This is a list of all courses offered in the program. Visit the Upcoming Courses page for a list of courses offered for the current and next semester (when available).
- GERMAN聽101 First-Semester German
- 4 cr. Undergraduate.
- Introductory course for students who have had no previous work in German.
- Prerequisites: 0-2 yrs of HS German or level 1 score on German placement test.
- Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
- GERMAN聽102 Second-Semester German
- 4 cr. Undergraduate.
- Continuation of German 101.
- Prerequisites: grade of C or better in German 101(P) or level 2 score on German placement test. Generates L&S credit for demonstrated equivalent preparation (4 retro crs).
- Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
- GERMAN聽111 German Life and Civilization: Part I
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
- The historical and cultural heritage of Germany from earliest times to 1806: major figures and developments in German art, literature, music, philosophy, and language. In English.
- Prerequisites: none.
- General Education Requirements: HU
- Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014.
- GERMAN聽112 German Life and Civilization: Part II:
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
- The historical and cultural heritage of Germany from 1806 to the present: major figures and developments in German art, literature, music, education, and philosophy. In English.
- Prerequisites: none.
- General Education Requirements: HU
- Course Rules: Not retakable for credit.
- Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023.
- GERMAN聽145 Views of Germany:
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
- In-depth study of selected aspects of German civilization as reflected in literature.
- Prerequisites: none.
- General Education Requirements: HU
- Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
- Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
- GERMAN聽192 First-Year Seminar:
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
- Specific topics are announced in the Schedule of Classes each time the class is offered.
- Prerequisites: none.
- General Education Requirements: HU
- Course Rules: Open only to freshmen. Students may earn cr in just one L&S First-Year Sem (course numbers 192, 193, 194).
- Last Taught: Fall 2002, Fall 2001, Fall 2000, Fall 1999.
- GERMAN聽197 Study Abroad:
- 1-12 cr. Undergraduate.
- Designed to enable students studying language abroad to receive course credit at appropriate level.
- Prerequisites: acceptance for Study Abroad Program.
- Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
- Last Taught: Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, UWinteriM 2024.
- GERMAN聽199 Independent Study
- 1-3 cr. Undergraduate.
- Prerequisites: soph st; 2.0 GPA, consent of instructor, and department chair.
- Course Rules: May not be retaken.
- Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2014, Fall 2013.
- GERMAN聽203 Third-Semester German
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
- Continuation of German 102.
- Prerequisites: grade of C or better in German 102(P) or level 3 score on German placement test. Generates L&S credit for demonstrated equivalent preparation (8 retro cr).
- Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
- GERMAN聽204 Fourth-Semester German
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
- Continuation of GERMAN 203. Grammar structures; vocabulary development through reading, writing, and speaking about subjects in students' fields of study; inter- and cross-disciplinary studies.
- Prerequisites: grade of C or better in GERMAN聽203(P) or level 4 score on German placement test. Generates L&S credit for demonstrated equivalent preparation (11 retro cr).
- Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
- GERMAN聽289 Internship in German, Lower Division
- 1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
- Application of basic principles of German in a business, organizational, educational, political, or other appropriate setting.
- Prerequisites: introductory course in German; 2.25 GPA and consent of supervising faculty member.
- Course Rules: One cr earned for academic work based on 40 hours in internship. May be retaken to 6 cr max.
- Last Taught: Fall 2001.
- GERMAN聽297 Study Abroad:
- 1-12 cr. Undergraduate.
- Designed to enroll students in 51猎奇 sponsored program before course work levels, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
- Prerequisites: acceptance in Study Abroad Program.
- Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
- Last Taught: Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024.
- GERMAN聽299 Ad Hoc:
- 1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
- Course created expressly for offering in a specified enrollment period. Requires only dept & assoc dean approval. In exceptional circumstances, can be offered in one add'l sem.
- Prerequisites: none; additional prerequisites may be assigned to specific topic.
- Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
- Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2000, Fall 1999, Summer 1997.
- GERMAN聽331 German Grammar in Practice
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
- Review of major structures in German grammar; application of those structures through writing and speaking. Emphasis on written accuracy and proficiency.
- Prerequisites: GERMAN聽204(P) or equiv. Generates L&S credit for demonstrated equivalent preparation (14 retro cr).
- Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.
- GERMAN聽332 Presentation and Composition
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
- Practice in presentation and composition, with emphasis on issues in post-war and contemporary German culture, written accuracy, and proficiency.
- Prerequisites: German 204(P) or equiv. Generates L&S credit for demonstrated equivalent preparation (14 retro cr).
- General Education Requirements: HU
- Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2022.
- GERMAN聽333 Texts and Contexts
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
- Reading and analysis of literary and non-literary texts in German; introduction to basic textual analysis skills.
- Prerequisites: GERMAN聽331(P) or GERMAN聽332(P).
- General Education Requirements: HU
- Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020.
- GERMAN聽334 Introduction to German Studies
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
- Survey of German literature and culture from 1750 to the present.
- Prerequisites: GERMAN聽331(P) or GERMAN聽332(P).
- General Education Requirements: HU
- Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.
- GERMAN聽341 Undergrad Seminar in German-Amer Studies: Germans in Wisconsin & Milwaukee
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
- Student projects and presentations on the various aspects of the German heritage in Wisconsin and Milwaukee.
- Prerequisites: jr st.
- Course Rules: Required of ethnic studies majors with a German-American concentration.
- Last Taught: Fall 2016, Fall 2005.
- GERMAN聽360 German for the Global World
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
- Vocabulary, writing, reading, and oral German skills needed for the global world.
- Prerequisites: GERMAN聽331(P) or GERMAN聽332(P).
- Last Taught: Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2015.
- GERMAN聽371 German Phonetics
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
- Focus on English-German contrasts and pronunciation difficulties; phonetic transcription; drills in pronunciation.
- Prerequisites: junior standing or consent of instructor; GERMAN聽331(P) or GERMAN聽332(P).
- Course Rules: Previously GERMAN 671.
- Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2012.
- GERMAN聽397 Study Abroad:
- 1-12 cr. Undergraduate.
- Designed to enable students studying language abroad to receive course credit at appropriate level.
- Prerequisites: acceptance in Study Abroad Program.
- Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
- Last Taught: Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, UWinteriM 2023.
- GERMAN聽415 Topics in German Studies:
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
- Exploration of selected topics in German Studies. Critical analysis of a variety of texts and contexts.
- Prerequisites: GERMAN聽331(P) or GERMAN聽332(P).
- Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
- Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024.
- GERMAN聽415G Topics in German Studies:
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
- Exploration of selected topics in German Studies. Critical analysis of a variety of texts and contexts.
- Prerequisites: GERMAN聽331(P) or GERMAN聽332(P).
- Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
- Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024.
- GERMAN聽425 Introduction to German Translation
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
- Introduction to skills necessary to professional translation from German to English, including text analysis, summarizing texts, and terminology research.
- Prerequisites: GERMAN聽331(P) or GERMAN聽332(P).
- Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2019, Fall 2017.
- GERMAN聽456 German Literature from the Turn of the Century to World War II
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
- Major literary movements, writers, and works of the first half of the twentieth century; expressionism, 'Neue Sachlichkeit,' and exile literature.
- Prerequisites: GERMAN聽333(P) or GERMAN聽334(P).
- Last Taught: Spring 2016, Fall 2010, Fall 2006, Fall 2003.
- GERMAN聽460 German Literature from 1945 to the Present
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
- Literary writers and works of the German-speaking countries from 1945 to the present.
- Prerequisites: GERMAN聽333(P) or GERMAN聽334(P).
- Last Taught: Fall 2014, Fall 2012.
- GERMAN聽460G German Literature from 1945 to the Present
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
- Literary writers and works of the German-speaking countries from 1945 to the present.
- Prerequisites: GERMAN聽333(P) or GERMAN聽334(P).
- Last Taught: Fall 2014, Fall 2012.
- GERMAN聽474 German for Professional Purposes
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
- Language and structures of Germany's professional world. Historical, political, legal, economic, social and cultural forces shaping Germany today.
- Prerequisites: jr st; GERMAN聽332(P) and completion of 3 cr upper-division German electives.
- Last Taught: Spring 2023, Spring 2019.
- GERMAN聽474G German for Professional Purposes
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
- Language and structures of Germany's professional world. Historical, political, legal, economic, social and cultural forces shaping Germany today.
- Prerequisites: jr st; GERMAN聽332(P) and completion of 3 cr upper-division German electives.
- Last Taught: Spring 2023, Spring 2019.
- GERMAN聽475 Seminar on the History and Structure of German
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
- Historical development of the German language from its beginnings to the present.
- Prerequisites: jr st; GERMAN聽332(P) and completion of 3 cr upper-division German electives.
- Last Taught: Spring 2022, Spring 2020.
- GERMAN聽475G Seminar on the History and Structure of German
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
- Historical development of the German language from its beginnings to the present.
- Prerequisites: jr st; GERMAN聽332(P) and completion of 3 cr upper-division German electives.
- Last Taught: Spring 2022, Spring 2020.
- GERMAN聽478 Reading Older German Handwriting
- 3 cr. Undergraduate.
- Study of German writing styles typical in older documents. Analysis and transliteration of birth certificates, letters, and family histories along with other documents of cultural importance.
- Prerequisites: junior standing; GERMAN聽332(P); and completion of at least 3 cr upper-division GERMAN elective coursework.
- Course Rules: Previously GERMAN 488.
- Last Taught: Spring 2021, Spring 2017, Spring 2014, Spring 2012.
- GERMAN聽483 Seminar on German Studies:
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
- In-depth study of major themes, genres, or authors in German-language literature and culture; particular theoretical ideas and methods applied to selected texts.
- Prerequisites: jr st; GERMAN聽332(P); and completion of at least 3 cr upper-division German electives.
- Course Rules: May be retaken w/ change in topic to 9 cr max.
- Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022.
- GERMAN聽483G Seminar on German Studies:
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
- In-depth study of major themes, genres, or authors in German-language literature and culture; particular theoretical ideas and methods applied to selected texts.
- Prerequisites: jr st; GERMAN聽332(P); and completion of at least 3 cr upper-division German electives.
- Course Rules: May be retaken w/ change in topic to 9 cr max.
- Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022.
- GERMAN聽484 Seminar on Themes and Motifs in German Literature:
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
- Recurring themes, patterns, and figures in German-language literature.
- Prerequisites: jr st; GERMAN聽332(P); and completion of at least 3 cr upper-division German electives.
- Course Rules: May be retaken w/ change in topic to 9 cr max.
- Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2017.
- GERMAN聽484G Seminar on Themes and Motifs in German Literature:
- 3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
- Recurring themes, patterns, and figures in German-language literature.
- Prerequisites: jr st; GERMAN聽332(P); and completion of at least 3 cr upper-division German electives.
- Course Rules: May be retaken w/ change in topic to 9 cr max.
- Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2017.
- GERMAN聽489 Internship in German, Upper Division
- 1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
- Application of advanced principles of German in a business, organizational, educational, political, or other appropriate setting.
- Prerequisites: GERMAN聽332(P), GERMAN聽333(P), and GERMAN聽334(P); 2.25 GPA and consent of supervising faculty member.
- Course Rules: One cr earned for academic work based on 40 hrs in internship. May be retaken to 6 cr max.
- Last Taught: Fall 2022, Fall 2018, Spring 2016, Summer 2012.
- GERMAN聽497 Study Abroad:
- 1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
- Designed to enroll students in 51猎奇 sponsored program before course work levels, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
- Prerequisites: junior standing and acceptance for Study Abroad Program.
- Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
- Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2024.
- GERMAN聽497G Study Abroad:
- 1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
- Designed to enroll students in 51猎奇 sponsored program before course work levels, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
- Prerequisites: junior standing and acceptance for Study Abroad Program.
- Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
- Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2024.
- GERMAN聽499 Ad Hoc:
- 1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
- Course created expressly for offering in a specified enrollment period. Requires department and associate dean approval. In exceptional circumstances, can be offered in one additional semester.
- Prerequisites: junior standing; additional prerequisites may be assigned to specific topic.
- Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
- Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2009.
- GERMAN聽597 Study Abroad:
- 1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
- Designed to enable students studying language abroad to receive course credit at appropriate level.
- Prerequisites: jr st; acceptance in Study Abroad Prog.
- Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
- GERMAN聽597G Study Abroad:
- 1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
- Designed to enable students studying language abroad to receive course credit at appropriate level.
- Prerequisites: jr st; acceptance in Study Abroad Prog.
- Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
- GERMAN聽697 Study Abroad:
- 1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
- Designed to enable students studying language abroad to receive course credit at appropriate level.
- Prerequisites: jr st; acceptance in Study Abroad Prog.
- Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
- Last Taught: Spring 2014, Fall 2013.
- GERMAN聽697G Study Abroad:
- 1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
- Designed to enable students studying language abroad to receive course credit at appropriate level.
- Prerequisites: jr st; acceptance in Study Abroad Prog.
- Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
- Last Taught: Spring 2014, Fall 2013.
- GERMAN聽699 Independent Reading
- 1-3 cr. Undergraduate.
- Advanced independent work under the supervision of a German faculty or instructional academic staff member. Students must submit a study proposal. For more information, consult the German program coord.
- Prerequisites: jr st; 2.0 GPA; consent of instructor, department chair, and Assistant Dean for Student Academic Services.
- Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
- Last Taught: Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020.