Oct 15, 2024  
Undergraduate College Catalog 2024-2025 
    
Undergraduate College Catalog 2024-2025

German Studies Major


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In this major, students pursue interdisciplinary studies in a number of fields that relate directly to German; it does not require as much proficiency in the language as does our German major. Students construct their own program of 10 courses: six or more within the German Department and, with departmental approval, up to four in other disciplines. 

Major requirements


The major in German Studies consists of a minimum of 40 credits.  

German Department Course Requirements


Other Department or Program Courses


Up to FOUR courses may be taken from other Departments. Students are strongly encouraged to work with the German Studies advisor to plan out the most suitable program of study based on individual interests and learning goals.   

Please note: If your courses from other departments and programs do not include a 300-level course, then one additional 300-level course must be taken in the German Department.

These are only a few examples offered in other departments since course offerings tend to change from time to time:

ARTH 122 Introduction to Modern Art in Europe  

ARTH 240   Art of the Avant-Gardes, 1900-1945

ECON 305   International Finance

ECON 311 History of Economic Thought    

EDUC 149 Teaching Assistants’ Seminar  (If German related)

EDUC 230 Teaching Multilingual Learners  

EDUC 298 Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition  

ENG 208   Anglo-Saxon Literature

HIST 111 Ancient Rome and Early Medieval Europe  

HIST 112   History of Europe, 1000-1700 CE

HIST 113    History of Europe since 1700 CE

HIST 214   European Military History

HIST 228   European Jewish History

HIST 240   German History: 1648-Present

HIST 326 Nineteenth Century Europe  

HIST 327    Europe 1914 - 1945

HIST 345   Charlemagne

MUSC 209 Western Music I: Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque  

MUSC 235    Bach, Händel, and the Baroque Style

MUSC 308 Analytical Survey of Western Music  

MUSC 311 Western Music II: Classical, Romantic, Modern  

MUSC 325    Beethoven

PHIL 207 Modern Philosophy: The Enlightenment  

PHIL 298 Capitalism & Social Pathology  

POLS 215   Contemporary European Governments and Politics

POLS 217 Medieval Political Thought  

POLS 325   European Integration

REL 232   Faith after the Holocaust

SOC 398 Nationalism and Populism  

THEA 275 The History of Western Theatre  

Note:


If a First Year Experience is offered by the German Department, it may be counted toward the major.

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