Students develop basic abilities in listening, reading, writing, and speaking German in meaningful contexts through interaction in small group activities. Course materials including videos, short articles, ... view course details
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Instruction Mode: In Person
Primarily for: students with no prior experience in German language or based on German Placement test result.
Syllabi:
none
Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits
Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Class Number & Section Details
2262GERST 1210 SEM 102
Meeting Pattern
MTWF
Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Walkinshaw, S
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required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
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Instruction Mode: In Person
Primarily for: students with no prior experience in German language or based on German Placement test result.
Syllabi:
none
Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits
Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Class Number & Section Details
6840GERST 1210 SEM 103
Meeting Pattern
MTWF
Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Lischke, G
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required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Primarily for: students with no prior experience in German language or based on German Placement test result.
Syllabi:
none
Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits
Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Class Number & Section Details
6841GERST 1210 SEM 104
Meeting Pattern
MTWF
Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Thakore, R
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required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
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Instruction Mode: In Person
Primarily for: students with no prior experience in German language or based on German Placement test result.
Students build on their basic knowledge of German by engaging in intense and more sustained interaction in the language. Students learn more advanced language structures allowing them to express more complex ... view course details
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Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite: GERST 1210 or based on German Placement test result.
Syllabi:
none
Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits
Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Class Number & Section Details
3938GERST 1220 SEM 102
Meeting Pattern
MTWF
Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Matthias Phelps, G
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required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
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Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite: GERST 1210 or based on German Placement test result.
Students continue to develop their language skills by discussing a variety of cultural topics and themes in the German-speaking world. The focus of the course is on expanding vocabulary, reviewing major ... view course details
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Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to: students who have previously studied German and based on German Placement test result.
Elementary Yiddish I is the first in a three-class sequence that will enable students to meet their Arts & Sciences language requirement in Yiddish. It provides an introduction to reading, writing, ... view course details
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Students examine important aspects of present-day German culture while expanding and strengthening their reading, writing, and speaking skills in German. Materials for each topic are selected from a variety ... view course details
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required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
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Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite: GERST 1220 and German Placement test or GERST 1230.
Syllabi:
none
Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits
Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Class Number & Section Details
2625GERST 2000 SEM 102
Meeting Pattern
MWF
Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Necker, A
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required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
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Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite: GERST 1220 and German Placement test or GERST 1230.
Babylon Berlin is the most expensive and elaborate television series in German history. The neo-noir police procedural set in a mythical Berlin of 1929 was already a global hit when it entered its current, ... view course details
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Prerequisite: GERST 2000, or equivalent, or placement by examination. Taught in German. Can be used in partial fulfillment of the humanities distribution requirement. Students must take one of the following courses as a prerequisite for Study Abroad in a German-speaking country: GERST 2020, GERST 2040, or GERST 2060. This course counts toward the German Studies Minor.
This course aims at sharpening your awareness of personal and cultural subjectivity by examining texts in a variety of media against the backdrop of cultural, political, and historical contexts. We will ... view course details
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Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite: GERST 2000, or placement by German Placement Test and Cornell Advanced Standing Exam (CASE).
This course explores the history of the Holocaust during which the Nazis murdered six million Jews. Topics covered in this class include the history of antisemitism in Europe and twentieth-century Germany, ... view course details
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Big names, Big ideas, and Big events are associated with German culture and thought: Luther, Faust, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Mozart, Beethoven, Kant, Hegel, Goethe, Einstein, Kafka and Thomas ... view course details
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Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite: any course at the 3000-3209-level in German or permission of instructor. Taught in German.
This course provides an introduction to the theory of trauma, along with literary, artistic and clinical works that engage with traumatic experience. We will explore the enigmatic notion of an experience ... view course details
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What are comics? While it's easy to identify a cartoon, graphic novel, or comic book, it's hard to understand the wide world of comics. As a medium, comics are part of a global tradition of visual storytelling ... view course details
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Instruction Mode: In Person
Primarily for: juniors and seniors.
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required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
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Regular Academic Session.Choose one seminar and one project.
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits
Graded(Letter grades only)
Section Topic
Topic: Manifestos
Class Number & Section Details
2275GERST 4100 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
TR
Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Jarris, M
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required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
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Instruction Mode: In Person
Taught in German. Prerequisite: any German course at the 3210-3499-level or equivalent.
Section Topic
Topic: Manifestos
Class Number & Section Details
6856GERST 4100 PRJ 601
Meeting Pattern
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This extraordinary figure died in 1941, and his death is emblematic of the intellectual depredations of Nazism. Yet since World War II, his influence, his reputation, and his fascination for scholars ... view course details
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The Reading Course is administered by the director of the honors thesis. It carries 4 hours credit, and may be counted towards the work required for the German Major. The reading concentrates ... view course details
4 Credits
Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Class Number & Section Details
2276GERST 4530 RSC 701
Meeting Pattern
TBA
Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Staff
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Instruction Mode: Directed Research
Department Consent Required (Add)
Syllabi:
none
Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits
Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Class Number & Section Details
3692GERST 4530 RSC 702
Meeting Pattern
TBA
Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Staff
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Designed to familiarize students with current thought and approaches in the field of applied linguistics and language pedagogy. Introduces different models of foreign language approaches and discusses ... view course details
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Instruction Mode: In Person
Primarily for: graduate students preparing to teach German and undergraduate students interested in deeper understanding of language study and teaching. Taught in German; readings are in English and German.
This workshop-style course will address the question of how to draw on academic research and expertise to write for a non-specialist audience. We will discuss the benefits of public-facing writing; how ... view course details
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This course emphasizes the acquisition of reading skills in German, using a variety of prepared and authentic texts. The follow-up course, GERST 6320 , Reading Academic German II, is offered ... view course details
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Instruction Mode: In Person
Primarily for: graduate students with no prior experience in German.
This extraordinary figure died in 1941, and his death is emblematic of the intellectual depredations of Nazism. Yet since World War II, his influence, his reputation, and his fascination for scholars in ... view course details
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Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to: graduate students.
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Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
Enrollment limited to: graduate students.
The course consists of a bi-weekly workshop series focusing on a range of interdisciplinary topics and sponsored by the Institute for German Cultural Studies (IGCS). Speakers include prominent scholars ... view course details
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