Department of German, Russian,
and Japanese Studies
College of Arts & Sciences

337-A McIver Building
(336) 334-5427
http://www.uncg.edu/gar/

German Courses (GER) | German Major BA | German Minor | German Second Major | German Teacher Licensure | Japanese Studies Courses (JNS) | Russian Courses (RUS) | Russian Minor

Faculty

Andreas Lixl, Professor and Head of Department
Associate Professor Adams, Baumgartner; Lecturers Ahern, Campitelli, Pynes

The aim of the Department of German, Russian, and Japanese Studies is to impart a deeper understanding for important foreign languages and cultures in the context of a liberal and humanistic education.

The following courses are intended both to advance language proficiency skills and to contribute to the student's intellectual development and aesthetic experience. Language instruction courses provide the students with speaking skills and with a reading knowledge that will enable them to inform themselves independently about the life and literature of German, Russian, and Japanese speaking cultures. More advanced courses emphasize literary study and culture, which are the primary goals of the major in German.

The language laboratory provides students with web facilities for aural and oral exercises. Cultural material such as films, records, and tapes is coordinated with classroom work. Students may also elect to live in UNCG's International House.

For all interested students, a German coffee hour (Kaffeestunde) is held once a week, where students and faculty meet socially to speak German. The UNCG film program provides German, Russian, and Japanese films each month.

From time to time a UNCG Summer Study Abroad travel program in German-speaking countries is offered. Information on other summer programs abroad is available.

Students who wish to spend their junior year studying any subject at the Universities of Bamberg, Mannheim, Osnabrück, The Higher School of Commerce at Worms (UNCG partner institutions), or with other programs, must have completed intermediate German. Similar exchanges are available with Slavic and Japanese universities.

A major in German works in tandem with an International Business Studies major (first or second major). Students are strongly advised to familiarize themselves with this program's offerings.

Majors in UNCG's International Studies major with a concentration in Russian Studies may spend a semester or academic year at Joensuu University (Finland) and/or at Petrozavodsk University (Russia). UNCG also offers a minor in East Asian Studies.