GNS+ Summer 2022 Courses

(3 credits)

• LEC001: ONLINE                                               June 20th – July 31st
• LEC002: MTWR 9:00 am – 11:00 am          June 20th – July 31st

Course Description: Surveys folklore in the United States and around the world, with a comparative emphasis on ways in which individuals and groups use beliefs, songs, stories, sayings, dances, festivals, and artifacts to address issues of identity, authenticity, and authority, in complex societies.

Prerequisites: None

(4 credits)

• MTWRF 9:00 am -10:50 am            June 20th – August 14th

Course Description: German 101/401 is an introductory course designed for beginners in German who have no previous knowledge of the German language. By the end of the summer session, you should be able to communicate effective with others in German on a variety of topics, such as personal and public identity, family, education, career goals, and sport culture. This class will expose you to authentic texts from a variety of sources in different genres and modes, for you to develop your reading, viewing, and listening skills and engage in critical thinking. Grammar and vocabulary will be introduced in context. Assessments focus on all skills (reading, writing, speaking, and listening). Throughout the summer session, you will learn more about yourself and deepen your linguistic and culture knowledge of the German-speaking world. You will also improve your language-learning strategies. To be successful and achieve course learning outcomes, you will be expected to complete homework on time and participate in class. Attendance is required. This course cannot be audited. The textbook, Augenblicke: German through Film, Media, and Texts, is available at the UW Book Store for $40 and is used in first-, second-, and third-semester German. Contact the course supervisor, Dr. Jeanne Schueller (jmschuel@wisc.edu), with any questions about the course or appropriate placement.

Also offered as GERMAN 401: First-Semester German for graduate students.

Prerequisites: None

(3-4 credits)

• ONLINE          June 20th – August 14th

Course Description: Explores Yiddish song as an expression of the modern Jewish experience from Eastern Europe to the US. Covers folk song, popular and art music. Music and readings together provide an analytical framework to examine cultural and historical issues.

Prerequisites: None

(3 credits)

• ONLINE          July 18th – August 14th

Course Description: Explores the image of the vampire in literature and visual arts as a metaphor for Eastern Europe and the Slavic world. Begins with folklore and moves through literary texts to film and television.

Prerequisites: Sophomore status or higher.

(4 credits)

• MTWRF 10:00 am – 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (ONLINE)          June 20th – July 17th

Course Description: For beginning learners of Norwegian; emphasis on proficiency through speaking, listening, reading, and writing, and on communication in cultural context.

Also offered as SCAND ST 404: Languages of Northern Europe for graduate students.

Prerequisites: None

(4 credits)

• MTWRF 10:00 am – 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (ONLINE)          July 18th – August 14th

Course Description: Continuation of SCAND ST 101: First Semester Norwegian for beginning learners of Norwegian; emphasis on proficiency through speaking, listening, reading, and writing, and on communication in cultural context.

Also offered as SCAND ST 404: Languages of Northern Europe for graduate students.

Prerequisites: SCAND ST 101: First Semester Norwegian

(4 credits)

• MTWRF 10:00 am – 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (ONLINE)          June 20th – July 17th

Course Description: For beginning learners of Swedish; emphasis on proficiency through speaking, listening, reading, and writing, and on communication in cultural context.

Also offered as SCAND ST 404: Languages of Northern Europe for graduate students.

Prerequisites: None

(4 credits)

• MTWRF 10:00 am – 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (ONLINE)          July 18th – August 14th

Course Description: Continuation of SCAND ST 111: First Semester Swedish for beginning learners of Swedish; emphasis on proficiency through speaking, listening, reading, and writing, and on communication in cultural context.

Also offered as SCAND ST 404: Languages of Northern Europe for graduate students.

Prerequisites: SCAND ST 111: First Semester Swedish

(4 credits)

• ONLINE          June 20th – July 17th

Course Description: This course approaches the Vikings along historical lines, and its backbone is texts from medieval sources. The legendary history of early Scandinavia, the consolidation of the Scandinavian kingdoms, developments both at home and abroad during the great period of Viking expansion, finally the conversion of Scandinavia to Christianity (which wrote finis to the Viking adventure) –these are the historical subjects discussed. Within this historical framework, a good deal of attention is devoted to the pre-Christian religion of early medieval Scandinavia, to its system of writing (the celebrated runes) and its literature (including the mythological and heroic poetry of the Edda, the court poems of the skalds, and the Icelandic sagas), to Viking art and archaeology. As we learn about the medieval Scandinavians we gain a greater understanding of ourselves and the human condition.

Prerequisites: Junior status or higher or consent of instructor.

(4 credits/4 credits)

• SLAVIC 101: MTWRF 9:30 am – 11:30 am and 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm           June 20th – July 17th
• SLAVIC 102: MTWRF 9:30 am – 11:30 am and 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm           July 18th – August 14th

Course Description: Introduction to Russian language, focusing on speaking, listening, reading, and writing Russian, with an introduction to Russian culture. No previous knowledge of Russian expected. SLAVIC 101 and SLAVIC 102 must be taken simultaneously for the summer session. For more information contact Dr. Anna Tumarkin, atumarki@wisc.edu.

Prerequisites: None

(4 credits/4 credits)

• SLAVIC 101: MTWRF 9:30 am – 11:30 am and 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm           June 20th – July 17th
• SLAVIC 102: MTWRF 9:30 am – 11:30 am and 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm           July 18th – August 14th

Course Description: Offered online. Continue the study of the Russian language and culture, focusing on the development of intermediate level skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. SLAVIC 117 and SLAVIC 118 must be taken simultaneously for the summer session. For more information contact Dr. Anna Tumarkin, atumarki@wisc.edu.

Prerequisites: SLAVIC 102 or equivalent.