Single Subject Credential in German (LOTE)

Information for students entering the program prior to Spring 2008.
Information for students entering the program in Spring 2008 or after.

For Students Entering the Program
PRIOR TO Spring 2008

SUBJECT MATTER PREPARATION (36 units).

Basic Core (24 upper-division units)

____ GERM 301 Advanced German I
____ GERM 302 Advanced German II
____ GERM 415 Survey of German Literature and Culture I
____ GERM 416 Survey of German Literature and Culture II
____ GERM 401 Advanced German Syntax and Composition

Required for Single Subject Credential (6 upper division units)

____ GERM 303 German Phonetics
____ GERM 410 German Civilization

Elective Courses (6 upper division units)

____ 400-level literature or culture course
____ 400-level literature or culture course

RECOMMENDATIONS: Courses should be selected in consultation with the German advisor. Studies or an internship in a German-speaking country are strongly recommended. The Department of Romance, German, and Russian Languages and Literatures will assist with such plans.

For further information, you may consult the CSULB catalog online.

For Students Entering the Program
IN SPRING 2008 OR AFTER.

This document pertains to the LOTE credential only.

NOTE: The Single Subject Credential, from the State of California and the CSULB Subject Matter Preparation (i.e. B.A. in German) require 33 units in the target language (i.e. German). For the German B.A., or a combined German B.A. and Single Subject Credential degree, please contact one of the German advisors.

Basic Core Requirements for B.A. and S.S.C.P. (21 upper-division units, in the target language)

____ GERM 301 Fiction and Fact: Short Texts (3)
____ GERM 302 Language of the German Media (3)
____ GERM 303 German Phonetics (3)
____ GERM 401 Advanced German Syntax and Composition (3)
____ GERM 410 History and Stories: German Civilization (3)
____ GERM 415 Under the Italian Spell: Survey of German Literature and Culture I (3)
____ GERM 416 Towards Europe: Survey of German Literature and Culture II (3)

Electives: Select 12 units from the courses below in linguistics, literature or culture

___ GERM 305 Speak Along. Sprechen Sie Mit! (3)
___ GERM 309 Business German (3)
___ GERM 398/498 Topics in German (3)
___ any GERM 400-level literature or culture course not mentioned here (3)
___ any GERM 400-level literature or culture course not mentioned here (3)
___ GERM 430 Rhyme Scene Investigation (3)
___ GERM 440 German Novella in Context (3)
___ GERM 450 Reason, Revolution, Reaction (3)
___ GERM 458 Road to Modernity (3)
___ GERM 460 Two Perspectives: 1945-1990 (3)
___ RGR 346I European Cinema: Communism, Fascism & Resistance* (3)
___ RGR 424/524 2nd Language Acquisition* (3)
___ RGR 425/525 Romance Linguistics* (3)
___ RGR 450I Consequences of the Encounter* (3)
___ RGR 470 New Tech. in LOTE Learning* (3)

Special Requirements by the CSULB Education Program for the Single Subject Teaching Credential, in addition to the 33 units in the target language. These courses are taught in English:

____ RGR 470 New Technologies in the Learning of Languages Other Than English (3)
____ EDSS 300F Intro to Teaching (3)

Recommendations: Courses should be selected in consultation with the German advisor. Studies or an internship in a German-speaking country are strongly recommended.Â The Department of Romance, German, and Russian Languages and Literatures will assist with such plans.

*Course taught in English