Overview

Key Features

German is spoken in three countries with diverse cultural, political, and economic traditions: The Federal Republic of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. It is also the mother tongue of significant minorities in neighboring countries. Among Europeans, in fact, the approximately 98 million native speakers of German greatly outnumber those of English, French, Italian (58-60 million each), or Spanish (36 million). In business, diplomacy, and tourism, German ranks second to English in Western Europe, and in Eastern Europe it holds first place. Knowledge of German grants access not only to rich literary, philosophical, and artistic traditions but also to many other kinds of contemporary cultural, economic, political, and scientific developments. German at Swarthmore therefore offers a curriculum that reflects these wide-ranging interests. Students also have the opportunity to apply for membership in the German Honors Society (Delta Phi Alpha) and for financial support for study and research abroad as well as for immersive language study.

The core faculty and staff of German Studies program at Swarthmore College personally and professionally contribute to the inter-cultural and inter-disciplinary nature of German Studies. Hansjakob Werlen, a native of Switzerland, has published on 19th-century writers Kleist and Herder as well as on the works of Canetti. His scholarship has intersected with Bryn Mawr colleague Azade Seyhan's focus on minority literatures in Switzerland and Germany for co-taught classes on diasporic writing. Sunka Simon, hailing from the North-German Hamburg, has published on Elfriede Jelinek, German film, and popular culture. She is working on a book on concepts of regionalism and globalization in German television. Christopher Schnader, Pennsylvania-born and a Berlin transplant, earned his Ph.D. with a dissertation on friendship in 18th-century Germany. He enlivens German conversation courses with his knowledge of contemporary German socio-political and cultural events.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Intensive Elementary German

Intensive Intermediate German

German Conversation

Tpcs In Gmst I: Literature And Cultural Context

Tpcs In Gmst II

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-02 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-04 00:00:00

Language

English

Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Swarthmore, United States

Disciplines

German and Scandinavian studies View 317 other Bachelors in German and Scandinavian studies in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Common Application or QuestBridge Application

Swarthmore College Short Answer

$60 application fee or fee waiver

School report

School counselor recommendation

High school transcript

Midyear grades: If your school does not have midyear grades, please provide a midyear progress report from your teachers.

Two academic-subject teacher recommendations/evaluations

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

68766 USD / year

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Out-of-State

68766 USD / year

≈ 68766 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

68766 USD / year

≈ 68766 USD / year

Living costs

Swarthmore

United States

1000 - 1500 USD / month

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