For Class of 2029 and subsequent (Classes senior to the class of 2029 may opt in):
The major consists of a minimum of ten courses. These include two prerequisites and eight required courses.
Prerequisites:
- Two courses at the intermediate level (GERM 6, GERM 10.00, GERM 10.01, GERM 10.03, GERM 10.06, or permission of the Chair).
Please note:
- Students completing the summer Language Study Abroad (LSA) receive credit for GERM 6;
- Students completing the summer Language Study Abroad+ (LSA+) receive credit for GERM 6 and GERM 10.00;
- GERM 5 may never count toward the major.
Required courses:
- Four German Studies department courses numbered GERM 13 or above, in addition to the prerequisites. A third German 10-level course may replace one of these courses.
Please note:
- GERM 13-16 and 42-47 are offered in English, and no more than one such course may count towards the Modified Major;
- A GERM 65 course must be completed as the culminating experience in the winter of the senior year. German 65 may also be taken prior to the senior year, with a different number in the decimal, but that iteration will not count as the culminating experience.
- Four courses beyond the introductory level (numbered 11 or above) that are taught in other departments or programs, such as Art History, Comparative Literature, Film Studies, Geography, Government, History, Jewish Studies, Music, Philosophy, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Religion. At least one-third of the work in these courses should be on topics related to German Studies, with the appropriate syllabus is submitted for consideration to the Chair at the time of planning. The four courses should amount to a coherent intellectual program. At the time of planning, the students should also submit a single-paragraph rationale to the department (when declaring, also to the Registrar) to explain how the four courses cohere and how they complement the rest of the major. None of these courses may count toward other majors or minors.