German minor

Requirement for the German Studies minor:

The minor consists of six courses:

• Three language courses, of which two must be taken on campus.

• Three other courses in the linguistic or cultural area of the minor, taught in the department in English, or from the approved list given below (only when no English-relevant course is offered in the department.)

Students on the Vienna program may earn up to three units toward the completion of the minor, one for the German language course and two for general German Studies. Those studying abroad in Germany through Colgate’s Freiburg Study Group or an ISEP program may earn up to three units toward the completion of the minor for courses approved by the department.

AP Exam: students who have earned a 4 on the AP exam will receive one unit for GER 101; those who have earned a 5 will receive two units for GER 101 and GER 102.

List of courses from other departments approved tor the German minor:

Art and Art History 

• 117: Survey of Art History II
• 203: Art of the Northern Renaissance
• 204: Baroque and Rococo Art
• 207: 19th Century European Art
• 252: History of Modern European Art

Government

• 206: Political Theory
• 330: European Politics.
• 347: Marxist and Critical Theory

History

• 205: Nineteenth-Century Europe
• 206: Twentieth-Century Europe
• 211. Women in Modern Europe, 1750 to the Present.
• 267: The Holocaust
• 372: European Identities, 1700-2000
• 375: Colloquium in European History

Music

• 333: Mozart and the Classical Tradition
• 335: The World of Clara and Robert Schumann

Philosophy

• 100: Introduction to Philosophy
• 203: Ethical Theory
• 208: Modern Philosophy

Film Studies

• 251: History of Cinema
• 3043: Science and Cinema