• Discipline links

Objectives and requirements
Faculty
Why study German at UMM?
Finish in four years!
Research QuickStart for
German Literature Humanities Division page

• Clubs & opportunities

German Club
Boffers Club
History Club
Education Minnesota Student
Program
Study Abroad
Undergraduate Research
at UMM
RISE (summer research
with German Ph.D. students)
RISE: Larissa's experience
Congress Bundestag
Youth Exchange
Carl Duisberg Programs
(training in Germany)
Carl Duisberg Internships
Duisberg Language Travel
Duisberg in China
(and non-U.S. countries)
Bayer Foundation Fellowships

• Contact Info

For more information on the German major at UMM, call the Humanities Division Office at (320) 589-6250 and ask for the name and contact information for the German major Discipline Coordinator.

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German Discipline

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Why study German at UMM?

German is a core language for the Liberal Arts. It develops students' logical skills and is the instrument for accessing original works of literature and philosophy central to Western Civilization.

The German major prepares students to become global citizens and entrepreneurs. The language skills and culture taught in German courses enhance our students' international perspectives - German is spoken not only in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, but also in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Liechtenstein. It is a viable second language in many Central European countries where new economic frontiers are opening.

Many students of German pursue a related second major, thereby qualifying for notable academic opportunities. A UMM German and chemistry major, for example, obtained a prestigious RISE summer internship from the DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst), the German equivalent of the Fulbright Program.

Students of German also benefit from a program enriched by our interdisciplinary European Studies courses. UMM is one of fewer than two dozen undergraduate institutions in the U.S. to offer a European Studies major, featuring courses such as "Rococo to Revolution," "Modern Irish Literature," "Intercultural Communication Theory," and "Women in Early Modern Europe." A former German/European Studies major, Kevin Timmins, is now living in Germany and working with T-Systems International as a service manager for their international customers in the aviation business. He attests to using German on the job 90% of the time! Read Kevin's story on page 7 of UMM's campus newspaper, The University Register (PDF file).