BA German
Entry requirements
A level: BBB IB: 30 points overall with no score less than 4 including 5 at higher level in relevant language (no subject requirement for entry to Beginners’ Language) or pass the IB Diploma plus 5,5,5 in 3 HL subjects including 5 at higher level in relevant language (no subject requirement for entry to Beginners’ Language). BTEC: Applications encouraged. We evaluate each BTEC application on its merits, entry to Advanced language with an A level or equivalent in German (no subject requirement for entry to Beginners’ Language).
About this course
BA (Hons) in German, combining language acquisition with cultural studies. Core topics include Research Methods. The curriculum spans four years and includes an extended project module alongside options in multiple languages and cinema history.
Modules
- INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
- LANGUAGE AWARENESS: LINGUISTICS FOR LANGUAGE LEARNERS
- INTRODUCTION TO GERMAN STUDIES: THE MAKING OF BERLIN
- TEXTS AND THEIR ADAPTATIONS: PROJECT MODULE
- BEGINNERS GERMAN
- UPPER-INTERMEDIATE GERMAN
- BEGINNERS CHINESE
- INTERMEDIATE CHINESE
- BEGINNERS FRENCH
- UPPER-INTERMEDIATE FRENCH
- BEGINNERS ITALIAN
- UPPER-INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN
- BEGINNERS PORTUGUESE
- BEGINNERS SPANISH
- UPPER-INTERMEDIATE SPANISH
- GLOBAL FILM HISTORY: EARLY CINEMA TO THE 1950S
- EARLY MODERN WORLDS AND PEOPLES: 1400 - 1800
- INTRODUCTION TO WORLD LITERATURE 1: PLACES AND LOCATIONS
- GLOBAL FILM HISTORY II: 1960S TO THE PRESENT
- PEOPLE, POWER AND POLITICS: APPROACHES TO MODERN BRITISH HISTORY C. 1880-2016
- INTRODUCTION TO WORLD LITERATURE 2: THEORY AND PRACTICE
- WEIMAR FILM AND LITERATURE: THE CITY AND MODERNITY
- THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC: POLITICS, CULTURE, MEMORY
- EXTENDED PROJECT IN MODERN LANGUAGES
- INTERMEDIATE GERMAN
- ADVANCED GERMAN
- THE CINEMATIC CITY
- GLOBAL PUBLIC SPACES: RESISTANCE, JUSTICE AND HERITAGE
- MULTILINGUAL LIVERPOOL: READING THE CITY
- MUSEUMS AND MUSEOLOGY: HISTORIES, PRACTICES AND FUTURES
- PROPAGANDA AND CENSORSHIP
- LANGUAGE TEACHING: THEORY AND PRACTICE
- YEAR ABROAD SEMESTER 1 (STUDY IN EUROPE)
- YEAR ABROAD PORTFOLIO (SEMESTER 1)
- YEAR ABROAD SEMESTER 2 (STUDY IN EUROPE)
- YEAR ABROAD PORTFOLIO (SEMESTER 2)
- PROFICIENT GERMAN
- DISSERTATION
- BERLIN/HOLLYWOOD: DIALOGUES BETWEEN GERMAN AND US CINEMA
- TERROR REMEMBERED: REPRESENTING TRAUMATIC HISTORIES IN LATIN AMERICA, EUROPE AND ASIA
- TRANSLATION THEORY AND PRACTICE
- REMEMBERING SLAVERY
- LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY
- TRANSNATIONAL CINEMA
- TRANSLATION PROJECT
- COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS: MEMORY AND TRANSCULTURAL MOBILITY
- SCREENING TEXTS