29 German Preparatory Programs

As part of the Language & Intercultural Training Center of the SDI München, the German as a foreign language department draws on many years of tradition in language teaching. Languages are our profession! Would you like to learn German for school, university, work or your private life in a short time? We have the right intensive courses for you!

The summer courses in German as a foreign language offer a four-week intensive programme to give you a lively introduction into the German language and culture and to help you get fit for your studies at a German university. The courses are suitable for anyone who is interested in improving their linguistic and cultural skills or for anyone looking to prepare themselves for their studies in Germany.

This course is aimed at all those at A2/B1 competence level who want to improve their German language skills for everyday working life. Simulating realistic workplace scenarios and applying targeted communication scenarios of everyday professional life (e.g. workplace conversations, returning phone calls, writing memos)

Wabash College understands that learning German is one avenue of many for understanding and interacting with the world, its peoples, and its histories. The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures prepares students for citizenship in a multi-cultural, multi-lingual global community, promoting proficiency in the German language as one avenue to expand knowledge of cultures and literatures in a pluralistic world. Proficient and engaged faculty work with students to provide a greater understanding of world affairs through the lifestyles, traditions, achievements, and culture of Germany.

German language course in Berlin: We offer high quality German lessons in our German courses in Germany in small groups, native and qualified teachers, great prices and personal advice in four languages! For all these reasons Anda Sprachschule is the best place to take German courses Berlin.

German Studies at Whitman helps students develop the critical skills to be informed global citizens through the study of German language and the literature, culture, and history of the German-speaking world from a variety of academic perspectives. German language and culture are often thought to be homogeneous, and the canonical literature and thinkers taught in many German Studies programs reproduce this image. Whitman’s German Studies Department is committed to representing German languages and cultures in their diversity by introducing students to authors and thinkers whose different identities regarding their race, sex, gender, and class often contribute to their exclusion from the field. Students will also learn to read canonical texts and cultural products critically with regard to their elisions and appropriations of marginalized peoples and voices. German Studies courses bring German-language texts and artworks into dialogue with the challenges and priorities we find in our local and contemporary communities. We strive to understand how we can better make sense of our global and local problems by studying German texts, thought, and art.

As you gain proficiency in German on campus and abroad, you will develop an informed critical perspective on Europe—past, present, and future—while also learning how to read, write, and analyze complex texts and cultural artifacts.

German helps students understand themselves as participants in their own culture & to also understand U.S. history & culture. The German minor program enriches students’ academic and career opportunities by providing them with skills that complement many majors at SSU. German helps students understand themselves as participants in their own culture.

The German department at Dickinson distinguishes itself through its high level of contact with current German society and faculty interests in a large spectrum of topics and periods. We crafted our curriculum to expose students to the diversity of the German-speaking world while also supporting students’ acquisition of the German language. Our curriculum is based on the principle that students come to German-speaking cultures with a variety of academic interests and goals. Our students demand an education that supports their language skills, and we task ourselves to do so within the mission of the liberal arts.

A student majoring in German studies must complete nine units beyond the level of German 202, including GR305 (Composition, Conversation, and Context), GR416 (Senior Project), and seven additional elective courses. Students will work closely with their major advisor to develop a course of study that addresses their interests. Elective courses must be approved by the major advisor. Three of the elective courses may be German courses offered in translation at the 200 level, or courses in other disciplines that have a thematic focus on German Studies. GR 120 and 121 (offered only through the study abroad program in Lüneburg) may substitute for two of these electives. The remaining four electives must be fulfilled by German courses above the level of GR305 in which all work is completed in the German language.

We offer a broadly conceived German studies program which encourages a comparative study of the German language and culture through its linguistic and literary history, systems of thought, institutions, political configurations, and arts and sciences. Course offerings serve students with particular interests in German literature, literary theory and criticism as well as those interested in studying German and German-speaking cultures from the perspective of communication arts, film, history, history of ideas, history of art and architecture, history of religion, institutions, linguistics, mass media, philosophy, politics, urban anthropology, and folklore. Majors choose between a literature concentration or a German studies concentration, and thorough knowledge of German is a common goal for both.

The AS and A level in German provides an engaging and exciting opportunity for learners to build on their previous study of German. Through social, intellectual and cultural themes learners will be able to develop their linguistic knowledge and cultural understanding of the countries or communities where the language is spoken.

The Department of German at Williams College offers an integrated approach to the study of language, literature, and culture. Our curriculum offers students the opportunity to explore German-speaking Europe’s extraordinarily rich cultural tradition, one that has thoroughly influenced many fields ranging from philosophy to music, theatre, art history, linguistics, history, psychology and sociology. Today, Germany is one of the leading countries in the European Union, and all three German-speaking countries are actively engaged with the exciting new heterogeneity of Europe.

The German A level will introduce you to real German in real situations. You will develop the knowledge and skills to enable you to step inside another culture and enjoy the long and rich history of German art, literature and cinema.

German Foundation Program (GFP) at Avicenna is designed for those students who have completed their high school and plan to continue their studies at a university in Germany, Austria or Swiss where the language of instruction will be German. GFP focuses on the development of the German language skills of the students. All eligible students can apply for this course but prior knowledge of German is not a requirement.