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Admission requirements

• All students should take the department’s short online language placement exam and discuss the results with a German department adviser to find the most appropriate class. Instructions and a link can be found on the foreign languages department website under Student Information.
• Transfer students may continue their foreign language study at the next comparable level.

Why UMKC?

• UMKC students have opportunities to receive valuable course credit while studying abroad. Highlighted programs include a semester- or year-long exchange with the University of Klagenfurt, Austria, and a four-week summer internship program in the Bavarian city of Ingolstadt.
• The German faculty strongly supports independent student research projects that take them abroad; recent students have received prestigious Fulbright and DAAD scholarships to spend up to a year in Germany.
• German faculty have solicited $4,500 in grants in the last three years to acquire German films for the UMKC library.

  

Fast facts

• Germany is the second-largest trading partner for the United States.
• German is the dominant language of business in Eastern Europe.
• Connecting German and business studies can provide exciting career opportunities.
• Language courses promote communication and are highly interactive.
• Upper division classes investigate literature, culture, and film in seminar format with small class sizes.
• A German Studies minor allows students to take courses in any department that has a connection to the German-speaking countries.

Faculty

Faculty members are noted authors and researchers in their fields and present their work regularly at international conferences.

• Scott Baker, Ph.D., focuses primarily on German drama, 18th and 19th century political literature, and language teaching.
• Larson Powell, Ph.D., works on film, 20th century literature, and connections between music and literature.
• Brenda Bethman, Ph.D., focuses on women’s literature and gender studies.
• Tanya Kelley, MA, has taught German at UMKC since 2001.

Student organizations

Deutsch Club

Deutsch Klub is a student-run group that meets once a week to converse in German, discuss cultural and contemporary events, and provide mentoring for lower-level students.

The Economics Club

This club promotes interaction among undergraduate, graduate students, faculty and distinguished economists and professionals.

Careers

Explore career options for German majors at careeronestop.org.

Contact us

Office of Admissions

120 Administrative Center
5115 Oak St.
Kansas City, MO 64112
Phone: 816-235-1111
Toll-free: 1-800-775-8652
Relay Missouri: 1-800-735-2966 (TTY)
E-mail: admit@umkc.edu
umkc.edu/admissions

Visit us

Students are encouraged to schedule a campus visit by visiting umkc.edu/welcome or calling 816-235-8652.