Courses
Language courses
We encourage students both to begin and to continue their study of German at Wheaton. We focus on proficiency and communication in our language classes. During orientation, we provide a placement test for incoming students with a background in German. Up to two Wheaton graduation credits (awarded after completing a German course at Wheaton) may be earned by those students who matriculate with a score of 4 or 5 on the German Advanced Placement Examination (ETS).
Ger 101 Elementary German
Ger 102 Elementary German
Ger 201 Intermediate German
Ger 202 Intermediate German
Ger 240 Advanced German
Ger 241 Kafka and the Kafkaesque
Ger 242 Introduction to German Studies
Courses in literature and culture
These courses are conducted in German and all reading and writing is in German.
Ger 302 Business German
Ger 303 Telling Fantastic Tales: Märchen und Novellen
Ger 304 Literary Greatest Hits: Erbe und Canon
Ger 341 Kafka and the Kafkaesque
Ger 364 German Theatre and Culture
Ger 370 Classicism and Romanticism in German Literature
Ger 374 Film and German Culture
Ger 380 Identity and Difference in German Culture
Ger 398 Experimental Course
Ger 401 Senior Seminar
Ger 500 Individual Research
Courses in English
These courses are conducted in English; all reading and writing is in English translation. There are no prerequisites and no knowledge of German or of German culture is expected. Additional work for German majors to get 300-level credit.
Ger 250 German Culture
Ger 262 The Morality and Fate of Forbidden Knowledge
Ger 267 Lulu, Lola and Leni: Women of German Cinema
Ger 273 Film and German Culture
Ger 276 Berlin - Site of Memory, Site of Construction
Ger 279 Literary Translation in Theory and Practice
Ger 298 Experimental Course
Ger 376 Berlin - Site of Memory, Site of Construction