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The Modern Languages Department provides a two-year Master's program in German studies. This program aims to expose graduate students to key elements of contemporary German culture. Faculty members focus on equipping students with strong academic foundations while offering practical teaching opportunities. Graduates have successfully entered top-tier doctoral programs nationwide or embarked on professional paths such as positions at Chicago's Deutsche Schule or SAP in Karlsruhe. Our German studies faculty and associates bring diverse expertise spanning multiple fields, including: Literature from the 1700s to today, German philosophical traditions, intellectual history, Holocaust and human rights research, national identity studies, gender theory, performance and folk traditions, and cinematic analysis. The program actively supports cross-disciplinary exploration, allowing students to engage with various academic fields.
A bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution, or a comparable degree from an international institution, with a minimum 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) grade point average (GPA) in all coursework attempted while enrolled as an upper-division undergraduate student working towards a bachelor's degree