Some interesting facts about Germany and the German language:

• English is a Germanic language.
• German is the most spoken native language in Europe (over 100 million people).
• Germany is the largest and strongest economic power in Europe.
• German is the second language of international business.
• Germany is the United States' largest European trading partner.
• More people in the United States claim German ancestry (60 million) than any other nationality.
• More sites on the World Wide Web are in German than in any other language except English.

Undergraduate

GM 001 German A (Elementary I) (Fall: 3)

GM 002 German A (Elementary II) (Spring: 3)

GM 003 Elementary German Practicum I (Fall: 1)

GM 004 Elementary German Practicum II (Spring: 1)

GM 050 Intermediate German I (Fall: 3)

GM 051 Intermediate German II (Spring: 3)

GM 063 Triumphs and Failings of Modern Man (Spring/biennially: 3)

GM 065 Playing the Game (Spring/periodically: 3)

GM 066 The Quest for Justice: Kafka and Kleist (Fall/biennially: 3)

GM 067 The Romantic Experience (Spring: 3)

GM 068 The Quest for Justice Practicum (Fall: 1)

GM 133 Kleine Uebung: Geist und Gnade (Fall/periodically: 2)

GM 175 Business German (Spring: 3)

GM 201 German Composition and Conversation I (Fall: 3)

GM 202 German Composition and Conversation II (Spring: 3)

GM 210 History of German Literature I (Fall/biennially: 3)

GM 211 History of German Literature II (Spring/biennially: 3)

GM 214 The Poetic Mind of Germany (Spring: 3)

GM 215 German Romanticism (Spring/periodically: 3)

GM 216 Shooting Nazis: German Film from 1933-1945 (Spring/periodically: 3)

GM 218 German Feature Films: A Survey (Spring/biennially: 3)

GM 220 Goethe und Schiller (Fall/biennially: 3)

GM 222 Music and Word: The German Musical Heritage (Fall/biennially: 3)

GM 223 Contemporary German Short Fiction (Fall/Spring/periodically: 3)

GM 224 Modern German Novels in Translation (Fall/periodically: 3)

GM 225 Modern German Novels Practicum (Fall/periodically: 1)

GM 226 Ach Europa! Hyphenated Germans Write about their Host Country

GM 233 Between Imperial Germany and Hitler's Reich (Spring/periodically: 3)

GM 238 Passion, Politics and Poetry in the Middle Ages (Fall/periodically: 3)

GM 239 Knights, Castles and Dragons (Spring/biennially: 3)

GM 240 King Arthur in German Literature (Spring/biennially: 3)

GM 242 Germany Divided and Reunited (Fall/biennially: 3)

GM 247 German Exile Writers Against Hitler 1933-45 (Fall/periodically: 3)

GM 290 Advanced Reading in German (Spring: 3)

GM 299 Reading and Research (Fall/Spring: 3)

GM 310 Middle High German - Mittelhochdeutsch (Spring/periodically: 3)

GM 320 German Business and Trends in Europe (Spring/biennially:3)

GM 501 Internship (Fall/Spring/Summer: 1)

GM 601 Advanced Independent Research (Fall/Spring: 6)

GM 699 Honors Thesis (Fall/Spring: 3)

Graduate

GM 061 Intensive Reading in German (Summer: 1)