BA German and Management Studies

Description:
This is a strong degree combination given Germany's leading economic and business status in the world and the need for UK graduates in German. Students taking this degree combination will gain a thorough preparation in all aspects of accounting, business and management from the highly rated School of Management within the triple-accredited Henley Business School, as well as developing a high level of proficiency in German language and German-speaking culture. Students will also have the option of working on placements during their year abroad and will take our specially designed German for Business modules in years 2 and 4.

Year 1

Management
Economics
Business Law
Introduction to Quantitative Techniques
German Language (Advanced/Intermediate/Beginners)
Icons of Modern Germany
Optional Modules
Economics for Managers
Student Enterprise

Year 2

German Language
German for Business Purposes
Introduction to International Business & Management
Management Skills
Optional Modules
Bertolt Brecht and the Drama of Revolt
Words in Action? An Introduction to linguistic pragmatics
East German Cinema
War, Hell and Family: Catastrophe in the Romantic Period
Feminism, Gender & Class in 19th century Germany
The World of Words: German Lexicology
Women and Biography in GDR Literature
Changing Media, Changing Texts
Plus a choice of business modules available at the time.

Year 3

Year Abroad:
Placement at University in Germany or, with approval, a firm or organisation in Germany
Business Project
German Oral

Final Year

German for Management and Business
60 credits from Management Options
40 credits from German Options including:
Writing the East: Literature of the GDR
Cinema of the Weimar Republic
Migration in Germany
Language in Politics
Nineteenth-century Vienna