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Duluth Campus
German Studies B.A.
Foreign Languages & Literatures
College of Liberal Arts
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Requirements for this program are current for Spring 2008.
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Required credits to graduate with this degree: 120.
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Required credits within the major: 24 to 44.
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Degree: Bachelor of Arts.
This program introduces and explores in detail the culture of German speaking countries, with an emphasis on contemporary issues. The political and social background that produced this culture is seen through literature, the arts, essays, film, and journalistic reportage. German, long the language of science and philosophy, now provides the window to Eastern Europe and its emerging new institutions and relationships. German is thus important in history, law, political science, economics, and business, and German studies majors are encouraged to declare a second major in such a complementary field.
Honors Requirements: Departmental honors will be granted to students according to the following process. Students who achieve a 3.30 GPA in upper division language courses at UMD will be invited by program faculty to submit a portfolio of excellent work done in the language for consideration by faculty in the program. The faculty then will decide if honors is to be awarded based on that portfolio.
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Admission Requirements
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For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
Office of Admissions Web site.
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General Requirements
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All students are required to complete general University and college
requirements including writing and liberal education courses.
For more information about this college's requirements, see
Colleges and
Schools
on the Duluth Web site and the
liberal education program.
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Program Requirements
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Requirements for the B.A. in German include:
¿ Liberal education requirements: Students are encouraged to take LING 1811 (Category 2), ENGL 1907 (Category 9).
German majors and minors are exempt from the international perspectives requirement.
¿ SSP 1000 - Introduction to College Learning (1 cr)
or CLA 1001 - Learning Community Integrative Seminar (1 cr)
¿ Advanced writing requirement: COMP/WRIT 3100; a different advanced composition course may be substituted with the approval of the student's adviser
¿ A minor or a second major from another area of study
¿ Study abroad is encouraged for all students and the department makes every effort to facilitate such experiences in cooperation with the Office of International Education and through its own program, when feasible.
¿ Oral proficiency exam required
Note: Students pursuing both the B.A. and the B.A.A. degrees in German must satisfactorily complete 12 non-overlapping upper division credits of German electives over and above the requirements for both degrees. Core (0-20 cr)
The language skills core
(listening, speaking, reading, and writing) is common to all German studies majors and minors. Students may be exempted from part of the core requirement if they have previously completed studies in German. Exemption is negotiated with the department and based on acceptance of transfer credits and work done in secondary school. As a rule students with 3 years of high school German enter the sequence at the intermediate German level and be exempted from GER 1101-1102.
Take 0 - 20 credit(s) from the following:
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GER 1101 - Beginning German I, LE CAT3 (4.0 cr)
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GER 1102 - Beginning German II, LE CAT3 (4.0 cr)
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GER 1201 - Intermediate German I, LE CAT3 (4.0 cr)
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GER 1202 - Intermediate German II, LEIP CAT03 (4.0 cr)
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GER 2301 - Advanced German, LEIP CAT03 (4.0 cr)
Upper Division (24 cr)
To enroll in these courses a student must have earned a grade of C or better in 2301, or be concurrently enrolled in 2301, or have instructor's permission.
A minimum of 24 credits must be completed in the major, and 12 of those 24 credits must be taken in the department.
With adviser consent, elective courses taken abroad count toward the German studies major.
Take 6 or more course(s) totaling 24 or more credit(s) from the following:
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GER 3031 - German Language Study Abroad I (1.0-5.0 cr)
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GER 3032 - German Language Study Abroad II (1.0-5.0 cr)
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GER 3040 - Culture of Germany Studied in Germany (4.0 cr)
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GER 3045 - German Culture and Civilization Study Abroad I (1.0-5.0 cr)
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GER 3046 - German Culture and Civilization Study Abroad II (1.0-5.0 cr)
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GER 3047 - German Culture and Civilization Study Abroad III (1.0-5.0 cr)
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GER 3048 - German Culture and Civilization Study Abroad IV (1.0-5.0 cr)
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GER 3302 - Advanced Composition and Conversation (4.0 cr)
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GER 3401 - Introduction to Literary Studies (4.0 cr)
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GER 3403 - Page and Stage: German Theater and Performance (4.0 cr)
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GER 3405 {Inactive}
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GER 3406 {Inactive}
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GER 3591 - Independent Study (1.0-4.0 cr)
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GER 4095 - Special Topics: (Various Titles to be Assigned) (1.0-4.0 cr)
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GER 4202 {Inactive}
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GER 4302 - German Women Writers and Filmmakers (4.0 cr)
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GER 4305 - German Cinema (4.0 cr)
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GER 4404 - Contemporary Germany (4.0 cr)
Courses From Other Programs
With adviser approval, one course which complements the German studies major may be taken from another department or program. If a one-credit shortfall from the required total of 24 credits results, the department waives that credit. Such courses include, but are not limited to:
Take 0 or more course(s) from the following:
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ARTH 3370 - European Art, 1900-1945 (3.0 cr)
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HIST 3243 - Europe in Crisis in the 20th Century (3.0 cr)
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POL 3517 - Western European Political Systems (4.0 cr)
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