German & Management with a year abroad
Bachelor's degree
In London
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
London
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Duration
4 Years
Our German & Management BA will allow you to achieve a high level of fluency in German, whilst acquiring knowledge and skills in the broad discipline of management that are key to so many graduate careers. With strong links to the business world surrounding our central London campus, our students have excellent networking opportunities and a wealth of entrepreneurial, business and economic societies to engage with and enhance their studies.
Choose from a range of German modules on cultural topics from the Middle Ages to the present day and Management modules including economics, organisational behaviour, accounting, marketing, and business strategy. The degree includes a year in a German-speaking country.
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About this course
You can study the German language either post A-level (or equivalent) or with no previous knowledge of German (ab initio).
Exceptionally wide range of modules covering literature, language, film, thought and history.
Central location offers you access to a variety of libraries and resources, including the Goethe-Insitut and the Austrian Cultural Forum.
Year abroad in a German-speaking country offers you the opportunity to immerse yourself in local culture and society and achieve language fluency.
Combination of language skills, cultural literacy and critical thinking means graduates of German are highly employable in a range of sectors.
Our small department offers a friendly feel and has a large common room for socialising.
King’s is ranked amongst the top 10 UK German Departments (Guardian University Guide 2018; QS World Rankings 2016).
Studies of graduate employability stress the career value of language degrees. Employers in UK and international business, the press and media, IT and technology, marketing and public relations, public administration, international development, law, finance, teaching and lecturing, interpreting, translating and others value foreign language ability, not just as a specialist skill, but as a personal quality that develops relationship-building, teamwork, and the capacity to move easily in international contexts.
Studying German, you will also gain fluency in a language and knowledge of a country and its culture that is increasingly in demand, given Germany’s central role in European economic and political development. Recent employers of King’s German graduates include Goldman Sachs, Astra Zeneca, the National Assembly of Wales, CNN, the American University in London, and the University of Oxford.
AAB
Please note that A-level General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives are not accepted by King's as one of your A-levels. However, if offered the grade achieved may be taken into account when considering whether or not to accept a candidate who has just fallen short of the conditions of their offer.
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Subjects
- German Speaking
- Translation
- IT Law
- Politics
- German Literature
- Economics
- Marketing
- Financial
- Law
- Financial Training
- Organisational Behaviour
Course programme
Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.
In your first year, you will take 60 credits in German and 60 credits in Management.
Required ModulesGerman
Ab initioIf you are an ab initio student, in your first year you are required to take:
- Introductory German (30 credits)
- Texts and Contexts for ab initio (30 credits)
If you are a non-native German speaker, in your first year you are required to take:
- German Core Language I (30 credits)
- Texts & Contexts (30 credits)
If you are a native German speaker, in your first year you are required to take:
- Translation from & into German I (15 credits)
- Texts & Contexts (30 credits)
Management
You are required to take:
- Accounting and Financial Management (30 credits)
- Organisational Behaviour (15 credits)
- Sociology of Work (15 credits)
German
All student take one 15 credit optional module from a range of options which may typically include:
- Milestones of German History (15 credits)
- One Hundred & Twenty Years of German Cinema (15 credits)
- Medieval Germany: Language, Literature & Society (15 credits)
- An Introduction to German Politics (15 credits)
Management
There are no optional Management modules in year one.
2nd Year
You take 60 credits in German and 60 credits in Management.
Required ModulesGerman
All students are required to take at least 15 credits from modules that contain some pre-modern content, chosen from a range which may typically include:
- The German Reformation (15 credits)
- 18th Century German Thought: The Education of Humanity (15 credits)
- Gender & Identity in Arthurian Romance (15 credits)
Additionally, if you are an ab initio student, in your second year you are required to take:
- Intermediate German (30 credits)
Additionally, if you are a non-native student, in your second year you are required to take:
- German Core Language II (30 credits)
Additionally, if you are a native German speaker, in your second year you required to take:
- Translation from & into German II (15 credits)
Management
In your second year, you are required to take the following modules:
- International Business (15 Credits)
- Principles of Marketing (15 Credits)
German
Ab initio and non-native German PathwayYou are also required to take 15 credits from a range of optional modules which may typically include:
- The pre-modern modules listed above
- A Global Metropolis. London in German Literature & Film (15 credits)
- Politics and Culture in Cold War Germany (15 credits)
- Marketing the Margins: Case Studies in the Literary Marketplace (15 credits)
- Hitler’s Victim? Modern Austrian Literature & Film (15 credits)
- Berlin Past & Present: The Reconstruction of a Capital City (15 credits)
You are also required to take a further 30 credits from a range of optional modules that may typically include:
- The pre-modern modules listed above
- A Global Metropolis. London in German Literature & Film (15 credits)
- Politics and Culture in Cold War Germany (15 credits)
- Marketing the Margins: Case Studies in the Literary Marketplace (15 credits)
- Hitler’s Victim? Modern Austrian Literature & Film (15 credits)
- Berlin Past & Present: The Reconstruction of a Capital City (15 credits)
Management
You will choose 30 credits from a range of optional modules that may typically include:
- Technology & Innovation (15 credits)
- Law & Management (15 credits)
- Human Resource Management (15 credits)
- Corporate Finance (15 credits)
- Government & Business (15 credits)
- Industrial Organisation (15 credits)
- Management Accounting (15 credits)
- Managing your career (15 credits)
- Psychology of Entrepreneurship (15 credits)
- Mircoeconomics (15 credits)
- Consumer Behaviour (15 credits)
- Intermediate Macroeconomics (15 credits)
- International Economics (15 credits)
You will spend your third year abroad at one of our partner institutions, which currently include:
- Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Universität Wien
- Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
- Universität Mannheim
You will also have the opportunity to apply for the English Language Assistantship Programme or to undertake an internship/work placement in a German-speaking environment, which you will normally be expected to organise independently, allowing you to explore career prospects and personal interests.
4th YearYou will take 60 credits in German and 60 credits in Management.Required Modules
German
Ab initio and non-native German pathwayIf you are an ab initio or non-native speaking student, you are required to take:
- German Core Language III (30 credits)
If you are a native German speaker, in your fourth year, you are required to take:
- Translation from & into German III (15 credits)
Management
There are no required modules in year four.
Optional ModulesGerman
Ab initio and non-native German pathwayIf you are an ab initio or non-native speaking student you will take 30 credits from a range of optional German modules, which may typically include:
- Dissertation (15 credits)
- Aspects of Post-1945 German Culture (15 credits)
- Goethe: From Sturm und Drang to Classicism (15 credits)
- German Capitalism: Business and Society (15 credits)
- Religion, Sex, Politics: German Literature of the 16th and 17th Centuries (15 credits)
- Cinema of Entanglement: Afro-German Moving Images (15 credits)
- Contemporary German Politics [European & International Studies] (15 credits)
- New German Cinema in East and West (15 credits)
- Germany in Motion: Migration, Integration and Political Transformation (15 credits)
- Death & the Afterlife in Medieval & Modern German Literature (15 credits)
- Women’s Writing: Then and Now (15 credits)
If you are a native speaking student you will take 45 credits from a range of optional German modules, which may typically include:
- Dissertation (15 credits)
- Aspects of Post-1945 German Culture (15 credits)
- Goethe: From Sturm und Drang to Classicism (15 credits)
- German Capitalism: Business and Society (15 credits)
- Religion, Sex, Politics: German Literature of the 16th and 17th Centuries (15 credits)
- Cinema of Entanglement: Afro-German Moving Images (15 credits)
- Contemporary German Politics [European & International Studies] (15 credits)
- New German Cinema in East and West (15 credits)
- Germany in Motion: Migration, Integration and Political Transformation (15 credits)
- Death & the Afterlife in Medieval & Modern German Literature (15 credits)
- Women’s Writing: Then and Now (15 credits)
Management
In your final year, you will take 60 credits from a wide range of optional modules that may typically include:
- Applied Economics (15 credits)
- Company Law (15 credits)
- Communications in Organisation (15 credits)
- Corporate Social Responsibility (15 credits)
- Employment Law (15 credits)
- Globalisation & Employment (15 credits)
- International Corporate Governance (15 credits)
- International Financial Systems (15 credits)
- International HRM (15 credits)
- International Marketing (15 credits)
- Leadership: Theory & Practice (15 credits)
- Marketing Communications (15 credits)
- Organisational Change (15 credits)
- Strategic Management (15 credits)
- The Social Psychology of Financial Markets (15 credits)
King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to- date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, modules offered may change.
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German & Management with a year abroad