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An Alternate EUROTECH Schedule


Below is an example of how you can finish the program on time even if you start late with the German coursework. This is just an example; there are other ways of doing this. These other ways mainly depend on what language courses individual students are able to take over the summer or during intersession (between Fall and Spring semester) or during their study/work abroad period.

Example: Starting with German in your third year

FALL SPRING
   
Year 1
   
just engineering, no German
   

Year 2

   
just engineering, no German

After having completed two years, lightning strikes and you realize that you want to go global. Here's what you can do:
   
Summer Preceding Year 3
   
Take the equivalent of First Year German (1131-1132; 8 credits) during summer session here or elsewhere or at the Goethe Institute (see below)
   
Year 3
   
Germ 1133 (4 credits) Germ 1134 (4 credits)
Germ 3220 (1 credit) Germ 3221 (1 credit)
Germ 3251 (3 credits)  
   
Year 4
   
Study Abroad: Work Abroad
Take the equivalent of Germ 3233-3234 (6 credits)
as "Deutsch als Fremdsprache" courses
offered at a German university and, for example, one
course under 3293 that counts as a literature course.		 Germ 3290 (6 credits)
ENGR 3289
   
Year 5
   
Germ 3222 (1 credit) Germ 3261W (3 credits)


OTHER WAYS OF GETTING YOUR GERMAN LANGUAGE TRAINING that can make your schedule more flexible and/or speed up your progress in the program:
  1. The German section offers first year German as Germ 1111-1112 Intensive Beginning German in Spring and second year German as Germ 1113-1114 Intensive Intermediate German in Fall.


  2. The Deutsche Sommerschule am Atlantik: The University of Rhode Island's German Section offers a six-week German immersion program. During these six weeks, you can take a full year of German at the first, second, or third year level. Upper-level courses are offered as well. Students live in URI's IEP (International Engineering Program) house. For these six weeks, German is the only language you will use.


  3. Depending on enrollments and availability of instructors, UConn's German section will offer intersession courses (between Fall and Spring semester), summer session courses, and fast track (one year in one semester) courses in Spring at the first year level. Course offerings will be announced to the engineering advisors to make interested students aware of them.


  4. Study Abroad, see the example above and F. Weidauer for a variety of alternatives to this example.


  5. The Goethe Institute, German language and cultural institutes located all over the world, offer German courses in all major US cities as well as across Germany and in the rest of the world. Go to www.goethe.de for current course schedules. It is possible to get these courses transferred as UConn credits.


  6. Other commercial and non-profit language schools. Credit transfer depends on the quality of the individual program.


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