French and German Teach Out Plan
In Spring 2025, Tennessee Tech discontinued the bachelor’s degree concentrations in French and German. This closure may impact courses that you need to complete your degree program. The chart below shows all course offerings in French and German through spring 2027; there is no guarantee that any further French or German courses other than those in the chart below will be offered by Tennessee Tech. If you need French or German courses to complete your degree program, you must be able to complete them by spring semester 2027. It is crucial that you plan carefully.
See the Department of Foreign Language memo to affiliated departments for more information (PDF) »
Who does this impact?
Students impacted include:
› Students majoring or minoring in French or German.
› Students in any other major that requires a foreign language if the student chose French or German to fill that requirement.
› Students in any other major that allows foreign language as an option if the student chose French or German for that option.
Here are examples of some academic programs that may require foreign language or allow it as an option. The list is not comprehensive, and there may be other such programs:
- English
- Foreign Languages
- History
- International Business and Cultures
- Multidisciplinary Studies
- Music
- Political Science
- Secondary Education
- Sociology
Steps You Need to Take
Step 1
Consult the chart below to determine if you will be able to complete the French or German courses you need by the end of spring 2027.
Step 2
If you cannot complete the French or German courses you need by spring 2027, you must either change to studying a different foreign language (Spanish) OR change your degree plan to something that does not require foreign language OR complete any required French or German courses at another institution or through Study Abroad and seek to transfer those credits to Tennessee Tech.
Step 3
You are strongly encouraged to consult with the Office of Financial Aid. Changing your major program or ending your study of French or German and continuing in another foreign language may impact your financial aid.
Step 4
Email languages@tntech.edu if you have any specific questions about your options.
Important Notes
› The courses in the schedule chart below are the only offerings of French and German anticipated at Tennessee Tech.
› If you neglect to take, or do not pass, a course that is scheduled to be offered for the last time, there will like be no further opportunity at Tennessee Tech to re-take that course.
› It is your responsibility to prioritize taking the courses you need when they are offered as they are shown in the schedule chart below.
› It is your responsibility to consult with your advisor or faculty advisor, or to email languages@tntech.edu about how the discontinuing of French and German course offerings may impact your degree program requirements.
› It is your responsibility to consult with the office of Financial Aid about how the discontinuing of French and German course offerings may impact your financial aid.
Last Chance Offerings of French and German
French
| Fall 2025 | Spring 2026 | Fall 2026 | Spring 2027 |
| FREN 1010 | — | FREN 1010 | — |
| FREN 1020 | FREN 1020 | ||
| FREN 2010 | — | FREN 2010 | — |
| — | FREN 2020 | — | FREN 2020 |
| FREN 2510 | FREN 2510 | — | — |
| — | — | FREN 3010 | — |
| FREN 3110 | — | — | — |
| — | — | FREN 3112 | — |
| — | FREN 3120 | — | FREN 3020 |
| — | — | — | FREN 3200 |
| FREN 3510 | FREN 3510 | — | — |
| FREN 4920 | FREN 4920 | FREN 4920 | FREN 4920 |
German
| Fall 2025 | Spring 2026 | Fall 2026 | Spring 2027 |
| GERM 1010 | — | — | — |
| — | GERM 1020 | — | — |
| GERM 2010 | — | GERM 2010 | — |
| — | GERM 2020 | — | GERM 2020 |
| GERM 3010 | — | GERM 3010 | — |
| — | GERM 3020 | — | GERM 3020 |
| — | GERM 3112 | — | — |
| — | — | GERM 3150 | — |
| — | — | — | GERM 3200 |
| — | — | GERM 4810 | — |
| — | — | — | GERM 4920 |