Courses and Requirements

Fall 2024 Courses

• German 125 Elementary German I (Burwick)
• German 127 Intermediate German I: Exploring German Studies Contexts (Ellis)
• German 129 Conversation Group (Ritz)
• German 242 The German Novella (Ellis)
• German 329 Current Topics (Ritz)
• German 342 Contested Subjects in German Culture (Ellis)

Spring 2025 Courses

• German 126 Elementary German II (Burwick & Ellis)
• German 128 Intermediate German II: Readings in Cultural Contexts (Burwick)
• German 130 Conversation Group (Ritz)
• German 236 ConTexts in German Culture (Burwick)
• German 233 Black Germany (Ellis) – in English
• German 236 Vienna 1900 (Plesch) – in English
• German 330 Current Topics (Ritz)
• German 493 Senior Capstone Seminar (Ellis)

In addition to our courses in the German Program, the following are approved Colby courses for the Major in German Studies and are taught in English in 2024-25:

African-American Studies

• 233 Black Germany 

Art

• 111 Introduction to Western Art: Prehistory through the Middle Ages 
• 236 Vienna 1900 

Cinema Studies

• 142A/B Introduction to Cinema Studies 

English

• 200A/B Foundations of Literary Studies
• 271 Critical Theory

Global Studies

• 262 Political Ideologies and Revolutionary Movements in Europe
• 351 Decolonizing Europe

Government

• 131A/B Introduction to International Relations
• 171 Introduction to Political Theory
• 262 Political Ideologies and Revolutionary Movements in Europe
• 435 Seminar: Memory and Politics 

History

• 111 Europe Since the Seventeenth Century
• 321 The First World War

Jewish Studies

• 236 Vienna 1900 (Plesch)
• 398 The Problem of Evil: Responses to the Holocaust

Music

• 227 Sound and Scandal: 800-1750
• 262 Music in Life, Music as Culture: Introduction to Ethnomusicology

Philosophy

• 232 History of Modern Philosophy
• 374 Existentialism

Religious Studies

• 398 The Problem of Evil: Responses to the Holocaust 

Sociology

• 131A/B  Introduction to Sociology 
• 215 Classical Sociological Theory