The German major program that focuses on the German language and related dialects as used in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, neighboring European countries containing German-speaking minorities, and elsewhere.
Please consult the UMW Undergraduate Catalog for specific and up-to-date major requirements.
Thinking About This Major?
The Center for Career & Professional Development has many tools and resources available to help you choose your major. Below are three of them:
Focus 2: A series of reliable, intuitive, career and education decision-making assessments to help students select a major, explore occupations, make informed career decisions, and take action in their career development.
Skills developed as a German major major (via Focus2): Helping, listening, reading comprehension, speaking, writing and authoring.
What Can I Do With This Major: Learn more about what you can do as a German major major! Some areas of career options are government, industry, commerce, travel, tourism, interpretation, service, education, arts, media, and entertainment.
Handshake: UMW’s online career management platform that includes the latest jobs from employers hiring at your school. You can search for organizations based on major, location, job type, and many other categories.
German – Current Job Opportunities
Note: Job & Internship opportunities are pulled from UMW’s online job and internship database, Handshake, and update every 12 hours. Log into your UMW Handshake account to find hundreds of other opportunities and events.
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Business Development Specialist
Experienced Fleet Mechanic
World Language Education Jobs in Florida
K-12 Teaching Jobs in Florida
Nature Center Attendant (Part Time)
German – Current Internship Opportunities
Summer Associate, Client Service, 2024 (San Francisco)
Global Responses to Asymmetric Threats Project Paid Internships
A Geospatial Forecast: Current and Emerging Malign Use of Technology to Threaten Critical Infrastructure and Crowded Spaces Paid Internship
Senator Bob Casey's Spring 2024 Internship
Fall/Spring Remote Internship
Summer Associate, Client Service, 2024 (San Francisco)
Global Responses to Asymmetric Threats Project Paid Internships
A Geospatial Forecast: Current and Emerging Malign Use of Technology to Threaten Critical Infrastructure and Crowded Spaces Paid Internship
Senator Bob Casey's Spring 2024 Internship
Fall/Spring Remote Internship
German Graduate Data
Note: Undergraduate outcome data is collected by the UMW Career Center each year. The data is then broken down by major in order to determine how many graduates in each major are employed, attending graduate school, or pursuing a different path within 6 months of graduation.
- “knowledge rate” defines the percent of graduates for which the institution has reasonable and verifiable information concerning the graduates’ post-graduation career activities
- “career outcome rate” is the number of graduates who have landed in any of the employment categories (full-time, part-time, internship) in addition to service, military, and continuing education divided by the total number of students for whom an outcome is known.
German Alumni (2018-2022)
Total Graduates: 12
Knowledge Rate: 60%
Career Outcome Rate: 60%
- Employed Full-time: 50%
- Employed Part-time: 30%
- Grad School: 20%
Where do our alumni land?
Companies
Graduate Schools
Alumni Success Stories
UMW alumni are excited to help current students and other alumni succeed in their fields. Below are stories from alumni about their experiences at UMW and after.
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Professional Associations
- American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
- American Translators Association
- Association of International Educators
- Council on International Educational Exchange
- Foreign Policy Association
- Internatioanal Association of Conference Translators
- International Federation of Translators
- International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
- National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators
- National Council on Interpreting in Health Care