MA German and Politics (5 years)
Entry requirements
A level: BBC IB: 32 points including 5, 5, 5 at HL. SL in English is also required. SQA Highers: BBBB. BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma: DMM in related subjects. Note: BTEC Level 3 Extended Certificate (Subsidiary Diploma) achieved at Distinction level, is normally acceptable in lieu of one A Level at grade B.) GCSE English (or equivalent) is required at Grade C/4 or above. GCSE Mathematics at Grade C/4 is also required for Accountancy, Economics and Finance programmes. Irish Leaving Certificate: Five subjects at Higher at H3.
About this course
MA in Politics and International Relations and German. Core topics include Research Methods, Project Management, Communication & Writing, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. As an integral part of the five-year programme, students spend the entire third year abroad as a teaching assistant or visiting student in Germany or Austria.
Modules
- Academic Writing for Language & Literature
- Getting Started at the University of Aberdeen
- German for Beginners 1
- German for Beginners 2
- German Language 1
- Background to German for Beginners 1
- Politics & International Relations 1: Democracy and Governance
- The Global City in Text and Film
- Politics & International Relations 2: Power and Conflict
- Modern German Culture 1
- German Language (Advanced Introductory) 1
- Modern German Culture 3
- Ideas and Ideologies in Politics and International Relations
- German Language (Advanced Introductory) 2
- The Global City in Text and Film
- Global Politics: Equality and Inequality
- German Language 3
- German Language 4
- German Junior Honours Language Study
- Employer - Led Interdisciplinary Project
- International Security
- Political Parties in Britain
- Soviet and Post - Soviet Russian Foreign Policy
- International Terrorism Counterterrorism & International Relations
- Memory and Politics of the Past
- Human Rights in Global Politics
- The Global Politics of Secession
- German Language Study for Senior Honours
- Dissertation in German
- Contemporary French Politics: Race, Religion and Social Change B
- Science, Technology & International Relations
- War and Peace in International Politics
- International Political Psychology
- Scottish Politics
- Comparative Constitutional Systems
- Extreme Right in Western Europe
- Maritime Security
- Political Islam: Islamist Ideologies and Practices
- International Migration and Europe
- Gender and Politics
- Northern Ireland: Small, Dirty War
- Corruption and Good Governance
- US Presidents
- Dissertation