Indicators of Achievement

We have set three broad categories of Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) for what we expect students to know or be able to do after completing a Minor in German.


Student Learning Outcomes for the German Minor

  1. Language Proficiency
    • Students will be able to initiate, maintain, and close a general conversation in German. [speaking]
    • Students will be able to understand written examples of a variety of texts that treat familiar and unfamiliar topics and situations. [reading]
    • Students will be able to understand main ideas and details of discourse that they hear. [listening]
    • Students will be able to write informal and formal texts about familiar topics using simple discourse. [writing]
    • Students will be able to describe the grammar they are using, reading, or listening to. [analyzing]
  2. Knowledge of Cultural Contexts
    • Students will be able to appreciate the stylistic features that distinguish texts (from non-fiction and from the literary, visual, and performance arts).
    • Students will be able to comment on the place of texts and genres within the cultural tradition.
    • Students will be familiar with great works in the cultural tradition.
    • Students will be able to discuss historical developments and periods in these cultures.
    • Students will appreciate influences and contributions of German speaking peoples on American culture (through immigration, political outlooks and policies).
  3. Senior Project (for the Individualized German Studies Major)
    • Students will have such familiarity with research methods that they can produce scholarly writings that draw on texts or other resources in German and in English.
    • Students will demonstrate their ability to read those texts/resources critically.
    • Students will demonstrate their ability to synthesize shared and opposing views.
    • Students will demonstrate their ability to present their research findings effectively in a public setting.
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