Willkommen in der Germanistik
Welcome to the German Program
Learning German makes a great deal of sense. Students who become proficient in German can communicate with about 100 million people living in a number of countries in the heart of Europe. The Federal Republic of Germany in particular is a significant "global player" with longstanding, strong ties to the United States. In fact, Germany is the United States' biggest European trading partner, and the German language the second most commonly used business language in the world. Knowledge of German improves students' chances on the job market, enabling them to compete for attractive, highly paid positions in a wide variety of fields: The arts, business, communication technologies, education, engineering, finance, journalism, law, national security, politics, publishing, science, and tourism. For more on why German is a good choice, see the Goethe Institute's 10 reasons for learning German.
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The German Section prepares students to succeed in whatever profession they eventually choose through its well-balanced, communicative, stimulating and intellectually rigorous approach to teaching the German language. Students acquire not only important speaking, reading and writing skills but are also introduced to methods of literary and cultural analysis. Most importantly, we aim to foster an atmosphere of openness and curiosity about German civilization, its history, and the rich cultures of the German-speaking countries.
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Students of German benefit from the extensive and continually supplemented holdings pertaining to all matters German in the Western libraries and in the Language Media Center.
GERMAN SECTION NEWS |
- May 23, 2012: German major Elani Koogle will present her Senior Honors Thesis, a translation of Vladimir Vertlib's"Nach dem Endsieg," at 3 p. m. in College Hall 133.
- February 2012: Professor Cornelius Partsch's elementary German textbook Treffpunkt Deutsch (6th edition; co-authors Margaret Gonglewski and Beverly Moser) is published (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall).
- February 2012: Associate Professor Cornelius Partsch was promoted to the rank of Professor.
- June, 2011: CONGRATULATIONS to Dana Rafter for receiving the MCL award for "Outstanding Graduating Senior" 2011.
- June 2010: CONGRATULATIONS to Nick Dorcy for receiving the MCL award for "Outstanding Graduating Senior" 2010.
- March 2010: Assistant Professor Sandra Alfers was tenured and promoted to the rank of Associate Professor.
- March 2010: Professor Petra Fiero was awarded 3 quarters of academic leave for 2010-2011.
- June 2009: CONGRATULATIONS to Kalene Barry for receiving the MCL award for "Outstanding Graduating Senior" 2009.
- April 24, 2009: Keynote address for opening week of the exhibit "Icons of a Border Installation." David Clay Large (Montana State University) presented "The ugliest Border: Berlin and its Wall during the Cold War and beyond" - Wilson Library Reading Room.
- April 21 - June 2, 2009: The photographic Berlin Wall exhibit "Icons of a Border Installation" (sponsored by the Goethe Institute) - Wilson Library.
- March 2009: Associate Professor Cornelius Partsch was awarded 3 quarters of academic leave for 2009-2010.
- March 2008: Professor Petra Fiero's book Zwischen Enthüllen und Verstecken: Eine Analyse von Barbara Honigmanns Prosawerk is published (Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag).