Our Graduates

What can you do with a German major? Our graduates have pursued a variety of paths after majoring in German at Chico State.

They have found employment in a variety of places:

• Event Coordinator & Project Assistant, Hop Growers of America, Yakima, WA
• Tour Team Leader & Beer Camp Counselor, Sierra Nevada Brewery, Chico, CA
• International Student Advisor, Oregon State University, Corvalis, OR
• Advisor, Institute of International Education, Ceres, CA
• Direct Exchange Advisor, Study Abroad, CSU, Chico
• International Education Advisor, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
• Technical Service Representative, SMA America (German solar company), Rocklin, CA
• Foreign Specialist, United States Army
• Organizational Development Advisor, Peace Corps, Moldova
• Assistant Director of Admissions, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA
• Congressional Aide, United States House of Representatives, Washington, DC
• German Teacher, Chandler Unified School District, Chandler, AZ
• Language Teacher, Japan Exchange and Teaching Program
• English Teacher, Berlitz, Austria & Germany
• English Teacher, American Language School, Chiba, Japan
• English Trainer for German Businesspeople, Interlingua, Cologne, Germany
• English Teacher, Luzhou School, Niutan, Szechuan Province, China
• ESL Teacher, UC San Diego, San Diego, CA
• First Grade Teacher, Woodridge Elementary School, Sacramento, CA
• Personal Assistant and au pair for a German family, San Francisco, CA
• Au pair for a German family, Fulda, Germany
• Police Officer, City of Chico, Chico, CA
• Admissions and Community Outreach Coordinator, Fairhaven College, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
• Events Lead, Palantir Technologies, Palo Alto, CA
• Director of Teammate Success, Gainsight, San Francisco, CA
• Organizational Development Consultant, Robert Bosch, Stuttgart, Germany
• Flight Attendant, Lufthansa, Frankfurt, Germany
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Senior Manager, Hiachi Sales Operations, Santa Clara, CA

And many have taken part in internships, fellowships, and/or advanced study:

• Columbia University – M.A. in International Affairs / Economic & Political Development / International Conflict Resolution
• CSU, Chico – M.A. in Teaching International Languages
• San Diego State University – M.A. in Applied Linguistics
• FernUniversität Hagen – M.A. in Computer Science
• Humboldt University, Berlin – M.A. in History
• Fulbright Ambassador to Belarus, Polotsk, Belarus
• Intern, Klinikum der Universität München, Munich, Germany
• Intern, Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Vienna, Austria
• Intern, Talent Management, Allianz SE, Munich, Germany
• Intern, Tübingen Hawks Baseball Team – Tübingen, Germany
• Intern, Bosch Training Center, Stuttgart, Germany
• Intern, Migros Supermarket, Switzerland
• Intern, English Teaching Assistant, Christian-Doppler-Gymnasium, Salzburg, Austria
• Monterey Institute of International Studies – M.A. in Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies
• Monterey Institute of International Studies – M.A. in Public Administration in Security and Development and Managing International Organizations
• Northern Illinois Univeristy, MBA in Business Administration
• Oxford University, Oxford, UK, Ph.D. in Oriental Studies
• Technische Universität München – B.A. in Electrical Engineering
• University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY – M.A. in Linguistics
• University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany – M.B.A.
• University of Tübingen, Germany – Ph.D. in Religious Studies
• University of Tübingen, Germany – M. Sc. in Neuroscience
• University of Massachusetts Amherst – PhD in History
• University of Manchester, UK – M.A. in International Education
• Yale University, New Haven, CT – Ph.D .in English