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German - B.A. Program Requirements

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences;KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity and writing-intensive requirements.

I. DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Type Course Title Credits
  US 10097 Destination Kent State: First Year Experience 1
II. PREREQUISITE REQUIREMENTS (14 credits)*
Type Course Title Credits
  GER 11201 Elementary German I 4
    11202 Elementary German II 4
    21201 Intermediate German I 3
    21202 Intermediate German II 3
III. MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (30 credits)  Courses count in major GPA 
Type Course Title Credits
  GER 31201 Intensive German Grammar 3
    31211 German Composition and Conversation 3
    31215 German Phonetics and Diction 3
    31303 Introduction to German Literature 3
    31421 German Civilization 3
    41211 Advanced German Composition and Conversation 3
WIC   41216 Contemporary German Culture** 3
DG
MCLS 21417 Multiculturalism in Today's Germany 3
  Choose from the following: German Literature or Culture Elective 6
  GER 41095 Special Topics (3)  
    41096 Individual Investigation (3)  
    41330 Twentieth-Century German Authors (3)  
    41331 History of German Literature (4)  
    41332 German Literature by Women (3)  
    41334 The German Novella (3)  
    41335 German Drama (3)  
    41338 German Poetry (3)  
    41365 Classical German Literature (3)  
    41731 Survey of German Cinema (3)  
IV. ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (76 credits)  
Type Course Title Credits
  Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories) 6
  Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory) 9-10
  Kent Core Composition 6-8
  Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each)
 9
  Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning 3-5
  Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines) 9
  General Electives (minimum 12 upper-division credit hours) 34
MINIMUM TOTAL 
 121

*Student majoring in German are expected to have some proficiency in German through high school study. Students with previous German study should take the German Placement Test and enroll in the correct course(s) based on their score. Students who have completed three or four years of high school German should see a German major advisor for placement. Student lacking in sufficient major-level proficiency to take the first major courses (GER 31201 and 31211) can reach it by taking courses in the prerequisite sequence (GER 11201, 11202, 21201 and 21202) based on their placement score and high school training. Students with sufficient German to place into higher semesters are not allowed to take Elementary German I (GER 11201).

**A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.