Students who complete the German Studies major should emerge with the following knowledge and skills:

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1 Learning outcomes for the German Studies Major Students who complete the German Studies major should emerge with the following knowledge skills: Language Mastery of the German language sufficient engage in scholarly discussions, underst lectures in the language, read primary secondary texts in literature, hisry, philosophy, art, music, other humanities-related fields. Hisry Literature A knowledge of the hisry, literature, culture of Germany German-speaking Europe. Transdisciplinarity Cross-Cultural Analysis skills think, do research, write in a cross-disciplinary or transdisciplinary fashion. work across multiple cultures linguistic traditions. Critical Reading read closely think rigorously, analytically, imaginatively about different kinds of texts. use primary secondary sources underst hisrical literary narratives. underst evaluate hisrical ideas, arguments, points of view, place them within the larger cultural context of Europe the world. evaluate competing interpretations multiple narratives of the past through the use of fictional non-fictional literature. Research Evidence skills gather assess primary hisrical literary evidence in order create challenge narratives interpretations of Germany s present past. skills compile a bibliography utilize footnotes effectively. Collaboration provide constructive effective critiques of each other s work.

2 undertake complete a shared research project. Communication write lucid, concise, effective prose. speak cogently persuasively in both English German. skills present clear compelling arguments, based on critical analysis of diverse hisrical, literary, philosophical sources, effectively communicate them in written essays, oral presentations, /or other media. skills develop a research question complete a well-supported piece of written scholarship about it. Scope matics Transnational or transcultural circulations of ideas, people, cultures inside outside Central Europe. Modern intellectual cultural traditions in the German-speaking area their impact on other parts of the world.

3 Learning Outcomes for the German Studies Major Language Hisry/ Literature Transdiscipline Critical /Cross-Cultural Reading Critical Reading Research Evidence Collabor ation Communication Scope matics Home Dept. Course No. Course Title LANG GERM 1 First-Year German Mastery of the Knowledge of German language the hisry, sufficient engage literature, in scholarly culture of discussions, Germany underst lectures Germanspeaking in the language, read primary Europe. secondary texts in literature, hisry, philosophy, art, music, other humanities-related fields. skills think, do research, write in a crossdisciplinary or transdisciplinary fashion. work across multiple cultures linguistic traditions. read closely think rigorously, analytically, imaginatively about different kinds of texts. use primary secondar y sources understa nd hisrical literary narrative s. understa nd evaluate hisrical ideas, argument s, points of view, place them within the larger cultural context of Europe the world. evaluate competin g interpreta tions multiple narrative s of the past through the use of fictional nonfictional literature. skills gather assess primary hisrical literary evidence in order create challenge narrative s interpreta tions of Germany s present past. skills compile a bibliograp hy utilize footnotes effectivel y provide write constructi lucid, ve effective critiques of each other s work. undertak e complete a shared research project. concise, effective prose. speak cogently persuasiv ely in both English German. skills present clear compellin g argument s, based on critical analysis of diverse hisrical, literary, philosoph ical sources, effectivel y communi cate them in written essays, oral presentat ions, skills develop a research question complete a wellsupporte d piece of written scholarsh ip about it. Transnati Modern onal or intellectu transcultu al ral circulatio ns of ideas, people, cultures inside outside Central Europe. cultural traditions in the Germanspeaking area their impact on other parts of the world. LANG GERM 1A Accelerated German LANG GERM 1B Accelerated German LANG GERM 2 First-Year German LANG GERM 3 First-Year German LANG GERM 4 Second-Year German LANG GERM 5 Second-Year German LANG GERM 119 German Media HIS HIS 80W/HIS 80L Holocaust: Destruction of European Jewry HIS HIS 172A German Hisry

4 HIS HIS 172B German Film, HIS HIS 172C German Film, Present LTGE 102 Introduction German Literature LTGE 120 Fear of the Foreign: enophobia in German Literature Culture LTGE 150 German Romanticism LTGE 154 German Novelle LTGE 164 Modern German Fiction LTGE 165 German Drama LTGE 166 Contemporary German Literature Film LTGE 167 Modern German Literature Film 145B Modern Literature: Berlt Brecht 167G 168D Goethe's "Faust" Germany in War Peace HIS HIS 196G Modern Germany Europe HIS HIS 196P Hitler Stalin 190Z Topics in German Literature Culture HIS HIS 65A Medieval Europe, HIS HIS 70A Modern European Hisry, HIS HIS 70B Modern European Hisry, 1815-Present HIS HIS 75 Film the Holocaust HIS HIS 105 Nations & Nationalism

5 HIS HIS 169 Dutch Belgian Hisry, Present HIS HIS 174 Spies: Hisry Culture of Espionage HIS HIS 176 Eastern Europe, HIS HIS 178E Modern Jewish Intellectual Hisry HIS HIS 183B Fascism Resistance in Italy HIS HIS 185J Modern Jewish Experience 137A Northern Renaissance Art 190Q Portraiture: Europe America, HISC HISC 119 Politics of Recognition 144C Literature the Holocaust POLI POLI 105B Early Modern Political Thought POLI POLI 105C Modern Political Thought POLI POLI 176 International Political Economy PHIL PHIL 106 Kant PHIL PHIL 107 Nineteenth-Century Philosophy PHIL PHIL 110 Heidegger

6 Assessment Plan for the German Studies Program Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) Postgraduate Activities Data source Is this an existing assignment or it will be created? From whom evidence will be collected Assessment ol When evidence will be collected Analysis or Report PLO 1 - Language Competency German 1-5 Existing Students enrolled in German 5 Collaboration with Language Program make sure German 5 students are ready for upper-division courses taught partially or primarily in German Spring Fall 2015 PLO 2 - Hisry Literature Lower- Upper-Division Hisry Literature Core Courses Existing German Studies majors enrolled in Hisry Literature Core courses Collaboration with Hisry Literature departments ensure the quality of Core courses Rom sampling of essays exams Spring Fall 2016 PLOs 4, 5, 6, Critical Reading 5 - Research & Evidence 6 - Collaboration 7 - Communication Senior sis or Research Papers from Hisry Literature for the disciplinary communications (DC) requirement. Existing All German Studies majors who have completed Hisry 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 make sure they meet minimum stards; of highestquality essays for possible writing awards participation in undergraduate seminars symposia Spring Fall 2014 Prepared S. Sawyer Monday, December 9, 2013

7 Assessment Plan for German Studies Program Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) Postgraduate Activities Data source Is this an existing assignment or it will be created? From whom evidence will be collected Assessment ol When evidence will be collected Analysis or Report PLO 3, 8 Transdisciplinarity Cross-Cultural Analysis Scope matics Declared Majors Existing All German Studies Courses Comprehensive analysis of student pathways thru the major assess student exposure broad chronological time frames, geographies, thematics Spring Fall 2017 Survey of postgraduate activities (Career Destinations Suvey) Graduates Existing Report from the UCSC Career Center Report from UCSC Institutional Research Career Destinations Survey Student survey data (UCUES) Spring 2018 Fall 2018 Prepared S. Sawyer Monday, December 9, 2013