University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

UWM Foreign Language Courses and GER Status

Not all combinations of language courses satisfy the GER Foreign Language Requirement. Consult the UWM Undergraduate Catalog and your advisor to determine if the courses you choose are appropriate for the requirement. Consult the UWM Undergraduate Catalog for all language course prerequisites.

Department Name	Program	Crs Num	Course Name	Satisfies Req	Comments
Celtic
		103	First Sem. Gaelic	Yes
		104	Second Sem. Gaelic	Yes
Ethnic Studies
		250	Selected Topics in Ethnic Studies: First Semester Ojibwe	Yes	Only Ojibwe Language topics count toward the GER Foreign Language Requirement
		350	Advanced Topics in Ethnic Comparative Studies: Second Semester Ojibwe	Yes	Only Ojibwe Language topics count toward the GER Foreign Language Requirement
		350	Advanced Topics in Comparative Ethnic Studies: Intermediate Ojibwe Language	Yes	Only Ojibwe Language topics count toward the GER Foreign Language Requirement
		350	Advanced Topics in Comparative Ethnic Studies: Conversational Ojibwe Language	Yes	Only Ojibwe Language topics count toward the GER Foreign Language Requirement
Ex Ed
		301	Am Sign Lang I	Yes
		302	Am Sign Lang II	Yes
F Lang & Ling
	Arabic
		101	First Sem Arabic	Yes
		102	Second Sem Arabic	Yes
	Chinese
		101	First Sem Chinese	Yes	5 credits
		102	Second Sem Chinese	Yes	5 credits
	Classics
		103	Intro Classical Greek I	Yes
		104	Intro Classical Greek II	Yes
		103	Elem Latin I	Yes
		104	Elem Latin II	Yes
		150	Intensive Latin	No	4 credits, no second semester, not a prerequisite for further study of the language.
	F Lang & Ling
		103	First Sem Uncommon Lang	Yes	1-4 credits
		104	Second Sem Uncommon Lang	Yes	1-4 credits
	F Lang & Ling
		102	Uncommon Lang: Intensive First Sem	Yes	5-7 credits
		202	Uncommon Lang: Intensive Second Sem	Yes	5-7 credits
	German
		103	First Sem German	Yes
		104	Second Sem German	Yes
		110	Elem Spoken German	No	2 credits, no second semester, not a prerequisite for further study of the language.
		170	First Sem Dutch	No	No second semester
	Hebrew Studies
		051	Intro Modern Hebrew I	Yes	2 credits
		052	Intro Modern Hebrew II	Yes	2 credits
		053	Intro Modern Hebrew III	Yes	2 credits
		101	First Sem Hebrew	Yes
		102	Second Sem Hebrew	Yes
		103	Intro Yiddish I	Yes
		104	Intro Yiddish II	Yes
		105	Intro Biblical Hebrew I	Yes
		106	Intro Biblical Hebrew II	Yes
	Japanese
		101	First Sem Japanese	Yes	5 credits
		102	Second Sem Japanese	Yes	5 credits
	Korean
		101	First Sem Korean	Yes	5 credits
		102	Second Sem Korean	Yes	5 credits
	Linguistics
		161	First Sem Hmong Literacy	Yes
		162	Second Sem Hmong Literacy	Yes
		163	First Sem Lao Literacy	Yes
		164	Second Sem Lao Literacy	Yes
	Slavic Lang
		101	First Sem Polish	Yes
		102	Second Sem Polish	Yes
		101	First Sem Russian	Yes
		102	Second Sem Russian	Yes
		101	First Sem Serbo-Croatian	Yes
		102	Second Sem Serbo-Croatian	Yes
Fren Ital & Comp Lit
	French
		103	First Sem French	Yes
		104	Second Sem French	Yes
		110	French for Travelers	No	2 credits, no second semester, not a prerequisite for further study of the language.
		113	Intensive French I	Yes	Counts as a repeat of French 103.
		114	Intensive French II	Yes	Counts as a repeat of French 104.
	Italian
		103	First Sem Italian	Yes
		104	Second Sem Italian	Yes
		110	Italian for Travelers	No	2 credits, no second semester, not a prerequisite for further study of the language.
		113	Intensive Italian I	Yes	Counts as repeat of Ital 103
		114	Intensive Italian II	Yes	Counts as repeat of Ital 104
Span & Portuguese
	Portuguese
		103	First Sem Portuguese	Yes
		104	Second Sem Portuguese	Yes
		110	Accelerated Portuguese I	Yes	May not be combined with Portuguese 103 to satisfy the GER foreign Language Requirement.
		111	Accelerated Portuguese II	Yes
	Spanish
		103	First Sem Spanish	Yes
		104	Second Sem Spanish	Yes
		110	Intensive Crs in Spoken Spanish I	Yes	Not a prerequisite for further study of the language. May not be combined with Spanish 103 to satisfy the GER Foreign Language Requirement.
		111	Intensive Crs in Spoken Spanish II	Yes	Not a prerequisite for further study of the language.
		119	Spanish for Social Services and Law Enforcement I	Yes	Not a prerequisite for further study of the language. May not be combined with Spanish 103 to satisfy the GER Foreign Language Requirement.
		120	Spanish for Health & Soc Serv I	Yes	Not a prerequisite for further study of the language. May not be combined with Spanish 103 to satisfy the GER Foreign Language Requirement.
		121	Spanish for Health & Soc Serv II	Yes	Not a prerequisite for further study of the language.