2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Modern Languages (German and Japanese) (For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

Total credits: 480

Entry requirements:

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

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:

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

The programme will meet the QAA Benchmarks defined for Languages, Cultures and Societies outlined here:
https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/sbs/sbs-languages-cultures-and-societies-23.pdf?sfvrsn=3c71a881_10

Programme specification:

The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme from September 2024. For students who entered the programme before September 2024, you can find the details of your programme:

BA Modern Languages (German and Japanese)

On this programme, students will become highly competent in their two chosen languages while acquiring an understanding of(?), analysing, interpreting and engaging with the cultures and societies where these languages are spoken.
A compulsory period of residence abroad will provide students with the unique opportunity to develop language skills in a rich and varied context of use, while engaging with other cultures and societies, thereby fostering intercultural awareness and pluricultural competence, self-reliance and flexibility.
This dual-language programme offers opportunities for students at all levels to engage with the connections and contrasts between the languages they study (e.g. through ‘MODL’ modules that span multiple language areas), enabling them to deepen their critical understanding of their chosen languages. There might also be an opportunity to take discovery modules, which include modules in an additional language for students wishing to expand their linguistic repertoire.
At Level 1, students will study core language modules that are tailored to their ability alongside modules which will introduce them to the cultures and societies of the languages they are studying. They will also receive training in crucial academic skills such as critical analysis, argumentation, research and academic writing.

At Level 2 and 3 students will continue to develop their communicative proficiency and their linguistic and intercultural awareness through core language modules. They will also choose from a range of optional modules exploring various aspects of the cultures, history, politics, and social and economic structures of the countries of the languages of study. They will analyse and critically interpret a wide diversity of cultural forms, products and practice, and will learn to mediate, analyse and compare ideas and events that cross national, cultural or linguistic boundaries.

Throughout the programme, students will develop valuable interpretative, analytical and digital skills, as well as becoming confident researchers. Students will demonstrate these qualities when they undertake a Final Year Project on a topic of their choice in one of the language subjects they study.

Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

At Level 1, students must study 120 credits. Overall, students must take 100 credits across their two subjects. Students are required to take 60 credits in Japanese and a minimum of 40 credits in German.

The remaining 20 credits may be taken as a MODL module, which can count towards either of their two subjects (German AND Japanese), a further option with German, or discovery modules.

All students will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Students with no prior knowledge of Japanese will be required to study the following modules

Students with prior knowledge of Japanese will, subject to a placement test, be required to study the following modules:

Students may study the following optional module:

All students may study up to 20 credits from the following list of optional modules:

Discovery modules:

All students may choose to take up to 20 credits of discovery modules.

Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Students will be required to study the following compulsory residence abroad module

Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for years 3 and 4 are not yet available. Before you enter years 3 and 4 details of modules for those years will be provided.

Compulsory modules:

Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules

Optional modules:

Students are required to study a minimum of 20 credits and may study up to 40 credits from the following lists of optional modules:

Students will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules:
- Nature and Technology in Japanese Literature and Film - 20 credits
- Japanese Cinema - 20 credits
- Death and Religion in Japan - 20 credits

Students may study up to 20 credits from the following list of optional modules:

Discovery modules:

Students may choose to take 20 credits of discovery modules.

Year4 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for year 4 are not yet available. Before you enter year 4 full details of modules for that year will be provided.

Compulsory modules:

At Level 3, students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in German and a minimum of 40 credits in Japanese. Overall, students must take 100 credits across their two subjects.
All students must take 40 credits as a Final Year Project (FYP) module, which can be taken in - and count towards - either of their two subjects (EITHER German OR Japanese).

The remaining 20 credits may be taken as a MODL module, which can count towards either of their two subjects (German AND Japanese), a further option with German OR Japanese, or discovery modules.

Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

All students will be required to study ONE of the following Finale Year Project (FYP) modules:

Students who take their FYP in Japanese are required to take a minimum of 20 credits and may take up to 40 credits from the following list of optional modules.
Students who take their FYP in German may take up to 20 credits from the following list of optional modules:

Students who take their FYP in German are required to take a minimum of 20 credits and may take up to 40 credits from the following lists of optional modules (from Basket 1 AND Basket 2).
Students who take their FYP in Japanese may take up to 20 credits from the following lists of optional modules (from EITHER Basket 1 OR Basket 2).

Basket 1
- Advanced Japanese in Context (Social Sciences) - 20 credits
- Nature and Technology in Japanese Literature and Film - 20 credits

Basket 2:
- Advanced Japanese in Context (Humanities) - 20 credits

All students may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:

Discovery modules:

All students may choose to take up to 20 credits of discovery modules.

Last updated: 02/05/2024 14:28:02

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