FACULTY OF ARTS


GERMAN

THREE YEAR BA

Admission Requirements

A mark of at least 60% in German 020 or 024 or permission of the Department.

Program

Five senior full-course equivalents in German. These will normally consist of German 250E and four additional language and literature courses chosen in consultation with the Department.

Note: Also see AREA OF CONCENTRATION in the PROGRAMS / PROGRESSION section (Pointer).

HONORS PROGRAMS

Admission Requirements

First year program in Arts, Science, or Social Science, with German 020 or 024 (or 002) and two other courses as principal courses. Students who take German 002 in the first year will normally take German 020 or 024 concurrently with their second year courses.

Students normally are required to take German 204F/G, German 250E and the equivalent of one full language course at the 200- or 300-level.

Third Year Abroad

Western has exchange programs with the University of Düsseldorf and several universities in Baden-Württemberg. Students may spend their third year abroad in Germany if they have reached the admission requirements. Scholarships are usually available on a competitive basus.

Note: Students in combined programs need the permission of both departments.

GERMAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Second Year

Principal Courses

German 204F/G, German 250E and the equivalent of one full language course at the 200- level (or, as recommended by the Department, at the 300-level)

Subsidiary Courses

2.5 options

Third and Fourth Years

Principal Courses

Additional courses at the 200- or 300-level as required to make a total of nine full-course equivalents in the three senior years (see note below)

Subsidiary Courses

3.5 options

Note: In addition to the nine Honors German courses in the three senior years, other German courses may be taken as options. With permission of the Department German 100F/G and German 101F/G can be counted towards the Honors German Programs with a minimum average of 80%.

COMBINED HONORS PROGRAMS

Approved Combinations: Anthropology, Classical Studies, English, Film Studies, French, Greek, History, Latin, Linguistics, Media, Information and Technoculture, Philosophy, Political Science, Religious Studies, Russian, Sociology, Spanish, Visual Arts, Comparative Literature and Civilization, or Women's Studies. See the COMBINED HONORS PROGRAMS section for details (Pointer).


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