German Courses
GERMAN 101 First-Semester German
4 cr. Undergraduate.
Introductory course for students who have had no previous work in German.
Prerequisites: 0-2 yrs of HS German or level 1 score on German placement test.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 102 Second-Semester German
4 cr. Undergraduate.
Continuation of German 101.
Prerequisites: grade of C or better in German 101(P) or level 2 score on German placement test. Generates L&S credit for demonstrated equivalent preparation (4 retro crs).
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 111 German Life and Civilization: Part I
3 cr. Undergraduate.
The historical and cultural heritage of Germany from earliest times to 1806: major figures and developments in German art, literature, music, philosophy, and language. In English.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: HU
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 112 German Life and Civilization: Part II:
3 cr. Undergraduate.
The historical and cultural heritage of Germany from 1806 to the present: major figures and developments in German art, literature, music, education, and philosophy. In English.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Not retakable for credit.
General Education Requirements: HU
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 145 Views of Germany:
3 cr. Undergraduate.
In-depth study of selected aspects of German civilization as reflected in literature.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
General Education Requirements: HU
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 192 First-Year Seminar:
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Specific topics are announced in the Schedule of Classes each time the class is offered.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Open only to freshmen. Students may earn cr in just one L&S First-Year Sem (course numbers 192, 193, 194).
General Education Requirements: HU
Last Taught: Fall 2002, Fall 2001, Fall 2000, Fall 1999.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 197 Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate.
Designed to enable students studying language abroad to receive course credit at appropriate level.
Prerequisites: acceptance for Study Abroad Program.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Last Taught: Summer 2024, Spring 2024, UWinteriM 2024, Spring 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 199 Independent Study
1-3 cr. Undergraduate.
Prerequisites: soph st; 2.0 GPA, consent of instructor, and department chair.
Course Rules: May not be retaken.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2014, Fall 2013.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 203 Third-Semester German
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Continuation of German 102.
Prerequisites: grade of C or better in German 102(P) or level 3 score on German placement test. Generates L&S credit for demonstrated equivalent preparation (8 retro cr).
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 204 Fourth-Semester German
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Continuation of GERMAN 203. Grammar structures; vocabulary development through reading, writing, and speaking about subjects in students' fields of study; inter- and cross-disciplinary studies.
Prerequisites: grade of C or better in GERMAN 203(P) or level 4 score on German placement test. Generates L&S credit for demonstrated equivalent preparation (11 retro cr).
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 289 Internship in German, Lower Division
1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Application of basic principles of German in a business, organizational, educational, political, or other appropriate setting.
Prerequisites: introductory course in German; 2.25 GPA and consent of supervising faculty member.
Course Rules: One cr earned for academic work based on 40 hours in internship. May be retaken to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2001.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 297 Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work levels, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
Prerequisites: acceptance in Study Abroad Program.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 299 Ad Hoc:
1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Course created expressly for offering in a specified enrollment period. Requires only dept & assoc dean approval. In exceptional circumstances, can be offered in one add'l sem.
Prerequisites: none; additional prerequisites may be assigned to specific topic.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2000, Fall 1999, Summer 1997.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 331 German Grammar in Practice
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Review of major structures in German grammar; application of those structures through writing and speaking. Emphasis on written accuracy and proficiency.
Prerequisites: GERMAN 204(P) or equiv. Generates L&S credit for demonstrated equivalent preparation (14 retro cr).
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 332 Presentation and Composition
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Practice in presentation and composition, with emphasis on issues in post-war and contemporary German culture, written accuracy, and proficiency.
Prerequisites: German 204(P) or equiv. Generates L&S credit for demonstrated equivalent preparation (14 retro cr).
General Education Requirements: HU
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 333 Texts and Contexts
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Reading and analysis of literary and non-literary texts in German; introduction to basic textual analysis skills.
Prerequisites: GERMAN 331(P) or GERMAN 332(P).
General Education Requirements: HU
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 334 Introduction to German Studies
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Survey of German literature and culture from 1750 to the present.
Prerequisites: GERMAN 331(P) or GERMAN 332(P).
General Education Requirements: HU
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 341 Undergrad Seminar in German-Amer Studies: Germans in Wisconsin & Milwaukee
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Student projects and presentations on the various aspects of the German heritage in Wisconsin and Milwaukee.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: Required of ethnic studies majors with a German-American concentration.
Last Taught: Fall 2016, Fall 2005.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 360 German for the Global World
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Vocabulary, writing, reading, and oral German skills needed for the global world.
Prerequisites: GERMAN 331(P) or GERMAN 332(P).
Last Taught: Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2015.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 371 German Phonetics
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Focus on English-German contrasts and pronunciation difficulties; phonetic transcription; drills in pronunciation.
Prerequisites: junior standing or consent of instructor; GERMAN 331(P) or GERMAN 332(P).
Course Rules: Previously GERMAN 671.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2012.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 397 Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate.
Designed to enable students studying language abroad to receive course credit at appropriate level.
Prerequisites: acceptance in Study Abroad Program.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, UWinteriM 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 415 Topics in German Studies:
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Exploration of selected topics in German Studies. Critical analysis of a variety of texts and contexts.
Prerequisites: GERMAN 331(P) or GERMAN 332(P).
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 415G Topics in German Studies:
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Exploration of selected topics in German Studies. Critical analysis of a variety of texts and contexts.
Prerequisites: GERMAN 331(P) or GERMAN 332(P).
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 425 Introduction to German Translation
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Introduction to skills necessary to professional translation from German to English, including text analysis, summarizing texts, and terminology research.
Prerequisites: GERMAN 331(P) or GERMAN 332(P).
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2019, Fall 2017.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 456 German Literature from the Turn of the Century to World War II
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Major literary movements, writers, and works of the first half of the twentieth century; expressionism, 'Neue Sachlichkeit,' and exile literature.
Prerequisites: GERMAN 333(P) or GERMAN 334(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2016, Fall 2010, Fall 2006, Fall 2003.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 460 German Literature from 1945 to the Present
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Literary writers and works of the German-speaking countries from 1945 to the present.
Prerequisites: GERMAN 333(P) or GERMAN 334(P).
Last Taught: Fall 2014, Fall 2012.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 460G German Literature from 1945 to the Present
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Literary writers and works of the German-speaking countries from 1945 to the present.
Prerequisites: GERMAN 333(P) or GERMAN 334(P).
Last Taught: Fall 2014, Fall 2012.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 474 German for Professional Purposes
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Language and structures of Germany's professional world. Historical, political, legal, economic, social and cultural forces shaping Germany today.
Prerequisites: jr st; GERMAN 332(P) and completion of 3 cr upper-division German electives.
Last Taught: Spring 2023, Spring 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 474G German for Professional Purposes
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Language and structures of Germany's professional world. Historical, political, legal, economic, social and cultural forces shaping Germany today.
Prerequisites: jr st; GERMAN 332(P) and completion of 3 cr upper-division German electives.
Last Taught: Spring 2023, Spring 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 475 Seminar on the History and Structure of German
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Historical development of the German language from its beginnings to the present.
Prerequisites: jr st; GERMAN 332(P) and completion of 3 cr upper-division German electives.
Last Taught: Spring 2022, Spring 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 475G Seminar on the History and Structure of German
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Historical development of the German language from its beginnings to the present.
Prerequisites: jr st; GERMAN 332(P) and completion of 3 cr upper-division German electives.
Last Taught: Spring 2022, Spring 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 478 Reading Older German Handwriting
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Study of German writing styles typical in older documents. Analysis and transliteration of birth certificates, letters, and family histories along with other documents of cultural importance.
Prerequisites: junior standing; GERMAN 332(P); and completion of at least 3 cr upper-division GERMAN elective coursework.
Course Rules: Previously GERMAN 488.
Last Taught: Spring 2021, Spring 2017, Spring 2014, Spring 2012.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 483 Seminar on German Studies:
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
In-depth study of major themes, genres, or authors in German-language literature and culture; particular theoretical ideas and methods applied to selected texts.
Prerequisites: jr st; GERMAN 332(P); and completion of at least 3 cr upper-division German electives.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/ change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 483G Seminar on German Studies:
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
In-depth study of major themes, genres, or authors in German-language literature and culture; particular theoretical ideas and methods applied to selected texts.
Prerequisites: jr st; GERMAN 332(P); and completion of at least 3 cr upper-division German electives.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/ change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 484 Seminar on Themes and Motifs in German Literature:
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Recurring themes, patterns, and figures in German-language literature.
Prerequisites: jr st; GERMAN 332(P); and completion of at least 3 cr upper-division German electives.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/ change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2017.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 484G Seminar on Themes and Motifs in German Literature:
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Recurring themes, patterns, and figures in German-language literature.
Prerequisites: jr st; GERMAN 332(P); and completion of at least 3 cr upper-division German electives.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/ change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2017.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 489 Internship in German, Upper Division
1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Application of advanced principles of German in a business, organizational, educational, political, or other appropriate setting.
Prerequisites: GERMAN 332(P), GERMAN 333(P), and GERMAN 334(P); 2.25 GPA and consent of supervising faculty member.
Course Rules: One cr earned for academic work based on 40 hrs in internship. May be retaken to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2022, Fall 2018, Spring 2016, Summer 2012.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 497 Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work levels, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
Prerequisites: junior standing and acceptance for Study Abroad Program.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 497G Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work levels, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
Prerequisites: junior standing and acceptance for Study Abroad Program.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 499 Ad Hoc:
1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Course created expressly for offering in a specified enrollment period. Requires department and associate dean approval. In exceptional circumstances, can be offered in one additional semester.
Prerequisites: junior standing; additional prerequisites may be assigned to specific topic.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2009.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 597 Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Designed to enable students studying language abroad to receive course credit at appropriate level.
Prerequisites: jr st; acceptance in Study Abroad Prog.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 597G Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Designed to enable students studying language abroad to receive course credit at appropriate level.
Prerequisites: jr st; acceptance in Study Abroad Prog.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 697 Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Designed to enable students studying language abroad to receive course credit at appropriate level.
Prerequisites: jr st; acceptance in Study Abroad Prog.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2014, Fall 2013.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 697G Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Designed to enable students studying language abroad to receive course credit at appropriate level.
Prerequisites: jr st; acceptance in Study Abroad Prog.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2014, Fall 2013.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
GERMAN 699 Independent Reading
1-3 cr. Undergraduate.
Advanced independent work under the supervision of a German faculty or instructional academic staff member. Students must submit a study proposal. For more information, consult the German program coord.
Prerequisites: jr st; 2.0 GPA; consent of instructor, department chair, and Assistant Dean for Student Academic Services.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/