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Delivery Mode: Individualized study online. Computer access required. Audio/video/CD-ROM component*.
*Overseas students, please contact the University Library before registering in a course that has an audio/visual component.
Credits: 3
Area of Study: Humanities
Prerequisite: None
Precluded Course: GERM 202 may not be taken for credit by students who have obtained credit to GERM 200 or GERM 201.
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
GERM 202 has a Challenge for Credit option.
This course is designed for students with little or no knowledge of German. Students learn German speaking, listening, writing, reading, and comprehension skills within the cultural context of Europe today. The course, along with German 203, will enable students to speak and write simple German in a range of everyday situations.
Pre-units: Unit 1 to 5: First Steps
Chapter 1: Family, Countries, Language
Chapter 2: Food and Shopping
Chapter 3: Eating In and Out
Chapter 4: Holidays and Vacations
Chapter 5: City Life
German 202: Introductory German I presents students with the necessary skills to acquire a basic knowledge of the language and to communicate in German. The textbook, Wie geht's, along with the CD program, workbook / lab manual, and video component, are designed to achieve the following course objectives:
The final grade in GERM 202 will be based on the grades students achieve on the assignments and the oral and written exams. To receive credit for the course you mustachieve an overall course grade of “D” (50 percent) or better and must achieve a minimum grade of 50 percent on the written examination. All assignments are required in order to pass the course. The following indicates the assignments for credit and their weighting toward the final grade.
8 Written Assignments | 4 Oral Assignments | One Oral Exam | One Written Exam | Total |
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20% | 10% | 20% | 50% | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Wie geht's? Web site.
German 202 Introductory German — Student Manual, Athabasca University, 2009.
Sevin, Dieter and Ingrid Sevin. Wie geht's? An Introductory German Course. 8th ed. Boston: Thomson Heinle, 2007.
Wie geht's? Student Listening CD to accompany the “Hören Sie zu!” sections. (This CD is in the textbook.)
Wie geht's? Arbeitsbuch. Workbook/Lab Manual.
Wie geht's? Lab Audio CDs.
Wie geht's? DVD.
Wie geht's? Audioscript and Answer Key.
The Challenge for Credit process allows students to demonstrate that they have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university level course.
Full information for the Challenge for Credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.
To receive credit for the GERM 202 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least “D” (50 percent) on each part of the examination.
Oral Conversation | Exam | Total |
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30% | 70% | 100% |
Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.
Opened in Revision 3 Moodle, Jan 20, 2009.
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