(23 semester hours)

• GER 101 Elementary German I and lab (4 semester hours)
• GER 102 Elementary German II and lab (4 semester hours)
• GER 201 Intermediate German I
• GER 202 Intermediate German II

Three additional 400-level German (GER) courses from the following:

• GER 300 Conversation and Composition (Writing Intensive)
• GER 325 Introduction to German Literature and Culture
• GER 410 Classicism
• GER 420 Romanticism
• GER 430 Contemporary German Literature and Culture
• GER 470 Directed Readings
• GER 480 Special Topics in German
• GER 490 Independent Study in German

One of the following Foreign Study Programs:

• GER 499 Guest semester at Kassel University, Germany
  Note: Courses successfully completed in the Guest Semester may also fulfill as many as 4 course requirements listed above.
• Hessen University Summer Semester
  Note: The successful completion of one 1-month program at Hessen university campus, either in Frankfurt, marburg, Giessen, or Fulda, may also fulfill a requirement for a course numbered GER 300 or lower.

German Minor (29 semester hours and the appropriate education requirements) for Middle Childhood through Adolescence Certification (grades 1-9), or Early Adolescence through Adolescence Certification (grades 6-12)

• GER 101 Elementary German I with lab (4 semester hours)
• GER 102 Elementary German II with lab (4 semester hours)
• GER 201 Intermediate German I
• GER 202 Intermediate German II
• GER 300 Conversation and Composition (Writing Intensive)
• GER 430 Contemporary German Literature and Culture
• ESL 322 Second Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics (2 semester hours)
• EDU 370 Foreign Language Teaching Methods

One additional German (GER) courses from the following:

• GER 325 Introduction to German Literature & Culture
• GER 410 Classicism
• GER 420 Romanticism
• GER 470 Directed Readings
• GER 480 Special Topics in German
• GER 490 Independent Study in German

One of the following Foreign Study Programs:

• GER 499 Guest semester at Kassel University, Germany
  Note: Courses successfully completed in the Guest Semester may also fulfill as many as 4 course requirements listed above.
• Hessen University Summer Semester
  Note: The successful completion of one 1-month program at Hessen university campus, either in Frankfurt, marburg, Giessen, or Fulda, may also fulfill a requirement for a course numbered GER 300 or lower.

Placement in the "Intermediate High" category on the American Council for Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Oral Proficiency Exam* prior to student teaching semester.

*ACTFL The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Oral Proficiency Interview is a standardized procedure for the assessment of functional speaking ability. It is a face-to-face or telephonic interview between a certified ACTFL tester and an examinee. The test is used to determine how well a person speaks a language by comparing his or her performance of specific communication tasks with the criteria for each of ten proficiency levels. Lakeland College requires candidates for State of Wisconsin foreign language teaching certification to be proficient at the Intermediate High level. Information regarding the ACTFL examination is available in the Office of the Registrar.

To qualify for either Middle Childhood through Early Adolescence (grades 1-8) or Early Adolescence through Adolescence (grades 6-12) teaching certification in German, a student must complete the courses listed above, the Middle Childhood through Early Adolescence Education Major/Professional Sequence or the Early Adolescence through Adolescence Professional Sequence along with a certifiable major, and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's (DPI) statutory requirements.

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