The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures - German Studies offers a variety of major and minor options to meet the different needs and qualifications of students. While students will be exposed to a broad array of courses that cover the history of German literary and cultural life, special emphasis will also be placed on such fields as film studies, media studies, print culture studies, critical theory, translation theory and the history of lyric form.
Program Information
(Students should consult the eCalendar for complete information on program requirements, as well as the course schedule for availability.)
Subject to approval by the Department, courses offered with LLCU course codes may count toward fulfilling program requirements.
- Minor Concentration in German Language
- Minor Concentration in German Studies
- Major Concentration in German Studies
- Honours in German Studies
- Joint Honours Program-German Studies Component
Minor Concentration in German Language (18 credits)
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Minor Concentration German Language (18 Credits)
Offered by:Languages,Literatures,Cultures
Degree:Bachelor of Arts
Program Requirement:
The Minor Concentration in German Language is designed to allow students to achieve linguistic proficiency in German and to introduce students to some of the major aspects of German culture.
This program may be expanded to the Major Concentration German Studies.
Students may begin at the intermediate or advanced level in their first year if they have taken German courses in high school or in CEGEP or through McGill Summer Studies.
Note: Beginners' and Intermediate language levels are offered either as a one-term intensive course or a two-term spanned course. Students choose which version of the level they prefer.
Complementary Courses (18 credits)
18 credits of language courses or any course above the 325 level given in the German language, selected from the following:
Language Courses
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GERM 200 German Lang Intens Beginners 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): An intensive language course designed to develop communicative skills; covers the first level (GERM 202D1/GERM 202D2) in one term. Required for program students.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- 6 hours, plus 1 hour laboratory
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Maria K Morrison
-
GERM 202 German Language, Beginners 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): A comprehensive first-level course designed to develop communicative skills.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- 6 hours, plus 1 hour laboratory
- Terms
- Summer 2024
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 202D1 German Language, Beginners 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): A comprehensive first level course designed to develop communicative skills.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall, Winter
- Students must register for both GERM 202D1 and GERM 202D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both GERM 202D1 and GERM 202D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- GERM 202D1 and GERM 202D2 together are equivalent to GERM 202
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Sun-Young Kim, Ingrid Lassek, Annika K Burkard
-
GERM 202D2 German Language, Beginners 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): See GERM 202D1 for course description.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Prerequisite: GERM 202D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both GERM 202D1 and GERM 202D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- GERM 202D1 and GERM 202D2 together are equivalent to GERM 202
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Sun-Young Kim
-
GERM 300 German Lang Intensive Intermed 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Continuation of GERM 200; covers the second level (GERM 307D1/GERM 307D2) in one term.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- 6 hours, plus 1 hour laboratory
- Prerequisite: GERM 200 or GERM 202,202D1/D2 or equivalent, or permission of Department
- Required for program students
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Maria K Morrison
-
GERM 307 German Language - Intermediate 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Review of grammar, further development of basic skills; literary and cultural readings.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 307D1 German Language - Intermediate 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Review of grammar, further development of basic skills; literary and cultural readings.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall, Winter
- Prerequisite: GERM 200 or GERM 202, 202D1/D2, or equivalent, or permission of Department.
- Students must register for both GERM 307D1 and GERM 307D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both GERM 307D1 and GERM 307D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- GERM 307D1 and GERM 307D2 together are equivalent to GERM 307
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Sun-Young Kim
-
GERM 307D2 German Language - Intermediate 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): See GERM 307D1 for course description.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Prerequisite: GERM 307D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both GERM 307D1 and GERM 307D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- GERM 307D1 and GERM 307D2 together are equivalent to GERM 307
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Maria K Morrison
-
GERM 325 German Lang-Intensive Advanced 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course aims at developing post-intermediate proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, with emphasis on oral and written expression. Special attention is given to word formation and to the proper choice of grammatical structures, vocabulary, and phraseology.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall or Winter
- 6 hours
- Prerequisite: GERM 300 or GERM 307D1/D2, or equivalent, or permission of Department.
- Required for program students.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Maria K Morrison
- Sun-Young Kim
List of Complementary Courses:
-
GERM 326 Topics in Germ Lang & Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course aims to both improve students’ speaking and writing skills at the intermediate and advanced levels and to deepen their understanding of German culture through contemporary short texts and films. Topics include migration and national identity, memory and history, gender roles, and intergenerational conflicts. Students develop their transcultural competencies through critical engagement with the course materials. Selected grammatical topics will be reviewed.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Prerequisite(s): GERM 307 or equivalent or permission of the Instructor.
- Corequisite(s): May be taken concurrently with GERM 325 and with permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Paul Peters
-
GERM 331 Germany after Reunification 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): The events which led to the fall of the Berlin Wall, the reunification of Germany in 1990 and the changing cultural, social, political and economic landscape of the 'New Germany'. Highlighting issues of cultural and social politics, texts discussed include historical, literary and film material.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 332 Topics 18th C German Lit & Cul 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Study of specific topics as they relate to eighteenth-century German literature and culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 333 What is Enlightenment? 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): An introduction to the debates and values of eighteenth-century German literature and culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 335 Science and Literature 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course examines the complex exchanges between science and literature across German literature and culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Given in German
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 336 German Language, Media&Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Introduction to German culture through literary and non-literary texts, film, multimedia, commercials, painting and photography. By learning how to read these cultural productions, students will refine their communication skills, expand reading strategies, build vocabulary, and review selective grammatical structures.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Benjamin Sauvé
-
GERM 337 Literature and Revolution 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Seminar on the relationship between literature and political, social and aesthetic change.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 340 Romanticism 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course examines one of the pivotal moments of cultural transition in German literary history.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 344 Realism 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): What are the different ways social life has been represented in German literature and culture?
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 348 Nature and Ecopoetics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course examines how German literature and culture engage with and construct an understanding of nature and the environment
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 350 Modernism and the Avant-Garde 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course will focus on the variety of German modernisms and their schools of thought.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 351 Berlin 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Interdisciplinary study of the quintessential modern centers within Germanic speaking Europe.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Given in German
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 360 German Drama 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course will survey the theatrical tradition within German.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 362 20th Century Literature Topics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Introduction to selected topics and genres in twentieth century literature and culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Given in German
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 364 Gender&Society -German Lit&Cul 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): In connection with notions of identity, nationhood, political change, and cultural difference, this course investigates concepts and issues of gender in contemporary German Society. The readings include critical essays and literary texts by writers, scholars, philosophers, journalists, politicians, and political activists.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 365 Modern Short Fiction 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): A study of short prose forms in German throughout history.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Katrin Rohrbacher
-
GERM 366 Lyric Poetry 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Introduction to the study of German Poetry from the Middle Ages to the present.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Paul Peters
-
GERM 368 Fin-de-Siècle Vienna 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Interdisciplinary study of one of the formative periods of modern European culture; examination of literature, art, thought, culture and politics in Vienna around 1900.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Prerequisite: A culture or literature course at the 200 or 300 level
- Course given in English
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 369 The German Novel 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Sustained engagement with the major texts of the German novel from Grimmelshausen to the present.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Given in German
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 371 German Cinema 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Survey of German cinema from its inception to the present
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Daniel P Schwartz
-
GERM 372 Topics in German Cinema 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course investigates a special topic related to the history of German cinema.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Daniel P Schwartz
-
GERM 375 German Media Studies 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Introduction to the history of German media studies.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 379 German Visual Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course engages with the different strands of German visual culture across media.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Given in German
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 381 Topics in German Thought 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Special topics on German intellectual history and its contributions to major philosophical traditions.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 385 Critical Theory 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Engagement with the history of critique from Kant to Adorno.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 388 Post-Wall Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Upper level seminar exploring topics in German culture after unification.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 390 Topics in 21C German Lit &Cul 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Study of pressing contemporary themes within German literature.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Karin Bauer
-
GERM 397 Individual Reading Course 01 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Given solely at the discretion of the instructor.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Sun-Young Kim
-
GERM 401 Advanced Topics German Lit&Cul 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Advanced research course on special topic of German literature and culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Prerequisite(s): Two 300-level German Studies Literature, Film, or Culture courses; permission of the Program Advisor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
For more information, see Programs, Courses and University Regulations.
Minor Concentration in German Studies (18 credits)
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Minor Concentration German Studies (18 Credits)
Offered by:Languages,Literatures,Cultures
Degree:Bachelor of Arts
Program Requirement:
The Minor Concentration in German Studies provides an introduction to and critical understanding of a variety of aspects of German culture from the eighteenth century to the present day. It is designed to complement other forms of disciplinary and cultural inquiry, such as international studies, the digital humanities, and studies in other languages or geographic areas. Courses include the study of major works of literature, philosophy, film, theory, and visual art that have made a defining impact on German and European culture.
This program may be expanded to a Major Concentration.
Complementary Courses (18 credits)
18 credits of courses in German literature, culture, and film taught in English or German selected from the following list.
A maximum of 6 credits of LLCU courses can be taken, with prior departmental approval.
Beginners’ and Intermediate Language courses may not be applied towards this Minor Concentration.
GERM 325 may be applied towards this Minor Concentration.
-
GERM 259 Intro to German Literature 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Introduction to the major authors, genres, and topics of German literature from the Middle Ages to the Age of Goethe, including the Nibelungenlied, Faust, classical tragedy, and the rise of the novel.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Given in English
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Tove K Holmes
-
GERM 260 Intro to German Literature 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Introduction to the major authors, genres, and topics of German literature from the 19th century to the present.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Given in English
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Karin Bauer
-
GERM 325 German Lang-Intensive Advanced 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course aims at developing post-intermediate proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, with emphasis on oral and written expression. Special attention is given to word formation and to the proper choice of grammatical structures, vocabulary, and phraseology.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall or Winter
- 6 hours
- Prerequisite: GERM 300 or GERM 307D1/D2, or equivalent, or permission of Department.
- Required for program students.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Maria K Morrison
- Sun-Young Kim
-
GERM 326 Topics in Germ Lang & Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course aims to both improve students’ speaking and writing skills at the intermediate and advanced levels and to deepen their understanding of German culture through contemporary short texts and films. Topics include migration and national identity, memory and history, gender roles, and intergenerational conflicts. Students develop their transcultural competencies through critical engagement with the course materials. Selected grammatical topics will be reviewed.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Prerequisite(s): GERM 307 or equivalent or permission of the Instructor.
- Corequisite(s): May be taken concurrently with GERM 325 and with permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Paul Peters
-
GERM 331 Germany after Reunification 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): The events which led to the fall of the Berlin Wall, the reunification of Germany in 1990 and the changing cultural, social, political and economic landscape of the 'New Germany'. Highlighting issues of cultural and social politics, texts discussed include historical, literary and film material.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 332 Topics 18th C German Lit & Cul 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Study of specific topics as they relate to eighteenth-century German literature and culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 333 What is Enlightenment? 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): An introduction to the debates and values of eighteenth-century German literature and culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 335 Science and Literature 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course examines the complex exchanges between science and literature across German literature and culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Given in German
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 336 German Language, Media&Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Introduction to German culture through literary and non-literary texts, film, multimedia, commercials, painting and photography. By learning how to read these cultural productions, students will refine their communication skills, expand reading strategies, build vocabulary, and review selective grammatical structures.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Benjamin Sauvé
-
GERM 337 Literature and Revolution 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Seminar on the relationship between literature and political, social and aesthetic change.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 340 Romanticism 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course examines one of the pivotal moments of cultural transition in German literary history.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 344 Realism 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): What are the different ways social life has been represented in German literature and culture?
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 348 Nature and Ecopoetics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course examines how German literature and culture engage with and construct an understanding of nature and the environment
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 350 Modernism and the Avant-Garde 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course will focus on the variety of German modernisms and their schools of thought.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 351 Berlin 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Interdisciplinary study of the quintessential modern centers within Germanic speaking Europe.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Given in German
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 355 Nietzsche and Wagner 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course examines the relationship between the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and the composer Richard Wagner. It explores their intellectual kinship, their view of art, music, and philosophy in the context of Nietzsche's critique of modernity and decadence and analyzes the Third Reich's and Hollywood's appropriation of Nietzsche and Wagner.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Given in English
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Karin Bauer
-
GERM 357 German Culture in Euro Context 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): A comparative examination of selected moments in German literary, artistic and cultural history in relation to broader European movements; focus on influences, exchanges and dialogues across national boundaries.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Course given in English
- Prerequisite: A culture or literature course at the 200 or 300 level
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Paul Peters
-
GERM 358 Franz Kafka 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course will look at the works on Franz Kafka, a "classic" modernist author, in three characteristic genres: the story, the novel, and the short prose piece. A selection of Kafka's letters and diary entries as well as critical approaches to his work will also be studied.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Given in English
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 360 German Drama 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course will survey the theatrical tradition within German.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 362 20th Century Literature Topics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Introduction to selected topics and genres in twentieth century literature and culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Given in German
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 364 Gender&Society -German Lit&Cul 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): In connection with notions of identity, nationhood, political change, and cultural difference, this course investigates concepts and issues of gender in contemporary German Society. The readings include critical essays and literary texts by writers, scholars, philosophers, journalists, politicians, and political activists.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 365 Modern Short Fiction 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): A study of short prose forms in German throughout history.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Katrin Rohrbacher
-
GERM 366 Lyric Poetry 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Introduction to the study of German Poetry from the Middle Ages to the present.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Paul Peters
-
GERM 368 Fin-de-Siècle Vienna 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Interdisciplinary study of one of the formative periods of modern European culture; examination of literature, art, thought, culture and politics in Vienna around 1900.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Prerequisite: A culture or literature course at the 200 or 300 level
- Course given in English
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 369 The German Novel 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Sustained engagement with the major texts of the German novel from Grimmelshausen to the present.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Given in German
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 371 German Cinema 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Survey of German cinema from its inception to the present
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Daniel P Schwartz
-
GERM 372 Topics in German Cinema 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course investigates a special topic related to the history of German cinema.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Daniel P Schwartz
-
GERM 373 Weimar German Cinema 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Weimar Cinema brought to the screen a world populated by monsters, lunatics, workers, vamps, strangers, and doubles. These figures embodied the tensions and fears of the Weimar period (1919-1933) in a manner that continues to attract audiences today. This course explores the cultural and political history of the Weimar period through Weimar cinema. It aims to introduce the student to the fundamentals of film analysis, especially formal analysis and textual analysis.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 375 German Media Studies 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Introduction to the history of German media studies.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 379 German Visual Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course engages with the different strands of German visual culture across media.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Given in German
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 381 Topics in German Thought 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Special topics on German intellectual history and its contributions to major philosophical traditions.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 385 Critical Theory 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Engagement with the history of critique from Kant to Adorno.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 388 Post-Wall Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Upper level seminar exploring topics in German culture after unification.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 390 Topics in 21C German Lit &Cul 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Study of pressing contemporary themes within German literature.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Karin Bauer
-
GERM 397 Individual Reading Course 01 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Given solely at the discretion of the instructor.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Sun-Young Kim
-
GERM 401 Advanced Topics German Lit&Cul 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Advanced research course on special topic of German literature and culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Prerequisite(s): Two 300-level German Studies Literature, Film, or Culture courses; permission of the Program Advisor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
For more information, see Programs, Courses and University Regulations.
Major Concentration in German Studies (36 credits)
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Major Concentration German Studies (36 Credits)
Offered by:Languages,Literatures,Cultures
Degree:Bachelor of Arts
Program Requirement:
The Major Concentration in German Studies provides students with a rigorous and broad inquiry into the major features that have defined German cultural life since the eighteenth century. Knowledge of the German language is a core component of the major concentration and normally courses towards the major concentration will be taught in German. Courses will include the study of major works of literature, philosophy, film, theory, and visual art that have made a defining impact on German and European culture. Students will acquire the skills of critical reading and viewing that allow them to interpret complex works of art and evaluate their social and cultural significance.
Complementary Courses (36 credits)
6 credits must be in pre-20th century literature and culture.
A minimum of 9 credits of literature, culture, and film courses taught in German.
A maximum of 6 credits of LLCU courses, with prior departmental approval.
Language Courses
-
GERM 200 German Lang Intens Beginners 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): An intensive language course designed to develop communicative skills; covers the first level (GERM 202D1/GERM 202D2) in one term. Required for program students.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- 6 hours, plus 1 hour laboratory
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Maria K Morrison
-
GERM 202 German Language, Beginners 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): A comprehensive first-level course designed to develop communicative skills.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- 6 hours, plus 1 hour laboratory
- Terms
- Summer 2024
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 202D1 German Language, Beginners 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): A comprehensive first level course designed to develop communicative skills.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall, Winter
- Students must register for both GERM 202D1 and GERM 202D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both GERM 202D1 and GERM 202D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- GERM 202D1 and GERM 202D2 together are equivalent to GERM 202
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Sun-Young Kim, Ingrid Lassek, Annika K Burkard
-
GERM 202D2 German Language, Beginners 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): See GERM 202D1 for course description.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Prerequisite: GERM 202D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both GERM 202D1 and GERM 202D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- GERM 202D1 and GERM 202D2 together are equivalent to GERM 202
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Sun-Young Kim
-
GERM 300 German Lang Intensive Intermed 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Continuation of GERM 200; covers the second level (GERM 307D1/GERM 307D2) in one term.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- 6 hours, plus 1 hour laboratory
- Prerequisite: GERM 200 or GERM 202,202D1/D2 or equivalent, or permission of Department
- Required for program students
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Maria K Morrison
-
GERM 307 German Language - Intermediate 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Review of grammar, further development of basic skills; literary and cultural readings.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 307D1 German Language - Intermediate 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Review of grammar, further development of basic skills; literary and cultural readings.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall, Winter
- Prerequisite: GERM 200 or GERM 202, 202D1/D2, or equivalent, or permission of Department.
- Students must register for both GERM 307D1 and GERM 307D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both GERM 307D1 and GERM 307D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- GERM 307D1 and GERM 307D2 together are equivalent to GERM 307
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Sun-Young Kim
-
GERM 307D2 German Language - Intermediate 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): See GERM 307D1 for course description.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Prerequisite: GERM 307D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both GERM 307D1 and GERM 307D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- GERM 307D1 and GERM 307D2 together are equivalent to GERM 307
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Maria K Morrison
-
GERM 325 German Lang-Intensive Advanced 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course aims at developing post-intermediate proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, with emphasis on oral and written expression. Special attention is given to word formation and to the proper choice of grammatical structures, vocabulary, and phraseology.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall or Winter
- 6 hours
- Prerequisite: GERM 300 or GERM 307D1/D2, or equivalent, or permission of Department.
- Required for program students.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Maria K Morrison
- Sun-Young Kim
Literature and Culture Courses
-
GERM 259 Intro to German Literature 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Introduction to the major authors, genres, and topics of German literature from the Middle Ages to the Age of Goethe, including the Nibelungenlied, Faust, classical tragedy, and the rise of the novel.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Given in English
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Tove K Holmes
-
GERM 260 Intro to German Literature 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Introduction to the major authors, genres, and topics of German literature from the 19th century to the present.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Given in English
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Karin Bauer
-
GERM 326 Topics in Germ Lang & Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course aims to both improve students’ speaking and writing skills at the intermediate and advanced levels and to deepen their understanding of German culture through contemporary short texts and films. Topics include migration and national identity, memory and history, gender roles, and intergenerational conflicts. Students develop their transcultural competencies through critical engagement with the course materials. Selected grammatical topics will be reviewed.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Prerequisite(s): GERM 307 or equivalent or permission of the Instructor.
- Corequisite(s): May be taken concurrently with GERM 325 and with permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Paul Peters
-
GERM 331 Germany after Reunification 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): The events which led to the fall of the Berlin Wall, the reunification of Germany in 1990 and the changing cultural, social, political and economic landscape of the 'New Germany'. Highlighting issues of cultural and social politics, texts discussed include historical, literary and film material.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 332 Topics 18th C German Lit & Cul 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Study of specific topics as they relate to eighteenth-century German literature and culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 333 What is Enlightenment? 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): An introduction to the debates and values of eighteenth-century German literature and culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 335 Science and Literature 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course examines the complex exchanges between science and literature across German literature and culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Given in German
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 336 German Language, Media&Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Introduction to German culture through literary and non-literary texts, film, multimedia, commercials, painting and photography. By learning how to read these cultural productions, students will refine their communication skills, expand reading strategies, build vocabulary, and review selective grammatical structures.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Benjamin Sauvé
-
GERM 337 Literature and Revolution 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Seminar on the relationship between literature and political, social and aesthetic change.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 340 Romanticism 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course examines one of the pivotal moments of cultural transition in German literary history.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 344 Realism 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): What are the different ways social life has been represented in German literature and culture?
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 348 Nature and Ecopoetics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course examines how German literature and culture engage with and construct an understanding of nature and the environment
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 350 Modernism and the Avant-Garde 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course will focus on the variety of German modernisms and their schools of thought.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 351 Berlin 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Interdisciplinary study of the quintessential modern centers within Germanic speaking Europe.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Given in German
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 355 Nietzsche and Wagner 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course examines the relationship between the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and the composer Richard Wagner. It explores their intellectual kinship, their view of art, music, and philosophy in the context of Nietzsche's critique of modernity and decadence and analyzes the Third Reich's and Hollywood's appropriation of Nietzsche and Wagner.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Given in English
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Karin Bauer
-
GERM 357 German Culture in Euro Context 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): A comparative examination of selected moments in German literary, artistic and cultural history in relation to broader European movements; focus on influences, exchanges and dialogues across national boundaries.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Course given in English
- Prerequisite: A culture or literature course at the 200 or 300 level
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Paul Peters
-
GERM 358 Franz Kafka 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course will look at the works on Franz Kafka, a "classic" modernist author, in three characteristic genres: the story, the novel, and the short prose piece. A selection of Kafka's letters and diary entries as well as critical approaches to his work will also be studied.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Given in English
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 360 German Drama 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course will survey the theatrical tradition within German.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 362 20th Century Literature Topics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Introduction to selected topics and genres in twentieth century literature and culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Given in German
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 364 Gender&Society -German Lit&Cul 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): In connection with notions of identity, nationhood, political change, and cultural difference, this course investigates concepts and issues of gender in contemporary German Society. The readings include critical essays and literary texts by writers, scholars, philosophers, journalists, politicians, and political activists.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 365 Modern Short Fiction 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): A study of short prose forms in German throughout history.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Katrin Rohrbacher
-
GERM 366 Lyric Poetry 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Introduction to the study of German Poetry from the Middle Ages to the present.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Paul Peters
-
GERM 368 Fin-de-Siècle Vienna 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Interdisciplinary study of one of the formative periods of modern European culture; examination of literature, art, thought, culture and politics in Vienna around 1900.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Prerequisite: A culture or literature course at the 200 or 300 level
- Course given in English
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 369 The German Novel 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Sustained engagement with the major texts of the German novel from Grimmelshausen to the present.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Given in German
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 371 German Cinema 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Survey of German cinema from its inception to the present
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Daniel P Schwartz
-
GERM 372 Topics in German Cinema 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course investigates a special topic related to the history of German cinema.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Daniel P Schwartz
-
GERM 373 Weimar German Cinema 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Weimar Cinema brought to the screen a world populated by monsters, lunatics, workers, vamps, strangers, and doubles. These figures embodied the tensions and fears of the Weimar period (1919-1933) in a manner that continues to attract audiences today. This course explores the cultural and political history of the Weimar period through Weimar cinema. It aims to introduce the student to the fundamentals of film analysis, especially formal analysis and textual analysis.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 375 German Media Studies 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Introduction to the history of German media studies.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 379 German Visual Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course engages with the different strands of German visual culture across media.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Given in German
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 381 Topics in German Thought 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Special topics on German intellectual history and its contributions to major philosophical traditions.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 385 Critical Theory 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Engagement with the history of critique from Kant to Adorno.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 388 Post-Wall Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Upper level seminar exploring topics in German culture after unification.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 390 Topics in 21C German Lit &Cul 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Study of pressing contemporary themes within German literature.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Karin Bauer
-
GERM 397 Individual Reading Course 01 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Given solely at the discretion of the instructor.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Sun-Young Kim
-
GERM 401 Advanced Topics German Lit&Cul 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Advanced research course on special topic of German literature and culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Prerequisite(s): Two 300-level German Studies Literature, Film, or Culture courses; permission of the Program Advisor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 580 Topics in German Lit & Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Topics in eighteenth-century German literature.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Prerequisite(s): Permission by Program Advisor.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Tove K Holmes
For more information, see Programs, Courses and University Regulations.
Honors in German Studies
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Honours German Studies (60 Credits)
Offered by:Languages,Literatures,Cultures
Degree:Bachelor of Arts
Program Requirement:
The Honours in German Studies provides students with a rigorous and broad inquiry into the major features that have defined German cultural life since the eighteenth century. Knowledge of the German language is a core component of the Honours program and all courses towards Honours will be taught in German. Courses will include the study of major works of literature, philosophy, film, theory, and visual art that have made a defining impact on German and European culture. Students will acquire the skills of critical reading and viewing that allow them to interpret complex works of art and evaluate their social and cultural significance.
Note: Beginners' and intermediate language levels are offered either as a one-term intensive course or a two-term spanned course. Students choose which version of the level they prefer.
Admission to the Honours program requires departmental approval. Students may begin this program in their first year. Honours students must maintain a GPA of 3.30 in their program courses, and, according to Faculty regulations, a minimum CGPA of 3.00 in general.
Honours students, according to Faculty regulations, also must complete at least a minor concentration (18 credits) in another academic unit.
Required Courses (6 credits)
-
GERM 575 Honours Thesis 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Research and completion of the Honours thesis on an approved subject.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall or Winter
- Restriction: For students in the Honours Program only.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Andrew Piper
Complementary Courses (54 credits)
54 credits of complementary courses taken in German selected with the following specifications:
6 credits must be in pre-20th century literature and culture.
Students can take a maximum of 6 credits of LLCU courses and only with prior approval.
A maximum of 9 credits in GERM courses offered in English and only with prior approval.
3 credits at the 400-level.
Language Courses
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GERM 200 German Lang Intens Beginners 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): An intensive language course designed to develop communicative skills; covers the first level (GERM 202D1/GERM 202D2) in one term. Required for program students.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- 6 hours, plus 1 hour laboratory
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Maria K Morrison
-
GERM 202 German Language, Beginners 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): A comprehensive first-level course designed to develop communicative skills.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- 6 hours, plus 1 hour laboratory
- Terms
- Summer 2024
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 202D1 German Language, Beginners 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): A comprehensive first level course designed to develop communicative skills.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall, Winter
- Students must register for both GERM 202D1 and GERM 202D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both GERM 202D1 and GERM 202D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- GERM 202D1 and GERM 202D2 together are equivalent to GERM 202
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Sun-Young Kim, Ingrid Lassek, Annika K Burkard
-
GERM 202D2 German Language, Beginners 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): See GERM 202D1 for course description.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Prerequisite: GERM 202D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both GERM 202D1 and GERM 202D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- GERM 202D1 and GERM 202D2 together are equivalent to GERM 202
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Sun-Young Kim
-
GERM 300 German Lang Intensive Intermed 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Continuation of GERM 200; covers the second level (GERM 307D1/GERM 307D2) in one term.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- 6 hours, plus 1 hour laboratory
- Prerequisite: GERM 200 or GERM 202,202D1/D2 or equivalent, or permission of Department
- Required for program students
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Maria K Morrison
-
GERM 307 German Language - Intermediate 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Review of grammar, further development of basic skills; literary and cultural readings.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 307D1 German Language - Intermediate 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Review of grammar, further development of basic skills; literary and cultural readings.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall, Winter
- Prerequisite: GERM 200 or GERM 202, 202D1/D2, or equivalent, or permission of Department.
- Students must register for both GERM 307D1 and GERM 307D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both GERM 307D1 and GERM 307D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- GERM 307D1 and GERM 307D2 together are equivalent to GERM 307
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Sun-Young Kim
-
GERM 307D2 German Language - Intermediate 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): See GERM 307D1 for course description.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Prerequisite: GERM 307D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both GERM 307D1 and GERM 307D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- GERM 307D1 and GERM 307D2 together are equivalent to GERM 307
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Maria K Morrison
-
GERM 325 German Lang-Intensive Advanced 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course aims at developing post-intermediate proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, with emphasis on oral and written expression. Special attention is given to word formation and to the proper choice of grammatical structures, vocabulary, and phraseology.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall or Winter
- 6 hours
- Prerequisite: GERM 300 or GERM 307D1/D2, or equivalent, or permission of Department.
- Required for program students.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Maria K Morrison
- Sun-Young Kim
List of Complementary Courses:
-
GERM 259 Intro to German Literature 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Introduction to the major authors, genres, and topics of German literature from the Middle Ages to the Age of Goethe, including the Nibelungenlied, Faust, classical tragedy, and the rise of the novel.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Given in English
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Tove K Holmes
-
GERM 260 Intro to German Literature 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Introduction to the major authors, genres, and topics of German literature from the 19th century to the present.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Given in English
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Karin Bauer
-
GERM 331 Germany after Reunification 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): The events which led to the fall of the Berlin Wall, the reunification of Germany in 1990 and the changing cultural, social, political and economic landscape of the 'New Germany'. Highlighting issues of cultural and social politics, texts discussed include historical, literary and film material.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 332 Topics 18th C German Lit & Cul 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Study of specific topics as they relate to eighteenth-century German literature and culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 333 What is Enlightenment? 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): An introduction to the debates and values of eighteenth-century German literature and culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 335 Science and Literature 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course examines the complex exchanges between science and literature across German literature and culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Given in German
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 336 German Language, Media&Culture 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Introduction to German culture through literary and non-literary texts, film, multimedia, commercials, painting and photography. By learning how to read these cultural productions, students will refine their communication skills, expand reading strategies, build vocabulary, and review selective grammatical structures.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Benjamin Sauvé
-
GERM 337 Literature and Revolution 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Seminar on the relationship between literature and political, social and aesthetic change.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 340 Romanticism 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course examines one of the pivotal moments of cultural transition in German literary history.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 344 Realism 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): What are the different ways social life has been represented in German literature and culture?
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 348 Nature and Ecopoetics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course examines how German literature and culture engage with and construct an understanding of nature and the environment
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 350 Modernism and the Avant-Garde 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course will focus on the variety of German modernisms and their schools of thought.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 351 Berlin 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Interdisciplinary study of the quintessential modern centers within Germanic speaking Europe.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Given in German
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 355 Nietzsche and Wagner 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course examines the relationship between the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and the composer Richard Wagner. It explores their intellectual kinship, their view of art, music, and philosophy in the context of Nietzsche's critique of modernity and decadence and analyzes the Third Reich's and Hollywood's appropriation of Nietzsche and Wagner.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Given in English
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Karin Bauer
-
GERM 357 German Culture in Euro Context 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): A comparative examination of selected moments in German literary, artistic and cultural history in relation to broader European movements; focus on influences, exchanges and dialogues across national boundaries.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Course given in English
- Prerequisite: A culture or literature course at the 200 or 300 level
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Paul Peters
-
GERM 358 Franz Kafka 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course will look at the works on Franz Kafka, a "classic" modernist author, in three characteristic genres: the story, the novel, and the short prose piece. A selection of Kafka's letters and diary entries as well as critical approaches to his work will also be studied.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Given in English
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 360 German Drama 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course will survey the theatrical tradition within German.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 362 20th Century Literature Topics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Introduction to selected topics and genres in twentieth century literature and culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Given in German
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 364 Gender&Society -German Lit&Cul 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): In connection with notions of identity, nationhood, political change, and cultural difference, this course investigates concepts and issues of gender in contemporary German Society. The readings include critical essays and literary texts by writers, scholars, philosophers, journalists, politicians, and political activists.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 365 Modern Short Fiction 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): A study of short prose forms in German throughout history.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Katrin Rohrbacher
-
GERM 366 Lyric Poetry 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Introduction to the study of German Poetry from the Middle Ages to the present.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Paul Peters
-
GERM 368 Fin-de-Siècle Vienna 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Interdisciplinary study of one of the formative periods of modern European culture; examination of literature, art, thought, culture and politics in Vienna around 1900.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Prerequisite: A culture or literature course at the 200 or 300 level
- Course given in English
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 369 The German Novel 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Sustained engagement with the major texts of the German novel from Grimmelshausen to the present.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Given in German
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 371 German Cinema 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Survey of German cinema from its inception to the present
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Daniel P Schwartz
-
GERM 372 Topics in German Cinema 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course investigates a special topic related to the history of German cinema.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Daniel P Schwartz
-
GERM 375 German Media Studies 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Introduction to the history of German media studies.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 379 German Visual Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course engages with the different strands of German visual culture across media.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Given in German
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 381 Topics in German Thought 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Special topics on German intellectual history and its contributions to major philosophical traditions.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 385 Critical Theory 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Engagement with the history of critique from Kant to Adorno.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 388 Post-Wall Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Upper level seminar exploring topics in German culture after unification.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 390 Topics in 21C German Lit &Cul 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Study of pressing contemporary themes within German literature.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Karin Bauer
-
GERM 397 Individual Reading Course 01 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Given solely at the discretion of the instructor.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Sun-Young Kim
-
GERM 401 Advanced Topics German Lit&Cul 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Advanced research course on special topic of German literature and culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Prerequisite(s): Two 300-level German Studies Literature, Film, or Culture courses; permission of the Program Advisor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 580 Topics in German Lit & Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Topics in eighteenth-century German literature.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Prerequisite(s): Permission by Program Advisor.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Tove K Holmes
*NOTE: Students can take either GERM 331 or GERM 336 but not both.
For more information, see Programs, Courses and University Regulations.
Joint Honours Program-German Studies Component (36 credits)
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Joint Honours Component German Studies (36 Credits)
Offered by:Languages,Literatures,Cultures
Degree:Bachelor of Arts
Program Requirement:
The Joint Honours – German Studies Component provides students with a rigorous and broad inquiry into the major features that have defined German cultural life since the eighteenth century. Knowledge of the German language is a core component of the Joint Honours Component and normally courses towards the Joint Honours Component will be taught in German. Courses will include the study of major works of literature, philosophy, film, theory, and visual art that have made a defining impact on German and European culture. Students will acquire the skills of critical reading and viewing that allow them to interpret complex works of art and evaluate their social and cultural significance.
Note: Beginners' and intermediate language levels are offered either as a one-term intensive course or a two-term spanned course. Students choose which version of the level they prefer.
Joint Honours students should consult an adviser in each department to discuss their course selection and their interdisciplinary research project (if applicable).
Admission to the Joint Honours program requires departmental approval. Joint Honours students must maintain a GPA of 3.30 in their program courses, and, according to Faculty regulations, a minimum CGPA of 3.00 in general.
Required Course (3 credits)
-
GERM 570 Joint Honours Thesis 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Research and completion of the Joint Honours thesis on an approved subject.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall or Winter
- Restriction: For students in the Joint Honours Program only.
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
Complementary Courses (33 credits)
33 credits of complementary courses selected with the following specifications:
Students can elect to take either the German language stream in which most courses must be taught in German or the translation stream in which courses can be taught in either German or English.
6 credits must be in pre-20th Century literature and culture.
Students of the German language stream can take a maximum of 9 credits of LLCU courses or German Studies courses taught in English, only with prior approval.
3 credits at the 400 level (only applies to German language stream).
Language Courses
-
GERM 200 German Lang Intens Beginners 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): An intensive language course designed to develop communicative skills; covers the first level (GERM 202D1/GERM 202D2) in one term. Required for program students.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- 6 hours, plus 1 hour laboratory
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Maria K Morrison
-
GERM 202 German Language, Beginners 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): A comprehensive first-level course designed to develop communicative skills.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- 6 hours, plus 1 hour laboratory
- Terms
- Summer 2024
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 202D1 German Language, Beginners 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): A comprehensive first level course designed to develop communicative skills.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall, Winter
- Students must register for both GERM 202D1 and GERM 202D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both GERM 202D1 and GERM 202D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- GERM 202D1 and GERM 202D2 together are equivalent to GERM 202
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Sun-Young Kim, Ingrid Lassek, Annika K Burkard
-
GERM 202D2 German Language, Beginners 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): See GERM 202D1 for course description.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Prerequisite: GERM 202D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both GERM 202D1 and GERM 202D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- GERM 202D1 and GERM 202D2 together are equivalent to GERM 202
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Sun-Young Kim
-
GERM 300 German Lang Intensive Intermed 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Continuation of GERM 200; covers the second level (GERM 307D1/GERM 307D2) in one term.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- 6 hours, plus 1 hour laboratory
- Prerequisite: GERM 200 or GERM 202,202D1/D2 or equivalent, or permission of Department
- Required for program students
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Maria K Morrison
-
GERM 307 German Language - Intermediate 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Review of grammar, further development of basic skills; literary and cultural readings.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
GERM 307D1 German Language - Intermediate 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Review of grammar, further development of basic skills; literary and cultural readings.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall, Winter
- Prerequisite: GERM 200 or GERM 202, 202D1/D2, or equivalent, or permission of Department.
- Students must register for both GERM 307D1 and GERM 307D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both GERM 307D1 and GERM 307D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- GERM 307D1 and GERM 307D2 together are equivalent to GERM 307
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Sun-Young Kim
-
GERM 307D2 German Language - Intermediate 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): See GERM 307D1 for course description.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Prerequisite: GERM 307D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both GERM 307D1 and GERM 307D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- GERM 307D1 and GERM 307D2 together are equivalent to GERM 307
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Maria K Morrison
-
GERM 325 German Lang-Intensive Advanced 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course aims at developing post-intermediate proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, with emphasis on oral and written expression. Special attention is given to word formation and to the proper choice of grammatical structures, vocabulary, and phraseology.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall or Winter
- 6 hours
- Prerequisite: GERM 300 or GERM 307D1/D2, or equivalent, or permission of Department.
- Required for program students.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Maria K Morrison
- Sun-Young Kim
Literature and Culture Courses
*NOTE: Students can take either GERM 331 or GERM 336 but not both.
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GERM 259 Intro to German Literature 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Introduction to the major authors, genres, and topics of German literature from the Middle Ages to the Age of Goethe, including the Nibelungenlied, Faust, classical tragedy, and the rise of the novel.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Given in English
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Tove K Holmes
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GERM 260 Intro to German Literature 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Introduction to the major authors, genres, and topics of German literature from the 19th century to the present.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Given in English
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Karin Bauer
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GERM 331 Germany after Reunification 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): The events which led to the fall of the Berlin Wall, the reunification of Germany in 1990 and the changing cultural, social, political and economic landscape of the 'New Germany'. Highlighting issues of cultural and social politics, texts discussed include historical, literary and film material.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
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GERM 332 Topics 18th C German Lit & Cul 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Study of specific topics as they relate to eighteenth-century German literature and culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
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GERM 333 What is Enlightenment? 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): An introduction to the debates and values of eighteenth-century German literature and culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
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GERM 336 German Language, Media&Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Introduction to German culture through literary and non-literary texts, film, multimedia, commercials, painting and photography. By learning how to read these cultural productions, students will refine their communication skills, expand reading strategies, build vocabulary, and review selective grammatical structures.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Benjamin Sauvé
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GERM 337 Literature and Revolution 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Seminar on the relationship between literature and political, social and aesthetic change.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
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GERM 340 Romanticism 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course examines one of the pivotal moments of cultural transition in German literary history.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
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GERM 344 Realism 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): What are the different ways social life has been represented in German literature and culture?
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
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GERM 348 Nature and Ecopoetics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course examines how German literature and culture engage with and construct an understanding of nature and the environment
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
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GERM 350 Modernism and the Avant-Garde 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course will focus on the variety of German modernisms and their schools of thought.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
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GERM 351 Berlin 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Interdisciplinary study of the quintessential modern centers within Germanic speaking Europe.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Given in German
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
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GERM 355 Nietzsche and Wagner 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course examines the relationship between the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and the composer Richard Wagner. It explores their intellectual kinship, their view of art, music, and philosophy in the context of Nietzsche's critique of modernity and decadence and analyzes the Third Reich's and Hollywood's appropriation of Nietzsche and Wagner.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Given in English
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Karin Bauer
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GERM 357 German Culture in Euro Context 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): A comparative examination of selected moments in German literary, artistic and cultural history in relation to broader European movements; focus on influences, exchanges and dialogues across national boundaries.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Course given in English
- Prerequisite: A culture or literature course at the 200 or 300 level
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Paul Peters
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GERM 358 Franz Kafka 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course will look at the works on Franz Kafka, a "classic" modernist author, in three characteristic genres: the story, the novel, and the short prose piece. A selection of Kafka's letters and diary entries as well as critical approaches to his work will also be studied.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Given in English
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
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GERM 360 German Drama 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course will survey the theatrical tradition within German.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
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GERM 362 20th Century Literature Topics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Introduction to selected topics and genres in twentieth century literature and culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Given in German
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
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GERM 364 Gender&Society -German Lit&Cul 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): In connection with notions of identity, nationhood, political change, and cultural difference, this course investigates concepts and issues of gender in contemporary German Society. The readings include critical essays and literary texts by writers, scholars, philosophers, journalists, politicians, and political activists.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
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GERM 365 Modern Short Fiction 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): A study of short prose forms in German throughout history.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Katrin Rohrbacher
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GERM 366 Lyric Poetry 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Introduction to the study of German Poetry from the Middle Ages to the present.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Paul Peters
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GERM 368 Fin-de-Siècle Vienna 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Interdisciplinary study of one of the formative periods of modern European culture; examination of literature, art, thought, culture and politics in Vienna around 1900.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Prerequisite: A culture or literature course at the 200 or 300 level
- Course given in English
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
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GERM 369 The German Novel 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Sustained engagement with the major texts of the German novel from Grimmelshausen to the present.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Given in German
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
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GERM 371 German Cinema 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Survey of German cinema from its inception to the present
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Daniel P Schwartz
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GERM 372 Topics in German Cinema 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course investigates a special topic related to the history of German cinema.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Daniel P Schwartz
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GERM 375 German Media Studies 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Introduction to the history of German media studies.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
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GERM 379 German Visual Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): This course engages with the different strands of German visual culture across media.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Given in German
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
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GERM 381 Topics in German Thought 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Special topics on German intellectual history and its contributions to major philosophical traditions.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
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GERM 385 Critical Theory 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Engagement with the history of critique from Kant to Adorno.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
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GERM 388 Post-Wall Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Upper level seminar exploring topics in German culture after unification.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
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GERM 390 Topics in 21C German Lit &Cul 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Study of pressing contemporary themes within German literature.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Karin Bauer
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GERM 397 Individual Reading Course 01 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Given solely at the discretion of the instructor.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Sun-Young Kim
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GERM 401 Advanced Topics German Lit&Cul 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Advanced research course on special topic of German literature and culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Prerequisite(s): Two 300-level German Studies Literature, Film, or Culture courses; permission of the Program Advisor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
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GERM 580 Topics in German Lit & Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:German (Arts): Topics in eighteenth-century German literature.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Prerequisite(s): Permission by Program Advisor.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Tove K Holmes
For more information, see Programs, Courses and University Regulations.
Additional Information
German Language Courses
Additional information regarding language course registration will be added soon.
Study and Work in Germany
Useful links:
- Study in Germany
- DAAD Montreal
- Information on Working, Training and Studying in Germany, the German Embassy and Consulates Canada:
- German Missions in Canada
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Research Opportunities: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Audit Sheets
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Program Advisors
Director of Undergraduate Studies/Undergraduate Advisor
Prof. Tove Holmes
680 Sherbrooke West, Room 473
Montreal, QC H3A 2M7
tove.holmes [at] mcgill.ca
Office hours:
Director of Language Programs/Language Advisor
Dr. Sun-Young Kim
680 Sherbrooke West, Room 475
Montreal, QC H3A 2M7
sun-young.kim2 [at] mcgill.ca
Office hours: M 10:30-11:30 a.m.; Th. 4:00-5:00 p.m.; or by appointment
Student Association
The GSA, the German Studies Association at McGill represents students enrolled in major, minor, honours and joint-honours undergraduate degrees and programs in the German Studies Programs at McGill University. Throughout the year, they organize different events and activities to promote exchanges among students of the Programs, opportunities related to Germany, and networking among students and professors. You can learn more about GSA and their activities in link to GSA Facebook or by email: gsamcgill [at] gmail.com.
GSA is also responsiblefor the edition of Vielfalt, an undergraduate journal showcasing undergraduate work related to German Studies at McGill University. Read the latest editions of Vielfalt.