German Studies Interdepartmental Major

The following describes the interdepartmental major that is being replaced for students entering Wellelsey in the fall of 2009 or later by the restructured major (see the description in the German Department). This old option is still available for current students who entered Wellesley before 2009.

This interdisciplinary and interdepartmental major is designed to provide the student with a broader understanding of the cultures of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland by achieving an advanced level of language proficiency and by studying the art, history, literature, philosophy, and politics of these countries in depth.

GER 202 may count toward the eight-unit minimum major. GER [231] 233, 235 237, 239 and two 300-level units are required. It is recommended that one of thee units be a seminar. A minimum of five units should be completed in the German department, one of them at the 300 level. The elective units taken in the German department may be drawn from courses taught in German or English.

The remaining minimum of three elective units may be drawn from any of the related courses listed below. A student who enrolls in these courses is expected to do a project or paper on a German, Austrian, or Swiss topic in order to count the course toward her German Studies major. She may also do an interdisciplinary 360- 370 project that is supervised by an interdepartmental committee.With approval of the relevant department, courses taken abroad may count at the 200 level toward the major. A course in German history is highly recommended, as are two units from a single allied field. While it is helpful to have an advisor in the allied field, a student must have a major advisor in the German department, which must approve all individually constructed German Studies programs.

GERS 250 Research or Individual Study
Prerequisite: Open by permission.
Distribution: None
Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0

GERS 250H Research or Individual Study
Prerequisite: Open by permission.
Distribution: None
Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 0.5

GERS 350 Research or Individual Study
Prerequisite: Open by permission to juniors and seniors.
Distribution: None
Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0

GERS 350H Research or Individual Study
Prerequisite: Open by permission.
Distribution: None
Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 0.5

GERS 360 Senior Thesis Research
Prerequisite: By permission of department. See Academic Distinctions.
Distribution: None
Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0

GERS 370 Senior Thesis
Prerequisite: 360
Distribution: None
Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0

Related Courses For Credit Toward the German Studies Major:

ARTH 224 Modern Art to 1945
ARTH 225 Modern Art Since 1945
EXTD 288 Hitler: the Man in History, Literature, and Film
HIST 217 The Making of European Jewry, 1085 to 1815
HIST 218 Jews in the Modern World, 1815 to the Present
HIST 242 Postwar Europe and the Three Germanies
HIST 367 Seminar. Jewish Identity in the Modern World
MUS 224/REL 224 Hildegard of Bingen
MUS 300 Seminar
PHIL 203 Philosophy of Art
PHIL 225 Phenomenology and Hermeneutics
PHIL 230 Nineteenth-Century Philosophy
POL2 205 The Politics of Europe and the European Union
POL4 242 Contemporary Political Theory
POL4 248 Power and Politics
POL4 342S Seminar.Marxist Political Theory
REL 224/MUS 224 Hildegard of Bingen
REL 245 The Holocaust and the Nazi State
SOC 200 Classical Sociological Theory
SOC 201 Contemporary Social Theory