The minor in German studies is an interdisciplinary program focusing on study of German culture, including contemporary German society, current political institutions and dynamics in Germany within the broader European framework, and the history of German literature, art, politics and philosophy.
Declaration of a minor in German studies is open to any student enrolled at CU Boulder, regardless of college or school.
Requirements
Students must complete 20 credit hours as directed below, with grades of C- or above. The GPA for all coursework taken in the minor department must be equal to 2.00 (C) or higher. Students may not apply more than 9 hours of transfer credit (including 6 upper-division credits) toward the minor. Transfer courses must be approved by the department.
Required Courses and Credits
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| GRMN 2010 & GRMN 2020 | Intermediate German 1 and Intermediate German 2 1 | 8 |
| or GRMN 2030 | Intensive Intermediate German | |
| GRMN 3010 | Advanced German 1 (or any 3000-4000 level German literature, film, or culture course taught in German or English) | 3 |
| GRMN 3020 | Advanced German 2 (or any 3000-4000 level GRMN literature, film, or culture course taught in German or English) 2 | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| At least one of the following upper-division courses taught in German: | 3 | |
| Business German | ||
GRMN 3110 | ||
| German for Science and Engineering | ||
| German Literature from the Enlightenment to Expressionism | ||
| Issues in German Philosophy and Literature | ||
| Current Issues in German Culture | ||
| Issues in German Politics, Literature and Media | ||
| Open Topics in the Cultural Context | ||
| Advanced German III | ||
| The Age of Goethe | ||
| Seminar in German Literature | ||
| One additional GRMN literature, film or culture course (any level) taught in English (listed below) or German (listed above) | 3 | |
| Germany Today | ||
| Metropolis and Modernity | ||
| Nature, Climate and Environment in German Culture | ||
| Topics in Modern German Culture and Society | ||
| Inside Nazi Germany: Politics, Culture, and Everyday Life in the Third Reich | ||
| Nazis on Screen: Hollywood, War, Propaganda | ||
| Miniatures of Modrn Life: From Berlin to Vienna and Beyond | ||
| Sports and Athleticism in German and Global Culture | ||
| Representing the Holocaust | ||
| Fairy Tales of Germany | ||
| Gothic, Horror, and Fantasy | ||
| Kafka and the Kafkaesque | ||
GRMN 2603 | ||
| Topics in Modern German Culture and Society | ||
| Modern Art and Design at the Bauhaus | ||
| The German Experience in North America | ||
| The German-Jewish Experience: From the Enlightenment to the Present | ||
| Literature in the Age of Goethe | ||
| German Film Through World War II | ||
| Topics in German Film | ||
| The Enlightenment: Tolerance and Emancipation | ||
| Tracing the Criminal: Crime in 19th C Society and Culture | ||
| Engineering and the Practice of Literature | ||
| Masters of Suspicion: Marx, Nietzsche, Freud | ||
| German Film and Society 1945-1989 | ||
| German Film & Society After 1989 | ||
| German Women Writers | ||
| Refugees in German Culture | ||
| Dada and Surrealist Literature | ||
| Politics and Culture in Berlin 1900-1939 | ||
| Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School | ||
| The Invention of Sexuality | ||
| Marxism | ||
| Gender, Race and Immigration in Germany and Europe | ||
| Seminar: Literature in Cultural Context | ||
| Nietzsche: Literature and Values | ||
| Issues in German Thought | ||
| Goethe's Faust | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 20 | |
| 1 | Students who take GRMN 2030 cannot also receive credit for GRMN 2010 and GRMN 2020, and must take one additional 3-credit GRMN course toward the minor, such that the total number of credits for the minor equals 20. |
| 2 | Students have the option of taking the exam Goethe-Zertifikat B1 in GRMN 3020. |