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Approvals Received:

Department on 02-20-06 by Terri Hawkinson (hawkints@umn.edu)

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Curriculum Committee on 02-24-06 by Jeri Mullin (mullinjl@umn.edu)

Approvals Pending:

Campus Assembly > Catalog

Effective Status:

Active

Effective Term:

New: 1069 - Fall 2006
Old: 1059 - Fall 2005

Course:

HIST 3209

Institution:

UMNMO - Morris

Career:

UGRD

College:

MDSS - Division of Social Sciences

Department:

249 - UMM-Soc Sciences, Div of-Adm

General

Course Title Short:

New: Modern Germany
Old: Germany Since 1871

Course Title Long:

New: Modern Germany
Old: Germany Since 1871

Max-Min Credits
for Course:

4.0 to 4.0 credit(s)

Catalog
Description:

New: Examination of German history from the development of German national ideas through unification and consolidation of the modern German state in 1871 and through its re-unification at the end of the 20th century.  Examines one of the most fascinating and tumultuous periods in German and European history, why the attempt to understand the German past has occupied so many historians, and why the debates surrounding that attempt have been so contentious.  Sources include writings by established historians of Germany, novels, films, and music.
Old: Examination of German history from the unification and consolidation of the modern German state in 1871 through its re-unification at the end of the 20th century, following one of the most fascinating and tumultuous periods in German and European history. Sources include writings by established historians of Germany, novels, films, and music. Why the attempt to understand the German past has occupied so many historians and why the debates surrounding that attempt have been so contentious.

Additional Course
Information
(for catalog
production):

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Grading Basis:

Stdnt Opt

Honors Course:

No

Delivery Mode(s):

Classroom

Years most
frequently offered:

Other frequency

Term(s) most
frequently offered:

Fall

Component 1:

New: SEM (no final exam)
Old: LEC (no final exam)

Auto-Enroll
Course:

No

Graded
Component:

New: SEM
Old: LEC

Academic
Progress Units:

Not allowed to bypass limits.
4.0 credit(s)

Financial Aid
Progress Units:

Not allowed to bypass limits.
4.0 credit(s)

Repetition of
Course:

Repetition not allowed.

Course
Prerequisites
for Catalog:

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Course
Equivalency:

No course equivalencies

Consent
Requirement:

No required consent

Enforced
Prerequisites:
(course-based or
non-course-based)

No prerequisites

Editor Comments:

New: edited for peoplesoft - Jeri.  Edited for catalog 02.24.06 NEH.

Feb. '06:  change title, description and coures type. Rationale:  broad chronology of the course and better reflect  how course is taught.      
Old: edited for peoplesoft - Jeri

Proposal Changes:

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History Information:

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Assessment
and Goals:

Assessment:  Through 4 response papers (4-5 pages each), participation in class discussion, and occasional quizzes and exercises as needed (including a map quiz).
Goals: To teach students about the multiple problems associated with interpreting modern German history, particularly relative to National Socialism and its effect on how we view the German past; to help students place German history within the larger context of European history and understand how it is and is not exceptional; to call students' attention to the intersections of the historical record, individual and group memories, and understandings of modernity in how historians view Germany.

Rationale for
Changes or
Exceptions:

THIS COURSE IS INTENDED TO STRENGTHEN UMM'S OFFERINGS IN GERMAN HISTORY, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY LIMITED TO COURSES IN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY AND THE HISTORY OF THE NAZI PERIOD.  THE TEMPORAL FOCUS ALLOWS US TO CONSIDER THE "GERMAN QUESTION" IN DEPTH, NOT EXCLUDING INTELLECTUAL OR POLITICAL QUESTIONS COVERED IN THE EXISTING COURSES, BUT CONTEXTUALIZING THEM MORE DEEPLY IN THE OVERALL HISTORY OF GERMANY SINCE IT FIRST BECAME DEFINED AS A MODERN NATION-STATE.

General Education

Faculty
Sponsor Name:

Marynel Ryan

Requirement
this course fulfills:

HIST - HIST Historical Perspectives

Provisional
Approval:

New:  Requested on Feb 20, 2006
Old:  Received on Apr 1, 2005

Regular
Approval:

New:  Requested on Nov 15, 2005
Old:  Received on Apr 1, 2005

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