Many of our current and former students have been awarded fellowships and other prizes recognizing their academic excellence.
German Studies
Information for Students
Information on transfer credit, prizes and teaching opportunities.
Information for Students
Information on transfer credit, prizes and teaching opportunities.
Transfer Credit
Any student who would like to transfer credit toward a German concentration from another institution in the United States, or from abroad, should talk to the concentration advisor, Professor Thomas Kniesche.
Prizes
First-year students may compete for prizes awarded to those with the best secondary preparation in German. Established in 1913, the Caesar Misch Prize is awarded to a male who excelled in secondary preparation for German. Women are eligible for the Asa Clinton Crowell Prize, established in 1928. Please contact the departmental office for details.
First-year students are also eligible for two prizes awarded for the best performances in Beginning German. These are awarded at the end of the Spring semester.
Adolf Conrad Ely, teacher of the class of 1894, established a premium for the senior or seniors, who have done outstanding work in German Studies.
Brown is home to the Kappa Upsilon chapter of Delta Phi Alpha, the national honor society for students of German. Every year students who have excelled in German, demonstrated a strong interest in German culture and completed at least two years of college are inducted into this society.
Teaching Opportunities
Undergraduate Teaching Assistants
Every Spring semester the Department of German Studies employs undergraduate Teaching Assitants for GRMN 0110 (Intensive Beginning German). Under the supervision of a faculty member, these students are responsible for teaching small conversation sections two days per week. These Teaching Assistants will normally have studied, interned or lived abroad in Germany, and should be able to transmit their enthusiasm for learning German to their students. Contact German_Studies@brown.edu.
Undergraduate Language Tutors
Each semester, students are hired to work for three to four hours per week. The tutors meet with individual students for conversation practice and other aspect of language learning. Contact German_Studies@brown.edu.
Summer English Teaching in Germany
Each year, the department is able to facilitate two to three placements to teach English in Germany at the Sommerschule Wust. Students apply through LINK funding. Home stay makes this program attractive to students of German. Contact Jane_Sokolosky@brown.edu with any questions.
Additional Information
The Concentration in German Studies offers students an interdisciplinary approach to German culture in a wide variety of areas.