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German AB



Overview

The German major is designed to provide students with communicative proficiency in the German language and competency in the interpretation of German culture. Following the completion of basic requirements, the program offers optimal flexibility to the individual student who can choose from a variety of courses and, under the guidance of a faculty mentor, devise a curriculum geared towards his or her specific career goals and intellectual interests. The department is comprised of specialists in the major areas of German Studies who integrate language teaching with the teaching of German literature, linguistics, film, and culture studies as well as important aspects of contemporary German society, business, and politics.

The study of German in the United States has undergone significant changes in recent years and the German program at the University of Georgia reflects those changes by offering intermediate and advanced German courses that cover broad subject areas but generally are not literary survey or genre courses. Instead, the focus of a course may be a specific issue or a topic that students learn to investigate in depth or from a particular perspective. Through such courses students acquire the critical tools to undertake independent inquiries into the field of German and form their own questions about cultural specificity and difference. While either German literature or linguistics constitutes the core of these courses, they are frequently interdisciplinary and include materials and methods from other fields such as history, music, film, philosophy, art history, and sociology.

Although the University and the department strongly encourage study abroad and offer opportunities for its pursuit in Bamberg, Erlangen, Heidelberg, and Rostock, we recognize that many students will not be able to stay in Germany for extended periods of time during or after their course of study. The program of study is therefore not limited to analyzing specific aspects of German culture, but generally intended to sharpen students' critical skills and strengthen their ability to express themselves. It is also designed to raise students' cross-cultural awareness, to help them realize the uniqueness of their own background and understand it as socially and historically constructed.

Double Dawgs

This major is part of a Double Dawgs pathway: German AB/German MA(non-thesis) German AB/TESOL and World Language Education MAT(non-thesis) For more information, go to doubledawgs.uga.edu.

Contact

Dr. Brigitte Rossbacher Associate Professor of German rossbach@uga.edu

Four-Year Program of Study

Four-Year Program of Study

The following program of study provides a path for students to complete this degree program in four years.

Fall Year 1

Area II Biological Science plus Lab

ENGL 1101  English Composition I 3
FYOS 1001  First-Year Odyssey Seminar 1
GRMN 1001  Elementary German I 4
POLS 1101  American Government 3
Spring Year 1

Area III Quantitative Reasoning Course

ENGL 1102  English Composition II 3
GRMN 1002  Elementary German II 4

General Elective

Choose 1 course(s) from the following:

HIST 2111  American History to 1865 3
HIST 2112  American History Since 1865 3
Summer Year 1

N/A

Fall Year 2

Area I Foundation Math Course

Area II Physical Science

General Elective

GRMN 2001  Intermediate German I 3
GRMN 2300  Introduction to German Culture Studies 3
Spring Year 2

Area V Social Science

GRMN 2002  Intermediate German II 3

General Elective

FC Multicultural course

LING 2100  The Study of Language 3
Summer Year 2

N/A

Fall Year 3
GRMN 3010  Language: Culture and Society I 3

GRMN Major elective (Franklin Literature) + (taught in German or English)

General Elective

General Elective

General Elective

Spring Year 3
GRMN 3020  Language: Culture and Society II 3

GRMN elec 1 (taught in German)

General Elective

General Elective

General Elective

Summer Year 3

N/A

Fall Year 4

GRMN elec 2 (taught in German)

GRMN elec 3 (taught in German)

General Elective (upper division)

General Elective (upper division)

General Elective (upper division)

Spring Year 4
GRMN 4520  Senior Seminar 3

GRMN elec 4 (taught in German)

General Elective

General Elective (upper division)

General Elective (upper division)

PEDB

Summer Year 4

N/A

University-Wide Requirements

Link: University-wide Requirements