Courses

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)
 

Spring 2026

Gateway Courses

GEN ED 1197: Grimm’s Fairy Tales (Pirozhenko) T/Th 10:30 - 11:45 pm
GERM 100x: Introduction to German Literature, History, and Thought (Hamilton)  W 3:00 - 5:00 pm

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)
GERM AX: German for Reading Knowledge (Stewart) T/Th 12:00 - 1:15 pm

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 (Dymek)  T/Th 10:30 - 11:45 am
GERM 118: German Drama and Theater (Parkes) W/F 9:45 am - 12:45 pm
GERM 119b: Great Works, Short Texts (Dymek) T/Th 12:00 - 1:15 pm

Advanced Courses (Discussion in English)

SCAND 55: One Hundred Years of Scandinavian Cinema (Broomé) M 12:00 - 2:45 pm

GERM 167: Contemporary German-Jewish Culture (Stirner)  M 3:00 - 5:00 pm
GERM 171: Introduction to German Film: The Regime on the Screen (Stewart)  W 12:45 - 2:45 pm  
GERM 157k: The Age of Albrecht Dürer (Koerner) Th 12:00 - 2:45 pm

Graduate-Level Courses

GERM 210: Baroque (Burgard) M 12:00 - 2:45 pm
GERM 271: Theories of Poetic Language (Carranza) Th 1:30 - 3:30 pm
 

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.