Photo credit: Patricia Wiley

Photo credit: Patricia Wiley

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  1. Stephanie Truskowski Awarded DAAD Scholarship for Graduate Study in Germany for the Academic Year 2018-2019

    Stephanie Truskowski Awarded DAAD Scholarship for Graduate Study in Germany for the Academic Year 2018-2019

    Stephanie Truskowski (history major and German minor) graduated from UCLA in 2018. She initially chose to study German because of her interest in the history of the...

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Languages Offered

  • Afrikaans

    Afrikaans is a West Germanic language and is spoken in South Africa by approximately 6... Read More

  • Dutch

    Modern Dutch is a West Germanic language (and, as such, a sister language of Modern... Read More

  • German

    German is a West Germanic language within the Indo-European family of languages and, as such,... Read More

  • Yiddish

    Yiddish has been taught at UCLA for well over 30 years. UCLA is one of... Read More

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Upcoming Events

  1. Humanities Dialogues

    Humanities Dialogues

    October 19, 2018 - May 31, 2019
  2. Moral Code – Ethics in the Digital Age

    Moral Code – Ethics in the Digital Age

    May 28 @ 9:00 am - 2:30 pm
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Student Testimonials

  • Shawn Lee

    Shawn Lee

    My encounter with learning German was completely unintentional. I had only signed up after failing to enroll in a Spanish 1 class for 3 straight quarters. As a Geography major, the initial plan was to simply fulfill the foreign language requirements with German 1, 2, and 3. However, over that one year, I guess the enthusiasm of my TAs and professors rubbed off on me, and I told myself I was not going to let... Read more

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Featured Courses

  • German 59: Holocaust in Film and Literature

    Instructor: Todd Presner

    Lecture/screenings, five hours; discussion, one hour. History of Holocaust and its present memory through examination...

  • German 152: Conversation and Composition on Contemporary German Culture and Society I

    Instructor: David D. Kim

    Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 6. Taught in German. Structured around themes as they emerge...

  • German 212: Contemporary Literature and Culture

    Instructor: David D. Kim

    Lecture, three hours. Analysis of current cultural issues and their relation to literary production and...

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