printer friendly pageOSPBER 1Z: Accelerated German: First and Second Quarters
A jump start to the German language, enabling students with no prior German to study at the Berlin Center. Covers
GERLANG 1 and 2 in one quarter.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 8
OSPBER 3B: German Language and Culture
Completion and refinement of First-Year grammar, vocabulary building, reading literature and news, writing skills, esp. journal. Extensive use of current materials, such as local Berlin and national news, and emphasis on building speaking skills for everyday situations and discussions.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 7
| UG Reqs: Language
Instructors:
Biege, M. (PI)
;
Boebe, D. (PI)
OSPBER 21B: Intermediate German
German language skills for Intermediate students. Refinement of German grammar; vocabulary building, writing practice via journal and essays; German culture, including current news and issues, literature and films. Special emphasis on comprehension and speaking skills for discussions, everyday situations, and in-class presentations. Prerequisite: completion of first-year German.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 7
| UG Reqs: Language
Instructors:
Biege, M. (PI)
;
Boebe, D. (PI)
OSPBER 24: Berlin: Through a Lens - Independent Study
Process of using a camera for artistic expression. Still or video camera used as a passport to gain access to people, places, and events that might otherwise remain off limits. Short exercises culminate in a final project. Optional field trips to several local museums (Film and Television Museum in Berlin, The Museum für Fotografie, Topography of Terror, and/or the Stasi Museum) to view their photography collections.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1-2
Instructors:
Krawitz, J. (PI)
OSPBER 30: Berlin vor Ort: A Field Trip Module
The cultures of Berlin as preserved in museums, monuments, and architecture. Berlin's cityscape as a narrative of its history from baroque palaces to vestiges of E. German communism, from 19th-century industrialism to grim edifices of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Jander, M. (PI)
;
Pabsch, M. (PI)
OSPBER 35: Documentary Film: Issues and Traditions
Conceptual and historical overview of the forms, strategies, and conventions of nonfiction film with a particular focus on the European tradition of social and political documentary. Building on John Grierson's assertion that documentary film is a "creative treatment of actuality," examine films that proffer a point of view and eschew a pretense of objectivity. Topics include nonfiction storytelling, the documentary aesthetic, filmmaker voice, and the ethics of representation. Historical, political, and social issues from the 1920's to the present as seen through films, considering both form and content as a springboard for analysis.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Krawitz, J. (PI)
OSPBER 37: Leading from Behind? Germany in the International Arena since 1945
Germany's changing role in European and world politics. Have old principles based on lessons from World War II become obsolete? Can Germany be a leading power in global affairs?
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Tempel, S. (PI)
OSPBER 40M: An Intro to Making: What is EE
Is a hands-on class where students learn to make stuff. Through the process of building, you are introduced to the basic areas of EE. Students build a "useless box" and learn about circuits, feedback, and programming hardware, a light display for your desk and bike and learn about coding, transforms, and LEDs, a solar charger and an EKG machine and learn about power, noise, feedback, more circuits, and safety. And you get to keep the toys you build. Prerequisite:
CS 106A.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SMA
OSPBER 50M: Introductory Science of Materials
Topics include: the relationship between atomic structure and macroscopic properties of man-made and natural materials; mechanical and thermodynamic behavior of surgical implants including alloys, ceramics, and polymers; and materials selection for biotechnology applications such as contact lenses, artificial joints, and cardiovascular stents. No prerequisite.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci, WAY-AQR, WAY-SMA
OSPBER 60: Cityscape as History: Architecture and Urban Design in Berlin
Diversity of Berlin's architecture and urban design resulting from its historical background. Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and his artistic ancestors. Role of the cultural exchange between Germany and the U.S. Changing nature of the city from the 19th century to the present.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Pabsch, M. (PI)
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