Other Departments of the University

Courses in other departments of the University are primarily of interest to students who pass the University's German Language Proficiency Exam. Most disciplines offer a series of introductory courses that recur each semester. Since attendance for the entire semester is often required to earn credit, students who are only in Heidelberg for the fall term may not be able to enroll in some of these classes.
Please note: Most disciplines offer a series of introductory courses that recur each semester. Yet all other courses vary from semester to semester. There is thus no way of predicting which courses will be offered during the semester you are in Heidelberg. The University catalog listing course titles for a semester is nearly 300 pages long. It will not be published until about 4 weeks after you have arrived in Heidelberg. The following list of courses is offered for those students wishing to draw up a draft course list with their study abroad advisor prior to their departure from the U.S.

 

These are some of the courses recently taken by AJY students:
Course Semester Hours Credit
Art History
The Age of French Classicism:
Architecture, Interior Decorating, Urbanism, Garden Art		 2
Memorializing War and Victims of War in Art:
Anti-War Images from Goya to Hrdlicka		 2
Color Photography 2
Introduction to the Art History of India 2
Drawing: the Head, the Figure, the Nude  2
Biology
Biology I, Biology II 3/3
Zoology 4
Physics for Biologists 4
Introduction to Biochemistry 3
Introduction to the History of Medicine 2
Introduction to Neurobiology 3
Chemistry
Introduction to Physical Chemistry I, II 7/6
Introduction to General Chemistry 3
Green Chemistry 2
Communications
Language and Power: An Introduction to Critical Discourse Analysis 2
Critical Approaches to Media Culture 2
Earth Sciences
Introduction to Special Paleontology 4
Introduction to Ecology 2
The Pacific Ocean 1
Economics
Introduction to Macroeconomics 6
Introduction to Microeconomics 8
General Methods of Statistics 5
Theory of Financial Markets 4
Environmental Economics 2
Introduction to Economic Policy 4
Current Issues in German Economic Policy 3
Growth Theory 4
Stabilization Policy 3
Information Science for Economists 4
International Finance 5
Monetary Theory 2
Government Economic Activities 2
International Economic Relations 2
Education
Germany's Educational System 3
Education in Sociopolitical Evolution 2
Principles of Teaching English as a Foreign Language 2
Education in the Third World 2
Internships at a German School 3
English
Multilingualism 2
Introduction to Shakespeare's Comedies: "As You Like IT" and Midsummer Night's Dream" 2
American Literature: Post-World War II 2
British and Irish Drama 1970-2005 2
British Novels from the 1880s to the Second World War 2
Ernest Hemingway: "The Old Man and the Sea"(1952) and "The First Forty-Nine Stories"(1938) 2
An Introduction to 20th Century American Poetry 2
Close Relations: the UK, the USA, and the EU 2
Ireland 2000 2
Cinema and Society in Britain 2
British History 1509-1837/1837-2001 2/2
Introduction to American Poetry 2
American Modernism 2
The Beginnings of Victorian ism (1830s and 1840s) 2
Ethnology
Introduction to Enthology 3
Traditional Healing and Modernity 3
German
Introduction to Middle High German 3
Introduction to Linguistics 2
Sociolinguistics of German I: Standard German 2
The Standard German Language 2
Totalitarianism and Literature in the 20th Century 3
Rilke: 'Studenbuch' and 'Buch der Bilder' 2
Medieval German and Narratives of God and the Devil 2
Rainer Maria Rilke and Paul Valery 4
History

Germans after 1945: In the World of the Cold War 1945-1963 3
Beliefs, Rites, Witchcraft, Religion, and Daily Life in the Early Modern Era 2
The Superpower: History of the U.S. in the 20th Century 2
The Chancellors of the Weimar Republic 2
Eastern European History 1945-1968 2
Europe Between Restoration and Revolution 1815-1849 3
u.S. Foreign Policy 1949-1990 3
Islam, the State, and Minority Rights in Pakistan and Iran 2
Cultural Politics in Nazi Germany 2
Greek History: Alexander the Great to Cleopatra 2
Europe in the Age of Reformation 3
Political Propaganda in the Soviet Union 1917-1945 2
Politics and Ideology of the Taliban and Pro-Taliban Organizations in Afghanistan and South Asia 3
Islamic Studies
Islam, ethics, and Scholarship: Current Topics 2
The Culture and Civilization of Israel and Palestine 2
Jewish Studies
German and Jewish Historiography of the Holocaust 4
Jewish Holidays in Rabbinical Era 2
History of the Jews in Eastern Europe 1200-1939 3
Introduction to Yiddish Language and Literature 2
Law

Introduction to Private Law 3
Civil Law 3
European Law 3
Math and Computer Science

Analysis II 7
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence 2
Algorithms and Data Structures 6
Linear Algebra I 8
Introduction to ACCESS 4
 
Modern Languages

Dutch I 6
The Netherlands as a Multicultural Country 2
Czech I, II 4
French I, II, III 4
French Conversation 1
Italian I, II, III, IV 4
Portuguese I, II 4
Russian I, II, III, IV 4
Spanish I, II, II 4
Women in Latin America 2
Swedish I, II 2
Music

History of the Serenade 2
   
Philosophy

Introduction to Political Philosophy 2
German Aesthetic Philosophy (Kant and Schopenhauer) in Literature 3
Hegel: Phenomenology of the Spirit 3
Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil 3
Plato's "Gorgias" 3
Philosophical Perception: Kant and Hegel 3
 
Physics and Astronomy

Physics I (Mechanics and Thermodynamics ) 9
Physics for Biologists 4
Physics A/ Physics B 3
Dynamic Atomic and Molecular Reactions 2
Physics Exhibit: Man, Nature, and Technology 3
Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics 2
 
Political Science

The Political System of the Federal Republic of Germany 2
Theory and Practice of European Integration and of Government in the EU 3
State and Society in South Asia: Order, Anarchy, and Governability 3
New Challenges to Peace and Conflict Research 3
Introduction to International Relations 4
The Impact of German Reunification on German and European Politics 2
The Future of the European Union 3
German Foreign Policy 2
Conflict and Cooperation in South Asia 2
Economics and Society: A Political Perspective 2
 
Psychology

The Neuropsychology of Emotion, Stress, and Pain 3
Introduction to Psychology I: Perception, Psychomotor Skills, Memory 2
The Psychology of Language 3
Early Childhood 3
The Psychology of Intuition 3
Religion
Eros: Reason vs. Passion 2
Medicine and Sexual Ethics 2
The Concept of Responsibility in Philosophy, Law, and History 2
Theology of the Old Testament from the View of Women 2
Churches and Denominations in Europe and the U.S. from the Enlightenment until the Present 4
Church and Theology HIstory III: The Reformation 4
New Religious Movements in Germany and the U.S. 2
Theology and Works of Martin Luther 4
History of Theology in the 20th Century 3
 
Sociology
The Person and the Social System 2
Sociology of the Family 2
Violence in the Federal Republic of Germany 2
The Social Structure of the Federal Republic of Germany 4
Tolerance in Contemporary Germany 2