German Studies (Graduate Diploma)

Master

In London

£ 4,410 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    1 Year

This Graduate Diploma in German Studies is designed to develop your German language skills and/or increase your knowledge of German culture, as well as improving your research and study skills.

This is an undergraduate-level qualification that will prepare you for postgraduate study. Graduate Certificates/Diplomas typically take one to two years to complete and are made up of two, three or four modules at final-year undergraduate degree level (worth 60, 90 or 120 credits).

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Malet Street, WC1E 7HX

Start date

On request

About this course

Graduates go in to careers in international organisations or businesses, translating and teaching, research and journalism. Possible professions include translator, teacher, researcher, or journalist. This degree may also be useful in becoming a Diplomatic Services operational officer or interpreter.

Normally a second-class honours degree in a subject other than German or modern languages.

Language skills in German equivalent to A-level plus two years (also equivalent to a pass in German 5).

Applications are reviewed on their individual merits and your professional qualifications and/or relevant work experience will be taken into consideration positively. We actively support and encourage applications from mature learners.

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Subjects

  • Modern Literature
  • Writing
  • Simulation
  • European History
  • Politics
  • German Language
  • German Thought
  • Enlightenment
  • Beating Nature
  • Das Dritte Reich
  • German culture

Course programme

COURSE STRUCTURE

You take a high-level German language module, German 5, and two option modules (or the equivalent of four half-modules) from a selection, one of which can be an extended essay on a topic chosen by you.

GERMAN LANGUAGE MODULE
  • German 5
OPTION MODULES
  • A Topic in German Thought: The Idea of Enlightenment
  • Beating Nature: Artificiality, Imitation and Simulation
  • Das Dritte Reich
  • Death: A Theme in German Culture
  • Die Deutschsprachige Presse
  • Extended Essay
  • Film and Politics
  • German Early Modern Literature
  • German Women's Writing
  • Myth, Folk and Fairytales
  • The Age of Goethe
  • The Twentieth Century: Key Themes in Comparative European History (Level 5)
  • Wirtschaftsdeutsch
Birkbeck makes all reasonable efforts to deliver educational services, modules and programmes of study as described on our website. In the event that there are material changes to our offering (for example, due to matters beyond our control), we will update applicant and student facing information as quickly as possible and offer alternatives to applicants, offer-holders and current students.

Additional information

FEES

Part-time home students: £4410 pa

Part-time international students: £8010 pa

German Studies (Graduate Diploma)

£ 4,410 VAT inc.