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German Major, Liberal Arts

33-45 credits

Basic language courses.....................12

Students with prior training or experience in German may obtain waivers for one or more of the basic language courses listed above, after consultation with the Foreign Language Department.

Required courses...........................18

One of the following:

52311 German Composition and Conversation I (3) or
52315 Advanced German [summer in Germany] (3)

One of the following:

52312 German Composition and Conversation II (3) or
52401 Advanced German Composition [summer in Germany] (3)

One of the following:

58311 Modern Germany [History Dept.] (3) or
52314 Contemp. German Civilization [summer in Germany] (3)

All of the following:

523l6 Germany Today (3)
52405 Modern German Fiction (3)
52409 Nineteenth-Century German Plays (3)

Electives..................................15

Each major candidate is required to complete, by advisement, five courses (15 credits) at the 300 or 400 level in German or in cognate areas with a substantial German component. Such cognate areas include Art History, History, Music, Philosophy, Political Science and Sociology.

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