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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
 
  Aug 08, 2026
 
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

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GER 1380 - TOPICS IN GERMAN CINEMA


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A survey of the new German cinema. This course examines the cultural and social conditions that made possible and shaped the diversity of West German films since the sixties and continue to do so in the eighties. With the emphasis on the work of internationally renowned directors such as Fassbinder, Herzog, and Wenders, the course also pays tribute to the lesser known but equally important work of women directors and experimental filmmakers.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: At least one 3-credit GER course numbered 1100-1499 or by special permission.
Course Attributes: SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., West European Studies, Writing Intensive Course (WRIT)


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