The
department offers programs of study leading to the Ph.D. and
M.A. degrees. The M.A. program lays a broad foundation in German
studies. The doctoral candidate may elect to emphasize German
literature, Germanic linguistics, German applied linguistics,
or medieval philology. The general departmental requirements
are outlined below. For specific course requirements consult
the Graduate School Catalog or write for the Handbook for Graduate
Students in German.
Nonthesis
degree. Normally 30 hours of graduate work in German,
including a research component, are required, as well as a reading
knowledge of Danish, Dutch, or French, and a written and oral
examination.
Thesis degree. This
option requires 30 hours of graduate work in German including
a thesis for which 3 credit hours may be allowed, a reading
knowledge of Danish, Dutch, or French, and a written and oral
examination.
Admission. In addition
to general requirements of the Graduate School, a student normally
should have the equivalent of an undergraduate major in German
at the University of Kansas.
The
Ph.D. normally requires a minimum of 27 credit hours of graduate
work in German beyond the M.A. This includes a minimum of 6 credit
hours in Germanic linguistics and medieval philology (for the
student emphasizing German literature) or a minimum of 6 credit
hours in German literature (for the student specializing in Germanic
linguistics or medieval philology); a reading knowledge of French
and another modern language, or, for students specializing in
medieval studies, a reading knowledge of Latin; at least one semester
of half-time teaching or its equivalent; a written preliminary
and an oral comprehensive exam; a dissertation showing the results
of original research; and a final oral examination.
Tuition
information is updated on a yearly basis. Current tuition rates
can be found at www.ku.edu/tuition.
The
University of Kansas offers numerous possibilities for the graduate
student in Germanic languages and literatures to receive generous
financial support. Tuition, fee, and financial aid information
is subject to change.
Graduate Teaching Assistants.
Students may fulfill their teaching requirements for the degree
as graduate teaching assistants in a supervised teacher-training
program. For teaching 12 to 15 credit hours per year, graduate
teaching assistants receive approximately $9,500 for the nine-month
academic year. Graduate teaching assistants also receive a tuition
waiver. The tuition waiver does not include required campus
fees.
Graduate School and Max Kade
Fellowships. Graduate School Fellowships are awarded
for one to four years of study leading to the Ph.D. The stipend
ranges from $12,000 to $18,000 per year plus tuition and fees.
Graduate students may compete for the Dissertation Fellowship,
a separate, nonrenewable fellowship. In 2002, the Dissertation
Fellowship carried a stipend of $14,000 plus tuition and fees.
Direct Exchange Fellowships
are available to six advanced graduate students for study at
the universities of Bonn, Erlangen, Hamburg, Kiel, Mainz, and
Stuttgart. Exchange fellowships provide for tuition and maintenance.
Graduate students may compete for Fulbright and German Academic
Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarships for a year of study at
a German/Austrian/Swiss university. Travel scholarships are
available.
Summer Support. Summer
financial support includes positions in teaching, advising,
research, and library work.
Special Library Facilities
The
Max Kade Center for German–American Studies in
the Sudler House preserves important materials for research into
the German heritage of the Midwest and German exiles of the Nazi
regime. The collection contains more than 10,000 volumes. The
center also houses the “Linguistic Atlas of Kansas German
Dialects,” the editorial offices for the Yearbook of German-American
Studies, an apartment for the Max Kade Professor, and space for
seminars and lectures.
The Engel German Library
is an endowed departmental library that houses an expanding
collection of standard editions, basic secondary literature,
current German periodicals, newspapers, and magazines. Tape
recordings, slides, CDs, CD-ROMs, and computer stations also
are available.
The Rainer Maria Rilke Collection
comprises more than 1,200 volumes, including all first
editions, critical editions, translations, bibliographies, criticism,
and various materials on the reception of Rilke’s works.
The collection was compiled by Dr. Henry Sagan and acquired
by KU in 1963.
Frank
Baron, Ph.D. (California– Berkeley). Literature of humanism
and of the 20th century.
Heide Crawford, Ph.D. (Penn State). Literature
of the 18th century.
William D. Keel, Ph.D. (Indiana). German
language, Germanic linguistics, and German–American studies.
Arne Koch, Ph.D. (North Carolina). Literature
of the 19th century.
Leonie Marx, Ph.D. (Illinois). Modern
German and Scandinavian literature.
Carmen Taleghani-Nikazm, Ph.D. (Texas
Austin). Sociolinguistics and second language acquisition.
Ernst
S. Dick, Ph.D. (Münster)
Henry F. Fullenwider, Ph.D. (California–Davis).
Helmut E. Huelsbergen, Ph.D. (Köln).
Warren R. Maurer, Ph.D. (California–Berkeley).
Normally,
every spring semester, a distinguished scholar in German studies
holds the Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professorship. In recent
years, the following scholars have taught in the department:
Hartmut Steinecke — Paderborn (1984)
Hugo Steger — Freiburg (1985)
Jörg-Ulrich Fechner — Bochum (1986)
Helmut Arntzen — Münster (1987)
Uwe-K. Ketelsen — Bochum (1988)
Hans Esselborn — Köln (1989)
Bernd Witte — Aachen (1990)
Rolf-Peter Janz — FU Berlin (1991)
August Stahl — Saarbrücken (1992)
Kurt Rein — Munich (1994)
Hans-Gert Roloff — FU Berlin (1995)
Walter Haug — Tübingen (1996)
Burghard Dedner — Marburg (1997)
Gert Sautermeister — Bremen (1998)
Inge Stephan — Humboldt Berlin (1999)
Klaus Mattheier — Heidelberg (2000)
Irmela von der Lühe — Göttingen (2001)
Ulrich Gaier — Konstanz (2002)
Walter Erhart — Greifswald (2003)
Ludwig Eichinger—Kiel(2004)
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