2020/21 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA German
Programme code: | BA-GERM | UCAS code: | R220 |
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Duration: | 4 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Dr Stephan Petzold | Contact address: | S.Petzold@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 485
Entry requirements:
For entry requirements for this course please visit: 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:
Languages, Cultures and Societies:
Languages, Cultures and Societies
Programme specification:
The programme will provide an environment in which students with a knowledge of German to A-level, AS level or equivalent standard have the opportunity to develop high quality linguistic skills in German (in oral and aural proficiency, in context-sensitive communicative skills, and in written language skills) . It will also inculcate an understanding of the main issues of the past and future development of the Geman-speaking world and introduce students to its culture, history and society, offering courses on a diverse range of topics, including art, cinema, literature, politics, philosophy and the media.
The German Department's expertise is carefully tailored to be both accessible and challenging at every level, giving undergraduates a larger selection of options as they become more familiar with the subject area. Final-year students are offered one of the largest ranges of options in German departments in the country.
The programme uses a wide variety of innovative teaching methods, including the integration of IT into learning, in order to enable students to enjoy and profit from their study, as well as to prepare for the world of work. Students will learn how to exercise and train their critical intelligence, their ability to organise and deploy facts and opinions and their communication skills in both oral and written form.
The ability to study independently and develop interpersonal skills, such as team working, is fostered at every level, and the compulsory extended intercalary period spent in a German-speaking country gives students the opportunity to strengthen and consolidate these skills and manifestly provides a framework in which students can acquire a high level of intercultural competence.
Our graduates go on to pursue a wide range of careers and further study and are well equipped for lifelong learning.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 1 students must study 120 credits.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
GERM1010 | German Language Awareness and Skills | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
GERM1080 | Researching German Culture, History and Society | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 40 credits from the following optional modules:
GERM1110 | Skills in German Translation | 20 credits | Not running in 202021 | |
GERM1200 | 20th Century German History | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL1050 | Introduction to Audio-Visual Culture | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL1060 | Language: Structure and Sound | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
MODL1070 | World Histories | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL1090 | Intercultural Competence: Theory and Application | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
MODL1100 | Politics, Culture and Society | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL1150 | Worlds of Literature | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL1401 | Discourse, Culture and Identity | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates will be required to study 40 credits of discovery modules.
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 2 students must study 120 credits.
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 module:
GERM2010 | German Language Skills in Context | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study between 60 and 100 credits from the following optional modules:
GERM2060 | Culture, Critique and Othering in the German-Speaking World | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
GERM2070 | Behind the Headlines: Germany in the 21st Century | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
GERM2080 | Translating German-Speaking Cultures: The German Language in Intercultural Relations | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL2001 | Linguists into Schools | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL2015 | Black Europe | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL2030 | Introduction to German Cinema | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
- Not all optional modules will run in each year.
- 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.
Discovery modules:
Candidates will be required to study between 0 and 40 credits of discovery modules to take their total number of enrolled credits to 120.
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
The third year will be spent in Germany or a German-speaking country.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:
GERM9001 | German Year Abroad | 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. Finalists may only take level 1 modules which are listed as discovery skills modules (skd) and only to the value of 20 credits.
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:
GERM3010 | Advanced German Language in Contemporary Discourses | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates are required to study ONE of the following Final Year Project modules.
MODL3300 | Final Year Project: Dissertation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL3340 | Final Year Project: Extended Translation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL3350 | Final Year Project: Digital Documentary | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Candidates will be required to study 60 credits from the following optional modules:
GERM3092 | Advanced Translation from German into English | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
GERM3170 | German Utopian Thought in Fiction and Film | 20 credits | Not running in 202021 | |
GERM3220 | Victims and/or Perpetrators? Remembering the Nazi past in Germany | 20 credits | Not running in 202021 | |
GERM3240 | Cultures of protest and resistance: challenging state and society in German-speaking cultures | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
GERM3270 | German Economy and Business Project | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL3026 | Contemporary German Cinema | 20 credits | Not running in 202021 | |
MODL3200 | Representing the Holocaust: Transgression and the Taboo | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
MODL3600 | Material Cultures and Cultures of Consumption | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
MODL3610 | Adventures of the Imagination: Crime and the Fantastic Across Continents | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL3620 | Decolonial Approaches | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
MODL3630 | Social Movements across Cultures | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
MODL3800 | Linguists into Schools | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
- Not all modules will be available every year.
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.
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