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Welcome to the Macalester College German Studies Home Page!

Humanities Building Room 209
1600 Grand Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55105
(651) 696-6374
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Welcome to the Department of German Studies' Web Page! The German Studies program offers students an interdisciplinary approach to German literary, intellectual and cultural history, as well as to contemporary German-speaking countries. It examines a range of periods, cultural practices, and texts that include, yet go beyond, "literature" in the "high culture" sense of the word. The program assumes that the study of language is the study of culture, and vice-versa; hence, while advanced courses are oriented toward a particular topic, they overlap and intertwine with the continued study of language. Our students may concentrate on a particular facet of German culture such as literature, cinema, art or architecture, music, philosophy, sociology, politics or history (or a combination thereof). They may earn a major or minor in German Studies. Many successfully combine their German concentration with another field. Each semester the department also provides offerings in English directed at the broad Macalester community and departmental majors.

The study of German builds a foundation for graduate work in many academic fields that call for a thorough knowledge of German language, culture, and history. It also helps prepare students for employment in teaching, foreign service, journalism, business, translation, publishing, and arts administration (See Why Learn German?). Follow the other links on this page to learn about what some of our recent majors are doing, about the German House, our on-campus German dorm, and about our self-placement test. Whatever you do, don't overlook our superb study abroad program!

 


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