German Studies at California State University Fresno offers courses in German language, culture, literature and film.
It helps promote the German language and German Minor program here at Fresno State.
08/24/2023
German 1A and 2A students celebrated the first day of school with Schultüten filled with German treats and a little pig to wish them all a happy and successful start to the new semester!
Schultüten, or school bags, are traditionally given on the first day of school in Germany. Pigs are gifted as a symbol of good luck. The Schultüten are traditionally filled with school supplies and treats to sweeten the start of the new school year 🎉🐷
03/27/2023
Schwein gehabt!
Prospective students received little pigs as symbols of luck, Haribo gummy bears and German stickers at Fresno State Preview Day 2023 🇩🇪🇺🇲
01/24/2023
Welcoming German Students to the Spring 2023 Semester with German Kinder Chocolates!
Trans:
First day of the semester?
Child's play for you!
Because you are AWESOME and you know it!
Good luck :)
11/03/2022
Need a GE Area C2 Class for Spring 2023?
Register for German 1B TODAY!
(No Prior German Knowledge Required):
1. German 1B In-Person
Course Registration Number: 33964
MW 10-11:50am
OR
2. German 1B Online
Course Registration Number: 33965
No Zoom meetings
No Textbooks
Take-Home and Open Note Exams
11/02/2022
Fresno State is holding its annual Day of Giving from 5:00AM on Wednesday, November 2 until 12:51PM on Thursday, November 3. This year, Day of Giving will last for 1,911 minutes in honor of the University's founding year.
About Day of Giving:
This is the 6th Annual Day of Giving. This online fundraiser rallies alumni, friends and the greater Bulldog community to make an impact on student success by giving to the areas they care about most. You can impact our next generation of leaders and support German Studies in the Central Valley by making a gift to the Fresno State German Program.
How to Donate:
If you would like to make a donation to the German Program, please use this link:https://bit.ly/DOGFAC2022 .
Click on "Departments, Centers, and Institutes." Then Click on "Fund Designation" and select "Other" in the drop down menu and write in "the German Program".
Danke! Thank you for supporting the German Program!
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10/31/2022
Register for Spring 2023!
Need a GE Area C2 Class?
Register for German 1B:
In-Person MW 10-11:50am
Course Registration: 33964
Online
Course Registration: 33965
No Textbooks, Zero Cost, Take-Home and Open Note Exams and tons of FUN!
10/31/2022
Happy Halloween and 100 Year Anniversary of Nosferatu!
Students celebrated with popcorn, Haribo gummy bears, vampire coloring activities and a special screening of the first vampire film, Nosferatu. Nosferatu, released in 1922, was directed by F.W. Murnau and is considered to be a German cinematic masterpiece and horror classic 🦇
09/21/2022
Come join us for a fun Oktoberfest Celebration!
October 4th, 2022
4-5pm
Library Room 2134
08/22/2022
Welcome to the Fall 2022 Semester!
German students were welcomed back to campus with Schultüten. A German tradition of gifting school cones filled with sweets and school supplies to celebrate the first day of school 🎉
05/04/2022
Congrats to Dr. Becirbegovic, who recently received the Provost’s Award for 2021-22. Read her story here:
Genocide survivor teaches lessons from the holocaust “As we finally crossed the border into Germany, the bus stopped. People got out and ran to a nearby grocery store to buy something to eat,” Becirbegovic said. “We were starving, but didn’t have an…
03/20/2022
Hungry for some German recipes? Check out this German cooking video premiere on Monday, March 21st at 3pm.
Dr. B and her sous chef, Edo, making Käsespätzle:
German Käsespätzle and Classic Italian Antipasto: Bruschetta Dr. Amila Becirbegovic and Edo show us how to make Käsespätzle, a traditional German cheese dish popular throughout Germany. Then, learn to make Italian bru...
12/08/2021
Register for the following Spring 2022 GE courses:
German 1B (GE Area C2)
Fully ONLINE (asynchronous)
Course Registration Number: 37090
German 2A (GE Area C2)
Fully ONLINE (asynchronous) or IN-PERSON (MW 11-11:50am)
Course Registration Number: 37202
German 2B (GE Area C2)
Fully ONLINE (asynchronous) or IN-PERSON (MW 11-11:50am)
Course Registration Number: 32421
HUM 120 (GE Area IC)
Fully ONLINE (asynchronous)
Course Registration Number: 37922
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