Horst Kurz, Ph.D. | Basic Info | Courses | Projects | Membership |

Welcome to my page(s). You can find all different kinds of things here. Feel free to let me know what you like and what not, what works and what does not. I will try to keep everything in order, but sometimes things may not function; in that case, be patient. A number of links will take you to German-language material, just in case you wondered. Enjoy your visit.

Basic Information

• Department: Foreign Languages (Language Section: German)
• College: Liberal Arts and Social Sciences [CLASS]
• Office: 1344 Forest Drive Building
• Address: P.O. Box 8081, Statesboro, GA 30460-8081
• Phone / Fax: 478-5278 / 478-0652
• Email: <hkurz@georgiasouthern.edu>
• Title: Associate Professor
• Degrees: Ph.D. (1992); M.A. (1986) [German] Ohio State U; Zwischenprüfung (B.A. equivalent) [German, Philosophy, Political Science] Universität Augsburg (1982)
• At GaSoU: since 1993

The following is a list of courses I teach (more or less) regularly. Materials pertaining to most of these courses are available online (login/username & password required).

• Elementary German I & II (GRMN 1001/1002/1060)
• Intermediate German I & II (GRMN 2001/2002/2060)
• German Grammar Review (GRMN 3132)
• Listening Skills in German (GRMN 3231)
• German Language & Society (GRMN 3330)
• Readings in German Literature (GRMN 4230)
• German Culture & Civilization (GRMN 4330)

Online projects in varying stages of completion. All can be accessed and bookmarked independently, of course.

• German Grammar (Review & Exercises)
• "Der Struwwelpeter" Arbeitsbuch
• Oswald Wiener (research/Forschung)
• Geography/Social Studies/Culture (in German/auf Deutsch)
• National Anthems [texts, info, vocab, exercises (in German/auf Deutsch)]

Current membership in select professional organizations (alphabetical order).

• AATG--American Association of Teachers of German (Georgia Chapter)
• ACTFL--American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages
• COS--Community of Science
• FLAG--Foreign Language Association of Georgia
• MALCA--Modern Austrian Literature and Culture
• MERLOT--Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
• SCOLT--Southern Council on Language Teaching