German, Minor
The study of German provides a deep understanding of language and cultures. Building from basic language competency to synthesizing significant literary works, historical context, and current media and politics, the German Concentration of the FIGS major and the German minor offer a comprehensive education through engaged, active learning in a combination of core courses with a wide range of electives. Students’ learning experiences can be broadened and applied in study abroad as well as internship programs.
| Code | Title | Course Units |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| GRMN 0400 | Intermediate German II | 1 |
| GRMN 1500 | Texts and Contexts | 1 |
| or GRMN 2100 | Texts and Contexts | |
| Electives | ||
| Courses taught in German and 2000 level or higher: | 1 | |
| Handschrift-Hypertext: Deutsche Medien | ||
or GRMN 3110 | Handschrift-Hypertext: Deutsche Medien | |
| Business German: A Macro Perspective | ||
or GRMN 2190 | Business German: A Macro Perspective | |
| Business German: A Micro Perspective | ||
or GRMN 2290 | Business German: A Micro Perspective | |
| Places of Memory. Lieux de memoire. Erinnerungsorte. | ||
| Seeing Green: Environmentalism in Germany and Austria | ||
| German Youth Cultures | ||
| Writing in Dark Times: German Literature | ||
| Crime and Detection | ||
| Topics in German Literature | ||
| Kafka's Creatures | ||
| German Literature after 1945 | ||
| Decadence | ||
| Topics in German Culture | ||
| Reading the Twentieth Century | ||
| The Long Nineteenth Century: Literature, Philosophy, Culture | ||
| The Long Eighteenth Century | ||
| Early Modernism | ||
| Additional Electives: | 3 | |
| First-Year Seminars | ||
| Jews and China: Views from Two Perspectives | ||
| Babylon Berlin: German Crime Books | ||
| Politics of Commemoration | ||
| Climate Change and Community in Indonesia | ||
| German courses taught in English | ||
| Freud: The Invention of Psychoanalysis | ||
| Freud's Objects | ||
| Marx, Marxism, and the Culture of Revolution | ||
| Nietzsche's Modernity and the Death of God | ||
| Berlin: History, Politics, Culture | ||
| Metropolis: Culture of the City | ||
| The Fantastic and Uncanny in Literature: Ghosts, Spirits & Machines | ||
| Fashion and Modernity | ||
| German Cinema | ||
| Jewish Films and Literature | ||
| Women in Jewish Literature | ||
| Jewish American Literature | ||
| Yiddish Literature and Culture | ||
| Translating Cultures: Literature on and in Translation | ||
| Water Worlds: Cultural Responses to Sea Level Rise & Catastrophic Flooding | ||
| Forest Worlds: Mapping the Arboreal Imaginary in Literature and Film | ||
| Liquid Histories and Floating Archives | ||
| Queer German Cinema | ||
| Comparative Cultures of Sustainability | ||
| Comparative Cultures of Resilience and Sustainability in the Netherlands and the United States | ||
| Is Europe Facing a Spiritual Crisis? | ||
| Sustainability & Utopianism | ||
| Global Sustainabilities | ||
| Witnessing, Remembering, and Writing the Holocaust | ||
| Autobiographical Writing | ||
| Topics German Cinema | ||
| Northern Renaissance Art | ||
| Writing About Art Seminar | ||
| Introduction to Literary Theory | ||
| Global Modernism Seminar | ||
| The Vikings | ||
| Origins of Nazism: From Democracy to Race War and Genocide | ||
| German in Residence | ||
| Topics in Dutch Studies | ||
| The Trouble with Freud: Psychoanalysis, Literature, Culture | ||
| Environmental Humanities: Theory, Method, Practice | ||
| Public Environmental Humanities | ||
| The Panorama Experience | ||
| Inside the Archive | ||
| Topics In Aesthetics | ||
| Additional courses taught in German at the 2000-level or higher | ||
| Courses taught in German at approved study abroad programs | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Independent Study-Senior | ||
| Major-related courses in FIGS or other departments | ||
| Coursework in another foreign language relevant to the student's interests | ||
| Total Course Units | 6 | |
The degree and major requirements displayed are intended as a guide for students entering in the Fall of 2024 and later. Students should consult with their academic program regarding final certifications and requirements for graduation.