German

German

College of Arts & Science >> Division of Foreign Language and Literature

We offer a full major and minor in German, including beginning, intermediate, and advanced courses as well as a full range of upper-level literature and culture courses. Our instructional approach emphasizes in equal proportion all four language skills: i.e., listening, speaking, reading, and writing on all levels. While all of your course requirements can be completed in residence, we strongly recommend that our majors and minors take advantage of our summer studies abroad program in Germany.

Curriculum Highlights

  • Freshman
  • Elementary German I & II
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  • Sophomore
  • Intermediate German I & II
  • Second Language
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  • Junior
  • German Electives
  • Oral Communication for the Professions
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  • Senior
  • German Seminar
  • Descriptive Linguistics
  • German Electives
  • Historical Comparative Linguistics

For further details see complete major information: German Personal Opportunity Profile PDF

You may also contact Admissions (1.800.BJ.AND.ME) to receive a printed copy of this information.

Key Courses

German History In this course you will study the history of the German people from A.D. 140 to 1945.

German Conversation This course will help you develop your fluency in spoken German.

Twentieth-Century German Literature Here you will study the prose and poetry of contemporary authors as reaction to events in twentieth-century Germany, particularly the world wars.

Career Opportunities

Some of the career opportunities available to you as a German major include:

  • Teaching
  • Missions
  • Interpretation (oral) and Translation (written)
  • Manufacturer's representative at home or abroad
  • International—airlines, banking, industry, business, journalism
  • Government service—State Department, Foreign Service, Department of Agriculture
  • Military
  • Social services among foreign minority in the United States—Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Iowa have large German-speaking populations

In the Greenville/Spartanburg metropolitan area there are several German international companies with need for bilingual and trilingual personnel. Most metropolitan areas have similar situations. Some of our graduates pursue advanced degrees before entering the job market.