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Major Requirements

Major Requirements

Majors in German must complete a total of 12 courses (48 quarter hours), comprised of an 8-course core at the Intermediate and Advanced levels and a 4-course concentration in “German Studies,” “German Language and Literature," or “Commercial German.” ​

Core Requirements

Course Title Quarter Hours
GER 105INTERMEDIATE GERMAN II4
GER 106INTERMEDIATE GERMAN III4
Six 300-level GER electives24

300-Level German Course Listings

Course Title Quarter Hours
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 318
THE CONTEMPORARY GERMAN FILM
GER 319
MULTICULTURAL GERMANY: LITERATURE, FILM, FOOD, CULTURE
GER 320
ADVANCED COMMERCIAL GERMAN
GER 321
GERMAN TRANSLATION
GER 324
ELFRIEDE JELINEK: WRITING ANGER, WRITING RESISTANCE
GER 325
KAFKA AND THE KAFKAESQUE
GER 328
GERMAN FILM SINCE 2010
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
GER 399
INDEPENDENT STUDY

Open Electives

Open elective credit also is required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours. Majors in German should select these courses in consultation with the German Program Director and Modern Languages Staff Advisor. Students can use their open electives to pursue a double major or one or more minors.

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