Liberal Arts and Sciences: CURRICULUM PREPARATORY TO THE TEACHING OF GERMAN

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For the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in the Teaching of German

A minimum of 120 hours of credit is required for graduation. Students are advised that additional course work may be necessary to teach middle grades six through eight after June 30, 1996, and foreign languages in grades nine through twelve after June 30,1997. Consult the certification officer in 110 Education Building for additional information.

Departmental Distinction. Students should consult their advisers by the second semester of the junior year for information pertaining to seminar honors work and honors awards in the department.

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

See the description of the general education requirements. Students in this curriculum staisfy the 15 hour humanities requirement by the requirements of the major.

HOURS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
24 Professional education courses. (See the entry for curricula preparatory to teaching foreign languages.)
HOURS TEACHING AREA OF CONCENTRATION: GERMAN
8 GER 101 and GER 102--Elementary German, or equivalent
8 GER 103 and GER 104--Intermediate German, or equivalent
6 GER 211 and GER 212--Conversation and Writing, or equivalent
6 GER 231 and GER 232--Introduction to German Literature, I and II; or equivalent
4 GER 280--Teachers' Course, or equivalent
This course will count as part of the professional education requirements for certification purposes
3 GER 301--Advanced Conversation, Composition, and Syntax, or equivalent
1 GER 302--Advanced Conversation, or equivalent
4 GER 320--History of German Civilization, or equivalent
3 Choose from:
GER 330--Modern German Poetry
GER 331--The German Novelle
GER 332--German Drama
GER 335--Literature and Culture of the German Democratic Republic
3 GER 365--Structure of the German Language, I, or equivalent
3 German elective
49 Total see footnote 1

NOTE: German Study Abroad (GER 299) is strongly recommended.

Footnotes: 1. The total of 49 hours may be reduced by as much as 16 hours through prerequisite credit for work equivalent to GER 101-GER 104 taken in secondary school.

Teacher Education Minor requirement

A student in this curriculum is required to complete a teacher education minor. See the list of approved minors. See Curricula Preparatory to Teaching Foreign Languages for requirements to be fulfilled by those planning to teach German in both elementary and secondary schools.

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