2017/18 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA German and Theatre and Performance
Programme code: | BA-GERM&THEA | UCAS code: | R2W4 |
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Duration: | 4 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Dr Ingo Cornils | Contact address: | I.Cornils@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 485
Entry requirements:
For entry requirements for this course please visit www.leeds.ac.uk/coursefinder
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
QAA Subject benchmark statement Languages and Related Subjects
http://www.qaa.ac.uk/Publications/InformationAndGuidance/Documents/languages07.pdf
Dance, Drama and Performance (2007)
http://www.qaa.ac.uk/Publications/InformationAndGuidance/Pages/Subject-benchmark-statement-Dance-drama-performance.aspx
Programme specification:
The programme will:
- Enable students to study the disciplines of German and Theatre/Performance to the same depth as Single Honours students of the disciplines, but with less breadth in each. This means that Joint Honours students will normally be required to take compulsory modules and a subset of the optional modules that are also part of the corresponding Single Honours degree programme, and that they will be assessed on those modules using criteria identical to those applied to Single Honours students. Joint Honours students will reach the same levels of fluency and accuracy in German as Single Honours students;
- At Level One, allow students the flexibility to extend their intercultural and interdisciplinary knowledge and skills by means of a cornerstone module: Introduction to Audio-Visual Cultures, exploring a particular aspect of the field of Theatre/Performance;
- At Levels Two and Three, allow students to choose, within certain parameters, optional modules from the full range available within each discipline, and thereby devise pathways of their own choosing;
- Require students to undertake one period of residence abroad in the third year at a German university where students follow a prescribed course of study in language, and in some cases non-language courses. Subject to the approval of the Residence Abroad Committee in the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies, students may do a work placement in a German-speaking country;
- Give students at Level Three the opportunity to undertake an in-depth piece of independent research in the realms of theatre and performance including a case study of German theatre and culture. In addition, students should use original source materials in the target language;
- Require students to acquire the flexibility of mind and variety of learning techniques needed to switch between the two disciplines;
- Provide a basis for further advanced study in either Theatre/Performance or German, or in a cognate interdisciplinary area;
- Have the flexibility to allow students to change programme upon successful completion of Level One, subject to approval.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 1 students must study 120-125 credits. Students are required to take 40 credits in each of their two main subjects, a 20 credit cornerstone module and 20 credits of discovery modules. The discovery credits may take the form of either further modules in one or both main subjects or modules chosen from other subject areas.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
GERM1030 | German Core Language 1 Pre-requisite for: GERM2030 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL1050 | Introduction to Audio-Visual Culture | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PECI1703 | Performance Project 1: From Text to Performance | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI1711 | Performance Perspectives | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study one of the following modules:
GERM1060 | Introduction to Modern Germany | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
GERM1070 | Approaching German Culture | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Candidates may choose to take one of the following module instead of a Discovery Module:
PECI1704 | Exploring Performance: Cultures and Contexts | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI1705 | Making Dance Theatre | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI1706 | Managing Festivals and Events | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI1707 | Exploring the Performing Arts | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PECI1708 | Exploring the Musical | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
As part of your induction to academic work, and in order to provide you with additional support in key areas of your programme, students are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to undertake the following 5-credit Study Skills module. This module resides above the required 120 credits students take in Level 1 and as such it is not compulsory, but it draws together key guidance that augments provision elsewhere.
MODL1500 | LCS Academic Essentials | 5 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates will be required to study up to 20 credits of Discovery modules:
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 2 students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in each of their main subjects. Of the remaining credits, 20 credits should be taken in one of the named subjects; the final 20 credits may be taken as discovery modules or in either of the named subjects.
In order to be eligible for an Honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3).
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
GERM2030 | German Core Language 2 Pre-requisite for: GERM9001 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PECI2704 | Interpreting Theatre and Performance Histories | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study between 20 and 40 credits from the following modules
FOAR2000 | Research Placement | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
GERM2040 | Applied German Language | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
GERM2050 | From Caligari to Hitler: Introduction to German Cinema | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
GERM2310 | Politics, Society and Culture in the 'Berlin Republic' | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
GERM2400 | Gender, Culture and Representation in German History 1871-2000 | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
GERM2600 | The Shock of the New: Culture and Power in Germany from the Second to the Third Reich | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
GERM2700 | Freedom and Control: Identities in Crisis in German Literature and Film | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
MODL2001 | Linguists into Schools | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
- Students wishing to choose MODL2001 as one of their German options must take a minimum of 60 credits in German in level 2, including GERM2030.
- FOAR2000 can only be counted as a German module if the project undertaken relates to German and you have sought prior approval of the Programme Manager.
- Not all modules will be available every year.
Candidates will be required to study between 20 and 40 credits from the following modules
PECI2701 | Creative Practice and Performance Contexts | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PECI2702 | Researching Theatre and Performance | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PECI2706 | Cultural Flashpoints in the Performing Arts | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI2707 | Arts Marketing | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI2708 | Exploring Musical Theatre | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI2709 | Performance Design | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PECI2710 | Industry Study | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PECI2711 | ||||
PECI2713 | Performer Training in the C20th and C21st | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI2714 | Politics, Identity and Performance | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Candidates will spend the third year of the programme in a German-speaking country, approved by the School.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following module:
GERM9001 | German Year Abroad Pre-requisite for: GERM3030 | 120 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Year4 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 3 students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take 60 credits in Theatre and Performance and 40 credits in German, including a 40 credit Final Year Project module taken on the Theatre and Performance side but which will cover both named subjects. The remaining 20 credits can be taken in either of the two named subjects or as a Discovery Module.
In order to be eligible for an honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3).
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
GERM3030 | German Core Language 3 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PECI3700 | Independent Research Project | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study between 20 and 40 credits from the following modules
GERM3040 | Borders and Border-Crossings in Contemporary German Culture | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
GERM3060 | German for Professional Purposes | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
GERM3080 | Contemporary German Cinema | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
GERM3092 | Advanced Translation from German into English | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
GERM3100 | W. G. Sebald and the Politics of Literature | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
GERM3140 | War Imagined: Cultural Representations of War and Conflict in Germany | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
GERM3170 | German Utopian Thought in Fiction and Film | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
GERM3180 | Screening Terrorism | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
GERM3190 | Christa Wolf's Stadt der Engel | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
GERM3200 | Untranslatable? German Literature as an Object of Cultural Exchange | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
GERM3250 | Perpetrators and/or Victims? Remembering the Second World War in Germany | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
GERM3750 | The German Student Movement | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
MODL3200 | Representing the Holocaust: Transgression and the Taboo | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
MODL3800 | Linguists into Schools | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
- Students wishing to choose MODL3800 as one of their German options must take a minimum of 60 credits in German in the final year including GERM3030.
- Not all modules will be available every year.
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules:
PECI3701 | Contemporary Issues in Arts and Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PECI3704 | Independent Practice | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI3705 | Arts and Cultural Management | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PECI3706 | Inter-cultural Performance | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.
Last updated: 11/08/2017
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