MA German and Russian Studies
Entry requirements
A level: from AAA to ABB (required: a language other than English at B) IB: 34 points with 655 at HL
About this course
MA (Hons) in German and Russian Studies, a German and Russian Studies degree examining the languages and cultures of Germany and Russia in global contexts. The programme streams first-year courses based on prior language experience and includes a full academic year abroad. Students spend the third year studying, working, or volunteering at international locations. The first year introduces linguistics, language sciences, and a selection of external subjects alongside professional communication studies. Year two offers modules such as Researching Disability in German Literature and Society, Culture, Modernity and the City in the Weimar Republic, Transnational Russian Culture, and The Golden Age of Russian Literature. The third year consists of residence abroad in destinations including Berlin, Augsburg, Hamburg, Heidelberg, Tübingen, Freiburg, Leipzig, Mainz, and Vienna, with opportunities for work placements or assistantships. The final year concentrates on spoken German and Russian, essay and précis writing, and translation of literary and journalistic texts covering film, literature, history, and politics.
Modules
- practise professional communication
- discover the value of languages in the workplace
- gain insights into possible career options
- linguistics and language sciences
- business, economics and informatics
- politics, social policy, social anthropology and international relations
- art and architectural history
- history, classics and archaeology
- Celtic and Scottish ethnology
- philosophy, divinity and law
- Researching Disability in German Literature and Society
- Culture, Modernity and the City in the Weimar Republic
- Reading Testimony in German
- The Contemporary Short Story in German
- Screening Sex: Gender, Sexuality, and Identity on the German Screen and Beyond
- German Colonialism: History, Memory, Controversy
- if you took Russian Studies 1A in Year 1, you will take Russian Language 2A.
- if you took Russian Studies 1B in Year 1, you will take Russian Language 2B.
- Transnational Russian Culture
- The Golden Age of Russian Literature
- Utopia and Dystopia in 20th-century Russian Literature
- Cultural Responses to War
- Migration, Exile, Diaspora
- Crime and Detection in Literature
- Gender and Culture
- The Coming-of-Age Narrative
- Introduction to European Cinema
- Dynamics of Language and Power
- Languages Beyond University
- Berlin
- Augsburg
- Hamburg
- Heidelberg
- Tübingen
- Freiburg
- Leipzig
- Mainz
- Vienna
- arrange to work or volunteer with a private company or charity
- apply to an established placement scheme, such as the British Council’s English Language Assistants programme
- Student Wellbeing Service
- Student Counselling
- Student Disability and Learning Support
- University emergency helpline (available 24 hours a day)
- spoken German and Russian
- essay and précis writing
- translation of literary and journalistic texts
- film
- literature
- history
- language
- politics