Evidence comes from three documents: “Prerequisites and Recommended Subjects in Preparation for Work at the University of California,” “San Francisco State University Bulletin,” and “U.C. Berkeley General Catalog.”
German is recommended or prescribed for a total of 56 majors or degree programs. By contrast, French was recommended for 43 majors, Spanish for 21, Japanese for 7, and Chinese for 4.
The following departments recommended German to their undergraduate majors and to their graduate students: Ancient Civilization, Anthropology, Art History, Classical Studies, Comparative Literature, Dramatic Art, Literature, Mathematics, and Paleontology, among others.
These departments “strongly” recommended German: Anatomy, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Biochemistry, Biology, Biomedical Physics, Botany, Chemistry, Film Studies, Genetics, Linguistics, Logic and Methodology of Science, Molecular Biology, Music, Near Eastern Studies, Physical Science, Physics, Physiology, Religious Studies, Zoology, and others.
