MA German and Scandinavian 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 Scandinavian Studies, a German degree focused on the languages and cultures of central and northern Europe. Core topics include Global & Comparative Perspective. The four-year programme includes an integrated academic year spent studying or working abroad. The first year introduces language study alongside options across the wider arts, humanities and social sciences. The second year offers themed modules such as Researching Disability in German Literature and Society, Culture, Modernity and the City in the Weimar Republic, Reading Testimony in German, and Modern Icelandic, alongside Scandinavian Civilisation courses. The third year is spent abroad studying at a partner institution or completing work and volunteering placements. The final year concentrates on advanced language proficiency through translation, essay writing, and spoken classes, alongside specialised modules including Scandinavia and the World: Negotiating the North in the 21st Century and Contemporary Scandinavian Literature: A Transnational Approach.
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
- 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
- one or both of our Scandinavian Civilisation courses
- Modern Icelandic
- study in one or two destinations
- work in one or two destinations
- study in one destination and work in another
- two semesters at a single institution
- one semester at two different institutions (in different destinations)
- 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)
- essay, commentary and summary writing in your chosen languages
- translation from German and the Scandinavian languages into English
- spoken German and Danish, Norwegian or Swedish
- film and literature
- history and politics
- Comparative Literature in a European and Global Perspective
- From Girls in Uniform to Men in Drag: Gender, Sexuality and Ethnicity on the German Screen
- Scandinavia and the World: Negotiating the North in the 21st Century
- Contemporary Scandinavian Literature: A Transnational Approach