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German Studies
GENERAL INFORMATION
German Studies is an Interdisciplinary Minor and Major Program offered jointly by the University of
New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.
The German Studies Program provides the opportunity to combine the study of the language,
literature, history, political science, and various socio-cultural aspects of the German-speaking peoples
within the context of a larger Europe. The attainment of proficiency in the German language is an
integral part of German Studies at all levels.
The program is administered by a committee drawn from the departments involved in the program.
Interested students should contact the Director, who is normally the Chair of the Department of
Culture and Language Studies.
PROGRAMS OF STUDY:
Minor in German Studies
A Minor in German Studies (24 ch) consists of:
1. four term courses (12 ch) of first and second year German language acquisition courses;
2. one term course (3 ch) in German Culture: GER 3061 From Peoples to a Nation: German
Culture before 1900 or GER 3071 German Today: German Culture from 1900 to the Present;
3. one term course (3 ch) in German History;
4. two term courses (6 ch) from any of the five areas of concentration listed below.
Major in German Studies
A Major or Double Major in German Studies consists of 42 ch with a minimum of eight term courses
(24 ch) at the third- and fourth-year levels, with no grades below C.
Honours in German Studies
An Honours program in German Studies consists of 48 ch with a minimum of twelve term courses (36
ch) taken at the third- and fourth-year levels with no grades below B-.
Joint Honours in German Studies:
Students in Joint Honours are required to complete 24 advanced ch in German Studies courses with no
grades below B-.
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR MAJORS
Note: Students in the German Studies Program must successfully complete a total of four term
courses (12 ch) in German language acquisition at the first and second year levels or otherwise
demonstrate proficiency in spoken and written German.
1. two term courses (6 ch) of third- or fourth-year German language acquisition courses or
equivalent (selected from Group A);
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2. one term course (3 ch) in the area of German literature, civilization, cultural topics, or
linguistics (selected from Group B);
3. one term course (3 ch) in the area of German history (selected from Group C);
4. four term courses (12 ch) from any of the five areas of concentration listed below; however,
students are encouraged to choose these four courses from only one or two areas of
concentration.
Note: In addition to this, students pursuing Honours in German Studies must take eight term courses
(24 ch) from any of the five areas of concentration listed below. A minimum of four term courses (12
ch) must be taken from a single area of concentration. No course must have a grade of below B-.
Areas of Concentration
A. German Language Courses:
GER 3011
Modern German Usage I
GER 3022
Modern German Usage II
GER 4013
Advanced German Usage I
GER 4023
Advanced German Usage II
B. German Literature, Civilization,or Cultural Topics:
GER 3021
The New Berlin: Memory and Reinvention
GER 3023
Berlin to Broadway: Musical Theatre Across the Oceans
GER 3054
Crimes and Misdemeanours: Modern German Literature
GER 3061
From Tribes to a Nation: German Culture before 1900
GER 3071
Germany Today: German Culture from 1900 to the Present
GER 3043
Prayers, Damsels, and Monks on the Prowl: The Early Years of German Literature
GER 3045
Decadence, Nazi's and the War: Twentieth-Century German Literature before WWII
GER 3053
Introduction to German Literature II (From the Reformation to the Present)
GER 3055
Rubble, Revolt, Reunification: Twentieth-Century German Literature after WWII
GER 3063
Literature of the Holocaust
GER 3066
Trauma and Seduction: Early German Cinema
GER 3072
(Re)constructing National Identity: Contemporary German Cinema
GER 3083
Seminar I: Genre
GER 4033
Seminar II: Author
GER 4073
Literary Texts
GER 4093
Nobel Laureates - German Literature
C. German History (+ = offered at St. Thomas University)
HIST 2023
Early Modern Europe Part I, 1300-1600 (O)
HIST 2024
Early Modern Europe Part II, 1600-1800
HIST 2103
Modern Europe Part I: 1789-1914
HIST 2104
Modern Europe Part II: 1914 to Present
HIST 3006
The Protestant Reformation
HIST 3085
Germany 1900-1945
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HIST 3095
The Germanies, 1945 to the Present
HIST 3775
History of Music in the Late Baroque and Classical Period
HIST 3785
History of Music in the Romantic Era
HIST 3795
A History of Music in the Twentieth Century
HIST 3796
History of the Music Dramas of Richard Wagner
HIST 4012
Home Fronts at War: Europe, 1914-1920
HIST 4013
The Holocaust: Victims, Perpetrators, Bystanders
HIST 4014
European Dictatorships
HIST 4015
The Origin of the Second World War
HIST 5007
Gender & Sexuality in Twentieth Century Europe
HIST 5028
Fascism
HIST 5035
The Holocaust
HIST 2043
Modern Europe
HIST 3263
European Social Policy in Comparative Perspective
HIST 3363
German History 1871-1945
HIST 3733
The Germanies Since 1945
D. German and European Politics (+ = offered at St. Thomas University)
POLS 3113
The Foreign Policies of East European States
POLS 3343
The European Union in Transition
POL 3361
Eastern Europe in Transition
POLS 3363
Contemporary Germany
POLS 3433
Late Modern Political Thought
POLS 3483
Hegel and Marx
POLS 3413
Government and Politics of Western Europe
POLS 3413
The European Union and "Europe"
E. German Thought (+ = offered at St. Thomas University)
PHIL 3306
Introduction to 19th and 20th Century Existential Philosophy
PHIL 3311
Nietzsche's Critique of Socrates
PHIL 3314
Nietzsche's Faith and Critique of Christianity
PHIL 3318
Martin Heidegger's Destruction of Philosophy
PHIL 4301
Introduction to Philosophy of Kant
PHIL 2163
Modern Philosophy II
PHIL 4311
Nietzsche's Zarathustra
PHIL 4434
Husserl's Pure Phenomenology
PHIL 2233
Contemporary Moral Philosophy
PHIL 3543
Existential Philsophy
PHIL 3613
Kant
PHIL 3623
Hegel
PHIL 3633
Marx
PHIL 3653
Contemporary Continental Philosophy
PHIL 3763
Martin Heidegger
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Course selections must be made in consultation with the Program Director.
Certificate of Applied German Studies
The goal of this certificate is to attach recognition to the practical application of German Studies that
occurs, for instance, in a wide range of extracurricular contexts such as film series, cultural events and
immersion weekends; in the participation in studies abroad* in a German speaking country; in the
participation of the Berlin Travel Study program; and in special class projects and German society
projects.
The Certificate in Applied German Studies emphasises the connection between academic and
professional worlds. It does this by emphasising the training of competences and skills such as
generating ideas, text production, intercultural literacy, creative, and pedagogical skills in specific task
sets. Such competences are, for example, needed by publishers, text producers in media and
advertising, cultural managers, communication instructors, academics, teachers of German as a
foreign language, adult education teachers etc. The ability to convert language into text and to plan
language for a variety of media and events is also in demand in the business sector.
The certificate program can be taken concurrently with other German and German Studies programs
but is of particular interest to students who are not majoring or honouring in a German program. It
normally consists of 12 ch of German language acquisition courses, plus 6 ch of German culture
courses (GER 3061 and GER 3071), 3 ch of Applied German Studies (GER 2003 and 2004) and 3 ch of
German Studies (literature, film, history, political science, philosophy). In addition to these courses
the program requires the participation in extracurricular activities such as German film series,
immersion program, cultural events, and projects. Students will produce reviews and reports to be
collected in a portfolio. Guidelines for the specific requirements of the portfolio will be provided by the
instructors. The portfolio will be evaluated for academic assessment by the program director or the
instructor.
*There are international partnerships with accredited German universities (Freiburg, Bamberg,
Saarland, Erfurt) and schools (Kassel). Courses taken abroad can be considered for transfer credit.
The Certificate of Applied German Studies is open to UNB degree students only and will be awarded by
the University through the Registrar's Office. The student's transcript will bear a separate entry,
showing that the Certificate has been awarded.