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A student can moderate into German Studies with a focus in German literature and culture. Joint majors moderate separately into German Studies and the related discipline (e.g. philosophy, music, history, written arts) or they may integrate German Studies and another field of inquiry into one moderation.

Requirements

  • Moderation
    • Second-year proficiency in German language (students are urged to participate in the Beginning German Intensive Program)
    • One course in German literature (or "culture course" with emphasis on literature), taught in English or German (preferably a survey course)
    • One course in a related field (preferably German or European history, art, or music history)
    • At moderation, students demonstrate progress in primary discipline and are actively pursuing inquiry into aspects of German Studies. (For more detailed information on  how to prepare for moderation see Student Handbook)
  • Graduation Requirements
    • Over the four years, students must take 12 courses (48 credits) accredited by the German Studies Program. These 48 credits include the 8 Senior Project Credits.
    • Typically,  8 of the 12 courses are conducted entirely in German.
    • After successfully moderating into the German Studies Program, students take at least one upper-college literature/culture course per semester in ascending sequence.
    • We strongly recommend and support students spending a Junior Year Abroad at the Humboldt University, Berlin
    • Graduating in German Studies culminates in writing a Senior Project over the course of the last two semesters
    More about the Senior Project

Sample Four-Year Plan

First Year Sophomore Year Junior Year Senior Year
  • GER 106: Beginning German Intensive plus Intensive Abroad in Berlin
  • GER 202: Intermediate German II
  • GER 301
  • GER 302
  • GER/LIT 200
  • HIST 100/200
  • GER 401
  • GER 402
  • GER 400-level
  • Senior Project

Core Courses

100-Level
  • GER 106: Beginning German Intensive plus Intensive Abroad in Berlin
200-Level
  • German 200: Accelerated Transitional German
  • German 202: Intermediate German II
300-Level
  • German 303: Grimms Marchen: Once Upon A Time; The Folktales of the Brothers Grimm
  • German 308: German through Film
  • German 320: Modern German Prose
  • German 325: German Theater Between Moral Institution and Participatory Happening
  • German 331: Poetry and Philosophy
400-Level
  • German 400: German Expressionism
  • German 405: Exit Metaphysics-Enter Sauerkraut: Nineteenth-Century German Literature
  • German 421: The Experience of the Foreign in German Literature
  • German 422: Contemporary German Literature and Film
  • German 426: Kleist's Works
  • German 467: Correspondences: Figures of Writing

Core Courses


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