German
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There are many reasons to learn German at Duke including fantastic teachers, a close community of fellow students, and fun activities in and out of class!
In Europe, more people speak German as their native language than English, French or Spanish. German, Austrian, and Swiss-German composers, philosophers, and authors have changed the way we think and live.
German is an excellent language to learn in preparation for professional careers in international business or law, engineering, government and international affairs, economics and finance, and education, as well as for academic careers in such fields as history, religion, philosophy, art history, political science, literature, and music.
Our courses will encourage you to think of yourselves as belonging to global communities and allow you to understand yourselves and the world from multiple perspectives. In addition to German language instruction at all levels, our cultural courses foster critical thinking and cultural awareness, and also teach sound and persuasive argumentation and effective oral and written presentation.
Advanced seminars taught in German include:
- The Image of America in German Culture
- The Uncanny German Canon
- Ethics and Literature
- German Underworlds
Our intriguing classes in English include:
- Fairy Tales from Grimm to Disney
- Marx, Nietzsche, Freud
- Virtual Reality: Imaginary Worlds from Plato to Cyberspace
- What is Beauty?
- The Legend of King Arthur
- The Viking Age
- Kafka
German Studies course offerings fulfill many of the modes of inquiry required by the Duke curriculum, including ALP (Arts, Literature, and Performance), CCI (Cross-Cultural Inquiry), CZ (Civilizations), and EI (Ethical Inquiry).
