{"id":309,"date":"2014-09-19T18:54:11","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T18:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/cas\/?p=309"},"modified":"2024-07-12T16:15:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T16:15:03","slug":"german-minor-available-benefits-all-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/2014\/09\/19\/german-minor-available-benefits-all-students\/","title":{"rendered":"German Minor Available. Benefits All Students."},"content":{"rendered":"

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The University of Michigan-Flint has reinstated the German minor!<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is exciting news for any student, from any of UM-Flint\u2019s schools, who foresees international experiences or connections in their career. Or for students who think their careers will touch business, finance, medicine, science, philosophy, technology, art . . . any of the major sectors, both domestically and globally, in which the German culture is entwined.<\/p>\n

Through the minor, students will gain knowledge of German language, communication, and culture. Whether a foreign language is a requirement in your program or not, learning a second language is invaluable in its practical applications and is an impressive show of a focus on diversity, globalism, and motivation for future employers.<\/p>\n

According to an article<\/a> by\u00a0The Economist\u00a0<\/em>on the \u201cworth\u201d of foreign language,\u00a0<\/em>learning German has the highest return on investment for students, yielding $128,000 more in lifetime earnings bonuses.<\/p>\n

UM-Flint students with a German minor won\u2019t have to look far to find industries that will value their knowledge. According to German Language instructor\u00a0Elke Kramer, \u201csoutheast Michigan\u2019s second largest group of international companies is German, behind Japanese. Over 280 companies in the area are German subsidiaries.\u201d Many of these companies focus on the automotive and science industries. Recent job searches turned up listings in Troy, Auburn Hills, Brighton, Plymouth, and Kalamazoo\u2014all indicating that German language skills would be a bonus!<\/p>\n

While enrolled, students can also find a bevy of opportunities that would be complemented by a German minor. In 2013, UM-Flint signed two memoranda-of-understanding with Germany\u2019s University of Wuppertal (BUW). These memoranda serve to establish a program of undergraduate exchange between the two schools, expanding opportunities for students from both to travel abroad. Participating schools at BUW include Humanities, Mathematics & Natural Science, and Business & Economics. To learn more about this partnership, read the story<\/a> from UM-Flint News.<\/p>\n

UM-Flint\u2019s winter 2015 semester will feature several\u00a0German courses, including German 111: Beginning German I, German 112: Beginning German II, and German 205: Reading German. Other courses in the\u00a0catalog<\/a>\u00a0include Reading German, German Conversation, Business German, \u00a0and Understanding the German-Speaking World.<\/p>\n

For more information on learning German at UM-Flint, contact the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures<\/a>\u00a0or Elke Kramer at 810.762.3370 or\u00a0elkekra@umflint.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The University of Michigan-Flint has reinstated the German minor! This is exciting news for any student, from any of UM-Flint\u2019s schools, who foresees international experiences or connections in their career. Or for students who think their careers will touch business, finance, medicine, science, philosophy, technology, art . . . any of the major sectors, both […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,16,18,28,1],"tags":[70],"class_list":["post-309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-department-news","category-faculty-news","category-foreign-languages","category-student-news","category-uncategorized","tag-case"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGerman Minor Available. 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