Spring 2027

Seminar in German Linguistics

Seminar covering a topic from a core area of linguistics, including methodological approaches, bibliographical skills, and the basics of linguistic scholarship.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Mark Louden4.3/5

Summary

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2023: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

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Prerequisites

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  • Graduate/professional standing
GERMAN 960

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  • Graduate/professional standing

Professors

Spring 2027

Mark Louden

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Raw average: 4.80/5 from 30 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.88 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2023: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

MARK LOUDEN is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
SEM 001Classroom Instruction0 / 200

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2023: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Core areas of linguistics
  • Methodological approaches in linguistics
  • Basics of linguistic scholarship

Skills

  • Methodological approaches, bibliographical skills, and basics of linguistic scholarship.

Grades

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Catalog & offerings

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GERMAN 960 · Spring 2027

Seminar in German Linguistics

Recorded 2026-10-14
GERMAN 960 · Spring 2027

Penn German Lang and Culture

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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