German Studies Department

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german studies department

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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
  • new window will openGM001 German A (Elementary I) (Fall: 3)
  • new window will openGM003 Elementary German Practicum I (Fall: 1)
  • new window will openGM002 German A (Elementary II) (Spring: 3)
  • new window will openGM004 Elementary German Practicum II (Spring: 1)
  • new window will openGM050 Intermediate German I (Fall: 3)
  • new window will openGM051 Intermediate German II (Spring: 3)
  • new window will openGM063 Triumphs and Failings of Modern Man (Spring/Biennially: 3)
  • new window will openGM065 Playing the Game (Spring/Periodically: 3)
  • new window will openGM066 The Quest for Justice: Kafka and Kleist (Fall: 3)
  • new window will openGM068 The Quest for Justice Practicum
  • new window will openGM067 The Romantic Experience (Spring: 3)
  • new window will openGM133 Kleine Uebung: Geist und Gnade (Fall/Periodically: 2)
  • new window will openGM175 Business German (Spring: 3)
  • new window will openGM201 German Composition and Conversation I (Fall: 3)
  • new window will openGM202 German Composition and Conversation II (Spring: 3)
  • new window will openGM210 History of German Literature I (Fall/Biennially: 3)
  • new window will openGM211 History of German Literature II (Spring/Biennially: 3)
  • new window will openGM215 German Romanticism (Spring/Periodically: 3)
  • new window will openGM216 Shooting Nazis: German Film from 1933-1945 (Spring: 3)
  • new window will openGM218 German Feature Films: A Survey
  • new window will openGM220 Goethe und Schiller (Fall/Biennially: 3)
  • new window will openGM222 Music and Word: The German Musical Heritage (Fall: 3)
  • GM223 Contemporary German Short Fiction (Fall/Spring/Periodically: 3)
  • new window will openGM228 Friends & Traitors: Freunde & Verräter (Spring: 3)
  • GM233 Between Imperial Germany and Hitler's Reich (Spring/Periodically: 3)
  • GM235 German Women's Film (Fall: 3)
  • new window will openGM238 Passion, Politics and Poetry in the Middle Ages (Fall/Biennially: 3)
  • new window will openGM239 Knights, Castles and Dragons (Spring: 3)
  • new window will openGM240 King Arthur in German Literature (Spring: 3)
  • new window will openGM242 Germany Divided and Reunited (Fall/Biennially: 3)
  • new window will openGM247 German Exile Writers Against Hitler 1933-45 (Fall/Periodically: 3)
  • new window will openGM290 Advanced Reading in German (Spring: 3)
  • new window will openGM299 Reading and Research (Fall/Spring: 3)
  • GM310 Middle High German - Mittelhochdeutsch (Spring/Periodically: 3)
  • GM341 The Age of Dürer, Bosch and Bruegel (Fall: 3)
  • new window will openGM699 Honors Thesis (Fall/Spring: 3)
  • new window will openGM501 Internship(Fall/Spring/Summer: 1)
  • new window will openGM214 The Poetic Mind of Germany (Spring: 3)

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Graduate
  • GM061 Intensive Reading in German (Summer: 1)

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Student Services
Lyons Hall
617-552-3300

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