The German Program uses its diverse resources to serve the academic community and the public. We believe that all students should have the opportunity to acquaint themselves with other cultures and develop sufficient skills in the areas of speaking, listening, reading, and writing a foreign language to be able to communicate in the respective country. To that end we offer not only German language instruction up to the advanced levels, including business German, as well as literature and culture courses primarily for majors, but also courses, taught in German or English, on a variety of topics appropriate for students from all disciplines. A. Language Requirements, Minors, Cognates A significant aspect of our undergraduate program is the training of students from all disciplines in basic language proficiency required for admission and graduation. We strive to retain them for further study.
Students majoring in other fields can complete a minor in German or take cognate courses.
Business majors can minor in business German. Students in Liberal Arts can fulfill various cultural overlay and humanities requirements through courses in the field of German. To students majoring in German or participating in the European Studies program, the department offers the only comprehensive array of courses in language, literature, linguistics, film, and culture in this state. The offerings now include a three-course option entitled German for the Professions. Majors take a sequence of special courses on German language, culture, and literature gradually preparing them for the tasks of reading, comprehending, and analyzing a variety of texts in a foreign language and of communicating knowledgeably and in the language about literary, cultural, or business topics.