German Studies Joint Honours Component (B.A.)

36 credits · Faculty of Arts · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Required Course (3 credits)

  • GERM 570 Joint Honours Thesis (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Complementary Courses (33 credits)

33 credits of complementary courses selected with the following specifications: Students can elect to take either the German language stream in which most courses must be taught in German or the translation stream in which courses can be taught in either German or English. 6 credits must be in pre-20th Century literature and culture. Students of the German language stream can take a maximum of 9 credits of LLCU courses or German Studies courses taught in English, only with prior approval. 3 credits at the 400 level (only applies to German language stream).

Language Courses

  • GERM 200 German Language, Intensive Beginners (6 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • GERM 202 German Language, Beginners' (6 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GERM 202D1 German Language, Beginners' (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GERM 202D2 German Language, Beginners (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GERM 300 German Language Intensive Intermediate (6 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GERM 307 German Language - Intermediate (6 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GERM 307D1 German Language - Intermediate (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GERM 307D2 German Language - Intermediate (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GERM 325 German Language - Intensive Advanced (6 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter

Literature and Culture Courses

  • GERM 255 German Holocaust Memory (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GERM 259 Introduction to German Literature 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GERM 260 Introduction to German Literature 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GERM 331 Germany after Reunification (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GERM 332 Topics in Eighteenth-Century German Literature and Culture (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GERM 336 German Language, Media and Culture (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GERM 337 Literature and Revolution (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GERM 340 Romanticism (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GERM 344 Realism (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GERM 348 Nature and Ecopoetics (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GERM 350 Modernism and the Avant-Garde (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GERM 351 Berlin (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GERM 355 Nietzsche and Wagner (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GERM 357 German Culture in European Context (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GERM 358 Franz Kafka (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GERM 362 20th Century Literature Topics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GERM 364 Gender and Society in German Literature and Culture (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GERM 365 Modern Short Fiction (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GERM 366 Lyric Poetry (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GERM 368 Fin-de-Siècle Vienna (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GERM 369 The German Novel (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GERM 371 German Cinema (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GERM 372 Topics in German Cinema (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GERM 375 German Media Studies (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GERM 379 German Visual Culture (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GERM 381 Topics in German Thought (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GERM 385 Critical Theory (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GERM 388 Post-Wall Culture (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GERM 390 Topics in 21st Century German Literature and Culture (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GERM 397 Individual Reading Course 01 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GERM 580 Topics in German Literature and Culture (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter

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