German Studies (Graduate Diploma)
Master
In London
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
London
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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).
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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
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
- 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
Additional information
Part-time home students: £4410 pa
Part-time international students: £8010 pa
German Studies (Graduate Diploma)