In
addition to the differences between undergraduate and graduate
courses, there are also great differences among graduate courses.
In general, the following descriptions hold true in this Department:
700-level
courses: Introductory and general courses without prerequisites.
Coverage likely to be more intensive, field likely to be more
specialized, than undergraduate courses. Amount of writing and
student participation in class work, much of it reflecting independent
study, also likely to be greater. GERM 701 should be taken by
incoming students the first time it is available to them.
800-level
courses: Similar to 700-level courses, except that prerequisites
are normally required.
900-level
courses: Coverage likely to be quite limited; amount of writing
and student participation in class work, a great deal of it
reflecting independent investigation, likely to be larger than
in 700-level courses. This group includes all seminars and the
more specialized philology courses.
Investigation
and Conference courses (GERM 753 and GERM 953) are subject to
approval by the Graduate Committee. Unless the Investigation
and Conference is part of a Ph.D. specialization, it will be
in addition to the minimum six (6) hours required of Graduate
Teaching Assistants and Graduate Research Assistants in a fall
or spring semester.
