War Studies

Description

A Joint Honours degree programme involves the study of two subjects to Honours degree level. If you study a subject in a Joint Honours programme, you work at exactly the same level and to the same academic standard as students taking that subject in a Single Honours programme. Joint Honours students are simply required to choose fewer topics from the range of options available in each half of the programme

Staff teaching and research interests cover the whole spectrum of German Studies from the earliest times right up to the present. With an annual intake of around 50 undergraduate students following a variety of degree programmes, we are one of the larger German departments in the UK, yet we are still small enough to provide a friendly and relaxed atmosphere.

Detailed Course Facts

• English

Course Content

First year

German: You embark upon a structured language course that leads you by stages from what you have learned at school or college up to final degree level. You are also introduced to German literature, history and linguistics (both contemporary and historical).

Second year

German: As well as continuing to develop your language skills, you also study special topics chosen from a wide range of courses in the fields of German literature, film and theatre, gender studies, history, society, politics, culture and linguistics.

Third year

Your year abroad in the third year is compulsory. Most of our students spend it (via the EU-funded Erasmus/Socrates scheme) at one of our many partner universities in Germany or Austria, although some prefer to work in a German-speaking country as British Council language assistants teaching English in a school/college.

Fourth year

German: The fourth and final year of your degree consists of an advanced practical language element (oral work, translation both into and out of German and essay writing in German), together with a number of optional courses in German literature (both modern and medieval), history, society, politics, philosophy, linguistics and philology.

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6 CAE score : 80(Grade A) TOEFL iBT® test : 93

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Requirements

Number of A levels required: 3

Typical offer: AAB-ABB

International Baccalaureate: 34-36 points

Required subjects and grades: A modern foreign language at A level (grade B or above) is preferred but not essential

Additional information:

Typical offer grades are for guidance only, and will depend on the subjects you are combining. Please read the entries for both subjects. Where there is a disparity between the typical offer for Subject A and the typical offer for Subject B, the higher offer should be taken as the usual offer for the combination of the two.
Other qualifications are considered.

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

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