1982-1983





                                 SENATE DOCUMENT #29



                                   APC DOCUMENT #24



                         COURSE REVISION IN FRENCH AND GERMAN







           DELETE:  "335 German Civilization (3)" as described in the

                    current Catalog (p. 108)



           ADD:     The following two courses:



                    350 German Civilization I  (3)



                    Introduction to the cultural and historical development

                    of Germany from its Germanic beginnings to 1648. 

                    Discussion of artistic and intellectual achievements,

                    religious, social, and political institutions.  

                    Prerequisite:  permission of instructor.



                    351 German Civilization II  (3)



                    Introduction to the cultural and historical development

                    of Germany from 1648 to the present.  Discussion of

                    artistic and intellectual achievements, religious, 

                    social, and political institutions.  Prerequisite:

                    permission of instructor.



           RATIONALE:  A one-semester presentation of German Civilization

                       has proved unsatisfactory for the amount of material

                       to be covered.  The staff in German believes that 

                       the mass of material requires two semesters for

                       adequate presentation.







           DELETE:  "335 French Civilization (3)" as described in the

                    current Catalog (p. 108)



           ADD:     The following two courses:



                    350 French Civilization I  (3)



                    Cultural and historical developments from pre-Roman

                    times to the 18th century, as seen in artistic and

                    intellectual achievements, religious, social and

                    political institutions, customs and traditions.

                    Prerequisite:  French 310.


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                    351 French Civilization II  (3)



                    Cultural and historical developments from the 18th

                    century to the present, as seen in artistic and

                    intellectual achievements, religious, social and

                    political institutions, customs and traditions.

                    Prerequisite:  French 310.



                    Add to description of major: "At least one Civilization

                    course is recommended for all majors and minors and

                    candidates for teacher certification."



           RATIONALE:  Until now, French Civilization has been offered

                       as a one-semester course.  This has proved

                       unsatisfactory.  The great variety and sheer bulk

                       of cultural materials that need to be considered

                       in such a course (covering, as it does, a period

                       of more than 2 millennia) justify the proposed

                       division.  This division corresponds to the one

                       made for Survey of French Literature I and II

                       (French 330, 331) and is used by other schools in

                       the presentation of this very important area of

                       study.