Graduate Certificate
The Graduate Certificate Program in German Cultural Studies enables graduate students
who are working on degrees in the Humanities and Social Sciences to acquire advanced
language proficiency to carry out their research and to engage in interdisciplinary
studies. Graduate work in German cultural studies with faculty from a wide array of
interdisciplinary fields (German Studies, but also Anthropology, Art History, English,
Cinema, Comparative Literature, Judaic Studies, Philosophy, and Sociology) can make
an important contribution to students’ scholarly careers.
The program invites applications from graduate students who have been admitted to
one of the fields listed above, who have at least intermediate level competence in
German, and who are committed to building proficiency in the language and to expanding
their conceptual and methodological approaches to research.
Upon completion of the program, students will be awarded a Graduate Certificate of
German Cultural Studies.
German Studies FAQs
- The Program sets itself the following goals
- Interdisciplinary in nature, it seeks to produce research and scholarship that engages
German and Central European studies in its many forms.
- Participating students will develop fluency in the German language and expertise in
German cultural studies.
- The program builds on research links and support structures that have been developed
between German faculty and faculty in other departments in order to broaden and deepen
the students’ academic research; it will allow students to benefit from such collaborations
between faculty members and disciplines.
- The program will host an annual discussion round of workshops and presentations in
which the faculty associated with the program, students enrolled in it, and scholars
from other campuses will participate.
- Program Requirements
- Students need to establish competence in the German language at the third-year level.
- It is expected that students spend one regular term or one summer in research and/or
language study in a German-speaking country. Students can apply for financial support
for this part of the program through a Paul Weigand Scholarship.
- Students are required to take a total of 16 credits in German cultural studies and/or
independent studies in their field of research. Undergraduate courses offered at the
300-400 level may be taken in partial fulfillment of this requirement, provided that
the course requirements are modified to conform to graduate-level course expectations.
- Students are expected to present results from their research at one or more of the
annual conferences the program hosts.
- How to register for the CertificatePlease visit the Graduate School's website for application information or contact the Graduate School directly and staff will
guide through the application process.