GERM - German Studies Courses
OUR PROGRAMS
- Major A focuses on literary and non-literary texts and other media in their historical, intellectual and material contexts.
- Major B combines German Studies classes with those in other departments and programs, on topics related to German Studies.
- The modified major is designed by the student, combining German Studies with another discipline in order to allow for truly interdisciplinary projects, e.g., German Studies and Geography.It may include classes without a German Studies connection, but all classes should be relevant to the research project.
- A minor in German Studies is often done in conjunction with a major another department (e.g., Government, Economics, Physics).
Major A
Major A focuses on literary and non-literary texts and other media in their historical, intellectual and material contexts.
PREREQUISITES
Three courses at the intermediate level (German 6, German 10.00, German 10.01, German 10.02, German 10.03, German 10.06), or permission of the Chair.
MAJOR-LEVEL COURSES
- Seven courses numbered above the 10-level
- All three courses in the Foreign Study Program in Berlin receive major credit (German 29, 30, and 31)
- German courses in English translation (e.g., German 13-15 and German 42-47) require additional work in German. Normally only two may count toward the major.Counting more than two courses in English translation toward the major requires permission by the chair.
- With permission of the chair, you may substitute one appropriate course in another department.
- Majors need to have taken German 64 or 65 as a major culminating experience by the end of the fall quarter of their senior year.
- Majors who wish to write an honors thesis need to submit a thesis proposal to the department at the end of their major culminating experience.They can take their thesis writing credit (German 87) at any point in their senior year.
Major B
Major B combines German Studies classes with those in other departments and programs, on topics related to German Studies.
PREREQUISITES
Three courses at the intermediate level (German 6, German 10.00, German 10.01, German 10.02, German 10.03, German 10.06), or permission of the Chair.
MAJOR-LEVEL COURSES
- Five courses from the Department of German Studies numbered above the 10-level. German courses in English translation (e.g., German 13-15 and German 42-47) require additional work in German. Normally only one may count toward the major.Counting more than one course in English translation in German Studies toward Major B requires permission by the chair.
Modified Major
The modified major is designed by the student, combining German Studies with another discipline in order to allow for truly interdisciplinary projects, e.g., German Studies and Geography. It may include classes without a German Studies connection, but all classes should be relevant to the research project. This major is designed individually by the student with a departmental adviser and needs approval by the chair. It often includes Dartmouth’s Foreign Study Program in Berlin.
PREREQUISITES
Three courses at the intermediate level (German 6, German 10.00, German 10.01, German 10.02, German 10.03, German 10.06), or permission of the Chair.
THE MODIFIED PORTION
- You can choose four courses beyond the introductory level that are taught in one other department or program. These courses must be approved by the chair of the Department of German Studies.
THE GERMAN STUDIES PORTION
- You must complete four courses numbered above the 10-level. German courses in English translation (e.g., German 13-15 and German 42-47) require additional work in German. Normally only one may count toward the major.Counting more than one course in English translation in German Studies toward the Modified Major requires permission by the chair.
- Majors need to have taken German 64 or 65 as a major culminating experience by the end of the fall quarter of their senior year.
- Three courses beyond the introductory level that are taught in other departments or programs such as Art History, Comparative Literature, Film Studies, Geography, Government, History, Jewish Studies, Music, Philosophy, or Religion. In principle, any relevant course in the Dartmouth curriculum that is approved by the Department of German Studies may qualify for this major.
- Majors need to have taken German 64 or 65 as a major culminating experience by the end of the fall quarter of their senior year.
Minor
Students wishing to declare a minor must sign up for it no later than the fall term of their senior year.
REQUIREMENTS
Two courses at the intermediate level (German 6, German 10.00, German 10.01, German 10.02, German 10.03, German 10.06), or permission of the Chair.
You must complete four courses numbered above the 10-level. German courses in English translation (e.g., German 13-15 and German 42-47) require additional work in German. Normally only one may count toward the major. Counting more than one course in English translation in German Studies toward the Minor requires permission by the chair.
- One of the advanced German courses may be replaced with an appropriate advanced course in another department or program, such as Film Studies, Government, History, Jewish Studies, Music, or Philosophy.
- GERM 1 Introductory German
- GERM 2 Introductory German (continued)
- GERM 2.03 Fast-Track German in Berlin
- GERM 3 Introductory German (continued)
- GERM 5 Aspects of German Culture
- GERM 6 Readings in German Literature
- GERM 7 First-Year Seminars in German Literature
- GERM 10.00 Intermediate German Language and Culture: Contemporary Germany
- GERM 10.01 To Be Young and German
- GERM 10.02 From God’s Subjects to Global Citizens
- GERM 10.03 Understanding German Media
- GERM 10.06 Look! A Visual History of Germany
- GERM 13 Beyond Good and Evil
- GERM 14 Into the Woods: The Brothers Grimm and the European Folklore Tradition
- GERM 15 Nazis, Neonazis, Antifa and the Others: Exploring Responses to the Nazi Past
- GERM 29 A Cultural Studies Approach to Contemporary Germany and Berlin
- GERM 30 Studies in German History
- GERM 31 Studies in German Theater
- GERM 42.04 From the Typewriter to Virtual Reality: Modern Media Theory (in English)
- GERM 42.05 Material Realities, Material Matters: A Brief History of Paper & Other Writing Surfaces (in English)
- GERM 42.06 Freud: Psychoanalysis, Jews, and Gender (in English)
- GERM 42.07 Intercultural Communication (in English)
- GERM 42.08 Mind Reading: Media and the Brain (in English)
- GERM 42.09 The Power and Spirit of Music In German Literature (in English)
- GERM 42.10 Naughty Nuns, Rowdy Knights and Feisty Poets: The German Middle Ages (in English)
- GERM 42.11 Literature and Psychoanalysis: The Cultural Legacy of Sigmund Freud (in English)
- GERM 42.12 Fictions of Survival: Robinsonades and Adventure Stories (in English)
- GERM 42.13 Gender and Jewish-German Culture
- GERM 42.14 German-Jewish Exile Literature (in English)
- GERM 42.15 Modern Sex: Weimar Republic Germany 1918-1933
- GERM 43 Migration, Mobility and the Movies: German Film in Global Context
- GERM 43.01 History & Theory of German Film: Contemporary German Film (in English)
- GERM 43.04 The Berlin School
- GERM 43.05 Of Golems, Vampires, and Robots: The Haunted Screen of Weimar Cinema (in English)
- GERM 43.06 Migration, Mobility and the Movies: German Film in Global Context
- GERM 44.03 Souls Sold to the Devil: The Faust Tradition (In English)
- GERM 44.05 Where the Wild Things Are: The Culture of Environmentalism in Germany (in English)
- GERM 44.06 German-Jewish History (in English)
- GERM 44.07 Metropolis Berlin: Cultural and Political History in the Urban Landscape (in English)
- GERM 45 The Burden of the Nazi Past: World War, Genocide, Population Transfer, and Firebombing (in English)
- GERM 46 The German Novel (in English translation)
- GERM 46.02 Kafka and Brecht: Alienation, Satire, and Revolt (in English)
- GERM 46.03 8 Short Books That Will Change Your Life
- GERM 46.04 Mobs, Crowds, and the People: Activism in Populist Times
- GERM 47.01 Marketplace Germany: Language and Culture of the German Economy (in English)
- GERM 61 The Age of Goethe (1749-1832)
- GERM 64.01 Lit of the Modern Period: Franz Kafka and the Modern Self"
- GERM 64.02 Pulp Fiction Meets High Literature: Media and Writing in 19th-Century Germany
- GERM 64.03 Weimar Republic Culture
- GERM 64.04 Theater and the Revolution
- GERM 65.02 German Humor--Not an Oxymoron!
- GERM 65.05 Deutsche Kurzprosa: Kunstmaerchen gegen Novelle
- GERM 65.06 Belonging in Germany
- GERM 65.07 Babylon Berlin
- GERM 65.08 The Case Study: From Detective Fiction to Medical Narratives
- GERM 65.09 (Research Seminar) Taboo Relationships: Deviant Desires in German Literature and Film
- GERM 67 German Drama: Drama Queens: Madness on Stage
- GERM 82.05 Found in Translation: Humor in German Literature
- GERM 82.06 Translation: Theory and Practice
- GERM 82.07 On Literary Adaptations - How to become a Transformer
- GERM 82.08 Our Home/s – Creative Writing Seminar in the Age of Corona
- GERM 82.09 The Hill We Climb – Down: Poetry and Short Fiction Nature Writing
- GERM 85 Independent Study
- GERM 87 Honors Thesis I
- GERM 88 Honors Thesis II