Principal faculty mentor: Dorothee Ostmeier
This pathway is particularly appropriate for students in Journalism, English, History, or similar fields.
Requirements for the Ger/Scan major
- Take GER 101-103 and 201-203; or SWED 101-103 and 201-203 (or place out)
- Take 4 upper-division courses taught in German or a Scandinavian language (e.g. GER 311-313 and one other; SWED 405: Third Year Swedish )
- Take 8 further courses which
- Appear on the list of Recommended Courses below OR
- Have a GER or SCAN subject code (even if not on the list)
- With your faculty mentor’s approval, you may substitute:
- A relevant course(s) on storytelling and writing offered in English, Journalism, or another department
- A course(s) with a major independent project focused on Germany or Scandinavia
- Make sure you end up with
- A grand total of 12 courses beyond GER 101-203 or SWED 101-203
- At least 8 of the 12 at the upper division
- At least 6 of the 12 with a GER or SCAN subject code
- Consult your faculty mentor about
- the capstone requirement
- study abroad (if you’re interested)
Recommended Courses
GER 221 Postwar Germany
GER 222 Voices of Dissent
GER 223 Multicultural Germany
GER 251 Sexuality
GER 250 The Culture of Money
GER 252 War, Violence and Trauma
GER 345M Diversity in Germany, Scandinavia, and the US (coming soon)
GER 354 German Gender Studies
GER 350 Genres in German Literature
GER 356 German Fairy Tales
GER 357 Nature, Culture, and the Environment
SCAN 251 Text and Interpretation
SCAN 259 Vikings through the Icelandic Sagas
SCAN 325 Constructions versus Constrictions of Identity
SCAN 343 Norse Mythology
SCAN 344 Medieval Heros and Monsters
SCAN 351 Periods in Scandinavian Literature
SCAN 353 Scandinavian Women Writers
SCAN 354 Periods in Scandinavian Literature
HIST 240 War in the Modern World I
HIST 342 German History (topics)
HIST 420 Idea of Europe (also offered as RL 407)
HIST 425 Economic History of Modern Europe
HIST 427 Intellectual History of Modern Europe
HIST 428 Europe in the 20th Century
HIST 436 Medieval Central Europe
HIST 442 Early Modern German History
HIST 443 Modern Germany
HIST 444 The Holocaust