德文地区研究集中于历史，国际关系和比较经济学的相关课程，以及德文文学，文化和语言课程。德文知识史集中于其他领域的教职人员，例如哲学，历史，政府，人类学，心理学，音乐等。学生可以专注于主题或中世纪到现在的历史时期。该专业的重点通常是思想的历史，如德文书面文件中所反映。学生还可以集中精力学习德文电影。专注于日耳曼语言学的目的是确保熟悉语言学和语言学研究的基本工具，并为学生提供所选专业领域的透彻知识。学生可能会关注以下一项或多项内容：现代德语的结构，德语的历史，比较日耳曼语言学和较旧的日耳曼语言。
The concentration in German area studies combines relevant courses in history, international relations, and comparative economics with courses in German literature, culture, and language.The concentration in German intellectual history draws on faculty members of other fields such as philosophy, history, government, anthropology, psychology, music, etc. Students may concentrate on a theme or in a historical period from the Middle Ages to the present. The focus of the major is generally on the history of ideas as reflected in German written documents. Students may also concentrate in German cinema studies. The concentration in Germanic linguistics aims to ensure familiarity with the basic tools of research in linguistics and philology and to provide the student with a thorough knowledge of selected areas of specialization. Students may focus on one or more of the following: the structure of modern German, the history of German, comparative Germanic linguistics, and the older Germanic languages.