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Notice to Students
Introduction

1: Academic Calendar

2: Academic Information

3: Fields of Concentration

4: Secondary Fields

5: General Regulations and Standards of Conduct

6: Life in the Harvard Community

7: Financial Information

8: Academic and Support Resources

9: Extracurricular Activities

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FAS Courses of Instruction

German Cultural Studies
Specific Requirements

  1. Basic required courses: Ten half-courses.
    1. A 60-level German course, German 193 or its equivalent.
    2. German 97 (sophomore tutorial).
    3. Four additional numbered half-courses in German:
      1. One of these must be German 50a or 50b.
      2. Three of these must be 100-200 level courses, one each from three of the following groups:
        Medieval Baroque
        18th Century
        19th Century
        20th Century
    4. A program of four additional half-courses in the following fields (with sufficient focus on the German aspect of the field), coordinated into a coherent but flexible program of study.

      5. Economics

      History of Art & Architecture

      Philosophy

      Film/VES

      History of Science

      Psychology

      Folklore & Mythology

      Linguistics

      Social Studies

      Government

      Literature

      Comparative Study of Religion

      History

      Music

      Studies of Women, Gender, & Sexuality

  2. Courses required for honors eligibility: Twelve half-courses
        a-d. Same as item 1, above.
        e. German 99 (two terms). Thesis.
  3. Other information:
    1. The concentration is designed to make it possible to begin with Elementary German (German A or Bab) in the freshman year and to complete the concentration without difficulty.
    2. At the student's request, concentration credit is granted, beyond the basic required courses, for second-year language courses (German D).
    3. Where possible and appropriate, requirements listed under 1d should be fulfilled by taking 100-200 level German courses that treat the listed areas in depth.

Joint Concentration Requirements

This option is intended for students who wish to combine the study of German culture and literature with the study of one other field significantly related to some aspect of the larger field of Germanic Languages and Literatures. Programs in German and History of Art and Architecture and German and Philosophy have been approved by the departments concerned. Programs in German and another literature, in German and Music, and in German and certain sections of the social sciences may be submitted for approval of the departments concerned.

  1. Required courses: Twelve half-courses.
    1. Five numbered half-courses in German (should include German 97). Only one may be an introductory or survey course.
    2. Five half-courses in the related subject.
    3. German 99 (two terms). Thesis.