BA in German in Cleveland United States | Case Western Reserve University

The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures provides undergraduate programs culminating in a Bachelor of Arts degree for Chinese, French, German, Japanese Studies, and Spanish. Students can also pursue minors in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. Instruction across all department courses is conducted mainly in the language being studied, except when courses are jointly offered with the World Literature Program or other interdisciplinary initiatives.

Graduates with majors or minors in these disciplines find professional pathways in academia, translation services, government and diplomatic roles, corporate sectors, healthcare, global nonprofit organizations, and creative industries. Complementing a primary academic focus with a modern language minor can strengthen studies in diverse areas, including STEM fields. German majors, in particular, are required to achieve proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing German while building comprehensive knowledge of associated literary and cultural traditions.