BA Film & Theatre and German

UCAS code: RW24
Course length: 4 years

Course aims

The combined subject course in Film & Theatre and German aims to enable you to gain an understanding of film and modern theatre as cultural forms in their own right and in terms of their historical relationships, and to become a competent communicator in German and well-informed about German culture, history and current affairs. You will develop your critical skills through close analysis of films, plays and theatre performances, informed by contextual study and by critical and theoretical debates, and gain a competence which comes as near as possible to that of an educated German person in the reception and production of spoken and written German.

Modules

In addition to the modules listed below, students who participate in staff-directed research productions may choose to be assessed on their participation and documentation for credits in place of equivalent coursework.

Part 1

In Film, Theatre & Television:

• Introduction to film & theatre
• Introduction to television studies (optional)

In German:

• For students entering with 'A' level German or equivalent:
• Advanced German language 1
• Icons of modern Germany
• For students entering with GCSE German or equivalent:
• IWLP German Level 4
• Icons of modern Germany (Intermediate)

Part 2

In Film, Theatre & Television:

• Studies in British theatre
• Studies in US cinema 1

In German:

• German language 2
• Option module 1
• Option module 2
• Career Management Skills

Year Abroad

In Film, Theatre & Television:

• Dissertation

In German:

• Oral and aural German
• either German Scheine
• or Assistant's report and Work placement report

Part 3

In Film, Theatre & Television:

• 2 Critical options (one for 20 credits; one for 40 credits)

The range of critical options on offer varies from one year to the next. Subjects studied in recent years include: Contemporary Documentary; Chinese Theatre; British Film; Women's Film & Theatre; Physical Theatre; The Director and the Stage; Contemporary World Cinema; Recent American Cinema; Popular Film Genres; Musical Film and Theatre, Japanese Film, Polish Film And Theatre, Film Style and Technology, French Cinema, Contemporary Television Drama, Renaissance Theatre in the Modern Period.

In German, one of:

• German prose and translation
• German structure and composition

In German, two of:

• Germany in the age of revolution
• Nineteenth century Vienna
• Culture and society of the Weimar Republic
• The GDR: politics, society and culture
• Beyond unification: German novels of the 90s
• The German Play

For a full description of this course please download the BA Film & Theatre and German (PDF - 150KB) programme specification.