German Language and Literatures

Elizabeth C. Hamilton (Assoc. Prof. | Assoc. Dean - A&S), acting chair

Steven R. Huff (Prof.)
Olesya Ivantsova (Lect.)
Jessica C. Resvick (Asst. Prof.)

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Departmental Policies

Initial and Advanced Placement

The following score(s) will correspond to credit for the following course(s), fulfilling corresponding prerequisite requirements (if applicable) and counting toward total credits needed for graduation:

• AP German, 4 or 5  →  GERM 300 (one full course)

Note: Transfer credit received for GERM 300 may count toward the German major and German minor.

Students entering Oberlin with previous knowledge of German should take the placement exam to determine their appropriate placement.

Majors and Minors

• German Major  
• German Minor  

Courses

• GERM 101 - Elementary German
• GERM 102 - Elementary German
• GERM 203 - Intermediate German
• GERM 204 - Intermediate German
• GERM 232 - Writing the City: The Urban Experience from Expressionism to New Objectivity
• GERM 246 - Sex under Socialism: Narratives of Sexuality and Ideology
• GERM 251 - Gone Writing: Travel and Literature
• GERM 305 - Conversation and Composition
• GERM 311 - Enlightenment to Classicism
• GERM 312 - German Literature: Young Germany to Modernism
• GERM 315 - Max Kade German Writer-in Residence
• GERM 332 - Writing the City: The Urban Experience from Expressionism to New Objectivity
• GERM 336 - Jews and Other Germans
• GERM 413 - The Age of Goethe
• GERM 433 - Senior Seminar: Twentieth-Century German Poetry
• GERM 505F - German Honors - Full
• GERM 505H - German Honors - Half
• GERM 995F - Private Reading - Full
• GERM 995H - Private Reading - Half