Degree Description

Undergraduate Degrees in German, B.A., B.S. Education

Upon completion of the baccalaureate degree (B.A.) in German, students are expected to:

Attain language proficiency levels congruent with national professional standards published by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages;
Demonstrate understanding of the aesthetic qualities and socio-historical contexts of a set of representative texts from German culture;
Be able to employ different interpretive approaches;
Know the cultural history and social realities of at least one target culture society, most likely Austrian or German.

The exact course requirements and course descriptions are here.
A German major requires 27 credit hours at 300 and 400 level.
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The Foreign Language Education major in the College of Education is a competitive four-year program that offers licensure in German. Students who enroll in the major are eligible for a multi-age (3-21) teaching license, providing they have a 2.8 cumulative grade point average, a 2.8 grade point average in the specialization, and have passed Praxis II content examinations.