Proficiency in written and spoken German is demonstrated by coursework in GERM 3311 . Study in the SMU-in-Germany summer program or in an approved term or junior-year program in a German-speaking country is highly recommended. Suggested electives outside the German area are courses in a second world language; other world literature in translation; literary criticism; English and American literature; linguistics, semiotics or philology; and German art history, philosophy or history.