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Learning outcomes for the German Studies Major
Students who complete the German Studies major should emerge with the following knowledge
and skills:
Language
Mastery of the German language sufficient to engage in scholarly discussions, to understand
lectures in the language, and to read primary and secondary texts in literature, history,
philosophy, art, music, and other humanities-related fields.
History and Literature
A knowledge of the history, literature, and culture of Germany and German-speaking Europe.
Transdisciplinarity and Cross-Cultural Analysis
The skills to think, do research, and write in a cross-disciplinary or transdisciplinary fashion.
The ability to work across multiple cultures and linguistic traditions.
Critical Reading
The ability to read closely and to think rigorously, analytically, and imaginatively about different
kinds of texts.
The ability to use primary and secondary sources to understand historical and literary narratives.
The ability to understand and evaluate historical ideas, arguments, and points of view, and place
them within the larger cultural context of Europe and the world.
The ability to evaluate competing interpretations and multiple narratives of the past through the
use of fictional and non-fictional literature.
Research and Evidence
The skills to gather and assess primary historical and literary evidence in order to create and
challenge narratives and interpretations of Germany’s present and past.
The skills to compile a bibliography and utilize footnotes effectively.
Collaboration
The ability to provide constructive and effective critiques of each other’s work.
The ability to undertake and complete a shared research project.
Communication
The ability to write lucid, concise, and effective prose.
The ability to speak cogently and persuasively in both English and German.
The skills to present clear and compelling arguments, based on critical analysis of diverse
historical, literary, and philosophical sources, and effectively communicate them in written
essays, oral presentations, and/or other media.
The skills to develop a research question and complete a well-supported piece of written
scholarship about it.
Scope and Thematics
Transnational or transcultural circulations of ideas, people, and cultures inside and outside
Central Europe.
Modern intellectual and cultural traditions in the German-speaking area and their impact on other
parts of the world.
Learning Outcomes for the German Studies Major
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Course No. Course Title
History/
Literature
Transdiscipline Critical
/Cross-Cultural Reading
Critical Reading
Mastery of the
German language
sufficient to engage
in scholarly
discussions, to
understand lectures
in the language,
and to read primary
and secondary texts
in literature, history,
philosophy, art,
music, and other
humanities-related
fields.
Knowledge of
the history,
literature, and
culture of
Germany and
Germanspeaking
Europe.
The skills to
think, do
research, and
write in a crossdisciplinary or
transdisciplinary
fashion. The
ability to work
across multiple
cultures and
linguistic
traditions.
The ability to
read closely and
to think
rigorously,
analytically, and
imaginatively
about different
kinds of texts.
The
ability to
use
primary
and
secondar
y sources
to
understa
nd
historical
and
literary
narrative
s.
The
ability to
understa
nd and
evaluate
historical
ideas,
argument
s, and
points of
view, and
place
them
within the
larger
cultural
context of
Europe
and the
world.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
LANG
GERM 1
LANG
GERM 1A Accelerated German
X
LANG
GERM 1B Accelerated German
X
LANG
GERM 2
First-Year German
X
LANG
GERM 3
First-Year German
X
LANG
GERM 4
Second-Year German
X
LANG
GERM 5
Second-Year German
X
LANG
GERM 119 German Media
HIS
HIS
80W/HIS
80L
HIS 172A
HIS
First-Year German
Language
The Holocaust: The
Destruction of European
Jewry
German History
Research and
Evidence
Collabor Communication
ation
The
ability to
evaluate
competin
g
interpreta
tions and
multiple
narrative
s of the
past
through
the use
of
fictional
and nonfictional
literature.
The skills
to gather
and
assess
primary
historical
and
literary
evidence
in order
to create
and
challenge
narrative
s and
interpreta
tions of
Germany’
s present
and past.
The skills
to
compile a
bibliograp
hy and
utilize
footnotes
effectivel
y
The
ability to
provide
constructi
ve and
effective
critiques
of each
other’s
work.
X
X
X
The
ability to
undertak
e and
complete
a shared
research
project.
The
ability to
write
lucid,
concise,
and
effective
prose.
The
ability to
speak
cogently
and
persuasiv
ely in
both
English
and
German.
The skills
to
present
clear and
compellin
g
argument
s, based
on critical
analysis
of diverse
historical,
literary,
and
philosoph
ical
sources,
and
effectivel
y
communi
cate
them in
written
essays,
oral
presentat
ions,
The skills
to
develop a
research
question
and
complete
a wellsupporte
d piece of
written
scholarsh
ip about
it.
X
X
X
X
X
X
Scope and
Thematics
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Transnati
onal or
transcultu
ral
circulatio
ns of
ideas,
people,
and
cultures
inside
and
outside
Central
Europe.
Modern
intellectu
al and
cultural
traditions
in the
Germanspeaking
area and
their
impact on
other
parts of
the world.
HIS
HIS 172B
German Film, 1919–1945
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
HIS
HIS 172C
German Film, 1945 - Present
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
LIT
LTGE 102
Introduction to German
Literature
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
LIT
LTGE 120
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
LIT
LTGE 150
Fear of the Foreign:
Xenophobia in German
Literature and Culture
German Romanticism
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
LIT
LTGE 154
The German Novelle
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
LIT
LTGE 164
Modern German Fiction
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
LIT
LTGE 165
German Drama
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
LIT
LTGE 166
Contemporary German
Literature and Film
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
LIT
LTGE 167
Modern German Literature
and Film
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
LIT
LTMO
145B
Modern Literature: Bertolt
Brecht
X
X
XX
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
LIT
LTMO
167G
Goethe's "Faust"
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
LIT
LTMO
168D
Germany in War and Peace
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
HIS
HIS 196G
Modern Germany and
Europe
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
HIS
HIS 196P
Hitler and Stalin
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
LIT
LTMO
190Z
Topics in German Literature
and Culture
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
HIS
HIS 65A
Medieval Europe, 200-1000
X
HIS
HIS 70A
Modern European History,
1500-1815
X
HIS
HIS 70B
Modern European History,
1815-Present
X
HIS
HIS 75
Film and the Holocaust
X
HIS
HIS 105
Nations & Nationalism
X
HIS
HIS 169
Dutch and Belgian History,
1500 - Present
X
HIS
HIS 174
Spies: History and Culture of
Espionage
X
HIS
HIS 176
Eastern Europe, 1848-2000
X
HIS
HIS 178E
Modern Jewish Intellectual
History
X
HIS
HIS 183B
Fascism and Resistance in
Italy
X
HIS
HIS 185J
The Modern Jewish
Experience
X
HAVC
HAVC
137A
Northern Renaissance Art
X
HAVC
HAVC
190Q
Portraiture: Europe and
America, 1400–1990
X
HISC
HISC 119
Politics of Recognition
X
LIT
LTMO
144C
Literature and the Holocaust
POLI
POLI 105B Early Modern Political
Thought
X
POLI
POLI 105C Modern Political Thought
X
POLI
POLI 176
International Political
Economy
X
PHIL
PHIL 106
Kant
X
PHIL
PHIL 107
Nineteenth-Century
Philosophy
X
PHIL
PHIL 110
Heidegger
X
X
Assessment Plan for the German Studies Program
Program Learning
Outcomes (PLOs)
and Postgraduate
Activities
Data source
Is this an existing
assignment or it
will be created?
From whom
evidence will be
collected
Assessment tool
When evidence
will be collected
Analysis
or Report
PLO 1 -
German 1-5
Existing
Students enrolled
in German 5
Collaboration with
Language Program to make
sure German 5 students
are ready for upper-division
courses taught partially or
primarily in German
Fall, Winter,
Spring 2014-15
Fall 2015
Lower- and
Upper-Division
History and
Literature Core
Courses
Existing
German Studies
majors enrolled in
History and
Literature Core
courses
Collaboration with History
and Literature departments
to ensure the quality of
Core courses
Fall, Winter,
Spring 2015-16
Fall 2016
Fall, Winter,
Spring 2013-14
Fall 2014
Language
Competency
PLO 2 History and
Literature
Random sampling of
essays and exams
PLOs 4, 5, 6, 7
4 - Critical Reading
5 - Research &
Evidence
6 - Collaboration
7 - Communication
Prepared S. Sawyer
Senior Thesis or
Research
Papers from
History and
Literature for the
disciplinary
communications
(DC)
requirement.
Existing
All German
Studies majors
who have
completed History
or Literature DC
senior seminar
courses or senior
thesis courses
Independent reading of
essays by 2 or more
German Studies faculty.
Special scrutiny of lowerquality essays to make sure
they meet minimum
standards; and of highestquality essays for possible
writing awards and
participation in
undergraduate seminars
and symposia
Monday, December 9, 2013
Assessment Plan for German Studies Program
Program Learning
Outcomes (PLOs)
and Postgraduate
Activities
Data source
Is this an existing
assignment or it
will be created?
From whom
evidence will be
collected
Assessment tool
When evidence
will be collected
Analysis
or Report
PLO 3, 8
Declared Majors
Existing
All German
Studies Courses
Comprehensive analysis of
student pathways thru the
major to assess student
exposure to broad
chronological time frames,
geographies, and thematics
Fall, Winter,
Spring 2016-17
Fall 2017
Graduates
Existing
Report from the
UCSC Career
Center
2013-2018
Career Destinations Survey
Spring 2018
Fall 2018
Report from
UCSC Institutional
Research
Student survey data
(UCUES)
Transdisciplinarity
and Cross-Cultural
Analysis
Scope and
Thematics
Survey of
postgraduate
activities (Career
Destinations
Suvey)
Prepared S. Sawyer
Monday, December 9, 2013
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