Fall 2025
Please see all the courses currently being offered by GSS faculty below. For the full listing of all GSS classes, please refer to the UCSB Course Catalogue.
GERMAN PROGRAM
GER 1 - ELEMENTARY GERMAN
White, MTWR 10:00-10:50 ILP 3103
Pajak, MTWR 11:00-11:50 ILP 3207
Pajak, MTWR 1:00-1:50 GIRV 2127
Seyfert, MTWR 2:00-2:50 PHELP 5309
GER 1G - INTRO READNG GERMAN
Kommerell, MW 10:00-11:50 PHELP 6206C
GER 3 - ELEMENTARY GERMAN
Seyfert, MTWR 1:00-1:50 ILP PHELP 5309
GER 4 - INTERMEDIATE GERMAN
Reder, MTWR 10:00-10:50 ILP 3101
Pajak, MTWR 2:00-2:50 ILP 3211
GER 35 - MAKING OF MOD WORLD
Kittler, TR 3:30-4:45 CHEM 1171
GER 37 - COMPARATIVE MEDIA
Vagt, MW 9:30-10:45 BUCHN 1930
GER 101A - ADVANCED GERMAN
Reder, TR 11:00-12:15 ILP 3101
Reder, TR 12:30-1:45 ILP 3101
GER 106 - GERMAN WRITING
White, MW 11:00-12:15 ILP 3103
White, MW 12:30-1:45 ILP 3103
GER 108 - MEDIA AND POLITICS
Offert, TR 9:30-10:45 ILP 3105
GER 117 - SPECIAL TOPICS
Vagt, MW 2:00-3:15 GIRV 1108
GER 155 - CRITICAL AI
Offert, TR 12:30-1:45 ILP 1203
GER 164E - GER WRIT-KAFKA
Kittler, TR 11:00-12:15 ILP 3314
GER 187 - DEVIL IN LIT
Schewelew, MW 9:30-10:45 ILP 3207
GERMAN GRADUATE COURSES
GER 210 - WALTER BENJAMIN AND HIS READERS
Weber, R 12:00-2:50 PHELP 6206C
RUSSIAN PROGRAM
RUSS 1 - ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN
Weygandt, MWF 9:30-10:45 HSSB 1232
RUSS 4 - INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN
Weygandt, MWF 2:00-3:15 HSSB 1210
RUSS 101A - ADVANCED RUSSIAN
Weygandt, MW 11:00-12:15 HSSB 1214, F 11:00-11:50 HSSB 1214
SLAV 117G - DOSTOEVSKY
Weld, MW 12:30-1:45 TD-W 2600
SLAV 151C - LIT CENTRAL EUROPE
Lopatko, TR 11:00-12:15 ILP 3316
SLAV 187 - DEVIL IN LITERATURE
Schewelew, MW 9:30-10:45 ILP 3207
WINTER 2026
GERMAN PROGRAM
GER 1 - ELEMENTARY GERMAN
Seyfert, MTWR 11:00-11:50 PHELP 1448
Seyfert, MTWR 1:00-1:50 ILP 3205
GER 2
White, MTWR 10:00-10:50 ILP 3103
White, MTWR 11:00-11:50 ILP 3103
Pajak MTWR 2:00-2:50 ILP 3101
GER 2G - INTRO READNG GERMAN
Kommerell, MW 10:00-11:50 PHELP 6206C
GER 5 - Intermediate GERMAN
Reder, MTWR 10:00-10:50 ILP 3101
Seyfet, MTWR ILP 2:00-2:50 ILP 3205
GER 43A - Dreaming Revolution
TBA, MW 12:30-1:45 BUCHN 1930
GER 101B - ADVANCED GERMAN
Reder, TR 11:00-12:15 ILP 3101
Pajak, TR 12:30-1:45 ILP 3101
GER 105C - ADV CONVERSATION
Kommerell, MW 3:00-3:50 ILP 4105
GER 107A - HISTORY OF CULTURE
Pajak, MW 12:30-1:45 ILP 3101
GER 163 - DIG. VISUAL STUDIES
Offert, TR 11:00-12:15 ARTS 1356
GER 179C - MEDIATECHNOLOGY
Kittler, TR 3:30-4:45 TD-W 2600
GER 190 - PROSEMINAR
Weber, MW 2:00-3:15 PHELP 6206C
GERMAN GRADUATE COURSES
GER 210 - SEM LIT THEORY CRIT
TBA, W 4:00-6:50 PHELP 6206C
RUSSIAN PROGRAM
RUSS 2 - ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN
Weygandt, TWR 11:00-11:50 HSSB 1236, F 11:00-11:50 Online
RUSS 5 - INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN
Weygandt, MWF 2:00-2:50 HSSB 1206, R Online
RUSS 101B - ADVANCED RUSSIAN
Weygandt, MW 11:00-12:15 HSSB 1227, F 11:00-11:50 Online
SLAV 130B - RUSSIAN CINEMA
Razor, T 3:00-5:50 BUCHN 1940
SLAV 152B - LANGUAGE & CULTURE
Razor, T 11:00-1:50 ILP 4211
SLAV 175C - MODERN CENTRAL ASIA (placeholdered as "SLAV 175A")
Spieker, TR 3:30-4:45 GIRV 2119
SLAV 183 - CINEMAS OF C. ASIA (placeholdered as "SLAV 136")
TBA, TR 9:30-10:45 ILP 3207