Our department designs its curriculum around four areas: language, humanities, practical training, and interdisciplinary courses (required electives by the university). In the first and second years, we focus on foundational German training, while in the third and fourth years, it shifts to advanced professional German and practical skills development.

Language

The language courses emphasize the development and enhancement of listening, speaking, and reading abilities, which in turn cultivate writing and translation skills. This enables students to comprehensively utilize and master the German language through courses such as “Basic German grammar,” “Intermediate German,” “German Conversation” and Composition”.

Humanities

The humanities courses enrich students’ knowledge of German-speaking countries, their cultures, and literatures, fostering a solid humanistic and cross-cultural literacy. The courses in this area include: “Perspectives on German-speaking Countries,” “Introduction to German Culture” and “German Literature and Film”.

Interdisciplinary

The interdisciplinary courses allow students to acquire additional and broaden knowledge from other fields, including courses such as ” AI and Programming Language,” “English,” and ” Ability of Expressing in Spoken and Written Chinese”.

Practical Training

The practical courses are employment-oriented, offering applied learning opportunities to equip students with professional skills for the job market. courses include: “Business German,” “Tourism in German,” “German for Teaching Chinese” and “Journalistic Reading in German”.

Rule for study in German Department:

1. Duration of study: 4 years and 128 credits that is 78 credits for obligatory subjects and at least 20 credits for choice subjects of the German department. The others credits are set for subjects of Liberal of Arts and subjects from other field. 

2. Certificate of CFER German B1, FLPT German B1 test or similar German test, and TOEIC 550 (at least) is required.

The major subjects consist of:

Basic Majors:

• Basic German  6/6
• Intermediate German  4/4
• German Listening Comprehension I (within German Language Laboratory I)  2/2
• German Listening Comprehension II (within German Language Laboratory II)  2/2

Core Majors:

• German Conversation I  2/2
• German Conversation II  2/2
• German Conversation III  2/2
• German Composition I  2/2
• German Composition II  2/2

Extend Majors

• German Literature and Film  0/2
• Introduction to German Linguistics  0/2
• Advanced German Grammer  2/0
• Apprentice Program  2/2
• Exam Preparation “Certificate German B1”  0/2
• German Tutorial  0/2

Elective Major in three fields:

A.  Literature and Culture

• Perspectives on German-speaking Countries  2/0
• Introduction to German Culture  2/0
• The Selected German Short Stories  0/2
• German Selected Reading  0/2

B. German Politics

• Political, Economic and Social Development in Germany 2/0
• The Role of Germany in the EU  0/2
• Journalistic Reading in German  0/2

C. German Application

• Basic Business German  0/2
• Business German  0/2
• Tourism in German  0/2
• German Creative writing  2/0
• AI German Translation and Interpreting  2/0
• Analysis of German Textbooks and Multimedia Teaching  2/0
• German for Teaching Chinese  0/2

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