History and german ba (hons)

Queen Mary University of London
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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    4 Years

Teaching
Teaching and learning
You'll receive approximately 10 to 16 hours of weekly contact time, in the form of lectures, seminars and language classes.
You will spend up to five hours per week in language classes – in small groups of no more than 20 for classroom or language lab teaching, and no more than 10 for oral and aural work.
For every hour spent in class, you'll complete a further two to three hours of independent study.
Assessment
Assessment typically includes a combination of written exams and coursework, final-year dissertations, independent projects and creative journals.
Resources and facilities
The Schools offer excellent on-campus resources to aid your studies, including:
the Multimedia Language Resource Centre, equipped with digital labs and resource rooms, teacher and student workstations, interactive whiteboards, and software for viewing live international satellite TV broadcasts
a vibrant History Society
the Queen Mary History Journal, a major scholarly publication stocked by the British Library, which is written, produced and edited entirely by students
a central London location that offers ready access to a wealth of world-class libraries, archives, museums and galleries
subscriptions to foreign newspapers and journals
language clubs and social activities, including film screenings, discussion groups and debates.
Learn another language
If you’re interested in learning another language, you can sign up for a course at Queen Mary’s Language Centre, where you can choose from Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), French, Japanese or Spanish.

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London
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67-69 Lincoln'S Inn Fields, WC2A 3JB

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Subjects

  • Teaching
  • German Language

Course programme

Structure

The German language modules you take will depend on your entry level. We offer separate classes for beginner, post-GCSE, post-A-level and native speakers.

  • Year 1
  • Year 2
  • Year 3
  • Year 4

Year 1 Compulsory

  • Critical Thinking and Writing for Modern Foreign Language Students
  • Foundations of German Studies (for post-A-level and native speakers) OR European Literature and its Contexts (for beginners) - GCSE entrants may take either option
  • German language module (streamed according to entry level - for all levels apart from native speakers)
  • History in Practice
Choose from
  • Europe in a Global Context since 1800
  • Unravelling Britain: British History since 1801
Choose from
  • From Reformation to Revolution Europe and the World from 1500-1800
  • What the Middle Ages have done for us, Europe 1100-1500

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

Year 2 Compulsory

  • Contemporary German Studies I OR Contemporary German Studies II
  • German language module (streamed according to entry level)
Choose two from
  • A Century of Extremes: Germany 1890-1990
  • Britain and Europe 1945-1963
  • Challenging Europe’s Political and Social order: The 1848 Revolution
Choose one from
  • Brecht and the Drama
  • German for Business
  • German Narrative Fiction: Text and Film
  • German Play
  • German Romanticism in its European Context
  • German Thought
  • The (Re-)Birth of Tragedy: Schiller, Nietzsche and other Legacies

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

Year 3

  • Year abroad

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

Year 4 Compulsory

  • German language module
  • History special subject: Germany’s Cultural revolution: ‘1968’ in Context
Choose one or two from
  • Advanced German for Business
  • Anglo-German Cultural Relations Past and Present
  • Faust in Legend, Literature and the Arts
  • Foreign Influences and Linguistics Purism in the History of German
  • German Poetry in the 20th century
  • German Sociolinguistics
  • German Swiss Literature and Culture
  • German Thought II
  • Languages in the Classroom: Teaching German
  • Modern Languages Research Project

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

Year abroad

You will spend your year abroad in Germany, Austria or German-speaking Switzerland.

You have three options for how to spend your year abroad:

  • teaching English as a foreign language assistant
  • attending university
  • in the professional world, either on a work placement with our support, or independently with our approval.

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