Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics

For purposes of meeting program requirements, all nine-credit general education (foundation) courses will count as six credits towards the major or minor.

Students who are exempted from German language courses based on their knowledge of German must still successfully complete the total number of credits required for their chosen stream.

Honours BA: 120 Credits

Residency requirement: a minimum of 30 course credits and at least half (50 per cent) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University.

Graduation requirement: students must successfully complete (pass) at least 120 credits which meet the Faculty's degree and program requirements with a cumulative grade point average of at least 5.00.

General education: 24 credits of general education chosen from approved courses in humanities, modes of reasoning, natural science and social science, including a minimum of six credits in each of humanities, natural science and social science.

Major credits: students must complete 42 credits from one of the streams below.

German Language, Literature and Culture Stream

Students will take at least 42 credits, including the following:

• AP/GER 2000 6.00;
• AP/GER 2200 6.00;
• AP/GER 2790 9.00 (cross-listed to: AP/HUMA 2190 9.00);
• AP/GER 3000 6.00 or AP/GER 3001 3.00 and AP/GER 3002 3.00;
• AP/GER 4001 3.00;
• AP/GER 4002 3.00;
• 12 additional credits at the 3000 or 4000 level in courses with a AP/GER prefix (taught in German), including at least six credits at the 4000 level.

German Culture and Society Stream

Students will take at least 42 credits, including the following and including at least 12 credits at the 4000 level:

• AP/GER 2000 6.00;
• AP/GER 2200 6.00 or AP/GER 2201 6.00;
• AP/GER 2790 9.00 (cross-listed to: AP/HUMA 2190 9.00);
• three additional credits in courses with a AP/GER prefix (taught either in English or German);
• six credits chosen from: AP/HIST 3320 6.00, AP/HIST 4330 6.00, AP/POLS 3520 3.00, AP/POLS 4205 3.00, AP/POLS 4515 3.00;
• 15 additional credits chosen from the list of German studies courses.

Note: a maximum of 12 credits in German language courses may be taken for credit towards the German culture and society stream.

Upper-level credits: at least 36 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level, including at least 18 credits at the 4000 level.

Credits outside the major: at least 18 credits. (Note: students who are completing a double major or major/minor are deemed to have fulfilled this requirement.)

Honours Double Major BA

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with approved Honours Double Major degree programs in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies or Science and Engineering. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Note: in a double major program, a course may count only once toward major credit.

Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary (Linked) BA

Either stream in German Studies may be linked with any Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA program in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies.

Note: in a double major program, a course may count only once toward major credit.

Major credits: students must take at least 36 credits in a German studies stream and at least 36 credits in the interdisciplinary program. Courses taken to meet German studies stream requirements cannot also be used to meet the requirements of the interdisciplinary program. Students in these interdisciplinary programs must take a total of at least 18 credits at the 4000 level, including at least six credits in a German studies stream and six credits in the interdisciplinary program. For further details of requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA programs.

German Language, Literature and Culture Stream

Students will take at least 36 credits, including the following:

• AP/GER 2000 6.00;
• AP/GER 2200 6.00;
• AP/GER 2790 9.00 (cross-listed to: AP/HUMA 2190 9.00);
• AP/GER 3000 6.00 or AP/GER 3001 3.00 and AP/GER 3002 3.00;
• AP/GER 4001 3.00;
• AP/GER 4002 3.00;
• six additional credits at the 3000 or 4000 level in courses with a AP/GER prefix (taught in German).

German Culture and Society Stream

Students will take at least 36 credits, including the following and including at least six credits at the 4000 level:

• AP/GER 2000 6.00;
• AP/GER 2200 6.00 or AP/GER 2201 6.00;
• AP/GER 2790 9.00 (cross-listed to: AP/HUMA 2190 9.00);
• three additional credits in courses with a AP/GER prefix (taught either in English or German);
• six credits chosen from: AP/HIST 3320 6.00, AP/HIST 4330 6.00, AP/POLS 3520 3.00, AP/POLS 4205 3.00, AP/POLS 4515 3.00;
• nine additional credits chosen from the list of German studies courses.

Note: at least six credits in the major at the 4000 level. A maximum of 12 credits in German language courses may be taken for credit towards the German culture and society stream.

Honours Major/Minor BA

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with approved Honours Minor degree programs in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies or Science and Engineering. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Note: in a major/minor program, a course may count only once toward major credit or minor credit.

Honours Minor BA

The Honours Minor BA program described may be combined with any approved Honours BA program that offers a major/minor option in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies or Science and Engineering. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Note: in a major/minor program, a course may count only once toward major credit or minor credit.

Minor credits: 30 credits chosen from one of the streams below.

German Language, Literature and Culture Stream

Students will take at least 30 credits, including the following:

• AP/GER 2000 6.00;
• AP/GER 2200 6.00;
• AP/GER 2790 9.00 (cross-listed to: AP/HUMA 2190 9.00);
• AP/GER 3000 6.00 or AP/GER 3001 3.00 and AP/GER 3002 3.00;
• six additional credits in courses with a AP/GER prefix (taught in German) at the 4000 level.

German Culture and Society Stream

Students will take at least 30 credits, including the following and including at least six credits at the 4000 level:

• AP/GER 2000 6.00;
• AP/GER 2200 6.00 or AP/GER 2201 6.00;
• AP/GER 2790 9.00 (cross-listed to: AP/HUMA 2190 9.00);
• six credits chosen from: AP/HIST 3320 6.00, AP/HIST 4330 6.00, AP/POLS 3520 3.00, AP/POLS 4205 3.00, AP/POLS 4515 3.00;
• six additional credits chosen from the list of German studies courses.

Note: at least six credits in the minor must be at the 4000 level. A maximum of 12 credits in German language courses may be taken for credit towards the German culture and society stream.

BA: 90 Credits

Residency requirement: a minimum of 30 course credits and at least half (50 per cent) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University.

Graduation requirement: students must successfully complete (pass) at least 90 credits that meet the Faculty's degree and program requirements with a cumulative grade point average of at least 4.00.

General education: 24 credits of general education chosen from approved courses in humanities, modes of reasoning, natural science and social science, including a minimum of six credits in each of humanities, natural science and social science.

Major credits: students must complete 30 credits from one of the streams below.

German Language, Literature and Culture Stream

Students will take at least 30 credits, including the following:

• AP/GER 2000 6.00;
• AP/GER 2200 6.00;
• AP/GER 2790 9.00 (cross-listed to: AP/HUMA 2190 9.00);
• AP/GER 3000 6.00 or AP/GER 3001 3.00 and AP/GER 3002 3.00;
• six additional credits in courses with a AP/GER prefix (taught in German) at the 3000 or 4000 level.

German Culture and Society Stream

Students will take at least 30 credits, including the following:

• AP/GER 2000 6.00;
• AP/GER 2200 6.00 or AP/GER 2201 6.00;
• AP/GER 2790 9.00 (cross-listed to: AP/HUMA 2190 9.00);
• six credits chosen from: AP/HIST 3320 6.00, AP/HIST 4330 6.00, AP/POLS 3520 3.00, AP/POLS 4205 3.00, AP/POLS 4515 3.00;
• six additional credits at the 3000 or 4000 level chosen from the list of German studies courses.

Note: a maximum of 12 credits in German language courses may be taken for credit towards the German culture and society stream. At least 12 credits in the major at the 3000 level or above.

Upper-level credits: at least 18 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level.

Credits outside the major: at least 18 credits.

Honours iBA: 120 Credits

Residency requirement: a minimum of 30 course credits and at least half (50 per cent) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University.

Graduation requirement: students must successfully complete (pass) at least 120 credits which meet the Faculty's degree and program requirements with a cumulative grade point average of at least 5.00.

General education: 24 credits of general education chosen from approved courses in humanities, modes of reasoning, natural science and social science, including a minimum of six credits in each of humanities, natural science and social science.

Major credits: students will take at least 42 credits in German studies including:

• AP/GER 2000 6.00;
• AP/GER 2200 6.00;
• AP/GER 2790 9.00;
• AP/GER 3001 3.00;
• AP/GER 3002 3.00;
• AP/GER 4001 3.00;
• AP/GER 4002 3.00;
• 12 additional AP/GER credits at the 3000 and 4000 level (a minimum of six of these credits must be taken at the 4000 level).

In addition to the courses required for their major, students in the Honours iBA program must fulfill the following requirements:

Internationally-oriented credits: at least 12 credits of internationally-oriented courses chosen outside the major.

International exchange: at least one full term abroad as a full-time student at one of York University’s exchange partners.

For more detailed information regarding the Honours iBA program requirements, please consult the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, Degree Requirements section of the Undergraduate Calendar.

Upper-level credits: at least 36 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level, including at least 18 credits at the 4000 level.

Credits outside the major: at least 18 credits. (Note: for the Honours iBA, courses taken outside the major to satisfy the language study requirement and/or the internationally-oriented courses requirement can also be used to satisfy the outside the major requirement. Students who are completing a double major or major/minor are deemed to have fulfilled this requirement.)

Honours Double Major iBA

The Honours iBA program described above may be pursued jointly with any Honours Double Major BA program in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies.

Note: in a double major program, a course may count only once toward major credit.

Honours Major/Minor iBA

The Honours iBA program described above may be pursued jointly with any Honours Minor BA program in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies.

Note: in a major/minor program, a course may count only once toward major credit or minor credit.

Course Substitutes

Subject to course exclusions, program requirements/restrictions and residency requirements, the following courses are acceptable substitutes for the purpose of meeting German Studies program requirements:

German Studies Courses

Not all of the courses listed below will necessarily be offered in any given year.

With the approval of the program coordinator, and subject to course exclusion and residency requirements, students may complete other courses for program credit in German studies.

AP/HIST 2220 6.00
AP/HIST 2300 6.00
AP/HIST 3320 6.00
AP/HIST 3365 3.00
AP/HIST 4330 6.00
AP/HIST 4350 6.00
AP/HUMA 2160 9.00
AP/HUMA 2190 9.00 (cross-listed to: AP/GER 2790 9.00)
AP/HUMA 3600 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/GER 3600 3.00)
AP/HUMA 3601 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/GER 3601 3.00)
AP/HUMA 3984 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/GER 3791 3.00)
AP/HUMA 3985 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/GER 3792 3.00)
AP/HUMA 3986 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/GER 3793 3.00)
AP/HUMA 4601 3.00
AP/HUMA 4700 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/GER 4700 3.00)
AP/HUMA 4720 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/GER 4720 3.00)
AP/HUMA 4725 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/GER 4725 6.00)
AP/HUMA 4881 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/GER 4620 3.00)
AP/HUMA 4882 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/GER 4750 3.00)
AP/HUMA 4883 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/GER 4820 3.00)
AP/PHIL 3640 3.00
AP/POLS 3520 3.00
AP/POLS 4205 3.00
AP/POLS 4515 3.00
FA/VISA 2620 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/HUMA 2170 6.00)

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