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  • Department of German
    611 Sproul Hall
    Davis, CA 95616
    Tel: (530) 752-5799
    Fax: (530) 752-2184
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  • 250 Mrak Hall
    One Shields Avenue
    Davis, CA 95616

    Phone: (530) 752-0650
    Fax: (530) 752-6222
German

Application Deadline

  • ADMISSION
  • Priority: Jan. 15
  • Final: Apr. 1

  • FELLOWSHIP
  • Prospective Student Fellowship: Jan. 15
  • Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan. 15

Degrees Offered

  • M.A. Plan II
  • Ph.D. Plan B

Designated Emphases

Admission Requirements

  • Three letters of recommendation
  • GRE scores recommended
  • 10-page sample from a recent term paper in either English or German (but if in English, an additional essay specimen of approximately five pages in German on a literary or cultural topic is required)

Degree Requirements

Students follow the degree requirements reflecting the year s/he was admitted or the most recent version below.

Administrative Bylaws

Graduate studies are oriented primarily toward the Ph.D. degree. The department also encourages applications from strong candidates for the M.A. degree. The department provides training in all areas of German literature, from the Middle Ages to the present, and prepares students to be effective teachers. Students have the option of earning a Ph.D. in German Studies with a Designated Emphasis in Critical Theory, Second Language Acquisition, or Feminist Theory & Research.

This is a Departmentally-based Graduate Program.

For more information, visit the German Web site.

Contacts

Program Chair
Gail E. Finney Comparative Literature (530) 752-1125
Academic Advisers
Jaimey Fisher German & Russian 9/1/09 - 8/31/11 530-752-1039
Graduate Program Staff Coordinator
Kay Green Languages & Literatures (530) 752-5799
Student Affairs Officer (SAO) in the Office of Graduate Studies
Jean Telford Graduate Studies (530) 752-9292