The advent of German Unification, the introduction of a common European currency, and the ever growing number of states joining the European Union have led to a substantial increase in German programs worldwide.
With German firms currently being the top foreign investors in the USA, Germany, as one of the strongest industrial nations in the world, remains one of the closest and strongest trading partners of the United States.
This joining of the German and American economies mirrors on a smaller scale the push towards globalization we see on a larger scale in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.
The increase in global interdependence and interconnectedness has led to the realization that languages are the key to successful intercultural communication in business, education, the arts, science, medicine, politics and countless other areas.
As a student of German at the University of Indianapolis, who is in search of a competitive edge in the expanding markets of the global village, you will receive a well-rounded education in the areas of German linguistics, culture, literature, business, and service learning.
Enhanced by many short-term Study-Abroad options as well as Spring Term travel to a variety of German-speaking countries, students will graduate prepared for a wide array of professional careers, especially if they combine their language studies with another major.
The new program in Applied Languages & Literatures (ALL) at the University of Indianapolis mirrors the importance of the German language on a global scale. We offer courses in business German, cross-cultural training, German literature and the literatures and cultures of the German-speaking world, and German commerce and media.
In addition to track-oriented coursework, students in the Applied German Language and Literature program will have the opportunity to pursue multilingual studies and gain work experience through internships/practica, and service learning projects. The culminating experience of the German program is the capstone seminar, in which students will design a career-building portfolio and pass an exit exam.
Careers using German
Education - High School/College/University
Engineering
Environmental Science
Foreign Affairs
Health Care Facility/Program
Information & Communication Technologies
International Trade
Investment/Financial Service
Journalism
Legal Practice
Management Consulting
Marketing
Medical and Health Research
Pharmaceutics
Publishing/Printing
Translation/Interpreting
German: the language of the friendly economic giant of Europe, the European country with the deepest and most extensive ties to U.S. commerce; of the genius in music, literature, philosophy, and science (Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Wagner, Mahler, Goethe, Thomas Mann, Hesse, Kafka, Luther, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Marx, Freud, and Einstein); of Austria and most of Switzerland; of some of the the worst outlaws and some of the most poignant victims of the 20th century--in short, the language of the culture which, if only for the spectacle of its contradictions, has extraordinary significance in the modern age.
Source: Website of the Modern Languages department of Union College, www.union.edu.
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