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 List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
GER 105	INTERMEDIATE GERMAN II	4
GER 106	INTERMEDIATE GERMAN III	4
Six 300-level GER electives		24

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 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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German (BA)

Major Requirements