Advanced Standing students are eligible to apply for a fourth-year Masters program in German. Students planning this course of study should consult with the Head Tutor as early as possible. Application is through the usual application to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and occurs in the fall of the third year of residence. Applicants should specify that they are applying for the A.B.-A.M. program.

Candidates for admission need not receive the A.B. degree with honors, but they must demonstrate both commitment to and accomplishment in the study of German literature and cultural history through a concentration in German or through substantial elective course work in German and/or in literary study in general. Candidates must also demonstrate proficiency in German.

Admission to the program and receipt of the fourth-year A.M. degree do not automatically entitle students to further study in the department. Anyone wishing to pursue a Ph.D. in German must file a second application with the Graduate School.

Program requirements:

a. Satisfactory completion (no grade lower than B-, more A’s than B’s) of an approved program of eight half-courses in German to be bracketed for the A.M. degree. These bracketed courses are normally all taken during the fourth year of undergraduate residence. However, it is possible to bracket courses for the A.M. degree that are taken in previous years, but no one course may be counted toward both degrees, and brackets can neither be added nor removed after the fact.

b. Four of the eight half-courses must be in the group designated in Courses of Instruction as "primarily for graduates." No courses below the 100-level (i.e., courses from the group designated "for undergraduates and graduates") can count toward degree requirements.

c. Two of the half-courses must consist of the Proseminar and a seminar.

d. One half-course must be wholly or partly linguistic/philological in character.

e. With the approval of the Head Tutor, courses offered in other departments that deal primarily with topics in German literature and cultural history may count toward satisfaction of the degree requirements.

f. There is no A.M. examination or thesis.