German Language (1-8)
This course is the basic German language course for German major and minor students, leading from an elementary (zero beginners) to an advanced level. After 2 ½ years, the students should have reached the ability of using German fluently concerning speaking, listening, reading, and writing. This class is as well meant to enable the student after 4 years to pass the central German language test (DSH or TestDaF = TOEFL-equivalent) that is required for every foreign student who wants to study in Germany. Only students who have passed the previous level (e.g. level 1) will be allowed to enter the following level (e.g. level 2) of German language major class!

German Grammar (1-5)
This course will cover all fields of German Grammar related to the level of German the students reach in the ‚German language‘ class. This course is meant to give the students a more systematic approach to German language and grammar.

German Listening Comprehension (1-4)
Starting with examples of easy spoken German in everyday situations, this class will help the students to improve their listening comprehension abilities. The goal of this class is to enable the students to follow German conversations more easily and to be able to understand for e.g. German TV and radio news.

German Composition Writing (1-4)
As a preparation e.g. to compose professional business papers and for thesis writing, the students will be trained to write texts using different styles: prose, short stories, newspaper articles, technical descriptions, letters, and argumentation.

Video German
In addition to the usual language class using only a textbook and tapes, the Video German course will include more audio-visual teaching tools, combining speaking and listening with pictures and language learning films that help the students to use all their senses and skills to learn German well.

German Culture (1+2)
This course will give a general and detailed overlook over German and European culture, dealing with aspects of society, politics, economy, history, and art.

German Reading (1-3)
Reading skill as part of the 4 basic language skills will be improved by introducing and using different reading techniques. There will be a whole variety of texts used in this class such as newspaper articles, prose, or technical texts.

Thesis Writing Techniques
To graduate from YUST, German major students have to write a Thesis during the first half of the 4th year of their studies. In this course, the students will learn how to compose correctly their final paper (= course “Graduation Thesis for German major” 303712). The Thesis should contain at least 5 A-4 pages of written text related to the topic the student has chosen, such as German literature, linguistics, society, and so on.

Business German (1-3)
As the students are going to be prepared to work in Chinese-german joint ventures or other economic fields, this course will provide the language and terminology the students need to be employed and work professionally in the area of business and management.

TestDaF-Training (1+2)
In analogy to the TOEFL-test for English, this course will prepare the students for the similar German TestDaF-test, which is the central test deciding whether a foreign student is allowed to study at a German university or not.
Attention: access to this course is restricted! Only students who have passed the German language 5 class in the first half of the 3rd year of their studies with an “A” as final grade will be given access to the TestDaF-Training course for it is very intensive and can focus only on those students who have a realistic chance to pass the “TestDaF Language Test” (being held e.g. in Beijing) in the near future!

German for tourism (1-3)
Business and tourism are two of the fields that might receive the YUST graduate students of German language. This course will provide the language and terminology the students need to be employed and work professionally in the area of tourism, e.g. covering aspects of tour guiding, hotel management, and so on.

Translation (1-4)
An important professional field for graduate students of German language is translation. The translation class will prepare the students to work professionally as translators using their mother tongue (Chinese or Korean) combined with German and English as well.

German Pronunciation Exercise (1+2)
This course is dealing with the field of German phonetics. Especially for beginners it is hard to recognize and produce the sounds of a new and unknown foreign language correctly. The course is going to lead the students from simple sound recognition and production to sentence stress and intonation, as well as to the ability of reading texts aloud fluently (text intonation).

German Practice (1-4)
Speaking a new foreign language freely is the biggest challenge our students have to face. After having built a sound foundation of knowledge of German language and Grammar during the first 2 years of German studies, the German Practice classes are meant to use that knowledge and put it into fluent German speaking.

German Novel
This class is an introduction to German novels as a type of literature. Besides giving a survey on the variety of novels written in German, the students will also study examples from Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

German Literature (1+2)
This is an introduction to the history of German literature, leading from the middle-ages to modern times, presenting the whole variety of current German literature in the 20th century and at the beginning of the 21st century.

Language teaching
Another important professional field for graduate students of the German language beside business, tourism and translation is language teaching. This course will prepare the students to work as language teachers for German. The course will combine both theory of language teaching and practice: the students will have a chance to make use of their abilities and knowledge by teaching German in lower level students within the German curriculum.