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

Required Courses
GRMN 2010
GRMN 2020
Intermediate German 1
and Intermediate German 2 1
8
or GRMN 2030 Intensive Intermediate German
GRMN 3010Advanced German 1 (or any 3000-4000 level German literature, film, or culture course taught in German or English)3
GRMN 3020Advanced German 2 (or any 3000-4000 level GRMN literature, film, or culture course taught in German or English) 23
Electives
At least one of the following upper-division courses taught in German:3
Business German
German Literature from the Avant-garde to the Postmodern
German for Science and Engineering
German Literature from the Enlightenment to Expressionism
Issues in German Philosophy and Literature
Current Issues in German Literature
Issues in German Politics and Literature
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 and Environment in German Literature and Thought
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
GRMN 2402
Representing the Holocaust
Fairy Tales of Germany
Gothic, Horror, and Fantasy
Kafka and the Kafkaesque
Moral Dilemmas in Philosophy and Literature
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 Hours20