German, Minor

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Minimum Total Credit Hours: 18

Minimum Upper-Division Hours: 9

Program Code: N490

  • The requirements for a minor must be completed concurrently with the major degree requirements.
  • No minor may be added by completing courses after receiving the bachelor’s degree.

At least six (6) credit hours must be earned in courses acceptable for residence credit by standards set forth by the Dodge College of Arts and Sciences, excluding transfer, correspondence, and examination (AP, CLEP, Advanced Standing) credit. Courses for the minor may not be taken Pass/ No Pass.

No single course may be used by a student to satisfy a major requirement and a minor requirement. A course may be used, however, to satisfy both a major support requirement and a minor requirement. 

Requests to substitute a minor requirement must be approved in writing by the German program in the Department of Modern Languages, Literature, & Linguistics.

Required Courses

Students must successfully complete at least 18 hours of courses acceptable for major credit in German, including at least nine (9) hours at the upper-division level. Note that introductory courses (GERM 1115 and GERM 1225) are not counted toward this total.

GERM 2113Intermediate German3
GERM 2223Intermediate German (Continued)3
GERM 3423Advanced German Composition3
Select 9 hours of upper-division course work from the following:9
German courses at the 3000- or 4000-level
German Culture and Thought
Total Credit Hours18
  • Minors in the Dodge College of Arts & Sciences are available to all undergraduate students at OU. If the minor is officially declared, successfully completed, and noted on the graduation application, the student’s transcript will so indicate at the time the bachelor’s degree is posted.