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German-speaking world, including popular classes on Grimms’ Fairy Tales, German Cinema, and Germany and the Environment.</p> <div data-embed-button="media_library_embed" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.medium_640px_w" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="ef6604d0-69c7-4fa0-b643-77349f0384ee" data-langcode="en" class="align-left embedded-entity" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]"> <iframe src="https://sllc.umd.edu/media/oembed?url=https%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dp1x7UfHzd4I&max_width=640&max_height=360&hash=Kt5jCp6QujzutTpol-DOfe7c7WdY4axm5yv4UU1NSkk" width="640" height="360" class="media-oembed-content" loading="eager" title="UMD German Studies Program"></iframe> </div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Faculty expertise includes German literature and culture from the 18th through the 21st centuries, environmental humanities, film studies, gender studies, postcolonial studies, and digital humanities. We strongly encourage our students to study abroad at one of our partner universities through a semester- or year-long program in Berlin, Tübingen, or Lüneburg. Our students participate in a wide-range of programs and activities sponsored by the Department, including the German Club, the National Honorary Society Delta Phi Alpha, and events sponsored by the German Cluster of the Language House. Many of our graduates go on to win prestigious fellowships through organizations such as Fulbright, DAAD, and the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="section--padded-small"> <div class="wrapper--ks"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--accordion paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="silc-grid silc-grid--no-gutters silc-grid--collapse"> <div class="silc-grid__col silc-grid__col--10-medium"> <h3 class="header__h3 header--margin-bottom">Advising and Courses</h3> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--accordion paragraph--view-mode--default silc-accordion" id="accordion-1336" > <section class="silc-accordion__section" id="silc-accordion-2821"> <header class="silc-accordion__header"> <h2 class="silc-accordion__label">Advising</h2> </header> <div class="silc-accordion__content"> <p><strong>Advising for German Studies Majors and Minors</strong></p><p>Advising is crucial to the successful completion of the degree. Departmental advising for majors is mandatory at least once every semester to obtain approval for the program of study and to ensure students are on track to complete the degree requirements.</p><p>Students whose advanced level of German allows them to test out of any or all of the core language sequence are placed into appropriate courses in consultation with the undergraduate advisor.</p><p>Office hours are posted in 1104 Jiménez Hall.</p><p>Advisor: Dr. Regina Haag<br>Office: 3224 Jiménez Hall<br>Email: <a href="https://haag@umd.edu ">haag@umd.edu</a><br>Phone: 301-405-4096</p><p>The <a href="http://www.arhu.umd.edu/undergraduate/advising" target="_blank">College of Arts and Humanities (ARHU) Office of Student Affairs</a> provides college advising for all ARHU undergraduates in 1120 Francis Scott Key Hall. </p> </div> </section> <section class="silc-accordion__section" id="silc-accordion-2826"> <header class="silc-accordion__header"> <h2 class="silc-accordion__label">Courses</h2> </header> <div class="silc-accordion__content"> <p>The Department of German Studies offers a wide range of courses encompassing language, literature, and culture of the German-speaking world.</p><p><strong>Course Catalogues</strong></p><p>See the <a href="https://academiccatalog.umd.edu/undergraduate/approved-courses/germ/" target="_blank">Undergraduate</a> and <a href="https://academiccatalog.umd.edu/graduate/courses/germ/" target="_blank">Graduate</a> Catalogs for a full list of our course offerings and <a href="https://app.testudo.umd.edu/soc/" target="_blank">Testudo</a> for our current courses.</p><p><strong>Degree Program Requirements</strong></p><p>Please consult the program pages for requirements about each degree:</p><ul><li><a href="/fields/german/undergraduate/major">German Studies Major</a></li><li><a href="/fields/german/undergraduate/minor">German Studies Minor</a></li></ul> </div> </section> </div>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section 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