The German Studies minor offers a basic proficiency in the German language along with a more in-depth exploration of the cultural landscape and history of German-speaking nations.
Course Requirements
- Three quarters of college-level German language (at any level).
- HST 222
- Four additional courses associated with the German-speaking world, chosen in consultation with the German Program Advisor from the list of German Studies Allied Courses below. Please note that while this list of courses is extensive, it is not exhaustive. Other courses not listed here could also be included in the German Studies minor after approval by the German Program Director.
German Studies Allied Course List
Anthropology
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| LANGUAGE AND CULTURE | |
| CULTURES OF EUROPE | |
| LANGUAGE, POWER AND IDENTITY | |
| ANTHROPOLOGY OF FOOD MOVEMENTS AND PRACTICES | |
| ANTHROPOLOGY AND MUSEUMS | |
| HERITAGE DISPLAYS AND MUSEUMS | |
Art and Architecture, History of
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| NORTHERN RENAISSANCE ART | |
| ART FROM 1900-1945 | |
| THE EVOLVING MUSEUM: HISTORIES AND CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES | |
English
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| TOPICS IN LITERATURE | |
German
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| WORKING THROUGH THE PAST: MEMORY AND MEMORIAL IN GERMANY AND THE U.S. | |
| REVOLUTION ON THE STAGE: BERLIN, EPIC THEATER, AND THE 20TH CENTURY | |
| COFFEEHOUSES AND CULTURE IN TURN OF THE CENTURY VIENNA | |
| MAKING GRIMMS' FAIRY TALES | |
| ORIGINS OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE TO 1600 | |
| PLAY, PERSONALITY, AND POLITICS IN SCHILLER'S LETTERS ON ART | |
| WORD-SCRIPT-STAGE-WORLD: DAS THEATER | |
| COMPOSING REALITY: WRITING IN GERMAN | |
| THE NOVELLE | |
| FROM SOUND TO STRUCTURE: GERMAN POETRY | |
| GOETHE AND HIS ERA | |
| BREAKING NEWS IN THE GERMAN-SPEAKING WORLD | |
| GERMAN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY | |
| TURN OF THE CENTURY VIENNA | |
| BERLIN AND THE GOLDEN TWENTIES | |
| LITERATURE AFTER 1945 (EAST AND WEST) | |
| WOMEN WRITERS OF GERMAN EXPRESSION | |
| MULTICULTURAL GERMANY: LITERATURE, FILM, FOOD, CULTURE | |
| ADVANCED COMMERCIAL GERMAN | |
| TRANSLATION | |
| MEISTERWERKE OF GERMAN CINEMA | |
| GERMAN PHONOLOGY AND PHONETICS | |
| FOREIGN LANGUAGES ACROSS THE CURRICULUM | |
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN GERMAN | |
| STUDY ABROAD | |
History
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| THE VIKINGS: MEDIEVAL AMBASSADORS OF TERROR, TRADE AND MULTICULTURALISM | |
| MODERN GERMANY, 1870-PRESENT | |
| ORIGINS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1914 - 1941 | |
| AXIS AND ALLIES: THE SECOND WORLD WAR | |
| MUSEUMS, MATERIAL CULTURE AND MEMORY: INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HISTORY | |
| FASCISM AND COUNTER REVOLUTION | |
| TOPICS IN EUROPEAN HISTORY (Germany in the Twentieth Century) | |
| THE HOLOCAUST | |
International Studies
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| READING MARX'S CAPITAL | |
| INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND LAW | |
| LANGUAGE AND THE POLITICS OF TERROR | |
Philosophy
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| SYMBOLIC LOGIC I | |
| SYMBOLIC LOGIC II | |
| KANT & 19TH CENTURY PHILOSOPHY | |
| PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE | |
| BASIC CONCEPTS OF PHENOMENOLOGY | |
| GERMAN IDEALISM | |
| HEGEL | |
| MARX | |
| SELECTED FIGURES AND TEXTS | |
Political Science
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | |
| EUROPEAN POLITICS | |
| MODEL UN | |
| CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THOUGHT | |
| MARXISM | |
| THE EUROPEAN UNION | |
Psychology
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| THEORIES OF LEARNING AND COGNITION | |
Religious Studies
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| JUDAISM IN HISTORY: FROM 1492 TO PRESENT | |
| JEWISH RELIGIOUS WORLDS | |
| MODERN JUDAISM | |
Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| LANGUAGE, SELF AND SOCIETY | |
| LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS | |
Students majoring in German (BA) or minoring in German are restricted from earning this minor.