Undergraduate Degrees

Department Major Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts

Required courses, Lower divisionUnits
GERM 101German I4
GERM 102German II4
GERM 201German III, Conversation and Composition, or
GERM 211German III, Reading Emphasis 4
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 GermanDrama4, 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 375German Intellectual Perspectives4
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, 325, 410, 420 and 470, and one course in the structure of the German language.

Department Minor Requirements

For the lower division, 101 German I, 102 German II, 201 German III, Conversation and Composition or 211 German III, Reading Emphasis, 221 Conversational German IV or equivalent (by test) are required. For the upper division, four courses (16 units) in one of the three areas of concentration: Literature and Culture, Business and Culture, or Language and Culture, are required.

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.

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