The following courses are offered in Germany:

Introduction to Music: MUSC 1030

Prerequisites: None Aside from the many references to German composers and movements, students will visit many sites that are relevant. In , students have the opportunity to hear one of the most outstanding orchestras in the world as well as other professional musicians. There is also a musical instrument museum at the symphony hall. A lecture on the pipe organ by the organist at one of Berlin's historic churches is also possible. Neuschwanstein (a fairly standard excursion for the program) features murals based on the music dramas of Richard Wagner. Munich has numerous connections to musicians such as Richard Strauss and Carl Orff, along with Wagner, Mozart and Beethoven. Munich also has outstanding opera and ballet companies.

For more information about this course please see the course syllabus.

Photography I: PHO 1000 Prerequisites: None The German landscape, both urban and rural will be the backdrop to learn the basic concepts of digital photography. Students will explore the traditional areas of the photographic profession such as photojournalism possibly using Munich’s Dachau Museum as the backdrop for an essay on world war II German history or the Open markets for social documentary. In Berlin, the many photo specific museums may be used as the backdrop for a lesson in design fundamentals and photo history. Students will explore the tools and concepts that go into the making of strong photographs as well as exploring the culturally driven aspects of dominant themes in the history of prominent German photographers. We may also visit with a modern German photographer to discuss what their life entails. The group will visit art galleries and market places in the cities that we explore to become more visually fluent inside both the art and commercial photographic worlds.

For more information about this course please see the course syllabus.

Independent Photographic Project: PHO 2950 Prerequisites: None The people, places and wonders of Germany will be the backdrop for advanced photo students to create a thematic portfolio of images that exhibit a strong personal style and encompass a high degree of professionalism. Students will pick from an industry segment chosen from but not limited to, fine art, documentary, portraiture, travel, photojournalism, product and architectural photography in a focused study to produce images that would be on a level equal to professional international photographers in their chosen area. As an example students choosing to work in in a documentary style might find that the Dachau Museum gives them the background to photographically explore the plight of the Jew during world war two. On a lighter note students choosing to study modern day German society might find the open markets of Munich or graffiti of the Berlin Eastside gallery fascinating. Nature photographers may find Berlin’s Grunwalde Forest or the beauty of Bavaria outside Munich to supply the needed inspiration. The class will be introduced to the thematic portfolios of prominent photographers with emphasis put on German photographers of the modern era such as Auguste Sander and the work of the Bechers.

For more information about this course please see the course syllabus.

Special Topics in Liberal Arts: Nazi Germany and the DDR: LAS 2020 Prerequisites: None

20th century Germany featured two authoritarian regimes, the Nazi dictatorship under Adolf Hitler and the communist dictatorship of during the Cold War, more commonly known as the DDR (German Democratic Republic). This course will examine the origins, events, and legacies of these authoritarian regimes from an historical perspective. Students will learn about the origins of fascism and communism in Europe and Germany and will study the causes of the rise of dictatorships and their consequences for modern societies.

The program will comprise eight days in Munich, four in Nuremberg, and eight in Berlin. These cities will allow students to visit some of the most important historical sites of Nazi Germany and the DDR. In Munich, students will visit Dachau, which was home to some of Germany’s finest artists and writers but also to its first concentration camp under the Nazi regime, as well as the Hofbrauhaus, a beer garden that, although currently operating as a ubiquitous tourist attraction, actually functioned as a crucial place for meetings, campaigns, and speeches of political parties such as the Nazis. While in Munich there will also be a day trip to Berchtesgaden, Hitler’s famous Alpine mountain retreat. In Nuremberg students will visit the Nazi Party Rally Grounds, the Nazi Documentation Center Museum, and the Trial Courthouse of the Nuremberg Trials. While in Berlin students will visit Bebelplatz, the main square of the prestigious Humboldt University where the Nazis infamously burned hundreds of “subversive” books, as well as take a short train ride to visit the Nazi concentration camp in Sachsenhausen. Berlin is home to numerous DDR sites, including the infamous (remnants of which can still be viewed), , a popular museum and memorial commemorating and documenting the efforts of East Berliners to escape to West Berlin, and the Museum of the , the notorious East German secret state police that spied and kept files on millions of its citizens. While in Berlin students will also visit the German History Museum to help synthesize the course material pertaining to the Nazi and DDR regimes.

For more information about this course please see the course syllabus.

Beginning German I: GERM 1010 Prerequisites: None The emphasis in this course is on using German to discuss particular topics related to personal description, school, work, home and food. This is not a lecture type course but a lab type course where you practice new material in a communicative manner and use the language to communicate with native speakers on different occasions outside class time and complete cultural projects.The following is a list of possible trips and tentative plans for excursions, and other cultural events. Munich: Possible visits to Das Deutsche Museum, Old and New Pinakothek, Marienkirche, companies- BMW, Nymphenburg Castle, attending lectures in German at the LMU, attending one of these: movie, play, or concert at the Bayerische Staatsoper, communicating with native speakers in everyday situations in shop, at the hotel and restaurants

Nuremberg: Possible walks through the old city, visiting museums, and other historical objectives and communicating with native speakers in everyday situations in shops, at the hotel and restaurants.

Berlin: Possible walks through the Kurfuerstendamm, Kreuzberg, Friedrischsstrasse visiting landmarks on the East and West Side: Brandenburger Tor, , Checkpoint Charlie, visits at Reichstag, , Stasi Museum, attending lectures in German at the FU, guest speakers, attending one of these: movie, play, concert, and communicating with native speakers in everyday situations in shops, at the hotel and restaurants.

For more information about this course please see the course syllabus.

Beginning German II: GERM 1020 Prerequisites: A grade of at least a C- in GERM 1010 or with consent of the coordinator for German The emphasis in this course is on using German to discuss particular topics related to personal description, school, work, home and food. This is not a lecture type course but a lab type course where you practice new material in a communicative manner and use the language to communicate with native speakers on different occasions outside class time and complete cultural projects. The following is a list of possible trips and tentative plans for excursions, and other cultural events.

Munich: Possible visits to Das Deutsche Museum, Old and New Pinakothek, Marienkirche, companies- BMW, Nymphenburg Castle, attending lectures in German at the LMU, attending one of these: movie, play, or concert at the Bayerische Staatsoper, communicating with native speakers in everyday situations in shop, at the hotel and restaurants

Nuremberg: Possible walks through the old city, visiting museums, and other historical objectives and communicating with native speakers in everyday situations in shops, at the hotel and restaurants.

Berlin: Possible walks through the Kurfuerstendamm, Kreuzberg, Friedrischsstrasse visiting landmarks on the East and West Side: Brandenburger Tor, East Side Gallery, Checkpoint Charlie, visits at Reichstag, Museum Island, Stasi Museum, attending lectures in German at the FU, guest speakers, attending one of these: movie, play, concert, and communicating with native speakers in everyday situations in shops, at the hotel and restaurants.

For more information about this course please see the course syllabus.