Several courses in the College of Education also are required, as is one semester of student teaching in the senior year. Contact the College of Education, Division of Curriculum and Instruction, for more information. The following checkpoints list the minimum requirements students must complete by certain semesters in order to stay on the University's four-year graduation plan. Participating students register for the following courses. Honors students are expected to engage in readings and discussions in German literature and culture and to write essays in German and English.
Students meet with their faculty director of studies on a regular basis.
The program concludes with presentation of an honors thesis to a faculty committee of at least three members. The department offers a number of opportunities for students who wish to study German. Students who have had experience with the language should take the German Foreign Language Placement Test, offered during summer orientation programs and monthly by Evaluation and Examination Service. The test helps determine the level at which a student should begin German language study at The University of Iowa. Students who wish to use German to satisfy the foreign language requirement of the General Education Program can choose from a number of course sequences.