Courses

Spring 2027

Gateway Courses

GENED 1208. What is Love? (Carranza) T/TH 1:30-2:45 pm
GENED 1197. Grimm’s Fairy Tales (Pirozhenko) M/W 10:30-11:45 am

GERMAN 100X. Introduction to German Literature, History and Thought (Stirner) W 3:00-5:00 pm

HUM17. The Human Sciences: Fundamental Concepts and Great Works (Hamilton) W 3:00-5:00 

Language Courses

GERM 10b: Beginning German II (2nd semester)
GERM 10ab: Beginning Intensive (8 credits)
GERM 20b: Intermediate German II (2nd semester)
GERM 20ab: Intermediate Intensive (8 credits)

SCAND 10b: Beginning Swedish II (2nd semester) (Broomé)
SCAND 20b: Intermediate Swedish II (2nd semester) (Broomé)

Advanced Courses Conducted in German

GERM 62: Advanced Conversation and Composition (Pirozhenko) T/TH 9:00 - 10.15 am
GERM 69: German through Community Engagement (Parkes) F 9:45-11.45 am

Advanced Courses (Discussion in English)

SCAND 55. One Hundred Years of Scandinavian Cinema (Broomé) M 12:00-2:45; W 12:00-1:15
GERM 145. German and Austrian Modernism: Architecture, Art, Literature (Burgard) T/TH 10:30-11:45 am 
GERM 128. German Romanticism (Carranza) M 3:00-5:00 pm 
HAA 159V Vienna: City of Dreams (Koerner) TH 12:00/2:45 
HIST 1989 Recent Debates in Critical Theory (Gordon) W 9:00 - 11:45 

Graduate-Level Courses

GERM 251. Berlin on Film (Rentschler) M 12:00-2:45 pm
 

Fall 2026

Gateway Courses

FIRST YEAR SEMINAR 31Q: Literal Looking: What We See in Art (Burgard) 
FIRST YEAR SEMINAR 68D: Crafting Stories: Texts and Textiles (Stirner)

Language Courses

GERM 10A: Beginning German  (1st semester)
GERM 10AB: Beginning Intensive (8 credits)
GERM 20A: Intermediate German I (1st semester)
GERM 20B: Intermediate German II (2nd semester)
GERM 20AB: Intermediate Intensive (8 credits)
SWEDISH 10A: Beginning Swedish I (1st semester) (Broomé)
SCAND 20A: Intermediate Swedish: Childhood in Swedish Literature and Culture I (1st semester) (Broomé)

Advanced Courses Conducted in German

GERM 61: Advanced Grammar and Reading (Burgard)
GERM 66: Migration, Journeys, and Borders: Post-Wende German Literature and Culture (Pirozhenko)
GERM 117: Sound, Story, Studio:  The German Radio Play (Parkes)

Advanced Courses Conducted in English

GERM 154: The Frankfurt School on Film and Mass Culture (Rentschler)  
GERM 156: The Management of Damaged Identity: Guilt and Shame in Postwar German Culture (Rentschler)
HIST 81: German Social Thought, Nietzsche to Habermas (Gordon)

Graduate-Level Courses

GERMAN 241:  Finding Time: Proust & Comparative Literature (Hamilton)  
GERM 291:  Questions of Theory (Carranza)
 

Year-Round Tutorials

These language and concentration tutorials are offered year-round. Enrollment is based on petition-approval. Click here for more information about that: Link to petition!

  • GERM 99 – Senior Thesis (full year)
  • GERM 98 – Junior tutorial
  • GERM 99c – Senior Capstone Seminar
  • GERM 91R | SCAND 91 R: Supervised Reading and Research* 

 

  • Dutch (GER 90R)

  • Danish (SCAND 90R.A)

  • Finnish (SCAND 90R.B)

  • Norwegian (SCAND 90R.C)

  • Old Norse (SCAND 90R.D)

 

*For students to design their own course with the guidance of a GLL faculty member. This course is designed to provide letter-graded concentration credit for research and academic study not available in regular course work.