BA French and German (4 years)

University of Southampton

Bachelor's degree

In Southampton

£ 9,250 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Southampton

  • Start date

    September

Introducing your degree
Take a degree in French and German and study a fascinating course that can see you travelling all over the world as a highly valuable professional. The ability to speak a second language is of great benefit to many employers and the ability to speak two European languages could help enable you to secure exciting and rewarding employment. As part of this degree course you will have the opportunity to spend a year in a French or German speaking country.

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Location

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Southampton (Hampshire)
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University Road, SO17 1BJ

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Subjects

  • German Language
  • German Speaking
  • Credit

Course programme

Year 1

The following is an indicative list of available optional modules, which are subject to change each academic year. Please note in some instances modules have limited spaces available.

In each semester you will be required to follow four modules (a total of eight modules over the year). Two modules in each semester will be your French and German language courses.
Choose two optional modules in each semester. In semester one you must choose one GERM and one FREN module.

Semester One

Compulsory language module:
FREN9__ French Language

Compulsory language module:
GERM9__ German Language

Compulsory

LANG1017

Academic Skills for ML students

Optional

FREN1001Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Modern French Culture

FREN1016Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

The Making of Modern French

FREN1017Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité

GERM1001Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Modern German Culture

GERM1002Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Introduction to German Linguistic Studies

GERM1003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

German History, Politics and Society

Semester Two

Compulsory language module:
FREN9__ French Language

Compulsory language module:
GERM9__ German Language

Optional

LANG1004Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Reading Culture

LANG1013Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Reading the City

LING1001Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Elements of Linguistics - Sound, Structure and Meaning

LING1003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Applications of Linguistics

Year 2

The following is an indicative list of available optional modules, which are subject to change each academic year. Please note in some instances modules have limited spaces available.

Choose two optional modules in each semester. You must choose at least one FREN and one GERM module in the year. FILM2007 may count as a FREN module and FILM2008 may count as a GERM module.

LANG2010 is a compulsory fifth module for all second year students taking a Modern Languages degree, whether single or joint honours.

Semester One

Compulsory language module:
FREN9__ French Language

Compulsory language module:
GERM9__ German Language

Optional

FREN2008Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Post-War French Thought

FREN2018Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Exploring French Linguistics

GERM2006Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Vienna and Berlin: Society, Politics and Culture from 1890 to the Present

LANG2002Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Globalisation: Culture, Language and The Nation State

LANG2005Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Learning about Culture: Introduction to Ethnography

LING2002Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Psycholinguistics

LING2003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Syntax: Studying Language Structure

LING2004Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Discourse Analysis

LING2008Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Sound and Voice (see also ISVR2016: Speech Sciences and Lip-Reading)

Semester Two

Compulsory language module:
FREN9__ French Language

Compulsory language module:
GERM9__ German Language

Optional

FREN2007Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Immigration, Race and Ethnicity in France

FREN2021Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Identities in Crisis: Post-war French Literature and Film

GERM2003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Media Perspectives on Post-68 Germany

GERM2004Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Language and Society in German-Speaking World

LANG2009Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

The EU and European Identity

LING2007Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Teaching English as a Foreign Language

LING2009Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Multilingualism

HUMA2007Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Humanities University Ambassadors Scheme (Modern Languages)

Year 3

You will spend the year abroad in a country where one of the chosen languages is spoken, either as:

  • an English language assistant
  • studying on a university course
  • on an approved work placement

Investigative Project:
Independent study project (6,000 words) supervised by a member of staff

Further information:
Year abroad

Year 4

The following is an indicative list of available optional modules, which are subject to change each academic year. Please note in some instances modules have limited spaces available.

Choose two optional modules in each semester. You must choose at least one FREN and one GERM module in the year. FILM3008 may count as a FREN module.

Semester One

Compulsory language module:
FREN9__ French Language

Compulsory language module:
GERM9__ German Language

Optional

FREN3024Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Flaubert's France

FREN3025Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

An ambivalent asylum: the histories and memories of refugees in early twentieth-century France

GERM3016Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Language and the City

LANG3003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Dissertation

LANG3007Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Translation: Theory and Practice

LING3001Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Second Language Acquisition

LING3003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Advanced Syntax

LING3005Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Language Teaching Theory and Practice

Semester Two

Compulsory language module:
FREN9__ French Language

Compulsory language module:
GERM9__ German Language

Optional

FREN3030Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

French Sociolinguistics: Challenges to Francophonie

FREN3034Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Travel Writing, Cultural Encounter, Identity in Post-War France

GERM3006Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Minorities and Migrants: Exploring Multicultural Germany

GERM3017Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Renaissance of German-Jewish Literature after the Holocaust

LANG3003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Dissertation

LANG3006Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Public Service Interpreting

LANG3008Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Audiovisual Translation

LING3006Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Writing in a Second Language

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