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Undergraduate Degrees

Major Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in German

Required courses, Lower divisionUnits
GERM 101German I4
GERM 102German II4
GERM 201German III, Conversation and Composition, or
GERM 211German III, Reading Emphasis4
GERM 221Conversational German IV4
(or an equivalent 16 units)

Required courses, Upper divisionUnits
Eight courses are required; one of either:
GERM 320Composition and Conversation on Contemporary Affairs, or
GERM 325Composition and Conversation in Cultural History4

two from:
GERM 330Introduction to Literary Studies4
GERM 351Colloquium on Drama4
GERM 352Colloquium on Poetry4
GERM 353Colloquium on Prose4

both:
GERM 410Profile of German Literature I4
GERM 420Profile of German Literature II4

one of either:
GERM 430Age of Goethe, or
GERM 460Expressionism to the Present4

two from:
GERM 310Business German I4
GERM 311Business German II4
GERM 335Applied German Drama4, max 8
GERM 346German Folklore and Popular Culture4
GERM 36020th Century German Prose: Texts and Films4
GERM 370Literature and Culture in Vienna at the Turn of the Century4
GERM 372Literature and Culture in Berlin of the 1920s4
GERM 465Germany East and West4
GERM 466The German Speaking Nations4
GERM 470Advanced Composition and Stylistics4
Majors must do all the reading in German for those courses taught in English.

Teaching Major Requirements

Twelve lower division units are required. For the upper division, eight courses are required, including GERM 320, GERM 325, GERM 410, GERM 420 and GERM 470, and one course in the structure of the German language.

German Minor Requirements

Required courses, Lower divisionUnits
GERM 101German I4
GERM 102German II4
GERM 201German III, Conversation and Composition, or
GERM 211German III, Reading Emphasis4
GERM 221Conversational German IV, or the equivalent by test4

Required courses, Upper Division
Four courses -- 16 units in one of the three areas of concentration.

Literature and Culture
GERM 320 (4) or GERM 325 (4); one course from GERM 330 (4), GERM 351 (4), GERM 352 (4), GERM 353 (4); one course from GERM 410 (4), GERM 420 (4), GERM 430 (4), GERM 460 (4); one course from GERM 275 (4), GERM 335 (4), GERM 346 (4), GERM 360 (4), GERM 370 (4), GERM 372 (4), GERM 465 (4), GERM 466 (4).

Business and Culture
GERM 320 (4) or GERM 325 (4), GERM 310 (4), GERM 311 (4) and one course from: GERM 275 (4), GERM 346 (4), GERM 360 (4), GERM 370 (4), GERM 372 (4), GERM 465 (4), GERM 466 (4), GERM 470 (4).

Language and Culture
GERM 320 (4) or GERM 325 (4), GERM 470 (4) and two courses from the following: GERM 335 (4), GERM 351 (4), GERM 352 (4), GERM 353 (4), GERM 410 (4), GERM 420 (4), GERM 430 (4), GERM 460 (4), GERM 466 (4).

Sequence

A placement test is required of all students resuming German after high school courses in German; credit is allowed for all college work taken above the level established by this test.