- Southeast’s Department of Foreign Languages and Anthropology has been declared one of the nation’s 35 model programs for German language education by the Modern Language Association (MLA).
- A knowledge of German will allow you to study at the Universitat Jena (Germany) in order to gain a better understanding of German language and culture.
- German courses at Southeast are taught by dedicated faculty who have studied extensively abroad at such institutions as Humbolt University in Berlin.
- Southeast offers many opportunities for you to engage in experiential learning. This means you will be able to combine the lessons taught in your lectures with real-world experience in speaking and/or teaching German. Numerous internships, both paid and unpaid, are available. Southeast students have been placed as interns in the German Bundestag and in German department stores. In addition, students majoring in German education are placed in area classrooms beginning their first year.
- There is a great demand for public and private school teachers certified in one or more foreign languages. As the number of schools offering foreign language instruction continues to increase, the job prospects in the education field will continue to be bright.
- Many companies with trading partners in foreign countries are seeking employees with backgrounds in foreign language and German is a commonly used language of the European Union (EU). Southeast’s Harrison College of Business offers a degree program in international business that is well-suited for foreign language majors.
- Your German skills could be used in government agencies such as the State Department, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Customs Service, Intelligence Services, the FBI, DEA and the International Aid Services. Many of these institutions are recruiting college graduates with foreign language skills.
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