The minimum departmental requirements for admission are:

B.A., ordinarily with a major in German or in an appropriate German language. The Office of Admissions determines degree equivalency to a B.A. for foreign students.
A 3.0 grade-point average in the upper-division courses of undergraduate work and any previous work in a graduate school.
A total score of at least 1000 on the verbal and quantitative portions of the GRE aptitude test. Exceptions may be made by the departmental graduate committee on a case by case basis.
The requirements are those stated above, but the following stipulations apply:

The credentials presented must be equivalent to those described above, e.g. students from British or Australian universities must have a good B.A. degree in German (Second Class Honors), students from German universities must have completed at least six semesters study including two successfully attended Hauptseminare in Germanistik after completion of the Zwischenprfung or Vordiplom with an equivalent grade point average of 3.0 or better for the Master of Arts level.
Verification of sufficient knowledge of English (a score of 550 or better on the TOEFL test and a score of 55 or better on the TSE test, where appropriate) and the GRE aptitude test.
Original academic records in duplicate, one copy for the department and one copy for the Admissions office. If the originals are in any other languages than English, notarized, complete translations are also required.
Applicants with a bachelor's degree only, a minimum grade point average of B (3.0), calculated from all grades and credits after the semester where the applicant reached 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours is required.

For applicants from countries where English is not the ofcial language, a minimum score on one of these English Language Skills tests, IELTS - 6.0,TOEFL IBT- 80, PBT- 550.