The German Studies minor offers a basic proficiency in the German language along with a more in-depth exploration of the cultural landscape and history of German-speaking nations.
Course Requirements
- Three quarters of college-level German language (at any level).
- HST 222
- Four additional courses associated with the German-speaking world, chosen in consultation with the German Program Advisor from the list of German Studies Allied Courses below. Please note that while this list of courses is extensive, it is not exhaustive. Other courses not listed here could also be included in the German Studies minor after approval by the German Program Director.
German Studies Allied Course List
Anthropology
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
ANT 106 | LANGUAGE AND CULTURE | |
ANT 220 | CULTURES OF EUROPE | |
ANT 317 | LANGUAGE, POWER AND IDENTITY | |
ANT 342 | ANTHROPOLOGY OF FOOD MOVEMENTS AND PRACTICES | |
ANT 374 | ANTHROPOLOGY AND MUSEUMS | |
ANT 382 | HERITAGE DISPLAYS AND MUSEUMS | |
Art and Architecture, History of
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
HAA 236 | NORTHERN RENAISSANCE ART | |
HAA 240 | ART FROM 1900-1945 | |
HAA 391 | THE EVOLVING MUSEUM: HISTORIES AND CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES | |
English
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
ENG 379 | TOPICS IN LITERATURE | |
German
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
GER 272E | WORKING THROUGH THE PAST: MEMORY AND MEMORIAL IN GERMANY AND THE U.S. | |
GER 274E | REVOLUTION ON THE STAGE: BERLIN, EPIC THEATER, AND THE 20TH CENTURY | |
GER 277E | COFFEEHOUSES AND CULTURE IN TURN OF THE CENTURY VIENNA | |
GER 278E | MAKING GRIMMS' FAIRY TALES | |
GER 301 | ORIGINS OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE TO 1600 | |
GER 302 | PLAY, PERSONALITY, AND POLITICS IN SCHILLER'S LETTERS ON ART | |
GER 304 | WORD-SCRIPT-STAGE-WORLD: DAS THEATER | |
GER 305 | COMPOSING REALITY: WRITING IN GERMAN | |
GER 306 | THE NOVELLE | |
GER 307 | FROM SOUND TO STRUCTURE: GERMAN POETRY | |
GER 308 | GOETHE AND HIS ERA | |
GER 311 | BREAKING NEWS IN THE GERMAN-SPEAKING WORLD | |
GER 312 | GERMAN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY | |
GER 313 | TURN OF THE CENTURY VIENNA | |
GER 314 | BERLIN AND THE GOLDEN TWENTIES | |
GER 315 | LITERATURE AFTER 1945 (EAST AND WEST) | |
GER 317 | WOMEN WRITERS OF GERMAN EXPRESSION | |
GER 319 | MULTICULTURAL GERMANY: LITERATURE, FILM, FOOD, CULTURE | |
GER 320 | ADVANCED COMMERCIAL GERMAN | |
GER 321 | TRANSLATION | |
GER 329 | MEISTERWERKE OF GERMAN CINEMA | |
GER 351 | GERMAN PHONOLOGY AND PHONETICS | |
GER 395 | FOREIGN LANGUAGES ACROSS THE CURRICULUM | |
GER 397 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN GERMAN | |
GER 398 | STUDY ABROAD | |
History
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
HST 217 | THE VIKINGS: MEDIEVAL AMBASSADORS OF TERROR, TRADE AND MULTICULTURALISM | |
HST 222 | MODERN GERMANY, 1870-PRESENT | |
HST 250 | ORIGINS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1914 - 1941 | |
HST 256 | AXIS AND ALLIES: THE SECOND WORLD WAR | |
HST 269 | MUSEUMS, MATERIAL CULTURE AND MEMORY: INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HISTORY | |
HST 272 | FASCISM AND COUNTER REVOLUTION | |
HST 330 | TOPICS IN EUROPEAN HISTORY (Germany in the Twentieth Century) | |
HST 349 | THE HOLOCAUST | |
International Studies
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
INT 317 | READING MARX'S CAPITAL | |
INT 322 | INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND LAW | |
INT 362 | LANGUAGE AND THE POLITICS OF TERROR | |
Philosophy
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
PHL 282 | SYMBOLIC LOGIC I | |
PHL 283 | SYMBOLIC LOGIC II | |
PHL 296 | KANT & 19TH CENTURY PHILOSOPHY | |
PHL 322 | PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE | |
PHL 325 | BASIC CONCEPTS OF PHENOMENOLOGY | |
PHL 368 | GERMAN IDEALISM | |
PHL 370 | HEGEL | |
PHL 372 | MARX | |
PHL 380 | SELECTED FIGURES AND TEXTS | |
Political Science
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
PSC 249 | TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | |
PSC 250 | EUROPEAN POLITICS | |
PSC 281 | MODEL UN | |
PSC 331 | CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THOUGHT | |
PSC 333 | MARXISM | |
PSC 340 | THE EUROPEAN UNION | |
Psychology
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
PSY 360 | THEORIES OF LEARNING AND COGNITION | |
Religious Studies
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
REL 108 | JUDAISM IN HISTORY: FROM 1492 TO PRESENT | |
REL 109 | JEWISH RELIGIOUS WORLDS | |
REL 268 | MODERN JUDAISM | |
Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
WRD 264 | LANGUAGE, SELF AND SOCIETY | |
WRD 330 | LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS | |
Students majoring in German (BA) or minoring in German are restricted from earning this minor.
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