The Master of Science in Applied Language and Intercultural Studies (MS-ALIS), offered by the School of Modern Languages, is one of the first professional master's degrees in foreign language and cultural studies in the United States. It emphasizes the real-world professional applications of language for a wide range of career paths, from communications and non-profit to business, engineering, and medicine. In addition to rigorous training in advanced-level language and cross-cultural communication, students have the opportunity to go abroad to study, do research, and complete for-credit internships. Students graduate with a professional portfolio in the language of concentration, positioning them to pursue a range of internationally oriented career paths.
Spoken by about 100 Million people worldwide, German is the language of the strongest economy in the European Union. Apart from its importance for the global economy, German is a highly relevant language in academia as well. On this campus, German Studies intersects and enriches the dialogue with numerous disciplines in the sciences, engineering, international affairs, economy, media, communications, and history, to name a few. A major or minor in German makes our students stand out as interdisciplinary thinkers and as inter-culturally competent candidates on the global job market. Graduates of the Georgia Tech German Program regularly place into highly prestigious jobs in the global workplace.
The German Program at the School of Modern Languages provides students with an integrative academic experience that emphasizes linguistic and cultural proficiency, intercultural studies, and applied language use. A close-knit combination of language and culture studies, faculty-led study abroad, academic exchanges, and internships in the German-speaking world encourages our students to make German an integral part of their career paths. Students can study German at all levels ranging from beginning language courses (also available online), to advanced language acquisition courses, to courses focusing on intercultural studies, cultural history, race and gender studies, technology, film, digital media, and literature.
