Major Requirements
Majors in German must complete a total of 12 advanced courses (48 quarter hours), comprised of a common 8-course core and a 4-course concentration in “German Studies,” “German Language and Literature," or “Commercial German.”
Core Requirements
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
GER 201 | ADVANCED GERMAN I: COMING TO TERMS WITH THE PAST | 4 |
GER 202 | ADVANCED GERMAN II: READING THE FOREIGN/FOREIGN READING | 4 |
GER 203 | ADVANCED GERMAN III: THE UNCANNY AND THE SELF | 4 |
| 20 |
Students who begin their study of German at DePaul with GER 202 or higher may substitute a 300-level German elective course for any of the required 200-level courses. No English-language courses (GER 272E, GER 274E, GER 277E, GER 278E) can be applied toward any German language requirement of the major.
300-Level German Course Listings
Course List 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 303 | | |
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 309 | | |
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 | |
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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