西安大略大学

By studying German at Western, you can gain a solid foundation in the language of Europe’s most influential economy and explore the culture in which figures such as Bach, Goethe, Mozart, Nietzsche, Brecht, Kafka, and Benjamin lived and worked and in which recent Nobel Prize winners, Elfriede Jelinek and Herta Müller, are thriving.

Since September 2013, Western has offered a new program in German Language and Culture featuring eight highlights:

• Learn the German language through a multi-media, communicative approach, that focuses on the cultures of all German-speaking countries and integrates authentic materials such as articles, websites, film and literature
• Engage in hands-on intercultural experience through community service learning
• Practice your German skills in specialized translation, business and conversation classes
• Expand your horizons through courses on popular topics such as German-Jewish literature, fairy tales, the history of ideas, or nature and the environment, taught in English with a tutorial in German
• Develop your discussion skills and build writing and research skills in German guided by one core faculty member in conjunction with specialists as early as second year in Exploring German Culture
• Investigate and analyze culture through upper year seminars about German literary, visual and performing arts, covering periods from the medieval, classicist, romantic ages to the contemporary culture of unification and integration or about cities such as Vienna and Berlin
• Choose your final-year capstone experiences in research seminars or project courses, or by completing an undergraduate honors thesis
• Challenge yourself with study abroad or exchange and receive credit at Western

Complete the Honors Specialization in German Language and Culture (9.0 courses) with more upper level courses, including writing an undergraduate thesis, in order to prepare for research on German language and culture, for study in a German-speaking country, for careers researching and disseminating information for example in cultural management or for work related to the European Union, including international relations, business or banking.