The German Studies minor consists of 18 hours selected from the list of approved courses, of which a minimum of 6 credits must be in German Language and a minimum of 9 credits must be upper-division coursework.  Up to 6 credits may come from classes listed in the Associated Course List, but these courses apply only if the student's project focuses on a German topic.  A capstone project is also required.  A maximum of six hours may apply to both a German minor and a German Studies minor.

Approved Course Offerings : 

Foreign Languages and Literatures:

German Language  

• GERMAN 110, 120: Elementary German I & II       
• GERMAN 211, 221: Second-Year German I & II
• GERMAN 315, 325: Intermediate Conversation and Composition I & II
• GERMAN 415, 425: Advanced Conversation and Composition I & II

German Literature

• GERMAN 301, Introduction to Literary Studies
• GERMAN 307, From the Middle Ages to the Baroque
• GERMAN 308, From the Enlightenment through the 19th Century
• GERMAN 310, Classical Period of German Literature
• GERMAN 340, Society and Literature in 20th-Century Germany (in English)
• GERMAN 400, Rainer Maria Rilke
• GERMAN 401, Bertolt Brecht
• GERMAN 411, Romanticism
• GERMAN 412, The German Novelle
• GERMAN 421, 19th-Century Drama
• GERMAN 422, Contemporary Drama
• GERMAN 426, 20th-Century German Literature

German Culture and Film

• GERMAN 304, Aspects of Contemporary German Culture (in English)
• GERMAN 305, Current Events in Germany
• GERMAN 306, Aspects of Contemporary German Culture
• GERMAN 341, Survey of German Film 1920-1980 (in English)
• GERMAN 342, Contemporary German Film 1980- (in English)
• GERMAN 345, The Antifascist Tradition in Germany
• GERMAN 453, Women's Voices in Germany and Austria

Interdisciplinary Cluster Courses:

• Foreign Language 400CM/History 400CM, Nazi-Occupied Europe and The Holocaust

History:

• HISTORY 300G/5500G, Holy Roman Empire
• HISTORY 436R/536 Modern German History, 1890-1990
• HISTORY 437A, Imperial Germanies, 1848-1918
• HISTORY 437B, First German Republics, 1917-1935
• HISTORY 437C, The Third Reich, 1930-1950
• HISTORY 437D, Cold War Germanies, 1941-1991

Philosophy:

• PHILOS 436, Kant

Associated Course Offerings:  

Art History:

• ART-HIST 301, 302, 303: Survey of Western Art
• ART-HIST 415WI, Romanticism
• ART-HIST 416WI, Later 19th Century Painting and Sculpture
• ART-HIST 424, Early 20th Century European Painting and Sculpture
• ART-HIST 445, Northern European Art: 15th and 16th Centuries
• ART-HIST 449, Art and Architecture in the Age of Enlightenment

Interdisciplinary Cluster Courses:

• HISTORY 400CF, Courts and Culture in the High Middle Ages
• HISTORY 400CI, Culture, Kultur, Civilisation: Identity Formation in the Middle Class

History:

• HISTORY 413/513, Renaissance
• HISTORY 414/514, Reformation
• HISTORY 415/515, 17th and 18th Century European History
• HISTORY 417R/517, 19th Century European History
• HISTORY 418R/518, 20th Century European History
• HISTORY 419R/519, Contemporary European History: 1950-2000
• HISTORY 430, The Ordeal of Total War: Europe 1900-1950  

Musicology (Conservatory):

• CONSVTY 554, Medieval Music
• CONSVTY 557, Music of the Classical Era
• CONSVTY 558, Music of the Romantic Era
• CONSVTY 559A, Music since 1900: 1900-1945
• CONSVTY 560B, Nationalism

Philosophy:

• PHILOS 332, Existentialism

Political Science:

• POL-SCI 220, Introduction to Comparative Politics
• POL-SCI 451, International Politics in Europe