Culture and Language Studies

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CULTURE AND LANGUAGE STUDIES

DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AND LANGUAGE STUDIES

General Office: / Carleton Hall, Room 333
Mailing Address: / Department of Culture and Language Studies
University of New Brunswick
Box 4400 Fredericton, N.B.
Canada E3B 5A3
Phone: / (506) 453-3571
Fax: / (506) 447-3166
Email: /
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FACULTY

Guse, Anette, Staatsexamen I & II (Heidelberg), MA (Wat), PhD (Queen’s), Assoc Prof-2005
Hamling, Anna, BA, BEd (Cardiff), MA (Qu), PhD (Warsaw), Sr Teach Assoc - 1999
Hornsby, Richard, Mus.Bac, Perf, M.M.
Lavoie, Sophie, BA (King’s College/Dalhousie), MA (Queen’s), DEA, PhD (Provence), Assoc Prof - 2008
Linton, Murray, BA, MA (UNB), SrInstr - 1999
Preston, Scott, BFA, MA (Concordia), PhD (York), Asst Prof - 2010
Reid, Allan, BA (Sask), MA, PhD (Alta), Prof & Chair - 1991

The Department of Culture and Language Studies welcomes students of all disciplines to participate in the quest for cultural and media literacy and multilingual communication.

Globalization, democratization, technology and post-colonial forces continue to powerfully shape our increasingly complex and interconnected world, requiring each one of us to respond to new challenges and opportunities by increasing our understanding of diverse cultures, by exploring, engaging with and developing skills in established and emerging media, through academic and practical study of music and film, and by our competence in foreign languages.

The Department of Culture and Language Studies houses a variety of specialists in languages, literatures, arts media and cultures. We are dedicated to the teaching of cultural literacy, which can best be achieved through the long-term development of linguistic competence and the study of literary and social texts. In the spirit of diversity and understanding, we are committed to our students, to the exploration of innovative teaching and research modes that draw upon common interests among our languages and disciplines, and to the strengthening of our links to the greater academic community and the community at large.

The Department of Culture and Language Studies offers the following academic programs:

Film Production: Major, (MAAC Film Production option); Certificate in Film Production;
Film Studies: Minor;
German: Minor, Major, Honours, Certificate of Proficiency in German;
German Studies: Minor, Major, Honours, Certificate of Applied German Studies;
Media Arts and Cultures: Minor, Major, Honours;
Music:Minor, Double Major;
Spanish: Minor, Major, Honours, Certificate of Proficiency in Spanish; and
World Literature and Culture Studies: Minor, Major, Honours.

The Department also offers language acquisition courses in Arabic, Japanese, Russian, and Chinese.

For course listings consult Section H of this calendar or visit the Departmental website at

German

GENERAL INFORMATION

Language Acquisition

Students with no previous experience of German will normally enroll in GER1001 / 1002 . GER 1033 is also a first-year course requiring no previous knowledge of German, and is designed primarily to help students to read German texts in their particular fields of interest. The total sequence of language courses aims at reaching a level of proficiency that would enable a student to be linguistically competent in a German-speaking environment. Intermediate German GER 2001 and GER 2002 and the second year German language courses and complete the foundation level. GER 3011 , GER 3023 , GER 4013 , GER 4023 provide greater degrees of proficiency and specialization in oral and written expression. Advanced level courses classes are conducted in German to help students achieve oral fluency.

Literature and Culture

Students who are not primarily drawn to German language courses, but who still retain a lively interest in the German contribution to Western civilization, may take one of several literature or culture courses in which texts and instruction are in English, and for which no knowledge of German is required. These courses focus on various writers, movements, and aspects of German literature, culture, or film. They typically are organized around theme or problem and aim to familiarize students with literary and cultural masterpieces within their historical context.

PROGRAMS OF STUDY:

Minors

Students wishing to Minor in German are required to successfully complete GER 1001 , GER 1002 , GER 2001 , GER 2002 , plus four other German courses (12ch) at the third-or fourth-year levels in German language, literature, culture or film, offered in the Department. Courses cross-listed must be taken as German credits. Students in Minors must obtain a grade of C or higher in all required German courses.

Majors

Students majoring in German (single or double majors), are required to complete GER 3011 and GER 3022 , plus 6 other courses (18ch), at the third-or fourth-year levels in German language, literature, culture or film, offered in the Department. Courses cross-listed must be taken as German credits. The total of required courses is 24 advanced-level ch in German. Students in Majors must obtain a grade of C or higher in all required German courses.

Honours and Joint Honours

Honours students must obtain a grade of B- or higher in all required German courses.

A. Single Honours

Students in Single Honours are required to complete GER 3011 and GER 3022 , plus 10 other courses (30ch) at the third-or fourth year levels in German language, literature, culture or film, offered in Department. Courses cross-listed must be taken as German credits. The total of required courses is 36 advanced level ch in German.

B. Joint Honours

Students in joint honours are required to complete GER 3011 and GER 3022 , plus 6 other courses (24ch)at the third- or fourth years level in German language, literature, culture or film, offered in the Department. Courses cross-listed must be taken as German credits. The total of required courses is 24 advanced-level ch in German.

Note: Students majoring or honouring in German are strongly encouraged to spend one academic year at a university in a German-speaking country, for example in the program "Canadian Year in Freiburg" preferably in their third or fourth year of study. Interested students should consult the undergraduate advisor for German before November 30 of the year prior to the time of departure.

Certificate of Proficiency in German

The goal of this program is to provide students with an internationally recognized language certificate in German. Upon successful completion of their examination students will have achieved the language prerequisite to study at universities in a German-speaking country. Required are normally the completion of the language course sequence (GER 1001, 1002, 2001, 2002, 3011, 3023, 4013, 4023) or equivalent, plus a comprehensive examination at a regional examination centre.

The Certificate of Proficiency in German is open to UNB degree students only and will be awarded by the University through the Registrar's Office. The student's transcript will bear a separate entry, showing that the Certificate has been awarded.

STUDY IN GERMANY

A student who attends language or literature courses either at one of the Goethe Institutes in the Federal Republic of Germany or at a university in a German-speaking country will be awarded up to 12 ch upon departmental recommendation. Students attending the Canadian Summer School in Germany may be awarded up to 6 ch upon departmental recommendation. Students who participate in the Work-and-Study program (Werkstudentenprogramm) may receive 3 advanced-level ch, subject to a departmental evaluation upon return.

For further information on a variety of other summer language programs, consult the undergraduate advisor for German. For a description of study abroad programs (summer term and full year) consult the Departmental website.

German Studies

GENERAL INFORMATION

German Studies is an Interdisciplinary Minor and Major Program that provides the opportunity to combine the study of the language, literature, history, political science, and various socio-cultural aspects of the German-speaking peoples within the context of a larger Europe. The attainment of German language proficiency is an integral part of German Studies.

The program is administered by the German unit in the Department of Culture and Language Studies. The nature of area studies allows students to take a certain number of courses in other departments at UNB and STU (History, Political Science, and Philosophy).

PROGRAMS OF STUDY:

Minor in German Studies

A Minor in German Studies (24 ch) consists of:

four term courses (12 ch) of first and second year German language acquisition courses;
one term course (3 ch) in German Culture: GER 3061 From Peoples to a Nation: German Culture before 1900 or GER 3071 German Today: German Culture from 1900 to the Present;
one term course (3 ch) in German History;
two term courses (6 ch) from any of the five areas of concentration listed below.

Major in German Studies

A Major or Double Major in German Studies consists of 42 ch with a minimum of eight term courses (24 ch) at the third- and fourth-year levels, with no grades below C.

Honours in German Studies

An Honours program in German Studies consists of 48 ch with a minimum of twelve term courses (36 ch) taken at the third- and fourth-year levels with no grades below B-.

Joint Honours in German Studies:

Students in Joint Honours are required to complete 24 advanced ch in German Studies courses with no grades below B-.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR MAJORS

Note: Students in the German Studies Program must successfully complete a total of four term courses (12 ch) in German language acquisition at the first and second year levels or otherwise demonstrate proficiency in spoken and written German.

two term courses (6 ch) of third- or fourth-year German language acquisition courses or equivalent (selected from Group A);
one term course (3 ch) in the area of German literature, civilization, cultural topics, or linguistics (selected from Group B);
one term course (3 ch) in the area of German history (selected from Group C);
four term courses (12 ch) from any of the five areas of concentration listed below; however, students are encouraged to choose these four courses from only one or two areas of concentration.

Note: In addition to this, students pursuing Honours in German Studies must take eight term courses (24 ch) from any of the five areas of concentration listed below. A minimum of four term courses (12 ch) must be taken from a single area of concentration. No course must have a grade of below B-.

Areas of Concentration

A. German Language Courses:

GER 3011 / Modern German Usage I
GER 3022 / Modern German Usage II
GER 4013 / Advanced German Usage I
GER 4023 / Advanced German Usage II

B. German Literature, Civilization,or Cultural Topics:

GER 3021 / The New Berlin: Memory and Reinvention
GER 3023 / Berlin to Broadway: Musical Theatre Across the Oceans
GER 3054 / Crimes and Misdemeanours: Modern German Literature
GER 3061 / From Tribes to a Nation: German Culture before 1900
GER 3071 / Germany Today: German Culture from 1900 to the Present
GER 3043 / Prayers, Damsels, and Monks on the Prowl: The Early Years of German Literature
GER 3045 / Decadence, Nazi's and the War: Twentieth-Century German Literature before WWII
GER 3053 / Introduction to German Literature II (From the Reformation to the Present)
GER 3055 / Rubble, Revolt, Reunification: Twentieth-Century German Literature after WWII
GER 3063 / Literature of the Holocaust
GER 3066 / Trauma and Seduction: Early German Cinema
GER 3072 / (Re)constructing National Identity: Contemporary German Cinema
GER 3083 / Seminar I: Genre
GER 4033 / Seminar II: Author
GER 4073 / Literary Texts
GER 4093 / Nobel Laureates - German Literature

C. German History (+ = offered at St. Thomas University)

HIST 2023 / Early Modern Europe Part I, 1300-1600 (O)
HIST 2024 / Early Modern Europe Part II, 1600-1800
HIST 2103 / Modern Europe Part I: 1789-1914
HIST 2104 / Modern Europe Part II: 1914 to Present
HIST 3006 / The Protestant Reformation
HIST 3085 / Germany 1900-1945
HIST 3095 / The Germanies, 1945 to the Present
HIST 3775 / History of Music in the Late Baroque and Classical Period
HIST 3785 / History of Music in the Romantic Era
HIST 3795 / A History of Music in the Twentieth Century
HIST 3796 / History of the Music Dramas of Richard Wagner
HIST 4012 / Home Fronts at War: Europe, 1914-1920
HIST 4013 / The Holocaust: Victims, Perpetrators, Bystanders
HIST 4014 / European Dictatorships
HIST 4015 / The Origin of the Second World War
HIST 5007 / Gender & Sexuality in Twentieth Century Europe
HIST 5028 / Fascism
HIST 5035 / The Holocaust
HIST 2043 / Modern Europe
HIST 3263 / European Social Policy in Comparative Perspective
HIST 3363 / German History 1871-1945
HIST 3733 / The Germanies Since 1945

D. German and European Politics (+ = offered at St. Thomas University)

POLS 3113 / The Foreign Policies of East European States
POLS 3343 / The European Union in Transition
POL 3361 / Eastern Europe in Transition
POLS 3363 / Contemporary Germany
POLS 3433 / Late Modern Political Thought
POLS 3483 / Hegel and Marx
POLS 3413 / Government and Politics of Western Europe
POLS 3413 / The European Union and "Europe"

E. German Thought (+ = offered at St. Thomas University)

PHIL 3306 / Introduction to 19th and 20th Century Existential Philosophy
PHIL 3311 / Nietzsche's Critique of Socrates
PHIL 3314 / Nietzsche's Faith and Critique of Christianity
PHIL 3318 / Martin Heidegger's Destruction of Philosophy
PHIL 4301 / Introduction to Philosophy of Kant
PHIL 2163 / Modern Philosophy II
PHIL 4311 / Nietzsche's Zarathustra
PHIL 4434 / Husserl's Pure Phenomenology
PHIL 2233 / Contemporary Moral Philosophy
PHIL 3543 / Existential Philosophy
PHIL 3613 / Kant
PHIL 3623 / Hegel
PHIL 3633 / Marx
PHIL 3653 / Contemporary Continental Philosophy
PHIL 3763 / Martin Heidegger

Course selections must be made in consultation with the Program Director.

Certificate of Applied German Studies

The goal of this certificate is to attach recognition to the practical application of German Studies that occurs, for instance, in a wide range of extracurricular contexts such as film series, cultural events and immersion weekends; in the participation in studies abroad* in a German speaking country; in the participation of the Berlin Travel Study program; and in special class projects and German society projects.

The Certificate in Applied German Studies emphasises the connection between academic and professional worlds. It does this by emphasising the training of competences and skills such as generating ideas, text production, intercultural literacy, creative, and pedagogical skills in specific task sets. Such competences are, for example, needed by publishers, text producers in media and advertising, cultural managers, communication instructors, academics, teachers of German as a foreign language, adult education teachers etc. The ability to convert language into text and to plan language for a variety of media and events is also in demand in the business sector.

The certificate program can be taken concurrently with other German and German Studies programs but is of particular interest to students who are not majoring or honouring in a German program. It normally consists of 12 ch of German language acquisition courses, plus 6 ch of German culture courses (GER 3061 and GER 3071), 3 ch of Applied German Studies (GER 2003 and 2004) and 3 ch of German Studies (literature, film, history, political science, philosophy). In addition to these courses the program requires the participation in extracurricular activities such as German film series, immersion program, cultural events, and projects. Students will produce reviews and reports to be collected in a portfolio. Guidelines for the specific requirements of the portfolio will be provided by the instructors. The portfolio will be evaluated for academic assessment by the program director or the instructor.

*There are international partnerships with accredited German universities (Freiburg, Bamberg, Saarland, Erfurt) and schools (Kassel). Courses taken abroad can be considered for transfer credit.

The Certificate of Applied German Studies is open to UNB degree students only and will be awarded by the University through the Registrar's Office. The student's transcript will bear a separate entry, showing that the Certificate has been awarded.

Linguistics

This program is not accepting any new admissions at this time.

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Linguistics Program combines courses in the traditional areas of linguistics and in related disciplines. It is administered by a committee drawn from the departments involved. Interested students should contact the Director of Linguistics or the Student Advisor.

Requirements

Linguistics is offered as part of a Double Major or a Joint Honours in conjunction with another Major or Honours program.

PROGRAMS OF STUDY:

Double Majors:

9 ch from the three Required Courses.
18 ch from Group A and Group B Courses, with not more than 6 ch from Group B.
The courses chosen to fulfil prerequisites or major requirements must be completed with a mark of C or better, and may not count towards the other subject of the Double Majors Program.

Joint Honours:

9 ch from the three Required Courses.
24 ch from Group A and Group B Courses, with not more than 6 ch from Group B.
The courses chosen to fulfil prerequisites or honours requirements must be completed with a mark of C or better, and may not count towards the other subject of the Joint Honours Program.

COURSES

Note: For course descriptions refer to the appropriate department listings.

Required Courses

LING2401 / Introduction to Language
LING3411 / Phonetics and Phonemics
LING3422 / Morphology and Syntax

Optional Courses

Group A

ED 5078 / Foundations of Speech and Language
ENGL/LING 3006 / Linguistic Introduction to Canadian English
ENGL/LING 3010 / History of the English Language
FR/LING 3404 / Introduction à la linguistique
FR/LING 3414 / Sociolinguistique
FR/LING 3424 / Phonétique et phonologie
FR/LING 3444 / La créativitélexicale
FR/LING 3454 / Histoire de la langue française
FR/LING 3464 / Syntaxe
FR/LING 3484 / Questions de psycholinguistique
FR/LING 3494 / Mythes et réalitéssur le langage
FR/LING 4414 / Françaiscanadien
FR/LING 4444 / Sémantique
FR/LING 4464 / Théorielinguistique
FR/LING 4465 / Morphologiegénérative
LING 3903 / Independent Studies in Linguistics I
LING 3904 / Independent Studies in Linguistics II
MATH/LING 4903 / Formal Languages
PHIL 2113 / Introduction to Symbolic Logic
PHIL 3144 / Set Theory and Logic
PSYC 3213 / Language Development
PSYC 4215 / Individuals with Disabilities

Group B

ABRG / (Micmac language courses at any level)
ABRG or NATI / (Maliseet language courses at any level)
ANTH 3412 / Language and Culture
ANTH 3434 / Cross-Cultural Communication
CHNS / (Chinese language courses at any level)
CS 4613 / Programming Languages
CS 5905 / Topics in the Theory of Computing
ED 3560 / Introduction à la didactique du français langue seconde
ED 3561 / Introduction to Second Language Education
ED 4568 / Le développementlangagier en classe de langue seconde
ENGL 3003 / Old English I
ENGL 3004 / Old English II
FR / (French language courses at any level)
FR 3044 / Grammaire et stylistique
FR 3204 / Stylistiquecomparée du français et de l'anglais
GER / (German language courses at any level)
GRK / (Ancient Greek language courses at any level)
JPNS / (Japanese language courses at any level)
LAT / (Latin language courses at any level)
LING 3803 / Independent Studies in Language I
LING 3804 / Independent Studies in Language II
PHIL 3083 / Syntax and Semantics of Formal Systems
PSYC 2203 / Foundations of Developmental Psychology
PSYC 3243 / Cognitive Development
PSYC 3623 / Cognition
RUSS / (Russian language courses at any level)
SPAN 3205 / Advanced Translation
SPAN / (Spanish language courses at any level)
SPAN 4204 / Spanish Language of the Americas

Note: Language improvement courses may not be counted for Linguistics credit by native speakers.