Chair: Gerd Gemünden
Professors B. Duncan, G. Gemünden; Associate Professors I. Kacandes, K. O. Kenkel, U. Rainer, E. R. Shookman; Assistant Professors V. Fuechtner, K. Mladek; Instructor Y. Komska; Visiting Professor H-M Speier; Lecturer C. S. Schnader.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR
Prerequisite: Two of the following: German 6 or 8; 9, 10, and 11; or permission of the Chair.
Students majoring in German Studies design an individual program in consultation with a departmental adviser. The Department of German Studies offers two routes to the major:
Major A focuses on literary and non-literary texts in their historical and intellectual contexts, comprising courses offered by the Department of German Studies. With permission of the Chair, one appropriate course in another department may be substituted.
Requirements: eight courses numbered above 29 (German 42-47, which are in translation, require additional work in German); normally, participation in the Foreign Study Program in Berlin with major credit for German 30 and 31. All majors must take German 86 in the winter term of their senior year. At the end of their senior spring term, all majors will give a presentation on the work done for German 86 or for their Honors thesis (German 87).
Major B combines resources of the Department of German Studies with a coherent selection of those of other departments and programs, such as Art History, Comparative Literature, Film Studies, Geography, Government, History, Music, Philosophy, and Religion. In principle, any relevant course in the Dartmouth curriculum that is approved by the Department of German Studies may qualify for this major.
Requirements: normally, participation in the Foreign Study Program in Berlin with major credit for German 30 and 31; four other advanced courses in the German Studies Department (German 42-47, which are in translation, require additional work in German); four advanced courses from among those offerings in other departments or programs that deal substantially with the culture of German-speaking countries. Regular courses that meet this requirement include:
Art History 43: Northern Renaissance
Government 41: European Politics
Government 64: Modern Political Thought
History 51: Modern European Intellectual History, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
History 52: Modern Germany, 1800-1945
Music 33: Western Art Music from Early Romanticism to the Late Twentieth Century
Music 35: Beethoven in Context
Philosophy 15: Modern Philosophy: Hume and Kant
Philosophy 17: Phenomenology and Existentialism
All majors must take German 86 in the winter term of their senior year. At the end of their senior spring term, all majors will give a presentation on the work done for German 86 or for their Honors thesis (German 87).
Modified Major. The modified major combines German Studies with another discipline in a coherent program of study. This major is designed individually by the student with a departmental adviser. It may include study at Dartmouth’s Foreign Study center.
Major Courses: Six courses numbered above 29 (German 42-47, which are in translation, require additional work in German); four courses beyond the introductory level in another department or program of the College and approved by the Chair of the Department of German Studies. All majors must take German 86 in the winter term of their senior year. At the end of their senior spring term, all majors will give a presentation on the work done for German 86 or for their Honors thesis (German 87).
Senior Culminating Experience: In the winter term of their senior year, all German majors must take German 86. This course will count as one of the eight courses required for Major A and one of the 10 courses required for Major B. For students who are writing Honors theses, German 86 will be their first term of research. For students not writing an Honors thesis, German 86 will result in a one-term research paper written under the supervision of a member of the faculty. All students will participate in regular class meetings to be arranged; they will present the result of their research and receive a grade for German 86 at the end of the spring term.
Minor: The Department of German Studies offers a minor with the following requirements:
Prerequisite: German 1, 2, 3, or permission of the Chair.
Minor Courses: a total of six courses including
a) two of the following: German 6, 8, 9, 10, 11;
b) Four advanced courses above German 29 (German 42-47, which are in translation, require additional work in German).
One of these advanced courses may be replaced with an appropriate advanced course in another department or program such as History, Music, Film Studies, Government, Philosophy, and Jewish Studies.
Students wishing to declare a minor must sign up for it no later than the fall term of their senior year.
THE LANGUAGE RESOURCE CENTER AND THE COMPUTER
Independent use of the computer and the language laboratory augment classroom work. Both programs are designed to provide individualized exercises in the written and spoken language.
LANGUAGE STUDY IN GERMANY
Prerequisite: German 2 with a grade of B- or better, or equivalent preparation, and admission to the German Language Study Abroad Program. The programs are conducted in Berlin during the winter and spring terms. Students live with local families and take courses taught by local instructors and the Dartmouth faculty member in residence. Upon successful completion of the program, students receive credit for German 3, 5, and 6. German 3 can serve to complete the College language requirement.
DARTMOUTH FOREIGN STUDY PROGRAM IN GERMANY
Prerequisite: Any two courses above German 5 (excluding 7; German 42-47, which are in translation, require additional work in German) with an average grade of B or better.
The Dartmouth Foreign Study Program is conducted in Berlin each fall term. Students live with local families and normally take German 29, 30, and 31. If their preparation warrants, they may replace German 29 with an independent project supervised by the program director. For more information, inquire in the Off-Campus Programs Office, 44 North College Street, or the Department of German Studies, 333 Dartmouth Hall.
GERMAN HONORS PROGRAM
Students of exceptional attainment who satisfy the minimum College requirement are encouraged to participate in the Honors Program. Prospective honors students must submit their thesis proposal for approval by the Department and enroll in German 86 for the winter term. They are expected to provide sufficient written material by the end of winter term to warrant continuation of their project. Students not attaining the required minimum standards for honors work cannot enroll in German 87 in the spring term, but may have to take another German course to fulfill the major requirement. (See also Senior Culminating Experience).