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German (GER)

GER 008 Business German (4) Introduction to Business German. Students may receive credit for only one of the following: GER 003 or GER 008.

GER 008 Business German (4)

(BA) This course meets the Bachelor of Arts degree requirements.

In this course students will learn about German businesses and their culture. At the same time, students will continue to review and learn additional grammar points. They will have more writing experience by completing five different writing assignments. All four language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) will be further developed in this course.

Students will be evaluated according to class participation, successful completion of in-class presentation, internet exercises, homework assignments, essays, and examinations. This course complements other offerings for German in the business track. It completes the introduction level of German and prepares the student to go on to German 208W, German 308W, and German 408. This course also can be counted towards the BS in German.

This course will be offered once a year during the Fall Semester. In this type of intensive course, enrollment has to be limited to 23 students.


General Education: None
Diversity: None
Bachelor of Arts: Humanities and Second or Beyond 12th Level Foreign Language
Effective: Summer 2000
Prerequisite: GER 001, GER 002

Note : Class size, frequency of offering, and evaluation methods will vary by location and instructor. For these details check the specific course syllabus.