Minor

Minor in German

A minor in German requires 18 hours of course work on the 200-level and above. Go here for course descriptions.

a maximum of two courses on the 200-level:
- GERM 210 Intermediate German
- GERM 211 Intermediate German
- GERM 280 Survey of German Culture (taught in English)
- GERM 290 The German Middle Ages (taught in English)
- GERM 295 German Green Technologies (taught in English)

four courses on the 300-level and above:
- GERM 310 German Conversation
- GERM 311 German Conversation and Composition
- GERM 316 German for Business and Other Professions
- GERM 320 German Kabarett
- GERM 333 Study of German Abroad
- GERM 340 Readings in German Literature
- GERM 398 Selected Topics (taught in English)
- GERM 401P Practicum in Teaching German to Young Children
- GERM 411 Advanced Language Practice in German
- GERM 416 Advanced German for Business and Other Professions
- GERM 420 German Lit. and Culture of the Middle Ages & Early Modern Period
- GERM 430 The Age of Goethe
- GERM 440 German Literature and Culture of the 19^th Century
- GERM 450 German Literature from 1890-1945
- GERM 460 Post-War and Contemporary German Literature
- GERM 500 Survey of German Culture
- GERM 510 Advanced German Grammar
- GERM 515 Introduction to German Linguistics
- GERM 516 History of the German Language
- GERM 580 Topics in German Film (taught in English)
- GERM 598 Selected Topics in German
Germ 401P may only be taken once for credit towards the minor.
All six courses can be taken above the 300-level.
Only one German course taught in English (GERM 280, 290, 295, 398, 580) counts toward the minor.
Business majors are encouraged to enroll in GERM 316, GERM 411 and GERM 416.
A maximum of six hours of GERM 333, Summer Study Abroad, applies to the German minor.Transfer credit from study in the exchange programs with Bamberg and Wittenberg can be included in the German minor.
Students who begin their German minor with knowledge in German and who are placed into the 300-level or higher may petition for credit-by-examination (for a maximum of 6 credits).
The student who wants to become proficient in communication skills would, most likely, take the sequence 310, 311, 411. 510.

Dr. Yvonne Ivory	777-2658
or
Dr. Wiebke Strehl	777-4883

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