We recommend a consultation with the department chair to confirm qualifying Barnard or Columbia courses. For questions about the major and declaring, please contact the department chair. 

Requirements: 11 courses

Courses focusing on advanced language should be taken after the completion of intermediate courses and before or side-by-side with upper-level literature courses.

1 advanced German language course:

• GERM UN3001: Advanced German I or
• GERM UN3002: Advanced German II

1 from the following: 

• GERM BC3009: News & Views
• GERM BC3010: Current Issues: Media & Politics in Germany & Austria
• GERM BC3012: Telenovelas

3 German electives focusing on Austrian, German or Swiss aspects:

• GERM BC3022: Vienna Stories: Filming Identities & Voices
• GERM BC3028: Contemporary German Prose Fiction
• GERM BC3031: Major German Poets
• GERM BC3050: German Migrant Literature
• GERM BC3224: Germany’s Traveling Cultures
• GERM BC3233: From Decadence to Dada 
• GERM GU4520: Ariadne's Thread: Contemporary German Women Writers
• (or their equivalent, in consultation with a department advisor)

5 courses in other disciplines, to be chosen in consultation with the department advisor

1 course taken in the fall semester of the senior year:

• GERM BC3061: Senior Tutorial
• Submission of the senior essay or portfolio is followed by a Senior Thesis presentation at the end of the spring semester.

We recommend a consultation with the department chair to confirm qualifying Barnard or Columbia courses. For questions about the major and declaring, please contact the department chair. 

Requirements: 10 courses

Courses focusing on advanced language content should be taken after the completion of intermediate courses and before or side-by-side with upper-level literature courses.

1 advanced German language course:

• GERM UN3001: Advanced German I or
• GERM UN3002: Advanced German II

1 additional language course, chosen from the following:

• GERM BC3009: News & Views
• GERM BC3010: Current Issues: Media & Politics in Germany & Austria
• GERM BC3012: Telenovelas
• GERM BC3022: Vienna Stories: Filming Identities & Voices

6 or 7 literature courses, may be chosen from the following:

• GERM BC3028: Contemporary German Prose Fiction
• GERM BC3031: Major German Poets
• GERM BC3050: German Migrant Literature
• GERM BC3057: Picturing the Real: The Power of Images in German Fiction
• GERM BC3215: From Text to Screen: German Literature & Film
• GERM BC3233: From Decadence to Dada
• GERM GU4520: Ariadne's Thread: Contemporary German Women Writers
• (or their equivalent, in consultation with a department advisor)

1 course taken in the fall semester of the senior year:

• GERM BC3061: Senior Tutorial
• Submission of the senior essay or portfolio is followed by a Senior Thesis presentation at the end of the spring semester.

• AHIS BC3934: Dada and Surrealism 4 pts.
• AHIS BC3948: Nineteenth-Century Criticism 4 pts.
• AHIS UN4480: Art in the Age of the Reformation 3 pts.
• HIST BC1302: Introduction to European History - French Revolution to the Present 4 pts.
• HIST BC2230: Central Europe - Nations, Culture, and Ideas 3 pts.
• HIST BC2980: World Migration 3 pts.
• HIST BC3323: The City in Europe 4 pts.
• HIST BC3324: Vienna and the Birth of the Modern 4 pts.
• MUSI BC1001: An Introduction to Music I 3 pts.
• MUSI BC1002: An Introduction to Music II 3 pts.
• MUSI UN2023: Beethoven 3 pts.
• MUSI UN2024: Mozart 3 pts.
• MUSI UN3023: Late Beethoven 3 pts.
• MUSI UN3128: History of Western Music I: Middle Ages To Baroque. 3 pts.
• MUSI UN3138: The Music of Brahms 3 pts.
• MUSI GU4102: Music and Writings of Wagner 3 pts.
• PHIL UN2201: History of Philosophy II - Aquinas to Kant 4 pts.
• PHIL UN2301: History of Philosophy III - Kant to Nietzsche 4 pts.
• PHIL UN3251: Kant 3 pts.
• PHIL UN3264: 19th-Century Philosophy - Hegel 3 pts.
• PHIL UN3352: 20th-Century European Philosophy 3 pts.
• PHIL UN3353: European Social Philosophy 3 pts.
• POLS UN3401: Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe 3 pts.
• POLS GU4428: European Political Development 4 pts.
• POLS GU4150: Crisis and Critique - The Frankfurt School 3 pts.

The Minor in German consists of five courses (minimum of 15 credits) beyond the second year of German (intermediate level). All of the five required courses must be taught in German. At least three of the five courses must be taken at Barnard or Columbia. Topics should be evenly distributed to avoid redundancy. 

• GERM UN3001: Advanced German I
• GERM UN3002: Advanced German II
• GERM BC3009: News and Views
• GERM BC3010: Current Issues: Media & Politics in Germany & Austria
• GERM BC3012: Telenovelas
• GERM BC3020: The Vienna Experience: Culture, History, Language
• GERM BC3022: Vienna Stories: Filming Identities & Voices
• GERM BC3028: Contemporary German Prose Fiction*
• GERM BC3050: German Migrant Literature*
• GERM BC3225: Germany’s Traveling Cultures*
• GERM BC3233: From Decadence to Dada*

Guidelines: 

- Courses should be selected in close consultation with a departmental representative in advance, no later than the beginning of a student's senior year. 

- Students wishing to take German courses while studying abroad should discuss their course choices with a departmental representative in advance. 

- Students cannot receive credit for taking the same class at two different institutions. 

- All applicable courses must be letter-graded, A+ to C-. 

- Courses for the Minor may also be used for general education requirements. 

* For a German-taught version of the course, please speak with the instructor before the semester begins.

1. Meet with your current academic adviser (via Zoom or in person) to discuss your transcripts and current academic progress. 

2. For questions about general education requirements: contact degreeaudit@barnard.edu.

3. Contact the department chair to inform them that you're declaring a German major.  In this email, please state which major you have in mind and what courses you have taken in the past.

4. Fill out a Major Declaration Form via Slate.

1. Meet with your current academic adviser (via Zoom or in person) to discuss your transcripts and current academic progress.

2. For questions about general education requirements: contact degreeaudit@barnard.edu.

3. Contact the department for your second (non-German) major to find out the steps to be assigned a major adviser for that department and to obtain that department chair's signature.

4. Contact the German department to inform them that you are declaring as a German major.  In this email, please state which major you have in mind and what courses you have taken in the past.

5. Fill out a Major Declaration Form via Slate online. 

1. Obtain a Double Major with Single Integrating Project Form (note that is not a Major Declaration Form).

2. Meet with the Chair of the department and the chair of the other department (via Zoom or in person). Both department chairs must agree to the course(s) to be used for the senior project.

3. Submit the completed form to the Office of the Registrar. Please note that you must give the completed form (with all required signatures) to the Office of the Registrar in order to complete the major declaration process.

1. Meet with your class dean to discuss application requirements and procedures.

2. For questions about general education requirements: contact degreeaudit@barnard.edu

3. Once you are at the point of submitting an application, obtain a Special Major Form or a Combined Major Form.

4. Follow the instructions on the form and obtain the necessary signatures (for any signatures involving the German Department, consult the chair).

5. Submit the completed form to the Office of the Dean of Studies.

1. Contact Professor Irene Motyl-Mudretzskyj or Professor Erk Grimm before the start of your senior year. 
    
2. Review the requirements for the German minor above.
    
3. Obtain a Minor Elective Form via Slate and fill out the form. NOTE: Three of the five must be qualifying Barnard or Columbia courses.
    
4. If you have questions about your selection of courses or courses taken abroad, please contact the chair of the department.
    
5. Please submit this form on Slate once all of the courses are "in progress" or completed – and no later than March 1st of your senior year.