27 hours plus 9 hours of related courses
Required courses:
- GER 301 - German Language Through the Media (3)
- GER 311 - Passionate Friendships in German Literature from the Middle Ages to the Present (3)
- GER 312 - Coming of Age in German Life and Thought (3)
- GER 321 - Cultural Topics in German-speaking Europe since 1870* (3) or
GER 322 - Comparative Study of Everyday Cuture: German-speaking Europe and the USA** (3) - GER 471 - Miami Plan Capstone - Applied Linguistics of German (3)
- One 400-level GER course (prerequisite: 6 hrs. of 300-level German)
Electives in English:
- GER 151 - The German-American Experience (3)***
- GER 162L - Romanticism (in Luxembourg only) (3)
- GER 231 - Folk tales and literary fairy tales (MPF) (3)
- GER 232 - The Holocaust in German Literature and Film (3)****
- GER 252 - The German-Jewish Experience (3)
- GER 260 - Topics in German Literature in Translation (3)
- GER 261 - A Survey of German Cinema (3)
Electives in German:
- GER 241 - German conversation I (2)
- GER 242 - German conversation II (2)
- GER 330A - German drama production (credit/no credit only) (1-2)
- GER 330B - Contemporary Writing in German (1)
- GER 410 - Seminar in German Language and Literature (1-4)
- GER 461 - Germany: Milestones in the 20th Century (3)
- GER 480 - Departmental Honors (1-6)
Related Courses:
9 hours of related courses approved by German CDA; no GER courses except for these cross-listed courses:
- FRE/GER 212 - Secular Jewish Culture From the Enlightenment to Zionism (3)
- ENG/SPN 303 or ATH/GER 309 - Introduction to Linguistics (4)
- GER/ENG/FRE 356 - Contemporary Jewish Fiction In Europe (3)
- Another major or a minor may satisfy this requirement.
- 6 hours of GER courses in English may count toward a major.
- Completion of two majors, or a major and a minor, counts as a Thematic Sequence.
- All courses for the German major must be taken for a grade unless offered only as credit-no credit.
- Independent studies courses may count toward the major, but may not substitute for required courses.
Honors Courses:
- GER 480 - Departmental Honors (1-6)
Dr. John M. Jeep
166 Irvin Hall
Miami University
(513) 529-1852
* Taught each summer in the Intensive German Summer Program
** Taught once each year in Oxford and Luxembourg
*** Miami Plan Foundation Course
**** Global Miami Plan Course
(updated 5 May 2011)