University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus

Arts & Humanities

BA German, Scandinavian, Dutch at University of Minnesota Twin Cities

University of Minnesota Twin Cities, United States

Programme overview

The Department of German, Nordic, Slavic & Dutch offers a major, several minors, and a broad range of courses in the languages, literatures, intellectual history, media, cultures of Germany, the Scandinavian countries, Finland, Austria, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. The German, Scandinavian, Dutch (GSD) major gives students the flexibility either to combine coursework in any of the languages and literatures of the department or to designate an emphasis in German or in Scandinavian and Finnish.

Faculty: College of Liberal Arts  |  Duration: 4 years / 120 credits  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Minneapolis, MN, United States

What you will study

Required components: Core Courses, Advanced Language, Language & Textual Analysis, Critical Literacy & Global Understanding, Electives, Capstone, Upper Division Writing Intensive within the major, Required Prerequisites. Collegiate Requirements: All CLA BA degrees require 18 upper-division (3xxx-level or higher) credits outside the major designator. These credits must be taken in designators different from the major designator and cannot include courses that are cross-listed with the major designator.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission is to the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and the College of Liberal Arts (university or college-level requirement, not programme-specific).

Duration: 4 years / 120 credits

Apply through the official page: https://admissions.tc.umn.edu/

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