在与该计划的教职顾问协商后，学生可以从历史，文学，音乐，哲学，政治学，社会学以及戏剧和舞蹈系提供的许多核心课程中设计个人学习计划。如果其他课程直接涉及德语学习，则可以将其纳入其他课程，包括其他部门提供的课程。考虑主修或辅修的学生应尽早咨询德文研究学院的一名成员。学生必须具备德语能力（两年的大学水平的语言课程或同等水平），然后才能参加某些必修的高级课程。建议学生在课程开始时达到此水平的能力。强烈建议所有德文研究学生将海外学习作为其计划的组成部分。UC海外教育计划（EAP）在柏林和波茨坦进行正式的学习计划，范
German studies is an interdisciplinary program that offers both a major and a minor for students with broad academic interests in the German-speaking world. In consultation with the program director and undergraduate adviser, students design individual plans of study from the many core courses offered in the Departments of History, Literature, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology, and Theatre and Dance. Further courses, including some offered by other departments, may be incorporated into the student's program if they bear directly on German studies. Students considering a major or minor should consult a member of the German studies faculty as early as possible.<br><br>Students need to attain competence in German (two years of university-level language courses or the equivalent) before they can take certain required upper-division courses. It is recommended that students attain this level of competence early in the program.