Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
German
Faculty
See also Slavic Languages and Literatures.
Emeritus Professor: Gerhard Clausing, Ph.D.
Emeritus Associate Professor: Cornelius Schnauber, Ph.D.
The USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences offers a variety of courses from basic and advanced language classes to literature classes and general and cultural topics.
Note: Students are no longer being admitted as majors in German.
German Minor Requirements
| Required courses, Lower-division | Units | |
|---|---|---|
| GERM 101 | German I | 4 |
| GERM 102 | German II | 4 |
| GERM 201 | German III, Conversation and Composition | 4 |
| GERM 221 | Conversational German IV, or the equivalent by test | 4 |
| Required courses, Upper-Division | Units | |
|---|---|---|
| Four courses — 16 units in the two areas of concentration. | ||
| One course from the following: | ||
| GERM 310* | Business German I | 4 |
| GERM 311* | Business German II | 4 |
| GERM 470 | Advanced Composition and Stylistics | 4 |
*Prerequisite: GERM 201 or the equivalent by test.
| Three elective courses from the following (only one course each from HIST and IR may be counted toward the minor): | ||
| GERM 320 | Composition and Conversation on Contemporary Affairs | 4 |
| GERM 325 | Composition and Conversation in Cultural History | 4 |
| GERM 330 | Introduction to Literary Studies | 4 |
| GERM 346 | German Folklore and Popular Culture | 4 |
| GERM 352 | Colloquium on Poetry | 4 |
| GERM 353 | Colloquium on Prose | 4 |
| GERM 360 | 20th Century German Prose: Texts and Films | 4 |
| GERM 410 | Profile of German Literature I | 4 |
| GERM 420 | Profile of German Literature II | 4 |
| HIST 323 | The Holocaust in 20th Century Europe | 4 |
| HIST 414 | Contemporary Europe | 4 |
| HIST 427 | The German Question: Nation and Identity in Modern Central Europe | 4 |
| HIST 428 | Life and Death in Nazi Germany | 4 |
| HIST 445 | Comparative History and Theory of Fascism and Nazism | 4 |
| IR 369 | Post-War European Relations | 4 |
| IR 385 | European Foreign Policy and Security Issues | 4 |
| IR 468 | European Integration | 4 |
| POSC 463 | European Politics | 4 |