German Program
TOP 5 WAYS TO GET INVOLVED WITH GERMAN @ COLBY 1. TAKE A CLASS: All undergraduate levels of German, from beginning to upper-level seminars. Or try a German class taught in English (e.g. Fairy Tales; German Film; 2. ENJOY A GERMAN CAMPUS EVENT: German Table ... German film series ... Concerts ... Performances ... Lectures ... A range of activities each semester. See what is going on right now! 3. STUDY ABROAD IN GERMANY OR AUSTRIA: A range of choices 4. INTERNSHIPS AND COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH WITH GERMAN FACULTY: 5. BECOME A GERMAN STUDIES MAJOR OR MINOR: A background in German strengthens career paths! Students leave with an education that is at the heart of the Liberal Arts and the Colby Plan.
 German at Colby is a lively academic community with a great deal of interaction among faculty and students. Classes are small, approximately 15 students per class at the beginning and intermediate level, and 5-10 students at the upper-level literature and culture courses. Outside of class a variety of activities enhance the German program including guest lectures, film showings and the weekly German Table. Our language assistant, typically a native speaker from Germany, meets with students for informal conversation and is available for tutoring. He or she is also involved in the activities of the German Club and helps with organizing events such as the weekly language tables and a Spieleabend (evening of German board games). Students of German enjoy the department's location on the fourth floor of the Lovejoy building. Open doors of faculty offices, a beautiful seminar room, and a state-of the-art Language Resource Center provide an enticing setting for studying German and socializing with fellow students and the German faculty. There is also a designated room just for our German and Russian Majors and Minors! The German program offers language instruction from the beginning to the advanced level as well as a range of German Studies courses with a dual focus on literature and culture. Recent courses have included "Mission Impossible: Multicultural German Literature and Film," "Fin de Siecle Berlin and Vienna," "Radio to Rave," and "Sex, Madness, and Transgression in German Literature". In light of Germany's increasingly important economic and political role in Europe and the world, we encourage students to choose German to fulfill Colby's three-semester language requirement. Students who have had one or more years of high school German must take a placement test administered during the orientation period before the beginning of the fall semester. Entering students who obtained a 4 or 5 on the German AP Exam or scored 600 or higher on the German SAT II are exempt from the language requirement and may enroll in upper-level German courses. Requirements for the Major in German Studies The major in German Studies requires 10 semester courses: six courses taught in German numbered above 127 including a 200-, a 300-, and a 400-level course and four additional courses chosen from the German curriculum, taken abroad, or from courses with a substantial German component in departments such as Arts, Government, History, Philosophy, and Music. Once declared, all majors must take at least one course in the German program each semester they are on campus until graduation.
Requirements for the German Minor
The minor in German requires 5 courses in the German program numbered above 126 including a 200- and a 300-level course. Students who enter the program at the intermediate or advanced level should consult with their advisor in German regarding course selection.
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