Program Description German Studies is an interdisciplinary program that offers both a major and a minor for students with broad academic interests in the German-speaking world. In consultation with a faculty adviser in the program, students design individual plans of study from the many core courses offered in the Departments of History, Literature, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology, and Theatre and Dance. Further courses, including some offered by other departments, may be incorporated into the student's program, if they bear directly on German Studies. Students considering a major or minor should consult a member of the German Studies faculty as early as possible. Students need to attain competence in German (two years of university-level language courses or the equivalent) before they can take certain upper-division courses. It is recommended that students attain this level of competence early in the program. Study Abroad All German Studies students are strongly encouraged to make overseas study an integral part of their program. The UC Education Abroad Program (EAP) conducts formal programs of study in Berlin, Göttingen, and Bayreuth ranging from one-quarter, intensive beginning language programs to a full year of study at a German university. Students may petition to use up to five courses completed while studying abroad in their major, and three in their minor. EAP Germany Program Programs Abroad Office Senior Honors Thesis At the beginning of his or her senior year, a student major in German Studies may elect to write a Senior Honor's Thesis. To be eligible, the student must have a GPA of 3.5 in the German Studies major at the beginning of the senior year. To begin work, the student forms a committee of three appropriate faculty members, including a committee chair, who is chosen from among the German Studies core faculty. The chair supervises the student in a two-quarter program of independent study to research and write an Honor's Thesis of approximately thirty to fifty pages (GMST 196A/B; the two courses count among the required twelve for the major). The student defends the thesis in a one-hour oral exam with the full committee, which is charged with recommending the degree of honors that will appear on the student's transcript and diploma.
	Contact Information Program Director Lisa Lampert-Weissig Literature Department 858-822-0204 germanstudies@ucsd.edu	Student Advisor Kimberly Bondad Humanities & Social Sciences Room 5070 858-822-4462 office 858-534-7283 fax kbondad@ucsd.edu