German and Italian BA (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

In Bangor

£ 11,750 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Bangor (Wales)

  • Duration

    4 Years

  • Start date

    September

You can study German as a joint honours degree with Italian (50% German, 50% Italian).

This course will give you advanced skills in both German and Italian language, and will give you a broad range of specialised and detailed insights into the cultures, societies and history that goes with them. The course has language at the heart of it, with core modules developing the key oral, aural and written skills every year. These modules also foster cultural awareness, which you will need for your year abroad, and later on, for the world of work.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Bangor (Gwynedd)
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LL57 2DG

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

About this course


The course aims to enable understudies to: Develop translation and reading comprehension skills through the study of texts and audio visual materials varying in tone and register.

Demonstrate an ability to paraphrase selected German texts.

Demonstrate an understanding of key grammatical structures and use more complex grammatical constructions in set grammar exercises and essay writing.

Apply new areas of vocabulary to written work.


Studying Modern Languages opens the door to a wide variety of careers. Many Bangor Modern Languages graduates have, of course, gone into teaching and translating, but just as many have embarked upon successful careers in the civil service, business and commerce, industry and the media. The skills you learn whilst studying languages – cultural awareness, communication, accuracy, planning and logical analysis – are valued highly by employers from all sectors of the economy.

260 240 points normally including A2 level in one of the languages studied
We consider mature students on individual merit.

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Subjects

  • Options
  • IT
  • Cinema
  • Employability
  • Skills and Training
  • Culture
  • Teaching and translating
  • Introduction to the history
  • Literatures of europe
  • Cultural and literary material
  • Emphasis on the modern period
  • Modules on the history
  • Language classes
  • Bangor Modern Languages
  • German and Italian
  • Media of their linguistic area

Course programme

What will you study on this course? In addition to the two languages the syllabus includes a broad range of stimulating options for each of your subjects. First year courses include an introduction to the history, culture, cinema and literatures of Europe. Second and final year options offer increasing levels of specialisation as you proceed towards your degree. They cover a wide variety of cultural and literary material from various centuries but with emphasis on the modern period. All the languages offer modules on the history, cinema and media of their linguistic area. Residence Abroad: The third year is spent abroad. Your main options are: Study at one of our Erasmus partner universities in each of the countries of the languages that you are studying (see language specific pages for lists of partner institutions in the various countries). A paid work placement as an English assistant in schools in one of the countries of the languages that you are studying and at least a summer course in the country of the other language. An approved work placement.

German and Italian BA (Hons)

£ 11,750 VAT inc.