German with a year abroad

King's College London

Bachelor's degree

In London

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    4 Years

At King’s, we believe studying German can unlock the world, and our courses are designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary to become the next generation of leading European and global citizens. As well as achieving fluency in the German language, you will also explore German culture and society through our exceptionally wide choice of modules – with opportunities to cover everything from politics, literature, and film, to history and cultural studies.

Our Department offers you a lively and intellectually stimulating home in heart of London where you will be taught by leading experts. You will also study, teach or work in a German-speaking country on your Year Abroad, putting your learning into practice.

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Location

Start date

London
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Strand, WC2R 2LS

Start date

On request

About this course

King’s is ranked as 6th in the UK for modern languages (QS World Rankings by Subject 2018).
Year abroad in a German-speaking country offers the opportunity to immerse yourself in German-speaking culture and society and attain language fluency.
Broad range of specialist modules in German Studies, from medieval to contemporary literature as well as politics, history, cultural studies, and film.
Central location offers access to libraries and resources including the Goethe-Institut and Austrian Cultural Forum
Our small department offers a friendly feel and has a large common room for socialising
Teaching informed and delivered by researchactive staff
Consistently excellent student satisfaction ratings.

Recent graduates have found employment in sectors including media production and journalism, human relations, finance, business development, retail and marketing, the civil service, teaching and lecturing. A considerable number have continued to further study. 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.

Studies of graduate employability repeatedly 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.

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
  • Politics
  • German Literature
  • Cinema
  • Texts and Contexts
  • German
  • Medieval Germany
  • Language
  • Literature
  • German History

Course programme

1st Year

Each course is divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.

The degree structure in the German Department differs slightly depending on whether you are a native or non-native German speaker. Each year students take modules totalling 120 credits. Native speakers will take more optional modules because their language modules are worth 15 credits, rather than the 30-credit core language modules for non-native speakers.

Required Modules

Year 1:

If you are non-native German speaker, in your first year, you are required to take:

  • Introductory German I (30 credits)
  • Texts and Contexts (30 credits)

If you are a native German speaker, in your first year you are required to take:

  • Translation from and into German I (15 credits)
  • Texts and Contexts (30 credits)
Optional Modules

You will then select further modules to bring your total credits to 120 for the year from a range of optional modules, which may typically include:

  • Medieval Germany: Language, Literature & Society (15 credits)
  • Milestones in German History (15 credits)
  • One Hundred and Twenty Years of German Cinema (15 credits)
  • An Introduction to German Politics (15 credits)
  • You may also select 15 credits from outside the Department of German
2nd Year

Required Modules

If you are a non-native German speaker, in your second year you are required to take:

  • Intermediate German (30 credits)
At least one of the 15-credit modules that contain some pre-modern content from a selection that may typically include:
  • The German Reformation
  • 18th Century German Thought: The Education of Humanity
  • Gender and Identity in Arthurian Romance

If you are a native German speaker, you are required to take:

  • Translation from and into German II (15 credits)
At least one of the optional 15 credit modules that contain some pre-modern content from a selection that may include:
  • The German Reformation
  • 18th Century German Thought: The Education of Humanity
  • Gender and Identity in Arthurian Romance
Optional Modules

I you are a non native German speaking student, you are required to take 75 credits from a range of optional 15-credit modules, which may typically include:

  • The modules that contain some pre-modern content
  • Politics and Culture in Cold War Germany since 1870 (15 credits)
  • Marketing the Margins: Case Studies in the Literary Marketplace (15 credits)
  • A Global Metropolis: London in German Literature and Film (15 credits)
  • Hitler’s Victim? Modern Austrian Literature & Film (15 credits)
  • Berlin Past & Present: The Reconstruction of a Capital City (15 credits)

If you are a native German speaker you are required to take 90 credits from a range of optional 15 credit modules, which may include:

  • The pre-modern modules listed above.
  • Politics and Culture in Cold War Germany since 1870 (15 credits)
  • Marketing the Margins: Case Studies in the Literary Marketplace (15 credits)
  • A Global Metropolis: London in German Literature and Film (15 credits)
  • Hitler’s Victim? Modern Austrian Literature & Film (15 credits)
  • Berlin Past & Present: The Reconstruction of a Capital City (15 credits)
  • A 15-credit option from outside the Department of German

3rd Year

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 Year

Required Modules

If you are a non native German speaker, in your fourth year you are required to take:

  • German Core Language Module III (30 credits)
At least one of the optional 15 credit modules that contain some pre-modern content from a selection that may include:
  • Goethe: From Sturm und Drang to Classicism
  • Religion, Sex, Politics: German Literature of the 16th and 17th Centuries
  • Death and the Afterlife in Medieval and Modern German Literature (15 credits)
  • Women’s Writing: Then and Now (15 credits)

If you are a native German speaker, in your fourth year you required to take:

  • Translation from and into German III (15 credits)
At least one of the optional 15 credit modules that contain some pre-modern content from a selection that may include:
  • Goethe: From Sturm und Drang to Classicism
  • Religion, Sex, Politics: German Literature of the 16th and 17th Centuries
  • Death and the Afterlife in Medieval and Modern German Literature (15 credits)
  • Women’s Writing: Then and Now (15 credits)
Optional Modules

If you are a non-native German speaker you are required to take a further 75 credits from a range of optional 15-credit modules, which may typically include:

  • Dissertation
  • The pre-modern modules listed above
  • Aspects of Post-1945 German Culture (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 (15 credits)
  • New German Cinema in East & West (15 credits)
  • Germany in Motion: Migration, Integration and Political Transformation (15 credits)
  • Death & the Afterlife in Medieval & Modern German Literature (15 credits)
  • 15 credits from outside the Department of German

If you are a native German speaker you are required to tak a further 90 credits from a range of optional 15-credit modules, which may typically include

  • The pre-modern modules listed above
  • Aspects of Post-1945 German Culture (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 (15 credits)
  • New German Cinema in East & West (15 credits)
  • Germany in Motion: Migration, Integration and Political Transformation (15 credits)
  • Death & the Afterlife in Medieval & Modern German Literature (15 credits)
  • 15 credits from outside the Department of German

Additional information

International tuition fee - £18,900 per year.

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