Program Features
Focus and Range
Dive deep into your major while taking a wide variety of courses across all areas in the College of Arts and Sciences. Graduate academically well-rounded and eager to keep learning. Use your collaboration and communication skills to address complex problems and make a positive impact professionally and personally.
1-to-1 Academic Advising and Career Coaching
Along with your faculty, professional academic advisors and career coaches will help you make a one-of-a-kind degree plan. We are focused on your success, while at Nebraska and after graduation, whether your goal is employment or graduate/professional school.
Much More Than Language
A community of scholars, researchers, educators, writers, poets, theorists, humanists, linguists, social scientists, cultural critics, historians, translators, interpreters, businesspeople, leaders of study abroad programs, philosophers, critical thinkers and cultural ambassadors.
Notable Courses
Themes in German Literature, Culture, Film, and Theater (GERM 302)
Focus on aspects of contemporary German culture, including literature, graphic novel, film, theater and popular music.
Advanced Communication and Writing (GERM 304)
Exploration of response to issues of sustainability and migration in German-speaking societies. Emphasis on broadening critical reading and writing skills in an interdisciplinary context.
Linguistics in German (GERM 405)
Phonetics, phonemics, morphology and transformational grammar as applied to standard German.
History of German Poetry (GERM 453)
Critical survey of the development of epic and lyric poetry from the beginning to the present time.
German Literature and Philosophy (GERM 454)
Relationship between literature and contemporary thought from the eighteenth century to the present.
Huskers Do Big Things
Internships
- US Department of State, Political-Military Bureau, POLAD Office; Washington, DC
- Instructional Internship, Lincoln Literacy; Lincoln, NE
- Grants intern, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services; Lincoln, NE
- Social media intern, Nebraska Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Coalition; Lincoln, NE
Careers
- Quality curator, Epic Systems Corporation
- Teaching assistant, Fulbright Austria
- Operations director, Nebraska Democratic Party
- Junior researcher, The Albanian Institute for International Studies
- Typesetter and e-book creator, University of Nebraska Press
Graduate Schools
- Master’s degree, Environment and Society, Utah State University
- Master’s degree, German Language and Literature, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
- Master's degree, Modern Languages & Literature, University College Dublin
- Master's degree, Linguistics, University of Potsdam
- Juris Doctorate, Harvard University
Have Questions? We're Here to Help
If you have questions about the German, contact us.
- Contact Name
- Nicholas Gordon
- Contact Title
- Director of Recruitment
- Phone
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