any two 3000-level courses.
Upon completion participants will a) be familiar with the image of women in representative works of German literature; b) become acquainted with the main themes and structures in selected works by major women writers of German speaking countries and their unique contribution to German culture and literature; c) will learn to use an interdisciplinary approach to literature and get to know the basic tools of gender studies. (H)

GEW 4760 Ethnic Writing in Germany
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 3234, or permission of instructor.
Students will become familiar with the writings (prose, poetry, critical essays) of significant authors of non-German descent (i.e., Spaniards, Italians, Turks, Iranians) from the 1950s to the present. Besides gaining insights into the lives and thinking of significant ethnic minorities in Germany during this period, students will develop the ability to address the implications of this corpus of literature for German literary history and the question of German identity more generally. Films dealing with relevant topics will also be screened and discussed.

GEW 4905 Individual Work
Credits: 1 to 3; available by special arrangement. Can be taken only once for major credit.

GEW 4930 Seminar in Germanic Languages and Literatures
Credits: 3; Prereq: any two 3000-level courses, or permission of instructor.
Variable topic course dealing with specific issues of a Germanic language or literature. (H)

Polish Language and Literature

PLT 3504 19th century Polish Culture and Society
Credits: 3.
Introduces students to major literary, cultural and social movements of 19th century Poland. Readings from fiction, poetry, essay and political writing. Course is designed to situate Polish letters in the complex political and social contexts of partitioned Poland. Taught in English.

PLT 3520 Polish Cinema
Credits: 4.
Examination of principal developments and major directors of modern Polish Cinema with emphasis placed on the visual and narrative techniques that distinguish Polish cinema from Hollywood and other national cinemas. Course taught in English. (Cross-listed with ENG 4135.)

PLT 3564 Modern Polish Culture and Society
Credits: 3.
Examination of Polish culture since 1900: fiction, essays, selections from social and cultural history, historical documents and films. Course taught in English.

PLT 3930 Special Topics in Polish Studies
Credits: 3 to 6, maximum of 6 credits; can be repeated with change in content up to 9 credits.
Variable topics in Polish literature, culture and society. Course taught in English.

POL 1115 Elementary Polish: Review and Progress 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: placement test.
Alternative to POL 1130, for students who have had some previous experience in Polish but are not yet ready for intermediate work in the language. This course reviews basic grammar principles and improves reading, writing and listening skills.

POL 1116 Elementary Polish: Review and Progress 2
Credits: 3; Prereq: POL 1115 or by placement test.
Second semester sequence for students who have had some previous experience in Polish but are not yet ready for intermediate work in the language. This course reviews basic grammar principles and improves reading, writing and listening skills.

POL 1130 Introduction to Polish Language and Culture 1
Credits: 5.
First of a two-semester Polish language sequence, this course will introduce students to the basics of Polish language and culture.

POL 1131 Introduction to Polish Language and Culture 2
Credits: 5; Prereq: POL 1115, 1130 or by placement test.
Second of a two-semester Polish language sequence, this course will continue where POL 1130 left off, helping students to expand their vocabulary and command of Polish grammar, as well as ability to speak.

POL 2200 Intermediate Polish 1
Credits: 4; Prereq: POL 1131, POL 1116 or by placement test.
Students will improve their speaking, reading, writing and listening comprehension skills by reviewing and expanding the language principles introduced in POL 1130/1131 or POL 1115/1116.

POL 2201 Intermediate Polish 2
Credits: 4; Prereq: POL 2200 or by placement test.
Students will improve their speaking, reading, writing and listening comprehension skills by reviewing and building upon the language principles introduced in POL 2200.

Russian Language and Literature

The language requirement (10 credits) can be fulfilled by the sequence RUS 1120, RUS 1121, RUS 1122 or RUS 1130, RUS 1131.

RUS 1120 Beginning Russian 1
Credits: 4.

RUS 1121 Beginning Russian 2
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUS 1120 (grade of C or better, or S), or its equivalent.

RUS 1122 Beginning Russian 3
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUS 1121 (grade of C or better, or S), or its equivalent.

RUS 1130 Introduction to Russian Language and Culture 1
Credits: 5.
This course and its sequel, RUS 1131, offer a comprehensive introduction to Russian, using interactive methods to develop competence in speaking, listening, reading, writing and cultural interaction.

RUS 1131 Introduction to Russian Language and Culture 2
Credits: 5; Prereq: RUS 1130 (grade of C or better, or S), or its equivalent.

RUS 2200 Intermediate Russian 1
Credits: 4; Prereq: RUS 1122 or RUS 1131, or its equivalent.

RUS 3240 Oral Practice in Russian
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUS 1122 or RUS 1131, or its equivalent.

RUS 3400 Intermediate Russian 2
Credits: 4; Prereq: RUS 2200, or its equivalent.
Exercises in sentence patterns, vocabulary building, sustained oral and written discourse in Russian.

RUS 4300 Advanced Grammar and Composition
Credits: 3; Prereq: one 3000-level course, or its equivalent.

RUS 4411 Advanced Oral Practice
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUS 3240.
Development of advanced speaking and listening skills based on authentic written, audio and video texts from contemporary Russian culture.

RUS 4503 Theory and Practice of Russian-English Translation 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUW 3100, RUW 3101, or permission of instructor.
The first part of a two-course translation series focusing on the theory and practice of conveying word semantics in Russian-English and English-Russian translation.

RUS 4504 Theory and Practice of Russian-English Translation 2
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUW 3100, RUW 3101, or permission of instructor.
The second part of a two-course translation series focuses on the theory and practice of conveying sentence and paragraph semantics in Russian-English and English-Russian translation.

RUS 4700 Structure of the Russian Language
Credits: 3; Prereq: one 3000-level course, or its equivalent.

RUS 4905 Individual Work in Russian
Credits: 1 to 3; Prereq: RUS 2200, or its equivalent. Available by special arrangement.

RUS 4930 Special Topics in Russian
Credits: 3; can be repeated with change in content up to 9 credits.
New or experimental courses or one-time offerings.

RUS 4941 Peer Tutoring Internship in Russian
Credits: 1 to 3; Prereq: by permission only. S/U option.

RUS 4956 Overseas Studies in Russian
Credits: 1 to 15; Prereq: permission of undergraduate coordinator.
This revolving topics course provides a mechanism by which course work taken abroad as part of an approved study abroad program can be recorded on the transcript and counted toward graduation at UF.

RUT 2100 Russian Masterpieces
Credits: 3; not for major credit. Satisfies General Education requirement.
Readings and discussions in English. (H)

RUT 2500 Russian Cultural Heritage
Credits: 3.
An introduction to the culture of pre-revolutionary Russia. Philosophical, religious, artistic and literary currents in relation to Western civilization. Readings and discussions in English. (H, I)

RUT 2501 Contemporary Russian Culture and Society
Credits: 3.
Patterns of continuity and change in the philosophical and cultural values of Russian society as they explain the Soviet Union and contemporary Russia. Readings and discussions in English. (H)

RUT 2502 Russia Today
Credits: 3.
An investigation into traditional and newly emerging symbols, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors that shape everyday life in late- and post-Soviet Russia. (H, I) (WR)

RUT 2503 Violence and Terror in the Russian Experience
Credits: 3.
An examination of the impact of violence and terror on the human condition as reflected and expressed in well-known works of Russian literature (fiction and historical narratives), art and film. Taught in English. No knowledge of other languages required. (H, I)

RUT 3441 Tolstoy and Dostoevsky
Credits: 3.
Introduction to the major nineteenth century Russian novelists, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, and their contemporaries. Readings and discussions in English. (H)

RUT 3442 Themes from Russian Literature
Credits: 3.
An examination of Russian everyday life and institutions of the 19th and 20th centuries through the media of literature and film. Course may be repeated with change in content up to 6 credits. (H, I)

RUT 3450 Russian Modernism
Credits: 3.
Introduction to the major artistic contributions of Russian Modernism in the context of the political, social and cultural upheavals of Late Imperial to Stalinist Russia (1890-1939). (H, I)

RUT 3514 Russian Fairy Tales
Credits: 3.
A critical introduction to Russian fairy tales and folklore, examining the aesthetic, social, cultural and psychological values that they reflect. (H, I)

RUT 3452 Russian Literature of the Twentieth Century
Credits: 3.
Authors, movements, and genres in Russian literature from the Revolution of 1917 to the present. Readings and discussions in English. (H, I) (WR)

RUT 3600 The Twentieth Century through Slavic Eyes
Credits: 3.
Introduction to the literature, film and culture of 20th century Eastern and Central Europe. (H, I)

RUT 4440 Pushkin and Gogol
Credits: 3.
Major works of Russian literature, mainly by Pushkin and Gogol, written the first half of the nineteenth century. Readings and discussions in English. (H)

RUW 3100 Reading the Russian Press
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUS 3400, or its equivalent.
An in-depth study of the vocabulary, structures, reading strategies and cultural background needed for understanding and interpreting contemporary Russian print media across a variety of relevant issues and themes. (H)

RUW 3101 Reading Russian Literature
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUS 3400, or its equivalent.
An in-depth study of the vocabulary, structures, reading strategies and cultural background needed for understanding and interpreting a broad range of Russian prose fiction. (H)

RUW 4301 Russian Drama and Poetry
Credits: 3; can be repeated with change in content up to 6 credits.
Study of plays and poems by major Russian writers from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Readings in Russian. (H)

RUW 4370 Russian Short Prose
Credits: 3; can be repeated with change in content up to 9 credits.
Critical study of selected Russian short stories. Readings in Russian. (H)

RUW 4630 Reading "Eugene Onegin": Pushkin and Nabokov
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUW 3101, or the equivalent, or permission of instructor.
An in-depth study of one of Russia's most revered literary works, combining close readings of Pushkin's original with analyses of operatic, artistic and cinematic adaptations by Chaikovsky, Nabokov and others. Readings and discussion primarily in Russian.

RUW 4932 Selected Readings in Russian
Credits: 3; can be repeated with change in content up to 9 credits. Prereq: one 3000-level course, or its equivalent.
Special topic, author, genre or movement in Russian literature. (H)

Scandinavian Language and Literature

SCA 1120 Beginning Swedish, Norwegian 1
Credits: 4. (I)

SCA 1121 Beginning Swedish, Norwegian 2
Credits: 3; Prereq: SCA 1120 (grade of C, or S), or the equivalent.(I)

SCA 1122 Beginning Swedish, Norwegian 3
Credits: 3; Prereq: SCA 1121 (grade of C, or S), or the equivalent. (I)

SCT 2502 Germanic Myth and Lore
Credits: 3.
Satisfies general education requirement. Reading and lectures in English. (H) (WR)

SCT 2503 The Contemporary Scandinavian Scene
Credits: 3.
Satisfies general education requirement. Reading and lectures in English. (H)



General Education Categories

  • Composition (C)
  • Mathematical Sciences (M)
  • Humanities (H)
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences (S)
  • Physical (P) and Biological (B) Sciences
  • International and Diversity focus (I)

Symbols Used in Course Descriptions

  • (WR) indicates the course satisfies the writing requirement.
    The Schedule of Courses lists the amount of writing credit per course section.
  • (MR) indicates the course satisfies the math requirement.
  • †† indicates the course may be taken on an S-U basis.