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May 10, 2026
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2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
World Languages and Cultures, German Concentration, B.A.
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World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
615-904-8591
Mike Rice, program coordinator
Michael.Rice@mtsu.edu
A degree from from the Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures offers preparation for a very wide range of careers. Many corporate and non-profit employers consider intercultural team-building skills and proficiency in world languages centrally important critical job skills.
A major in World Languages and Cultures with a German concentration consists of 39 semester hours (excluding 1010) and must include at least 20 hours of upper-division work. Before beginning the junior year, students should file a degree plan with their advisor.
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Degree Requirements
| True Blue Core (TBC) | 41 hours | | Major Requirements | 39 hours | | Approved Bachelor of Arts Minor | 15-18 hours | | Electives | 22-31 hours | | TOTAL | 120 hours | True Blue Core (41 hours)
True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category. The following courses required by the program meet True Blue Core requirements: - FL 1000 (CCE)
- 3 credit hours from GERM 1010, 1020, 2010, or 2020 (NWC)
Major Requirements (39 hours)
Curriculum: World Languages and Cultures, German
Sophomore
- GERM 2010 - Intermediate German I 3 credit hours
- GERM 2020 - Intermediate German II 3 credit hours
- Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
- Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
- Creativity and Cultural Expression/Elective 3 credit hours
- Human Society and Social Relationships 6 credit hours
- Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
- Minor course 3 credit hours
- General elective 3 credit hours
Senior
- GERM 4000 - Senior Workshop 1 credit hour
- GERM 4000-level electives 6 credit hours
- GERM 3000-4000 level electives 9 credit hours
- Minor courses 9 credit hours
- General electives 3 credit hours
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