German Studies Department

Chair: Jeffrey Schneider;

Professor: Elliott Schreiber,

Associate Professors: Jeffrey Schneider, Silke von der Emde;

Visiting Instructor: Anna Mayer;

Adjunct Assistant Professor: Lioba Gerhardi.

Advisers: The department.

All courses are conducted in German except for GERM 235 , and GERM 265 .

Programs

Major

• German Studies Major

Correlate Sequence in German

Students majoring in other programs may complement their study by electing a correlate sequence in German. Course selection should be made in consultation with the department.

• German Correlate Sequence

Courses

German: I. Introductory

• GERM 101 - Sex Before, During, and After the Nazis
• GERM 105 - Beginning German: The Stories of Childhood
• GERM 106 - Beginning German: The Stories of Childhood
• GERM 109 - Intensive Beginning German
• GERM 180 - Enduring Enchantments: Grimms’ Tales and Their Adaptations
• GERM 181 - Style of Thinking/Thinking of Style: Nietzsche and his Followers
• GERM 182 - Wishful Dreams and Neurotic Obsessions: Reading Freud and His Critics
• GERM 183 - Surviving a Crisis: Lessons from Young-Adult Fiction in German-Speaking Culture

German: II. Intermediate

• GERM 210 - Intermediate German I: Identity in Contemporary Germany
• GERM 211 - Intermediate German II: Space in Weimar Germany
• GERM 230 - Contemporary German Culture and Media
• GERM 232 - Faust, Music, and Romanticism
• GERM 235 - Introduction to German Cultural Studies
• GERM 240 - A Culture of Play: An Introduction to German Theater
• GERM 255 - Follow the Lieder
• GERM 260 - Developments in German Literature
• GERM 265 - German Film in English Translation
• GERM 274 - Deep Dives into German Culture
• GERM 275 - Spiel: Exploring the Wonderful World of German Board Games
• GERM 283 - Of States and Their Terrorists: Cultures of Surveillance and Resistance in Germany and Beyond
• GERM 290 - Community-Engaged Learning
• GERM 298 - Independent Work

German: III. Advanced

• GERM 300 - Senior Thesis
• GERM 301 - Senior Seminar
• GERM 302 - Senior Thesis
• GERM 303 - Senior Thesis
• GERM 355 - Advanced Seminar
• GERM 374 - Senior Colloquium
• GERM 399 - Senior Independent Work