GER Courses

The following courses may be used to fulfill a student's General Education Requirements.  All courses are taught in their target languages unless otherwise indicated.  Please note that some may have prerequisites.

GER 4A: History and Culture in the European Tradition

• FREN 310. French Cinema
• FREN 314. Introduction to French Cultural Studies
• FREN 315. Introduction to French Literature
• GRMN 207. Introduction to German Cultural Studies
• ITAL 302. Readings in Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature
• RUSN 250. Russian Myths and Legends (taught in English)
• RUSN 320. Russian Cultural History

GER 4B: History and Culture Outside the European Tradition

• ARAB 309. Survey of Arabic Literature in Translation (taught in English)
• ARAB 310. Topics in Modern Arabic Literature in Translation (taught in English)
• CHIN 280. East Asian Cultures Through Film (taught in English)
• CHIN 309. Survey of Chinese Literature in English
• CHIN 316. Women and Love in Chinese Literature in Translation(taught in English)
• CHIN 322. Twentieth-Century Chinese Literature in English
• FREN 385. Francophone African Literature I
• JAPN 280. East Asian Cultures Through Film (taught in English)

GER 4C: Cross-Cultural Issues

• FREN 212. Cross-cultural Perspective on the Francophone World
• HISP 207. Cross-Cultural Perspectives: The U.S. and the Spanish-speaking World

GER 5: Literature and History of the Arts

• FREN 210. Introduction to Writing and Reading
• HISP 280. Introduction to Hispanic Studies(taught in English, discussions in English)
• HISP 281. Introduction to Hispanic Studies(taught in English, discussions in Spanish)
• HISP 208. Fundamentals of Literary Criticism
• HISP 384. Landscapes of Spain: Real Places, Imagined Spaces
• ITAL 302. Readings in Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature
• ITAL 312. Renaissance Italy(taught in English)
• ITAL 314. Modern Theatre: Self, Sex and Anarchy
• ITAL 316. 20th-Century Italian Women Writers (taught in English)
• JAPN 309. Classical Japanese Literature in Translation (taught in English)
• JAPN 310. Modern and Contemporary Japanese Literature (in English translation)
• JAPN 311. Japanese Cinema (taught in English)
• RUSN 250. Russian Myths and Legends (taught in English)
• RUSN 320. Russian Cultural History
• RUSN 380. Russian Cinema: "The Most Important Art" (taught in English)
• RUSN 387. Love, Adultery and Prostitution in 19th Century Literature (taught in English)
• RUSN 388. Revolution, Crime, and Romance in 20th Century Russian Literature (taught in English)
• RUSN 390. Russian Literature Since the Death of Stalin (taught in English)
• RUSN 396. Major Works of Chekhov (taught in English)
• RUSN 397. Major Works of Dostoevsky (taught in English)
• RUSN 398. Major Works of Tolstoy (taught in English)

GER 7: Philosophical, Religious, and Social Thought

• GRMN 312. Modern German Critical Thought I: 1650-1850 (taught in English)
• GRMN313. Modern German Critical Thought II: 1850 to the Present (taught in English)