This
is an opportunity for students and community members to converse informally
in German each Friday evening during the semesters at a local restaurant.
The study of German is one among several options at WVU’s Department of Foreign Languages. For an overview of what the Department offers, start with the program description for WVU’s Department of Foreign Languages, concerning both the undergraduate major in foreign languages and graduate program options. Here, you will find information regarding requirements, advising, clubs and honoraries, scholarships and awards, placement tests, study tips, and more.
Degrees and Programs at WVU's Department of Foreign Languages
The Undergraduate Major in Foreign LanguagesGerman Courses at WVU - Catalog description of German, FLIT, and selected Linguistics courses.
Program options:
BFL degree program in Business and Foreign Languages:
West Virginia University’s dual degree program in Business and Foreign Languages includes an internship with a German company and enrollment for one semester at the Lippstadt International Business School. WVU’s teaching, service and research programs support the State’s activities in attracting German companies, students, and visitors to West Virginia. BS through PhD degrees in engineering, management, and the sciences are of interest to many prospective German companies. WVU researchers in economics, materials, energy and the environment, agriculture and forestry, and the medical sciences collaborate with industrial and academic colleagues in Germany.
Extracurricular Activities:
In addition to its academic offerings, the WVU Department of Foreign Languages supports or co-sponsors various extracurricular activities. The most important ones are the weekly Stammtisch, the Film Alternative, occasional German film screenings, events surrounding the annual Colloquium on Literature and Film, as well as irregularly scheduled special events.
Stammtisch:
This
is an opportunity for students and community members to converse informally
in German each Friday evening during the semesters at a local restaurant.
Where: West Virginia Brewery, Beechurst Avenue.
When: Friday, 6-8 p.m. (during semesters only)
German film screenings:
During past years, some of our teaching assistants have scheduled regular screenings of German videos. These are generally shown at Chitwood Hall. Times to be announced.
The Film Alternative is a non-profit group organized to bring quality classic and hard-to-find films to Morgantown, West Virginia. Many of these are foreign films. Membership is open to everyone. All films are provided by the West Virginia Library Commission - Film Services Division.
Special events:
The Department sponsors various activities on an irregular basis. The most recent such event was a visit by German dramatist and theater director Rainer Lewandowski who gave presentations at WVU’s Division of Theater and the Department of Foreign Languages as part of a two-week lecture tour which included the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, and Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. This visit has led to plans regarding a cultural exchange in the spring of 1998 and beyond between WVU and the Bamberg Theater. Check back for more information.
Colloquium film festival and dramatic reading - October 16-18, 1997:
On October 16-18, 1997 the WVU Department of Foreign Languages sponsors its 22nd annual Colloquium on Literature and Film, with a special festival to celebrate 100 years of cinema. The series includes the screening of a German film, Walter Ruttmann’s BERLIN, SINFONIE EINER GROSSSTADT (1927) on Thursday, October 16, in the Rhododendron room (video). The Colloquium concludes with Professor John Whitty’s dramatic reading of Rainer Lewandowski’s play Tonight Neither Hamlet on Saturday, October 18, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the Mountainlair’s Gluck Theater. Check here for the complete schedule.