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Every spring the department conducts a study group at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg, Germany. Majors in German are normally expected to avail themselves of this opportunity.
The Freiburg Study Group offers German majors and other qualified students the opportunity to study for a semester at a German university.
Colgate University and the host institution, the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, have been partner universities since 1988, and students have full access to the courses and facilities at the university.
The curriculum consists of four courses, two taught by the Colgate director and two electives at the University of Freiburg.
The two courses taught by the director begin several weeks prior to the beginning of Freiburg’s semester and continue until mid-semester.
The pre-semester segments of these two courses— GERM 341, Advanced Conversation and Composition and GERM 457, German Literature and Culture — are connected with travel to areas of cultural significance for the German language.
The electives at the University of Freiburg may be selected from any department, though courses in some fields involving lab work may have enrollment limits and require special arrangements. With the approval of the director, students with more advanced German skills may opt to substitute a third elective for GERM 341.
For more information, follow this link to the Office of Off Campus Study.