Sep 15, 2024

2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog

2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

German Area Studies Minor

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College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences > Department of Modern and Classical Languages > German Area Studies Minor

A minor in German area studies requires 15 semester hours taken from courses listed below. A minimum of nine semester hours must be in residence. A student must earn a 2.00 grade point average in all courses attempted in the minor field at the University of Houston.

1. Requirements:

GERM 3333 - German Conversation and Composition Credit Hours: 3.0
GERM 3330 - Reading German Texts Credit Hours: 3.0 or
GERM 3334 - German Conversation and Composition Credit Hours: 3.0
GERM 4373 - German Cultural History I: From the Beginnings to World War I Credit Hours: 3.0 or
GERM 4374 - German Cultural History II: The Twentieth Century Credit Hours: 3.0

2. Six semester hours selected from

GERM 3350 - Understanding the 20th Century through German Culture Credit Hours: 3.0
GERM 3362 - Paris - Berlin: Tales of Two Cities Credit Hours: 3.0
GERM 3363 - Themes in German Drama Credit Hours: 3.0
GERM 3364 - Writing Holocausts: The Literatures of Genocide Credit Hours: 3.0
GERM 3380 - German Women Film Directors Credit Hours: 3.0
GERM 3384 - Fascism and German Cinema Credit Hours: 3.0
GERM 3385 - East German Cinema Credit Hours: 3.0
GERM 3386 - Films of Fassbinder Credit Hours: 3.0
GERM 3387 - Films of Herzog Credit Hours: 3.0
GERM 3388 - Films of Wenders Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3357 - Modern Germany, 1815-1918 Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3358 - Modern Germany Since 1918 Credit Hours: 3.0
From other disciplines if course content relates directly to the field of German Area Studies. Approval by program director required.