GERMAN
Major and Minor in German | Requirements
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Important Notice for ZDfB Test Takers: The Department of Foreign Languages at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, an official Testing Center for the Zertifikat Deutsch für den Beruf (Certificate of German for Professions), will hold this year's ZDfB Exam on Saturday, April 21, 2007, on the premises of the Department (3rd floor Hibbard Hall). If your institution is interested in sending students to take the exam, or if you as an individual wish to take the exam, please contact Department Chair, Dr. Johannes Strohschänk, as soon as possible (strohsj@uwec.edu). Before taking the exam, test participants must have applied and been accepted for the exam through the Goethe Institute Chicago (go to http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/chi/lrn/prf/zdb/enindex.htm). |
Although there is no evidence to support J. G. Becanus' sixteenth - century claim that Adam spoke German in Eden, it is the national language of Germany and Austria and the native language of nearly 70% of the population of Switzerland. In addition, German is spoken in Luxenburg and by 60,000 people in Belgium. German is also the native language of over 6,000,000 residents of the U.S. The U.S. Department of Education has identified German as one of the 169 languages the U.S. Government considers to be critical in the sense that "knowledge of them would promote important scientific research or security interest of a national or economic kind."
An increasing number of jobs require workers who can offer fluency in a foreign language in addition to some other skill. The German liberal arts minor may greatly increase the possibilities of those seeking careers in governmental and international agencies, the health sector, the travel, communication, and entertainment industries, and international business firms and corporations. A German minor is an excellent choice for majors in Communication, Journalism and Business (Finance, Business Administration, Management, Marketing) and Professional Studies (Foundations of Education, Library Science)
*Non-majors or non-minors in German who choose to study abroad in Wittenberg/Germany, usually accumulate enough credits in German to declare a minor or even a major in German, either in Liberal Arts or in Teaching.
UWEC offers major and minor programs in German leading to both liberal arts and teaching degrees. Students have the opportunity to improve their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills and to gain a solid knowledge of the culture of German speaking countries. Study abroad opportunities are available at universities Graz, Austria, Marburg, Germany, and at the Institute for German Language and Culture in Wittenberg, Germany.
DEPARTMENTAL COURSES FOR NON-MAJORS
Germ 101 plus Germ 102 satisfy the foreign language/foreign culture university graduation requirement. See Catalogue for additional ways of satisfying this requirement.
NOTE: Most courses used to satisfy the foreign language/foreign culture requirement also may be applied to the University's General Education requirements.
