German Graduate Program

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German Faculty

Beate Allert, Ph.D.,
University of California Berkeley *Enlightenment
*Romanticism
*Literary Theory
*Discourses of Visuality
*Gender Studies
*Comparative Literature
*Film

Joachim Noob, Ph.D.,
University of Oregon
*19th- and 20th century German and Austrian Literature and Culture

Herbert Rowland, Ph.D.,
University of Oregon
*18th- and early-19th-century Literature
*(on leave fall semesters)

John D. Sundquist Ph.D.,
Indiana University
*German Philology
*Linguistics
*Second Language Acquisition

Jennifer William Ph.D.,
Ohio State University
*East German Literature
*Film
*Jewish Studies
*20th-century Literature

Joseph A. Wipf, PhD.,
Ohio State University
*Foreign Language Acquisition
*Applied Linguistics
*Teacher Preparation
*(on leave spring semesters)

There are related programs in:
Film, Jewish Studies, and Comparative Literature. In addition to social gatherings and special events, the German Club and the International Center at Purdue often organize dinners, sports activities, concerts, lectures and outings. We have a weekly Kaffeestunde and everyone who speaks German is cordially invited!

German Graduate Program

The German section at Purdue consists of five tenured or tenure-track professors, one visiting assistant professor, the undergraduate advisor, and one lecturer. There are also approximately fifteen teaching assistants offering basic and intermediate language courses.

The Department offers various tracks:

German literature and culture,or linguistics and second language acquisition in German. Our teaching assistants receive excellent professional training.

They are already immersed into teaching undergraduate students while pursuing their own graduate studies and they are being prepared for the teaching profession in praxis-oriented and theoretically sound ways. Most of our graduate students are supported by teaching assistantships and fellowships, especially for the writing of their doctoral dissertations, in a competitive basis. They are an international, diverse, and wonderfully dynamic group.

There is a chapter of the German national honorary, Delta Phi Alpha, on campus. We are also equipped with state-of-the-art technology, and have media assistants on staff.

Purdue University is a public, land-grant university and a member of the Big Ten Conference. Enrollment is approximately 38,000 students (31,000 undergraduate and 7,000 graduate).

The large, beautifully landscaped campus is located in West Lafayette , Indiana , along the Waba sh River .

The University Libraries contain book and periodical collections of more than 2 million volumes. Local library resources are supplemented by the millions of items of research materials held by the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago , which offers faculty and students access to their materials.

Admissions

Applications are accepted for the Graduate Program at Purdue University throughout the year. Scores on the General Test of the Graduate Record Examination are required for all US citizens and permanent residents. For international applicants whose native language is not English, the results of the Test of English as a Foreign Language must be submitted to the Graduate School.

For more information regarding admissions please visit the Graduate School web site at: http://www.purdue.edu/GradSchool

Purdue University
Department of ForeignLanguages & Literatures

640 Oval Drive
West Lafayette , IN 47907-2039
765-94-3841

Betty Lewis
Graduate Secretary
betty@purdue.edu

Prof. Beate Allert - Chair allert@purdue.edu

Prof. John Sundquist - Coordinator sundquist@purdue.edu