German Translation - B.S. 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 REQUIREMENT (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 (82 credits)  Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	ENG	20002 30063	Introduction to Technical Writing (3) or Business and Professional Writing (3)	3
	GER	31201	Intensive German Grammar	3
		31211	German Composition and Conversation	3
		31215	German Phonetics and Diction	3
		31231	Translation Practice	1
		31240	Conversation for Business and Special Purposes	3
		31303	Introduction to German Literature	3
		31421	German Civilization	3
		41211	Advanced German Composition and Conversation	3
WIC		41216	Contemporary German Culture**	3
WIC		41230	Advanced Translation Practice**	3
		41240	Business and Special Texts	3
		3/4xxxx	German upper-division course	3
	MCLS	21417	Multiculturalism in Today's Germany	3
		40420	Foreign Language and Culture Studies	3
	TRST	20009	Multilingual Information Lifecycle	3
		30230	Approaches to Translation	3
		30330	Cross-Language Mediation	3
	Subject Area Specialty***			30
IV.	ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (36 credits) ***
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories)			6
	Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory)****			6-7
	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)****			6
MINIMUM TOTAL				121

*Student majoring in German Translation 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 proficiency 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 grade must be earned in either GER 41216 or GER 41230 to fulfill writing-intensive requirement.

***The Subject Area Specialty is a departmentally approved coherent sequence of courses in one or more other disciplines
(i.e., not in the Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies). In order to be approved, the Subject Area Specialty must include courses in an area or areas that are currently marketable, such as business, legal studies, international relations, political science, computer science, chemistry, physics or other “hard” sciences. The Subject Area Specialty may include a maximum 17 credit hours of a different language in the sequence through composition and/or conversation. Total credits: 30. The recommended Kent Core courses (see Kent Core Summary) may be included within this area with advisor approval.

**** Recommended Courses
Kent Core Basic Sciences:
BSCI 10001 Human Biology (3)
CHEM 10050 Fundamentals of Chemistry (3)
GEOL 21062 Environmental Geology (3)

Kent Core Social Sciences:
ECON 22060 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
ECON 22061 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)