Major in GSD: Transnational and Interdisciplinary Studies of Northern Europe
The Department of Germanic Studies offers a major in German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies (GSD).
- Only available to students eligible for the 2016-2018 and 2018-2020 catalogs.
- GSD is an "area studies" major that focuses on the cultures and societies of Northern Europe, looking past national borders to cover regional issues.
- GSD is transnational, flexible, wide-ranging, and interdisciplinary.
- It brings together many of the Department's current offerings (courses formerly listed under GRC, SCA, and DCH), consolidating them into a major with excellent skills development in reading, research, and writing.
- Lower-division language study (GER, DAN, DCH, NOR, SWE, YID) is also included.
- Watch the Video here.
- For more information contact the department's Undergraduate Academic Advisor.
German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies: Requirements for the Major
Twenty-seven semester hours of coursework in German Scandinavian, and Dutch studies, including:
- German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies (GSD) 301
- One tools course: language for research
- One upper-division course in the same Germanic language used to fulfill the foreign-language requirement (usually German 328 or NOR 328; or
- One language course in a second modern Germanic language (usually 604 or the equivalent); or
- One course in an older Germanic language (Old Norse, Middle-High German, Gothic, etc.)
- One foundations course out of three areas: film studies, narrative/textual studies, or linguistics that stresses methodology/theory as well as content areas, chosen from an approved list
- Five additional German, Scandinavian, and Dutch studies courses
- Only one course may be lower-division
- Additional foundations courses may be used to fill this requirement
- Upper-division German courses may be substituted for up to three of the five German, Scandinavian, and Dutch studies courses; German 328 may not be used to fulfill this requirement
- Other substitutions may be approved by the German, Scandinavian, and Dutch studies adviser.
- Capstone Research in German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies