Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ Bulletin: 2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin Program: World Languages and Cultures Major, German Concentration, B.A. Minimum Credits Required:__________________

World Languages and Cultures Major, German Concentration, B.A.

College of Liberal Arts >> World Languages and Cultures 

World Languages and Cultures Major

30 hours; 2.0 major GPA required

Students seeking the World Languages and Cultures major select one of three concentrations: French, German, or Spanish.

German Concentration

Required Courses (21 hours)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
GERM 203 - Intermediate German I

USI Core 39: World Languages-BA; World Language and Culture-BS; Embedded Experience Diversity

For students under Summer 2019 bulletin and later, Embedded Experience Global (not Diversity)


Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
GERM 204 - Intermediate German II

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Culture; World Languages-BA; World Language and Culture-BS; Embedded Experience-Diversity

For students under Summer 2019 bulletin and later, Embedded Experience Global (not Diversity)


Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
GERM 205 - Cultural Contexts for Conversation
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
GERM 306 - Advanced German I

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Culture; Embedded Experience-Diversity


Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
GERM 307 - Advanced German II
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
GERM 308 - Germanic Cultures

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Culture; Embedded Experience-Global


Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
WLC 497 - Capstone in World Languages and Cultures
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3

Electives (9 hours)

6 hours must be taught in German.

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
GERM 275 - The German Film or

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Creative and Aesthetic Expression; Embedded Experience-Global


Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
WLC 365 - Introduction to Applied Linguistics
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3

 

GERM 290 - Special Topics in German
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
GERM 325 - Introduction to German Literature
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
GERM 334 - Introduction to Modern German Drama
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
GERM 335 - German for the Professional
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
GERM 344 - Germanic Literature in Translation
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
GERM 412 - Berlin: Tale of a City
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
GERM 460 - Internship in German
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 1-6
GERM 490 - Special Topics in German
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
GERM 499 - Individual Study in German
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 1-3

Optional Concentration in Language and International Trade

World Languages and Cultures majors may opt for an additional concentration in Language and International Trade. This concentration combines the study of a non-English modern or classical language (French, German, or Spanish) with a business core, culminating in an internship in an international business or organization.

Concentration in Language and International Trade

Required Business Courses (30 hours)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ACCT 201 - Accounting Principles I
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
ACCT 202 - Accounting Principles II
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
CIS 151 - Computer Applications in Business
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3

 

FIN 201 - Fundamentals of Finance or
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
FIN 305 - Business Finance
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3

 

MNGT 305 - Principles of Management
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
MKTG 305 - Principles of Marketing
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
MNGT 445 - International Business
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3

 

ECON 265 - Elementary Statistics or
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
STAT 241 - Principles of Statistics

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Scientific and Mathematical Inquiry


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3

 

  • Directed Business Electives Credits: 6
  • Additional Required Courses (13 hours)

    Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
    MATH 111 - College Algebra

    USI Core 39: Foundations-Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning


    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credits: 4
    ECON 208 - Principles of Microeconomics

    USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Social Inquiry; Social Science (BS)


    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credits: 3
    ECON 209 - Principles of Macroeconomics

    USI Core 39: Social Science-BS


    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credits: 3
    PSY 201 - Introduction to Psychology

    USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Social Inquiry; Social Science-BS


    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credits: 3
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