Words for "class," "study," etc.

• The general word for "course" is der Kurs.
• A Vorlesung (fem.) is a lecture course, where the instructor lectures a lot and there is not very much class discussion.
• A Seminar (neut.) is a course, usually more advanced, with a great emphasis on discussion, and involving student presentations and term papers.
• A lab section is a Labor (neut.).
• A lower level language class is a Übung (fem.).

Words for the majors.

For other disciplines, more information, or to get an idea of how specific course titles may be translated, try combining dictionary work with a look at the on-line catalogs and schedules of German
universities. For example, the University of Frankfurt fields of study are at http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/zsb/stud_ang.htm.
Or try web searches with the term “Vorlesungsverzeichnis.” For example, here is the "Kommentiertes Vorlesungsverzeichnis" (schedule of classes with course descriptions) of the psychology department at Marburg for the Winter Semester, 2000-01.

Camden Majors Translated

• Art Kunst
• Art History Kunstgeschichte
• Biology Biologie
• Business Betriebswirtschaft
• Chemistry Chemie
• Computer Science Informatik
• Criminal Justice Kriminologie (may not be an exact equivalent)
• Economics Wirtschaftswissenschaft
• English Anglistik 
• French Französisch (neut.) or Romanistik
• German Deutsch (neut.) or Germanistik
• History Geschichte
• Mathematics Mathematik
• Music Musik
• Nursing Krankenpflege (although this is not a university major in Germany)
• Philosophy Philosophie
• Physics Physik
• Political Science Politikwissenschaft
• Psychology Psychologie
• Social Work Sozialarbeit
• Sociology Soziologie
• Spanish Spanisch (neut.), or Hispanistik, possibly Lateinamerikanistik
• Theater Arts Theaterwissenschaft
• Urban Studies Urbanistik or Großstadtforschung

• Law Jura (never used with an article)
• Medicine Medizin