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The Department of Germanic & Slavic Studies is planning on offering RUSS 102 - Elementary Russian 2 in Winter 2026 depending on student interest. 

If you are interested in continuing learning Russian and would like to take RUSS 102 in Winter 2026, please email the department's Undergraduate Office (gssugrad@uwaterloo.ca) as soon as possible to let us know. Sufficient student enrolment is required to offer the course.

Pre-requisite: RUSS 101 or instructor permission.

 

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DAAD – German Academic Exchange Service invites students and faculty from German language and/or culture programs to join them for an online information session about scholarship and grant programs of relevance to German language learners and those students whose research includes aspects of  German culture, politics, economics or society.

Thursday, October 2, 2025, from 2 to 3pm EDT (11am to noon PDT)

To join the DAAD for this webinar, please register here.

We proudly present to you the Winter 2023 Golden Boar Awards.

Thinking of going on the Canadian Summer School in Germany Program?
Read this report by Hannah A. Uitvlugt-Rafuse (Frau Hannah) - Honours BA German, APPLS Minor

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The Department of Germanic & Slavic Studies offers German language courses at all levels - from beginners to advanced language courses. Many of these offerings are designed as flexible online courses.

Students who already have some German-language skills or students with native, near-native or similar advanced ability should contact the Germanic & Slavic Studies Undergraduate Office for enrollment advice.

Winter 2022
GER 101 - on-campus and online
GER 102 - on-campus and online
GER 201 - on-campus

GER 383 - Culture in the Third Reich: Racism, Resistance, Legacy: An examination of German culture during the Nazi period (1933-1945). The course will analyze representations of Nazi ideology in the arts (film, art, architecture, and propaganda), the literature of exile and "inner emigration," and the impact of the Nazi legacy on post-war German culture.

Taught in English.

The Department of Germanic & Slavic Languages offers on-campus and online courses in DUTCH language and culture.

DUTCH 101 Elementary Dutch 1 (on-campus 4pm to 5:20pm Tuesdays & Thursdays)

DUTCH 271 Dutch Culture and Society (online; taught in English)

 

And the Boar Award goes to ...

We proudly present to you the Fall 2021 Golden Boar Awards!

The Award Ceremony will take place on December 7, 2021, 5-7 pm, EST on Zoom.

GER 303 - Interactive German Language and Culture develops German language skills and cultural awareness. Discussions include such topics as Heimat, nation, migration, and study abroad. Students will engage with and reflect on different social and cultural perspectives through interviews, videos, and texts. Online interactions, including with people in and from Germany, form an integral part of the course.