After GER 301
Gateway: GER 301
Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate GER coursework.
Generated from Pennsylvania State University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate GER work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.
Showing the 18 GER and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 40 more GER courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on GER, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
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Prescribed Courses: Require a grade of C or better
Additional Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better; Select 3 credits from the following:; Select 9 credits in German literature and culture from the following:; Select 3 credits in German linguistics and applied linguistics from the following:; Select 3 additional credits of German at the 300- or 400-level
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in GER. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at GER 411
4 courses deep, ending at GER 489
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Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better; Select 24 credits (at least 12 credits at the 400-level) from the program list of courses dealing with the Middle Ages from no less than three of the following areas:; Art; History; Literature and Language; Medieval Studies; Philosophy and Religious Studies
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Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better; STAT 200 or appropriate statistics course; Select 6 additional credits in Linguistics at the 400 level (list kept in department); Select 6 additional credits from Linguistics courses and/or approved related fields
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All GER courses in the Penn State catalog
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