Distinctive Differences

We host one of only two German undergraduate research conferences for advanced students in the United States. Our students help to plan and also participate in this conference. We are unique in that we offer a Ger 101 course that has a component that focuses on German in the workplace. Qualifying students may take Ger 102 or 201 during May term in Germany. 

A Strong Humanities Perspective with Career Preparation

Part of the Humanities, our program guides students as they explore "what it means to be human" through the lens of the German cultural tradition. While doing so, students gain interdisciplinary expertise in German speaking countries, fluency in German, critical thinking skills, communication and intercultural communication skills. Gain practical vocabulary and life skills and an advanced level in German Business Culture. Trace German roots in Illinois. Learn the flexibility that comes from study abroad and a degree at one of the top liberal arts schools.

Personal Attention

Personalized advising from faculty members. Engaging professors who are active researchers. Meet current students who have studied abroad. Apply for grants (Fulbright, Congress-Bundestag Award, Teaching Assistantship in Austria). Network with IWU alumni and explore their career paths. Like the department on  .

German Undergraduate Research Conference

Gain practical experience presenting a research project in German at our annual German Undergraduate Research Conference in April. The DAAD sponsors this conference.

Study Abroad and Internships

Take Ger 102 or Ger 201 in Bremen during May Term. Go on a May Term Travel Course. Study abroad for a semester or year. Complete an internship in Germany or using
German in the U.S. (e.g. Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis/St. Paul).

Spring 2013 - Events

Like the IWU German Club
 

German Table - Thursdays
5:30 pm in the Dugout

German Film Series 
(IWU Community only)

German Undergraduate
Research Conference

The conference just received
a grant from the German
Academic Exchange  Service
(DAAD) in New York to help
support it!  Many thanks!!!

IWU pre-med student Sarah 
Takushi ('13) has been awarded a 
DAAD-RISE summer internship
to work in a lab in Germany.

Amanda Stoeke ('12) is spending
a year in Austria teaching English .

May 2013 - Courses

OCS 100 Intensive German in 
Bremen

LC 272 From Utopia to Science 
Fiction: Imagining the Future in
Russian and Germany (IT)

Fall 2013 - Courses

Ger 101 For the Workplace
Ger 201 (LA)
Ger 301 (G)
Ger 340 German Revolutionary
Drama (Lit)

LC 272 From Utopia to Science 
Fiction: Imagining the Future in
Russian and Germany (IT)

Spring 2014 - Courses

Ger 102
Ger 202 (G)
Ger 310 German Business Culture

LC 270 Detective Fiction (Lit)