European Studies (German pathway) with a year abroad

Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totaling 120 credits.

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide upto-date, innovative and relevant courses of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates

You are required to take the following modules:

• The Making of Modern Europe: Historical, Political & Sociological Approaches (30 credits)
• An Introduction to German Politics (15 credits)
• Milestones of German History (15 credits)

You are also required to take one of the following language modules based on German language ability:

• Introductory German (for ab initio I) (30 credits)
• German Core Language Module I (for non-native speakers) (30 credits)
• Translation from & into German I (for native speakers) (15 credits)

Native speakers will also study one of the following German modules:

• Medieval Germany: Language, Literature & Society (15 credits)
• One Hundred and Twenty Years of German Cinema (15 credits)

In addition, you are required to take one module from a range of “Europe” optional modules that may typically include:

• Introduction to Politics (30 credits)
• Introduction to International Economics (30 credits)
• European Law (The Dickson Poon School of Law) (30 credits)
• The Causes of War (Department of War Studies) (30 credits)

You are required to take the following modules:

• The Integration of the European Union (30 credits)
• Politics & Culture in Cold War Germany (15 credits)

In addition, you are required to take one of the following language modules based on German language ability:

• Intermediate German II (for ab initio) (30 credits)
• German Core Language II (for non-native speakers) (30 credits)
• Translation from and into German II (for native speakers) (15 credits)

Ab initio and non-native speakers are required to take one 15 credit module and native speakers are required to take two 15 credit modules, from the following range of German optional modules:

• Gender & Identity in Arthurian Romance (15 credits)
• A Global Metropolis: London in German Literature and Film (15 credits)
• History of Literature (15 credits)
• The German Reformation (15 credits)
• Berlin: Past & Present (15 credits)
• 18th Century German Thought: The Education of Humanity (15 credits)

You also required to take 30 credits from a wide range of “Europe” optional modules that may typically include:

• International Political Economy (30 credits)
• International Relations (30 credits)
• Politics of Central and Eastern Europe (15 credits)
• War & Society (30 credits) (Department of War Studies)
• War in International Order (30 credits) (Department of War Studies)
• Military Strategy (30 credits) (Department of War Studies)
• Empires, Imperialism & the History of the Modern World (30 credits) (Department of War Studies)
• Grand Strategy & the Foundation of Anglo-American Statecraft (30 credits) (Department of War Studies)
• A History of the European Cold War (1917-91) (30 credits) (Department of War Studies)
• Microeconomics(15 credits) [Department of Political Economy]
• History of Political Thought (15 credits) [Department of Political Economy]
• Game Theory & Strategic DecisionMaking (15 credits) [Department of Political Economy]
• Policy Analysis: Decision, Implementation and Evaluation (15 credits) [Department of Political Economy]
• Institutions, Economics & Change (15 credits) [Department of Political Economy]
• New and Emerging Security Threats in Post-Soviet Eurasia (15 credits) [Russia Institute]

Year 3 is currently spent at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

You are required to take the following module:

Year Abroad & Practical Language Exam (on return to Kings)

You are required to take one of the following language modules based on German language ability:

• German Core Language III (for ab initio and non-native speakers) (30 credits)
• Translation from & into German III (for native speakers) (15 credits)

Additionally, you are required to take 60 credits from a wide range of “Europe” options, which may typically include:

• European Political Thought (30 credits)
• The Political Economy of Money, Finance and Crisis (30 credits)
• The EU in the International System (30 credits)
• European Political Economy (30 credits)
• Extended Essay option if written on a European topic (30 credits)
• Britain and European Integration (15 credits)
• The Theory and Practice of Empire (15 credits)
• Clandestine Side of Globalisation: Organised Crime, Terrorism and Corruption (15 credits)
• Political Economy of Korean and East Asian Development (15 credits)
• Public Policy in Europe (15 credits)
• Immigration, Identity and the Securitization of Europe's Borders (15 credits)
• Russia and the EU (15 credits) [Russia Institute]
• Social Movements and Collective Protest (15 credits) [Middle Eastern Studies]
• Democracy & Development (15 credits) [Department of Political Economy]
• Politics of Culture & Identity (15 credits) [Department of Political Economy]
• International Institutions & Global Governance (15 credits) [Department of Political Economy]
• Russia and the Digital Age (15 credits) [Russia Institute]

Ab initio and non-native speakers are required to take 30 credits, and native speakers are required to take 45 credits, from the following range of German optional modules, which may typically include:

• Extended Essay (if written on a pathway topic) (30 credits)
• Dissertation (15 credits)

(Please note that it is not possible to take both Extended Essay and Dissertation options)

• Contemporary German Politics (15 credits)
• Aspects of post-1945 German Culture (15 credits)
• Death and the Afterlife in Medieval and Modern German Literature (15 credits)
• German Foreign Policy (15 credits)
• Goethe: From Sturm und Drang to Classicism (15 credits)
• New German Cinema in East and West (15 credits)
• Religion, Sex, Politics: German Literature of the 16th and 17th Centuries (15 credits)
• German in the World (15 credits)
• German in Motion: Migration Integration and Political Transformation 1645-2015 (15 credits)
• Mazimising Performance: Brecht, Boal and Big Business (15 credits)