A minor in Spanish requires 20 hours (24 hours if the student begins with SPN 120 or 121), eight of which must be above the 222 level. A winter term or summer term abroad in a Spanish-speaking country is strongly encouraged. See Spanish major page for more information.

 

 

A minor in German Studies requires the following courses:

 

Basic Courses (12 hours or 3 courses)

GER 121           Introductory German I*

GER 122           Introductory German II

GER 221           Intermediate German I

 

Electives (12 hours or 3 courses)

GER 222           Intermediate German II

GER 321           Developing Fluency through Conversation and Composition

GST 218           Kafka and the Kafkaesque

GST 227           Holocaust Perpetrators

ENG 302           History of the English Language

HST 335           Growth of Modern Europe, 1789-1914

HST 336           Europe: 1914-1945

HST 337           Europe: 1945-Present

HST 338           Germany: War, Democracy and Hitler

HST 339           History of the Holocaust

PHL 338           Nietzsche and the Death of God

PHL 339           Martin Buber and the Eclipse of God

PHL 433           Marx, Darwin and Freud

GER 300-IS      Selected courses from study abroad

 

TOTAL              20-24 sh

 

Electives not listed above may be approved on a case-by-case basis after consultation with the program coordinator.

 

*If a student places into the 122 level or higher, the student must take 20 semester hours for the German Studies minor, including at least eight semester hours of courses with the GER prefix. Up to twelve hours of study abroad courses that emphasize German Studies' subject matter may count for the minor, as approved by the program coordinator.