Department of German
 
 

CONTACT INFORMATION

524 Sproul Hall
University of California
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616-8606

Phone: 530-752-4999
Fax: 530-752-8630

Open Weekdays
8:00am-12:00pm,
1:00pm-5:00pm
Contact Jeanne Hart

The Setting

The University of California, Davis, part of the world-renowned University of California system, is one of the nation's top public research universities. UC Davis enrolls more than 30,000 students and has an internationally recognized faculty. Among all public universities nationwide, it is ranked 11th (U.S. News & World Report 2005) and 16th (National Research Council)... MORE

The Department

The German Department at UC Davis offers comprehensive and challenging programs in German language, literature, culture, and thought that span all periods from the Middle Ages to the present. Its distinguished faculty members conduct research in areas as diverse as literary history, gender studies, critical theory, film studies, intellectual history, medieval studies, theater studies, and linguistics, including second-language acquisition. On the undergraduate level, the Department sponsors one of the most robust German programs in the University of California system, including a large number of German majors and minors, a very active German Club, and extensive study-abroad opportunities. It offers a rich and diverse selection of courses in both German and English every quarter. On the graduate level, the Department is committed to providing its students with a solid basis of erudition while encouraging innovative and multidisciplinary pursuits, such as combining its doctoral program... MORE

New Ranking

The UC Davis German Department was just ranked 5th in the nation by The Chronicle of Higher Education. Full ranking here.




UC Davis

NEWS & EVENTS

Jürgen Brokoff on Avant-Garde and Formalism (June 4, 2009) - POSTPONED

Annual Undergraduate Awards Ceremony

Jürgen Brokoff (Bonn) visits as Humboldt Fellow (April through September 2009)

Stanley Corngold on Kafka and Nietzsche, March 13, 2009

More Events...


  
524 Sproul Hall - Phone: 530-752-4999 - Email: gjhart@ucdavis.edu - Fax: 530-752-8630
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