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GERMAN LANGUAGE ~ GERMAN WITH HONORS

FOREIGN AREA STUDIES ~ DOUBLE LANGUAGE

Department of Foreign Languages

United States Military Academy

“Speaking in Tongues since 1802”

"Wer fremde Sprachen nicht kennt, weiß nichts von seiner eigenen."

“Those who know no foreign language know nothing of their mother tongue.”

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Be a German Language Major!

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As a German language major you will follow a track of courses designed to

develop your German language proficiency and cultural understanding. These

courses will focus on language, culture and German life. You may also have the

opportunity for academic travel to German-speaking areas such as

Germany and Austria.

FOREIGN ACADEMY EXCHANGE PROGRAM (FAEP): Travel to places like

the German Officers’ School in Dresden, Germany or the Theresan Military

Academy in Wiener Neustadt, Austria to witness life as an officer candidate.

AIAD: Immerse yourself in a German Army unit for three weeks to learn about the

German military and culture. Study German through an intensive summer language

and culture immersion program in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.

SEMESTER ABROAD PROGRAM (SAP): Spend a semester studying German

and experiencing the culture in an immersion environment at the German military

universities in Hamburg and Munich, or at the Austrian Military Academy in

Wiener Neustadt, Austria. Host a German or Austrian cadet for a semester at West

Point to experience a cross cultural exchange.

GERMAN CLUB: Participate in club activities, socialize while speaking German,

and experience German culture through food, media, and discussion.

ACADEMIC AWARDS AVAILABLE: The Brigadier General Charles J. Barrett

Memorial Award for most outstanding cadet in language studies, The Steuben

Society Award for excellence in German ,The German Military Reading & Writing

Award for excellence in German, The Brigadier General Anthony J. Smith Award

for excellence in foreign studies.

What Can I Expect as a German Major?

Sample German-language 8TAP

SECOND CLASS

TERM 1 TERM 2

FIRST CLASS

TERM 1 TERM 2

CES1 CES2 CES3 HI302

IT305 EN302 HI301 LG476 (7)

PL300 SS307 LW403 EV386 (8)

LG371 (1) LG475 (3) LG485 (5) SS377 (9)

HI343 (2) EV365 (4) SS366 (6) LN490 (10)

Sample 8TAP: Foreign Area Studies, Europe

You can choose from a German Language Major, combine German and another language

with a Dual Language Major, or combine the language and the region with an

interdisciplinary Foreign Area Studies: Europe major. Each of these options can be taken as

an honors program. Language majors also work well as part of a Double Major with another

department.

What Are My Study Program Options?

“When I tell people in America that I am a language major, they generally say something like,

‘Why would you study languages? Everyone in Europe speaks English now anyways.’

Because of this, I questioned my decision a few times on becoming a language major. After a

few days in country, these questions went away. To truly connect with people from another

culture and way of life you need to speak their native language.”

-Cadet FAEP After Action Review

SECOND CLASS

TERM 1 TERM 2

FIRST CLASS

TERM 1 TERM 2

CES1 CES2 CES3 HI302

IT305 EN302 HI301 LG476 (9)

PL300 SS307 LW403 LG486 (10)

LG371 (1) LG475 (3) LG483 (6) LN490 (11)

LF203 (2) LF204 (4) LF371 (7) LF475 (12)

HSS

Elective (5) LG485(8)

LN380 or HSS

Elective(13)

Sample Dual-Language 8TAP

(German & French) LG 371

INTENSIVE INTERMEDIATE GERMAN

LG475

READING & WRITING THROUGH MEDIA

LG476

GERMAN MILITARY SPEAKING & READING

LG483

GERMAN CIVILIZATION I

LG484

GERMAN CIVILIZATION Ii

LG485

SURVEY OF GERMAN LITERATURE I

LG486

SURVEY OF GERMAN LITERATURE II

LG490

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE CAP SEMINAR

LG492

20TH & 21ST CENTURY GERMANY

EV365

GEOGRAPHY OF GLOBAL CULTURES

EV386

GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE

SS366

COMPARATIVE POLITICS

SS377

POLITICS & GOV OF EUROPE

THIRD CLASS

TERM 1 TERM 2

SECOND CLASS

TERM 1 TERM 2

FIRST CLASS

TERM 1 TERM 2

MA205 MA206 CES1 CES2 CES3 HI302

PH201 PH202 EN302 SS307 HI301 LG484 (7)

SS201 SS202 HI301 PL300 LW403 LG486 (8)

EV203 PY201 LG371 (1) LG475 (3) LG483 (5) LG492 (9)

LG203 LG204 HSS

Elective (2) LG476 (4) LG485 (6) LG490 (10)

Third Class

courses are

identical for all

German Major

options.