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Modern Languages Department
German BA
Program Requirements
 

Modern Languages and Literatures


French, German, or Spanish Major - Arts and Sciences, B.A. Degree

36-49cr

Language and Literature Track
36 cr

A. Core Requirements18 cr
B. Electives18 cr
  • Select language, culture or literature courses at the 300- or 400-level in the particular language studied.
C. Cognate Requirements
  • 12 cr in a second foreign language through ML 202. Students who are double majors are exempt from this requirement. Furthermore, students who spend an academic year abroad need only take 6 cr of another foreign language.

Culture Studies Track37 cr

A. Core Requirements19 cr
B. Electives
  • Select language, culture or literature courses at the 300- or 400-level in the particular language studied. Students may take 3-9 cr of courses outside their major, however, with the conditions that they devise a learning agreement, and that in Fre/Ger 499 they synthesize and present for public information the inter-relationships of approved courses taken in- and outside of their major. The learning agreement is to be approved by the undergraduate advisor for the major and by the MLL Department Chair, ideally by the end of the student's sophomore year. In most cases, approved courses will come from the fields of anthropology, art, history, music, philosophy, political science or business.
C. Cognate Requirements
  • 12 cr in a second foreign language through Fre/Ger 202. Students who are double majors are exempt from the cognate requirements. Furthermore, students who spend an academic year abroad need only take 6 cr of another foreign language.
Notes:
1. Students may earn up to 12 sh equivalent to ML 101 through ML 202 via the CLEP Examination. Contact the department for further details about policies concerning proficiency credit.
2. A grade of C- or better is required in the following modern language courses when applied to the major or when used to fulfill the departmental second modern language cognate requirement:101, 102, 201, 202, 301, 302, 350, 351 (352 and Spa 353 in Spanish). This requirement would be waived in the event a student made the decision to major or declare a cognate after having received a grade below C- in one of the above courses in the applicable language(s), but also a C- or better in subsequent course(s).
3. The Modern Language courses collectively are denoted by ML. For example, ML 101 in French is Fre 101-Elementary French.
4. All ML majors are strongly encouraged to study abroad for at least one semester or summer.
 Last Updated: 7/9/07