German Studies with Italian : BA Hons : R2R3

Bachelor's degree

In Lancaster

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Lancaster

  • Duration

    4 Years

  • Start date

    Different dates available

German Studies with Italian is taught by the Department of Languages and Cultures. Our distinctive approach enables you to acquire high-level language skills and a thorough understanding of German and Italian cultures and societies within a global context. German Studies at Lancaster is ranked 2nd in the UK according to the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017.

Your first year comprises an exploration of the German language and its cultural context. Alongside this, you will study an intensive Italian language and culture module, designed for beginners with little or no prior knowledge. You will also take a minor subject of your choice.

In Year 2, you will study Germany’s culture, politics and history in more depth, as well as selecting courses which are international in scope and promote a comparative understanding of Europe and beyond. In the core Italian modules, you will improve your linguistic proficiency in a range of settings and study Italian lexis, grammar and syntax.

Spending your third year abroad in a German-speaking country makes a major contribution to your command of the language, while deepening your intercultural sensitivity. You can study at a partner institution or conduct a work placement. We strongly recommend spending some time in Italy too as part of your degree.

In your fourth year, you will continue developing your German and Italian language alongside a choice of specialist culture and comparative courses, such as ‘Translation as a Cultural Practice’. You will also develop a particular topic from your second year studies into your specialist dissertation.

Facilities

Location

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Lancaster (Lancashire)
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Lancaster University, LA1 4YW

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About this course

As well as language and subject related skills, a degree in languages develops rich interpersonal, intercultural, cognitive and transferable skills that can be utilised across a variety of careers. Our graduates have found work in a wide variety of areas such as accountancy, IT, business development, civil service, events management, finance, journalism, publishing, research and sales, as well as teaching and translating both in the UK and abroad.

For the last ten years, languages graduates from Lancaster have been in the top ten universities in the country in terms of their employability. Our department is ranked 6th in the UK for graduate prospects in the Guardian University Guide 2017.

Many graduates continue their studies at Lancaster, making the most of our excellent postgraduate research facilities. We offer Masters degrees in Translation and Languages and Cultures, which can lead on to a variety of careers including translation, and teaching.

A Level ABB

Required Subjects A level German. Native German or Italian speakers will not be accepted onto this scheme.

IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 in each component.

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Subjects

  • German Language
  • Italian Language
  • German Studies
  • Italian Studies
  • Oral Skills
  • Written Skills
  • World Literatures
  • Economic
  • Germany and Spain
  • Modern Languages

Course programme

Many of Lancaster's degree programmes are flexible, offering students the opportunity to cover a wide selection of subject areas to complement their main specialism. You will be able to study a range of modules, some examples of which are listed below.

Year 1

Core

    • Part I German Studies (Advanced/CEFR: B1)
    • Part I Italian Studies (Beginners to CEFR: A2)
Year 2

Core

    • Becoming German: Post-War German-language, Culture and Identities
    • German Language: Oral Skills (CEFR: B2)
    • German Language: Written Skills (CEFR: B2)
    • Italian Language: Oral skills (post Beginners /CEFR: B1)
    • Italian Language: Written skills (post Beginners /CEFR: B1)
    • Second Year Programme for Academic Skills, Employability and International placement preparation

Optional

    • Cross-cultural encounters in World Literatures
    • Economic and Social Change in France, Germany and Spain since 1945
    • Language and Identity in France, Germany and Spain
    • Professional Contexts for Modern Languages
    • Society on Screen: The Language of Film
    • Understanding culture
Year 4

Core

    • Full Unit Dissertation
    • German Language Oral Skills (CEFR: C1/C2)
    • German Language Written Skills (CEFR C1/C2)
    • Italian language: Oral and Aural skills (CEFR: B2)
    • Italian Language: Written and Reading Skills (CEFR: B2)

Optional

    • Autocrats, Caudillos and Big Men: Understanding Dictatorship and its Cultural Representation in the 20th Century
    • Contemporary Cities in Literature and Film
    • Images of Austria: National Identity and Cultural Representation
    • Imagining Modern Europe: Post-Revolutionary Utopias and Ideologies in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century
    • Literature and Fame in Contemporary Germany
    • Mirrors across Media: Reflexivity in Literature, Film, Comics and Video Games
    • The Prosecution of 'Otherness' in Europe: Witchcraft, Heresy and Inquisition (14th -17th C)
    • Translation as a Cultural Practice
    • Writing in the margins: narrating cross-cultural experience

Lancaster University offers a range of programmes, some of which follow a structured study programme, and others which offer the chance for you to devise a more flexible programme. We divide academic study into two sections - Part 1 (Year 1) and Part 2 (Year 2, 3 and sometimes 4). For most programmes Part 1 requires you to study 120 credits spread over at least three modules which, depending upon your programme, will be drawn from one, two or three different academic subjects. A higher degree of specialisation then develops in subsequent years.

Information contained on the website with respect to modules is correct at the time of publication, but changes may be necessary, for example as a result of student feedback, Professional Statutory and Regulatory Bodies' (PSRB) requirements, staff changes, and new research.

Additional information

Overseas Fee - £15,680

German Studies with Italian : BA Hons : R2R3

£ 9,250 VAT inc.