Teaching credential candidates must complete the Professional Education Program in addition to other requirements for a teaching credential. Consult a department credential advisor for details. In addition, the German Club on campus allows students to socialize with others of similar interests. The CSUS chapter of Delta Phi Alpha, the national German honorary society, gives recognition and awards to outstanding students and scholars. The German area maintains modern language laboratory facilities, a departmental library, and a collection of instructional materials.
Students receive tutorial help from graduate exchange students and other graduate students.
36 Courses in parentheses are prerequisites. There are no specific German course requirements. German course in consultation with a faculty advisor. Only one course from the 140 series may count toward the major. Candidates must contact the German Credential Program Coordinator, in the Department of Foreign Languages, to have their transcripts reviewed, to schedule an oral interview in German and to assess their subject matter competency.