Germanic Studies
Offered at IU Bloomington by College of Arts and Sciences
About
The B.A. major in Germanic Studies offers a full curriculum including German language, linguistics, literature, and culture, as well as courses in Dutch, Yiddish, and Norwegian. Faculty members teach at all levels in moderate to small class sizes, affording many opportunities for direct student-faculty contact.
The study of a foreign language improves your memory, ability to concentrate, and understanding of linguistic distinctions. It allows you to communicate with people from other places who appreciate your interest in their ideas and points of view.
In this program, you develop your interpretive, aesthetic, argumentative, and analytical thinking skills. Exploring literary texts, movies, and works of art or intellectual history increases your enjoyment of these cultural achievements and inspires your own creative response to the world.