Program: Foreign Languages, German Teacher Licensure, B.S. - Middle Tennessee State University

Apr 08, 2025

2021-22 Undergraduate Catalog

World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Students seeking a license to teach a foreign language in secondary schools (grades 6-12) must complete (1) a major in the language they intend to teach; (2) FL 4500 Introduction to Teaching Foreign Languages ; (3) a minor; and (4) the Secondary Education Minor . Each student must pass an oral interview in the target language at the high intermediate level.

Academic Map

Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Foreign Languages, German Teacher Licensure, B.S., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

General Education	41 hours
Major Requirements	35 hours
Auxiliary Requirement	3 hours
Secondary Education Minor	30 hours
Approved Bachelor of Arts Minor	15 hours
TOTAL	124 hours (15 hour minor); 127 hours (18 hour minor)

General Education (41 hours)

General Education requirements include Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

Major Requirements (35 hours)

GERM 1020 - Elementary German II 3 credit hours OR
GERM 1040 - Intensive Elementary German 6 credit hours (only 3 credit hours counted toward degree)
GERM 2010 - Intermediate German I 3 credit hours
GERM 2020 - Intermediate German II 3 credit hours
GERM 3010 - Advanced Composition and Conversation 3 credit hours
GERM 3020 - Advanced Composition and Conversation 3 credit hours
GERM 4000-level 6 credit hours
GERM upper-division electives 13 credit hours
FL 3000 - Career and Professional Development for World Language Majors 1 credit hour

Auxiliary Requirement (3 hours)

FL 4500 - Introduction to Teaching Foreign Languages 3 credit hours

Secondary Education Minor (30 hours)

Please see Secondary Education Minor for additional information.

Minor (15 credit hours)

Approved Bachelor of Arts minor

Curriculum, Foreign Languages, German Teacher Licensure

Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

Freshman

ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
GERM 2010 - Intermediate German I 3 credit hours (by FLL placement exam or AP)
GERM 2020 - Intermediate German II 3 credit hours
Mathematics 3 credit hours
Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
Natural Sciences 4 credit hours
Choose 6 hours from the following:
HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours
HIST 2040 - Survey African American History I 3 credit hours
HIST 2050 - Survey African American History II 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 31 Hours

Sophomore

ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
HUM 2610 - World Literatures 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
GERM 3000 - Group Conversational German 1 credit hour *
GERM 3010 - Advanced Composition and Conversation 3 credit hours
GERM 3020 - Advanced Composition and Conversation 3 credit hours
YOED 2500 - Planning and Assessment 3 credit hours
Social/Behavioral Sciences (2 rubrics) 6 credit hours
Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
Natural Sciences 4 credit hours
Minor courses 6 credit hours
FL 3000 - Career and Professional Development for World Language Majors 1 credit hour

Subtotal: 33 Hours

Junior

GERM 3000 - Group Conversational German 1 credit hour *
YOED 3000 - Classroom Management 3 credit hours
YOED 3300 - Problem-Based Instructional Strategies 3 credit hours
GERM 4000-level elective 6 credit hours
GERM 3000-4000 level elective 11 credit hours
Minor courses 9 credit hours

Subtotal: 33 Hours

Senior

GERM 3000-4000 level elective 3 credit hours
FL 4500 - Introduction to Teaching Foreign Languages 3 credit hours
YOED 4030 - Residency I: Grades 7-12 9 credit hours
YOED 4400 - Residency II 12 credit hours

Subtotal: 27 Hours

NOTE:

*An upper-division, 3-hour German elective can be taken in the place of these 2 hours.