Academic program

Major Requirements

The major consists of ten courses in the German program. Required are: ³Ò·¡¸éÌý233 Advanced German: Reading, Writing, Analysis, at least one 300-level seminar, and a capstone experience. German majors must take a course in German both semesters of their senior year (including ³Ò·¡¸éÌý457 Senior ThesisÌý´Ç°ùÌý³Ò·¡¸éÌý458 Senior Thesis).

Students starting the major with ³Ò·¡¸éÌý101 Introduction to German Language and Culture I typically take the sequence ³Ò·¡¸éÌý101 Introduction to German Language and Culture I,Ìý³Ò·¡¸éÌý102 Introduction to German Language and Culture II,Ìý³Ò·¡¸éÌý201 Intermediate German Language and Culture I,Ìý³Ò·¡¸éÌý202 Intermediate German Language and Culture II, and ³Ò·¡¸éÌý233 Advanced German: Reading, Writing, Analysis, before taking upper-level courses. Students who have started their major with ³Ò·¡¸éÌý101 Introduction to German Language and Culture I and are studying abroad in a German-speaking country during the fall of their junior year may substitute an appropriate course taken abroad for ³Ò·¡¸éÌý233 Advanced German: Reading, Writing, Analysis.

Courses on German and European history and culture taught by the faculty in the German program, as well as courses relevant to German studies offered in other departments or programs may be counted toward the major with the approval of the faculty advisor.

Foundation Course
³Ò·¡¸éÌý233Advanced German: Reading, Writing, Analysis
300-Level Seminar
Complete at least one course from the following:
³Ò·¡¸éÌý319
Imperial Imaginary: German Colonialism Revisited
³Ò·¡¸éÌý341
Landscapes and Cityscapes in German-Language Media
³Ò·¡¸éÌý350
Margins and Migrations
³Ò·¡¸éÌý358
Literature and Film of the German Democratic Republic
Capstone Experience
Complete at least one course from the following:
³Ò·¡¸éÌý457
Senior Thesis
³Ò·¡¸éÌý458
Senior Thesis

German majors must take a course in German both semesters of their senior year (including ³Ò·¡¸éÌý457 Senior ThesisÌý´Ç°ùÌý³Ò·¡¸éÌý458 Senior Thesis).

Minor Requirements

A minor requires a minimum of six courses in German studies. At least one of the six courses must involve the study of literature or culture, taught either in German or English. Only one class in translation may be counted toward the minor.