High School Preparation
High school students planning to major in German studies at UC Santa Cruz do not need any special preparation other than the high school courses necessary for UC admission. Previous study of the German language is valuable, but not required.
Students whose high schools do not offer German will be able to learn the language at UC Santa Cruz, where the German language program is of high quality.
Transfer Preparation
Transfer students are advised to complete their campus’s general education requirements before coming to UC Santa Cruz. They should also take at least one—and preferably two—full years of college-level German language courses at their previous institution. Some background in history and in literary analysis and interpretation is desirable, but not essential. Since this is an interdisciplinary major, preparatory work in art history, philosophy, or politics, depending on the student’s interests, may also be useful. See the Major Requirements section for additional information.
All German studies majors are urged to consider participating in the University of California Education Abroad Program (EAP), which has centers in Göttingen, Potsdam, and Berlin. The cost of a year’s study in Germany is equivalent to the cost of a year at UC Santa Cruz.
While it is not a condition of admission, students from California community colleges may complete the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) in preparation for transfer to UC Santa Cruz.
Transfer course agreements and articulation between the University of California and California community colleges can be accessed on the ASSIST web site.
Recognition
History Professor Mark Cioc, co-editor of a new book, How Green Were the Nazis? Nature, Environment, and Nation in the Third Reich, describes how the Nazis created nature preserves, contemplated sustainable forestry, curbed air pollution, and designed the autobahn highway networks as a way of bringing Germans closer to nature. This is the first book to examine the ideology and practice of environmental protection in Nazi Germany.
Education Abroad Program (EAP)
The Education Abroad Program (EAP) offers undergraduate students the opportunity to study at more than 130 host universities and colleges in 34 countries as part of their regular UC academic program. Students receiving financial aid can apply their award to a program abroad. In addition, special scholarships are available for students going to some countries. Funds for small scholarships have been provided by alumni of the program and the UC Office of the President.
Careers
Business
Communications
Foreign service
International economics
International law
International relations
Journalism
Politics
Publishing
Teaching
Writing
These are only samples of the field’s many possibilities.
Major Requirements
All students are required to take a total of 10 courses, including a minimum of three courses in German literature and two courses in German history. No more than two of the 10 required courses may be lower-division courses, and no more than two may come from the Germany in a European or World Context list. A minimum of five of the 10 required courses must be taught in German or principally through German-language texts. Language competency to level five is required in order to pursue a German studies major.
German 5 is a prerequisite for upper-division courses taught in German. Students are encouraged to take German 1–5 as early as possible in their academic program. Regular consultation with a program faculty adviser is required.
All students must complete a senior oral examination (given by two faculty members) as part of the requirements for the major. Enrollment in a 2-credit comprehensive examination preparatory course, History 199F, is required in the same quarter that the senior oral examination will be given.
It is strongly recommended that students spend a period of time in residence in Germany through the UC Education Abroad Program to further enrich the program of study and assure a command of the language. Students are allowed to transfer up to five courses taken at German universities toward the requirements for the major. However, the five core courses in German literature and history must be taken at UC Santa Cruz.
Overview of Available Courses
For adding a course that may be applied toward the German studies major, please consult a faculty adviser.
Core Courses
German
• 119, German Media
German Literature
• 102, Introduction to German Literature
• 120, Fear of the Foreign: Xenophobia in German Literature and Culture
• 150, German Romanticism
• 155, German Drama
• 159, German Comedy
• 164, Modern German Fiction
• 167, Modern German Literature and Film
History
• 172A, German History
• 172B, German Film, 1919–1945
History of Art and Visual Culture
• 136, German Art, 1905–1945
History of Consciousness
• 80O, Hitler, National Socialism, and Religion
• 123, Culture in Crisis: Weimar Germany
Context Courses History
· 65A, Medieval Europe, 300-1200
· 70A, Modern European History, 1500-1789
· 70B, Modern European History, 1789-1914
· 70C, Modern European History, 1914-Present
· 80W, The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry
· 183, Fascism and Resistance in Italy
History of Art and Visual Culture
• 164, Early Medieval and Romanesque Architecture
• 165B, Gothic Beyond
• 190Q, Portraiture: Europe and America, 1400-1990
Philosophy
• 106, Kant
• 108, Nineteenth-Century Philosophy
• 110, Heidegger
• 139, Freud
Politics
• 175, The New Europe
• 176, International Political Economy
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German studies is a transnational major that deals with the various German-speaking regions of central Europe. A German studies major provides students with an interdisciplinary program – covering history, history of art and visual culture, literature, and philosophy – in which students and faculty come together in exciting, intellectually demanding pursuits.
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