2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Apr 12, 2025  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Basic German Language Proficiency Certificate

Location(s): Brookings Main Campus, Online, SDBOR System Certificate


Blue rectangle with triangles.

Apply Now Request More Information

Program Coordinator/Contact

Eckhard Rölz, Professor of German
School of American and Global Studies
Lincoln Hall 231, Box 2212
605-688-4276

Program Information

The Basic German Language Proficiency Certificate provides students a language certificate that marks their achievements in acquiring the German language at the basic level. The certificate includes elementary and intermediate language study, with a focus on developing all modes of language production: speaking, listening, writing, and reading in an everyday context. The certificate may be completed as a stand-alone program and may be taken by any student regardless of major. The Basic German Language Proficiency Certificate is particularly relevant for majors in business, engineering, agriculture, health care, and education.

Course Delivery Format

Courses are delivered face-to-face on-campus and online.

Requirements for Basic German Language Proficiency Certificate: 14 Credits


Total Required Credits: 14