Bachelor [German] From Vassar College

The German Studies Department offers its students:intellectual engagement at all levels of the curriculum. From our elementary German sequence to our senior seminars, students pursue the complex interconnections between language and culture while gaining the proficiency to interact successfully with native speakers.innovative learning. The department stands at the national forefront of efforts to combine language learning with cultural studies. It has also led the way in developing technology, such as videoconferencing and our online virtual learning environment, called MOOssiggang, to enable Vassar students to interact with German university students, authors, and professionals as well as students studying German at other top-ranked colleges in the U.S.an international and intercultural education. In our increasingly globalized world, Vassar students have opportunities to work with native speakers through online exchanges and through our language fellow, who comes to us every year from the University of M?nster. In addition, the department participates as the only liberal arts college in the Berlin Consortium, one of the top-ranked junior year abroad programs in Germany. Our students can also attend a variety of abroad programs to study at universities in Freiburg, Heidelberg, Mainz, Munich, T?bingen, Salzburg, Vienna and many other locations.interdisciplinary approaches. Our curriculum offers students the opportunity to explore Germany?s extraordinarily rich cultural tradition, one that has thoroughly influenced almost every field of study currently offered at Vassar. The department?s faculty members pursue an active interdisciplinary research agenda while participating energetically in a number of multidisciplinary programs and departments on campus, including Film, Jewish Studies, International Studies, Media Studies, and Women?s Studies. Meanwhile, students are encouraged to complete their major requirements with up to four German-related courses from other departments, such as Anthropology, Art, Education, History, Music, Philosophy, Politcal Science, Psychology, and Sociology.