German Studies Major – 54 hours
Students intending to major in German Studies will take 54 credit hours beyond the basic language courses.
Pre-Requisite Courses: All students must satisfy the A&S Basic Language requirement in German, by either taking or placing out of GRMN 101-2-3 and GRMN 201-2-3 or GRMN 104-5-6.
All students must take the following courses (30 credit hours):
- GRMN 321-2-3 (3 credits per quarter for a total of 9 credit hours): Topics in German Language and Culture
- GRMN 341-2-3 (3 credits per quarter for a total of 9 credit hours): Introduction to German Studies
- GRMN 421-2-3 (3 credits per quarter for a total of 9 credit hours): Advanced Topics in German Language and Culture
- GRMN 491-2-3 (1 credit hour per quarter for a total of 3 credit hours): Capstone Experience; or GRMN 481-2-3 (1 credit hour per quarter for a total of 3 credit hours): Honors Capstone Experience
Electives (24 credit hours):
The remaining 24 credit hours can be selected from among any of the courses offered by the German Studies Department. A minimum of 12 elective credit hours must be from courses taught in the German language at the 300-level or above.
Students may select the remaining 24 credit hours from the following:
9 credit hours from
departmental courses taught in English at the 200-level or higher such
as those shown below, see the schedule
of classes for courses being offered in the current quarter.
GRMN 204 (3 credit hours): Berlin Program
GRMN 261 (3 credit hours): The Faust Myth in German Literature and Culture
GRMN 262 (3 credit hours): German Nobel Laureates
GRMN 263 (3 credit hours): Germany Since the Fall of the Wall
GRMN 264 (3 credit hours): Berlin in the 1920s
GRMN 265 (3 credit hours): German-Jewish Literature
GRMN 266 (3 credit hours): German Film
GRMN 267 (3 credit hours): Love and Conflict in the Middle Ages
GRMN 280 (3 credit hours): German Fairy Tales: The Grimms and Beyond
GRMN 396 (3 credit hours): Germanic Mythology
15 credit hours from departmental courses taught in German at the 300-level or higher such as:
GRMN 441 (3 credit hours): German Drama
GRMN 442 (3 credit hours): “Pop” Goes the Novel: German Pop Literature
GRMN 443 (3 credit hours): German Literature Since the “Wende”
GRMN 444 (3 credit hours): Literature and War
GRMN 445 (3 credit hours): German Poets and their Poetry
GRMN 446 (3 credit hours): Holocaust Literature
GRMN 447 (3 credit hours): Reading the 19th Century
GRMN 448 (3 credit hours): Classics of the 20th Century
GRMN 498 (3 credit hours): Internship
GRMN 324-5 (3 credits per quarter for a total of 6 credit hours): Business German
GRMN 551-2-3 (3 credits per quarter for a total of 9 credit hours): Survey of German Literature (only with permission of undergraduate director)
GRMN 301-2 (6 credit hours): Munich Program
Please declare your
major by contacting the undergraduate director:
Prof. Todd Herzog (Old Chem 731)
