Principal faculty mentor: Benjamin Mier-Cruz
Requirements for the Ger/Scan major
- Take GER 101-103 and 201-203; or SWED 101-103 and 201-203 (or place out)
- Take 4 upper-division courses taught in German or a Scandinavian language (e.g. GER 311-313 and one other; SWED 405: Third Year Swedish )
- Take 8 further courses which
- Appear on the list of Recommended Courses below OR
- Have a GER or SCAN subject code (even if not on the list)
- With your faculty mentor’s approval, you may substitute:
- A relevant course(s) on cinema offered in another UO department
- A course(s) with a major independent project focused on Germany or Scandinavia
- Make sure you end up with
- A grand total of 12 courses beyond GER 101-203 or SWED 101-203
- At least 8 of the 12 at the upper division
- At least 6 of the 12 with a GER or SCAN subject code
- Consult your faculty mentor about
- the capstone requirement
- study abroad (if you’re interested)
Recommended Courses
GER 355 German Cinema: History, Theory, Practice.
SCAN 315 Nordic Cinema
SCAN 316 History of Cinema
SCAN 317 Directors, Movements, and Manifestos
CINE 350 Queer European Cinema
Also Recommended (subject to criterion 4a above)
CINE 265 History of the Motion Picture I
CINE 360 Film Theory
CINE 381M Film, Media, and Culture
COLT 232 Literature and Film
COLT 450 Comparative Studies in Cinema
ES 370 Race, Ethnicity, and Cinema (contingent on topic)
FLR 485 Film and Folklore
WGS 361 Gender in Film and Media