German - Cottey College

German from Cottey College is a Campus Associate Language degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. Foreign languages are an integral part of liberal arts studies. In learning a foreign language, students acquire a body of knowledge about the different ways humans think, view the world, express themselves, and communicate with one another. Language learning expands one's ability to create and discover new meaning in one's own language and culture. Career Opportunities A foreign language major will learn the language, study the literature , and explore the culture of the countries or communities where the language is spoken. Increasingly, foreign languages are either a requirement in a chosen area of study or a valuable skill for careers in specific fields. Many universities require two or more semesters of a foreign language for a bachelor's degree . Often graduate and Ph.D. programs require a reading knowledge of one and sometimes two foreign languages. There are also separate majors called area studies, which emphasize history, culture, politics and economics of a region rather than its language and literature. Graduates of foreign language choose careers in teaching, interpreting or translating, law, international relations, foreign affairs, intelligence gathering, medicine, international banking and business, comparative literature , fine arts, library science, travel and tourism, and journalism. View more details on Cottey College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Language courses.