MA German and Social Policy
Entry requirements
A level: from AAA to ABB (required: no specific A level subjects required) IB: 34 points with 655 at HL
About this course
MA (Hons) in German and Social Policy, a social policy and German degree centred on modern language proficiency alongside the study of welfare, wellbeing and policy distribution. Core topics include Global & Comparative Perspective. The programme spans four years and incorporates a compulsory third year spent abroad studying or working in locations such as Berlin, Vienna or Leipzig. The first year introduces foundational subjects across disciplines including politics, social policy, business, economics and informatics. The second year progresses to specialized studies through modules such as Researching Disability in German Literature and Society, Comparative Social Policy: Global Perspectives, and Research Skills for Social Policy. During the third year, students undertake an international placement by studying at an institution or working as a language assistant. The final year concentrates on advanced linguistic competence through modules such as spoken German, essay and précis writing, and German-to-English translation of literary and journalistic texts.
Modules
- practise professional communication
- discover the value of languages in the workplace
- gain insights into possible career options
- business, economics and informatics
- politics, social policy, social anthropology and international relations
- art and architectural history
- history, classics and archaeology
- Celtic and Scottish ethnology
- linguistics and language sciences
- 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
- Comparative Social Policy: Global Perspectives - This course compares different approaches to social policy in European and non-European countries.
- Research Skills for Social Policy - This course equips you with core research training and provides a forum for subject-specific learning and community-building.
- Evidence, Economy and Social Policy - This course will focus on the economic dimension of social policy, and the (mis)use of underlying evidence.
- 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
- 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)
- spoken German
- essay and précis writing
- German-to-English translation of literary and journalistic texts
- literature
- film
- theatre
- society