In the Bachelor of Arts in German Language and Literature program, students examine everything from the age of Goethe and the fairy tale to business German and the Berlin Wall. While studying the German-speaking world, students gain important background on relevant political and cultural contexts from the early modern period to the present.
Many students in the German program double major or minor in international affairs with concentrations in Western European studies. In recent years, alumni of the German program have won Fulbright fellowships to teach and study in Germany, been accepted to top graduate programs, received the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals scholarship and worked at institutions including the State Department, the Goethe-Institut and the World Bank.