Overview

Calvin offers a comprehensive German major that embraces both the language and culture of German people. Calvin's German curriculum includes classes ranging from beginner to advanced and features cultural expressions through literature, film, visual media and online sources. You can also take advantage of opportunities to study abroad in Germany for a semester, or during Calvin's three-week January interim.

Careers in German

• Travel Agent
• Marketing Consultant
• Journalist
• Member of the National Guard
• Federal Employee

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Student involvement

Attend German movie evenings in Calvin's Bytwerk Theater; Help plan student-led German chapels; Eat at the German table in the dining hall; Go to special lectures, presentations, games, skits and coffee hours sponsored by the German Department.

Course Requirements 2012-13

German major

(30-31 semester hours)

• GERM-301 Advanced German Language and Culture
• GERM-302 German Culture and Intercultural Studies
• GERM-303 Introduction to German Literature
• GERM-361 Advanced Writing in Cultural Context
• GERM-395 German Literature and the Reading Self
• Five electives from:
  • Either GERM-123 Introductory and Intermediate German or GERM-202 Intermediate German 
  • GERM-362 Culture and Language through Performed Texts
  • GERM-371 German Visual Culture and Literature
  • GERM-372 Outside Voices: German Culture from the Margins
  • GERM-381 Special Topics (Topic different each year, so students may take this course multiple times.) 
  • German interim abroad

German minor

(18-19 semester hours)

• One from:
  • GERM-301 Advanced German Language and Culture
  • GERM-302 German Culture and Intercultural Studies
  • GERM-303 Introduction to German Literature
• Five electives from:
  • Either GERM-123 Introductory and Intermediate German or GERM-202 Intermediate German 
  • GERM-361 Advanced Writing in Cultural Context
  • GERM-362 Culture and Language through Performed Texts
  • GERM-371 German Visual Culture and Literature
  • GERM-372 Outside Voices: German Culture from the Margins
  • GERM-381 Special Topics (Topic different each year, so students may take this course multiple times.) 
  • GERM-395 German Literature and the Reading Self
  • German interim abroad

Scholarships

Dollar amounts reflect awards given for the 2012-13 academic year.

Wallace and Marianne Bratt German Interim Abroad Scholarship

• award amount: varies
• any class level
• GPA of 3.0+
• financial need considered; for the German Interim Abroad
• apply through the German department

Alan and Jan Pauw Family Scholarship

• award amount: $3,400
• junior or senior
• GPA 3.0+
• financial need required; majoring in history, philosophy, or a foreign language
• apply through the Calvin Portal

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