GER160D2

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GER160D2 - Gesundheit!: Health and Well-Being in German-Speaking Cultures

German Studies Undergraduate UA - UA General

Course Description

This course brings together perspectives on health and well-being from the humanities, medicine, social sciences, and education to investigate representations of pain and healing in German-speaking texts (e.g., literature, film, art, other media). Throughout the course, students will reflect on systemic questions of power, identity, and language/talk, and how these have influenced values and practices around health and well-being in German-speaking texts and US-American cultural contexts. Taught in English.

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Repeatable for Credit

Grading Basis

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Career

Undergraduate

Course Attributes

GE - T1-TRAD (Tier 1 Traditions and Cultures), GEED - EPHUM (Gen Ed: EP Humanist)

Component

Lecture