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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Modern Languages: German Emphasis Area, BA

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Program Description

The Bachelor of Arts degree in Modern Languages provides a broadly humanistic course of study in seven areas of concentration. The German Emphasis Area seeks to provide students with basic competence in both the relevant language and the literary and cultural heritage pertaining to that language. Moreover, students are required to take at least six courses in Advanced Arts and Humanities and Theory and Methodology which are designed to sharpen their sense of cultural difference, to enhance their critical thinking skills, and to prepare them for citizenship in a global community of diverse cultural precepts and practices. In this respect, the Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages is intended to prepare students for a wide range of careers in the international arena, as well as for the kinds of graduate programs that are an appropriate starting point for such careers.

All Modern Languages students in the German Emphasis Area are required to study abroad with a Clemson-approved program for one semester.

As a condition of graduation, students in the Modern Languages program are required to pass a non-credit examination and to submit an electronic portfolio in the relevant language to assess their competence in that language. Students should see their advisor for details. Both assessments take place in the student’s last full semester of study.

Emphasis Area

Freshman Year

First Semester

Credit Hours: 16

Second Semester

  • 4 Credits 1
  • Natural Science Requirement 4 Credits 2
  • Social Science Requirement 3 Credits 2
  • South Carolina REACH Act Requirement 3 Credits 3
  • Elective 2 Credits
Credit Hours: 16

Sophomore Year

First Semester

  • 3 Credits
  • Arts and Humanities (Non-Literature) Requirement 3 Credits 2
  • History Requirement 3 Credits 4
  • Minor Requirement 3 Credits
  • Elective 4 Credits
Credit Hours: 16

Second Semester

  • 3 Credits
  • Advanced Arts and Humanities Requirement 3 Credits 5
  • Arts and Humanities (Literature) Requirement 3 Credits 2
  • Minor Requirement 3 Credits
  • Elective 3 Credits
Credit Hours: 15

Junior Year

First Semester

Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

  • Advanced Arts and Humanities Requirement 3 Credits 5
  • Global Challenges Requirement 3 Credits 2
  • Major Requirement 3 Credits 7
  • Methodology and Theory Requirement 3 Credits 8
  • Minor Requirement 3 Credits
Credit Hours: 15

Senior Year

First Semester

  • 1 Credit
  • Global Challenges Requirement 3 Credits 2
  • Major Requirement 3 Credits 7
  • Methodology and Theory Requirement 3 Credits 8
  • Minor Requirement 3 Credits
  • Elective 2 Credits
Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

  • Advanced Arts and Humanities Requirement 3 Credits 5
  • Major Requirement 6 Credits 7
  • Methodology and Theory Requirement 3 Credits 8
Credit Hours: 12

Total Credits: 120

Footnotes

1 Students who have had previous instruction in German may take an accelerated one-semester course that covers the material presented in the standard first-year sequence. They must then take four additional elective credit hours.

2 See General Education Requirements .

3 See the South Carolina REACH Act Requirement in the Academic Regulations  section.

4  Select from HIST 3740 , HIST 3750 , HIST 3770 , HIST 3780 , HIST 3800 , HIST 3810 , HIST 3820 , HIST 3910 , HIST 4200 , HIST 4700 , HIST 4710 , HIST 4870 , and HIST 4950 .

5 A total of nine credits selected from ART 2100 , AUD 1950 , AUD 2950 , AUD 3950 , AUD 4950 , GER 2400 , GER 2600 , GER 4500 , GER 4550 , GER 4600 , GER 4610 , LANG 2540 , any AAH, GBS, MUSC, or THEA course, or any 3000- or 4000-level ENGL, HUM, PHIL, REL, WCIN, or WS course. Three of these credits also may be used to fulfill the Global Challenges General Education Requirement; students must still satisfy the minimum required credits for the degree.

6 Course not offered at Clemson; must be taken abroad

7 A minimum of 15 credit hours of GER 3000-4000-level courses is required. At least two of these courses must be in literature (select from GER 3600 , GER 3610 , GER 3690 , GER 4500 , GER 4550 , GER 4600 , GER 4610 , or GER 4750 ). No more than one course taught in English may be taken.

8 A minimum of nine credits selected from ANTH 3010 , EDEL 4880 , EDF 3080 , EDLT 4800 , EDLT 4980 , EDSC 3250 , EDSC 4250 , EDSP 3700 , ENGL 4350 , ENGL 4360 , ENGL 4400 , ENGL 4510 , GBS 4000 , GBS 4680 , GER 4550 , GER 4750 , GER 4760 , LANG 3000 , LANG 3400 , LANG 3420 , LANG 3710 , LANG 4540 , LANG 4600 , LANG 4620 , PHIL 3150 , PHIL 3160 , PHIL 3170 , PHIL 3180 , PHIL 3200 , PHIL 3210 , PHIL 3450 , PHIL 3480 , PHIL 4010 , PHIL 4020 , PHIL 4220 , PHIL 4750 , POSC 3620 , POSC 3710 , POSC 3750 , POSC 4080 , POSC 4480 , POSC 4660 , REL 3350 , SOC 3300 , SOC 4330 , WCIN 4510 , WCIN 4530 , WCIN 4540 , WCIN 4620 , WS 3490 , and WS 4360 . A maximum of three credits may be in the target language.

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