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Syllabi Winter 2022

Intermediate German 1 and 2

GER_2010_2020_Coleman_W_22

Post-Unification Literature + Culture

GER_4600_5600_Coleman_W_22

Letters of Recommendations

I write letters of recommendation for undergraduate and graduate students for internships, study abroad, scholarships, graduate programs, and more. 

Contact me at least two weeks before the letter is due and tell me:

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Honors Projects, Theses, and MA Essays

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I have supervised projects, theses and essays on a variety of topics. See examples on the right.

Honors Thesis
 
Jaclyn Dorey: “Cultural Appropriation of Yoga in the United States,” 2021.
 

MA Essays

Amy McGregor, “Translating for Visiblity: Wikipedia Pages of German Women of Color,” 2021.

Jaycie Sabala, “‘We don’t make the laws, but we have to obey them, like children’: Claiming Access to Democracy Through Feminism,” 2021.

Katelyn Foster, “Gewinn ohne Gericht: Eine Studie über Brechts episches Theater als restorative Gerechtigkeit,” 2017.

Blue Grandstaff, “Auf der Suche nach heiligen Räumen: Regarding the Pain of Others auf Facebook,” 2017.

Syllabus Archive

LANGUAGE CLASSES

First-year language classes

Beginning German 1 (minimal grading): GER_1010_AllInstructors_F_20

Beginning German 2 (minimal grading): GER_1020_AllInstructors_F_20

Specs Explanation for Beginning German 2 (2019): Grading System GER 1020

Second-year language classes

Intermediate German I and II combined (ungraded): GER_2010_2020_Coleman_W_22

Intermediate Composition and Conversation (third-year language class)

Blank Syllabus (specifications grading): BlankSyllabus w Specs

with chosen topics, contract grading (2016): Syllabus_W16

with chosen topics (2017): Syllabus w Specs_W2017

SEMINARS (ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE)

(Hi)Stories of Migration (advanced language course and seminar for seniors and graduate students)

Syllabus_3100-4600-5600 (ungraded)

Final Project Description (writing a textbook): TextbookProjectAssignment_3100-4600-5600

Post-Unification Literature and Culture (seminar for seniors and graduate students)

GER_4600_5600_Coleman_W_22 (ungraded)

Human Rights and German Culture (seminar for seniors and graduate students)

GER 5400_7400 (ungraded)

Detailed Assignments: GER5400_Assignments

Introduction to Literary Theory (graduate seminar)

Syllabus_7010 (traditional grading)

GLOBAL STUDIES

Intercultural Competence for a Global World (undergraduate, core course for Global Studies)

Visual Syllabus:

GLS2900_F19_page1 GLS2900_F19_page2

 

Introduction to Global Stories (undergraduate, core course for Global Studies)

Syllabus for asynchronous online class:

GLS2700_F18