BA German and Politics

Description:
This combination will allow you to explore ideas on government, policy and political behaviour from a UK and international perspective, as well as studying in depth the political and social culture of Germany. In addition, you will gain a high level of proficiency in the German language and experience the culture of a German-speaking country first-hand through working or studying abroad for a year. There are close links between the subjects in this degree as on the German Studies side you will study German history and politics from various perspectives, such as through its language, film and literature, and also look into current issues within German politics and society.

Year 1
German Language (Advanced/Intermediate/Beginners)
Icons of Modern Germany
International Relations and Strategic Studies
Modern Government
Introduction to Political Ideas

Optional Modules
The Inner Life of the German Language
Interpreting Historical Documents
Literary Reflections of Historical Events
The German Nazi Past and the Present
British Society

Year 2

German Language
Study of Politics
Modern International Relations
Political Classics
Comparative Government and Politics

Optional Modules including:
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

Year 3

Year Abroad
The choice of one of the following:
- studying at a German or Austrian University
-working as a Teaching Assistant at a German or Austrian school
- on a work placement with a German or Austrian firm
German oral
Dissertation for Politics

Final Year

Choice of German language modules:
Translation into German and English
German Structure and Composition

Optional Modules including:
Writing the East: Literature of the GDR
Cinema of the Weimar Republic
Migration in Germany
Language in Politics
Nineteenth-century Vienna
British foreign & defence policy
Feminism & political theory
Introduction to critical security studies
Modern ideologies
Politics & international relations in the Middle East
Politics of the international economy
UK Politics since 1960
US foreign & defence policy since 1950
War, peace & international ethics