BA German and Ukrainian
Entry requirements
A level: ABB (Previous study of a foreign language is preferred (not necessarily one of the named languages) but not required. Applicants may study two languages at beginner level and may seek advice from the departments concerned if needed.) IB: 34 points (A total of 16 points in three higher level subjects, with no higher level score below 5. Foreign language preferred.)
About this course
BA in German and Ukrainian, a German and Russian Studies degree centred on the language, history, culture, and geopolitics of both linguistic regions. The programme is taught across the School of Slavonic and East European Studies and the School of European Languages, Culture and Society, and incorporates a compulsory year abroad. The first year establishes core linguistic foundations and cultural contexts through modules such as Introduction to German Studies 1, War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema, and Ukrainian Language Level 1. The second year continues language development with Ukrainian Language Level 2a-Comprehension and Ukrainian Culture and Text A, alongside various optional choices. The third year consists of a study or work placement abroad across terms 1 and 2. The fourth year advances proficiency further through compulsory study in Discussion and Essay in German, The Making of Modern Ukraine I, and Ukrainian Language Level 3a - Comprehension, complemented by options spanning advanced translation, historical studies, and regional literature.
Modules
- Introduction to German Studies 1
- Introduction to German Studies 2
- War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema
- Literature and Memory
- Ukrainian Language Level 1
- Modern German Language and Culture
- German for Beginners 1
- How Words Work: Sounds and Sense
- How Words Work: Meaning and Modularity
- Vampires, Society and Culture: Transylvania and Beyond
- Narratives of Exile
- Tales of the Unexpected: the Supernatural and Fantastic in Literature, 1800 - 1930
- Languages in Contact along the Danube: Intercultural Frictions and Flows
- Minority Languages of Russia: Cultural, Linguistic Diversity and Endangerment
- Staging Europe: Modern European Drama and Theatre
- Ukrainian Language Level 2a-Comprehension
- Ukrainian Language Level 2b-Production
- Ukrainian Culture and Text A
- Ukrainian Culture and Text B
- German Translation
- Aspects of Twentieth Century German History
- Love-Violence-Laughter: Medieval and Early Modern Literature and Culture
- Debating Enlightenment: Literature and Culture 1740-1870
- The Challenge of Modernity: Literature and Culture 1870-Present
- Metropolen
- Language, Power and Ideology
- The New German Cinema
- German for Beginners 2
- SELCS Year Abroad Term 1
- SELCS Year Abroad Term 2
- Year Abroad Term 1
- Year Abroad Term 2
- Discussion and Essay in German
- The Making of Modern Ukraine I
- The Making of Modern Ukraine II
- Ukrainian Language Level 3a - Comprehension
- Ukrainian Language Level 3b - Production
- German Political and Social Thought
- History and Representation: The Holocaust as a Case Study
- Austrian Literature 1890 - 1938: from Empire to Republic
- Surveillance
- Weimar and Nazi Film
- Advanced German Translation
- War and Violence in Twentieth Century Germany
- The Writing of WG Sebald
- Crossroads of Culture: Language and Identity in the Literatures of Ukraine from Crimea to the Shtetl