Eight-Semester Plan for B.A. in German

Major Program Guide For: B.A. in German
Suggested Course Sequence

  • Total for Degree: 120 Credit Hours
  • Total Hours of Prerequisites: 6 Credit Hours
  • Students need a second major, minor or approved program.  This suggested sequence shows a History minor (21 hrs.). Students must maintain a 2.75 GPA in the major.  No grade below a C for any required course in the major will be accepted.  Since courses above 302 are not offered every year, in many cases a German major should take whatever upper level courses are offered in a given semester, provided he or she meets the prerequisites and corequisites (generally 301 or 302).
Freshman Year
Fall
Spring
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours
GER 101 Exp. Ger I 3 GER 102 Exp. Ger II 3
ENGL 101 Comp I 3 ENGL 102 Comp II 3
  190 First Year Seminar 3 P1   Social Sciences 3
P3   History 3 P5   Arts 3
C2 101 Math. Concepts 3 C3   Oral Comm 3
 
Sophomore Year
Fall
Spring
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours
GER 231 Int. Ger. I 3 GER 232 Int. Ger. II 3
C5   Sciences 1 3 P6   World Cultures 3
P1   Social Sci. 3 C5   Sciences 3
C4     3     Gen. Elective 3
HIST 221 European Hist to 1517 3 HIST 222 European Hist. since 1517 3

 

Junior Year
Fall
Spring
Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours
GER 301 Ger. for Everyday Use I 3 GER 302 Ger. for Everyday Use II 3
GER 321 Ger Civ I 3 GER 310 Poetry & Prose 3
Upper Level P4 300   3 GER 322 Ger. Civ. II 3
HIST 330 Modern Germany 3 HIST 300-400   3
HIST 300-400   3     General Elective 3
**English minor is 18 hours exclusive of ENGL 300 and those approved for LS credit.
Senior Year
Fall
Spring
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours
GER 401 Cont. Features 3 GER 431 Studs. Ger. Lit. 3
GER 393 Sp. Topics (via Dist. Educ.) 3 HIST 300-400   3
HIST 300-400   3     General Elective 3
HIST 300-400   3     General Elective 3
PHIL 307 19th C. Phil. 3     General Elective 3

NOTES:

  • Total for Degree: 120 Credit Hours
  • Total Hours of Prerequisites: 6 Credit Hours
  • Students need a second major, minor or approved program.  This suggested sequence shows a History minor (21 hrs.). Students must maintain a 2.75 GPA in the major.  No grade below a C for any required course in the major will be accepted.  Since courses above 302 are not offered every year, in many cases a German major should take whatever upper level courses are offered in a given semester, provided he or she meets the prerequisites and corequisites (generally 301 or 302).
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