Language and/with Global Politics (French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish) (BA): 3-year, full-time
Bachelor's degree
In London
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
London
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Duration
3 Years
Are you seeking to combine the study of a modern language with the study of politics to a high level? As well as gaining competence in a language, our BA Language and/with Global Politics allows you to acquire advanced knowledge of a range of cultural topics, while also focusing on the nature of politics at the global level: international relations, political economy, and war and security studies. You will gain the skills necessary for political, sociological, historical and economic analysis in a learning environment that is supportive, radical and exciting. You will also have the opportunity to study a number of cross-cultural modules exploring specific themes across a variety of language-speaking areas.
The programme is also available for full-time evening study over four years, including a year of study abroad, and for part-time evening study over four years.
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About this course
Graduates can pursue careers in national and international government, pressure groups, research or education. This degree may also be useful in becoming a journalist, civil service fast-streamer, governmental social research officer, diplomatic services operational officer or charity officer.
We offer a comprehensive Careers Service to help you advance your career, while our in-house, professional recruitment consultancy, Birkbeck Talent, works with London’s top employers to help you gain work experience that fits in with your evening studies.
We welcome applicants without traditional entry qualifications as we base decisions on our own assessment of qualifications, knowledge and previous work experience. We may waive formal entry requirements based on judgement of academic potential.
This programme is suitable for all language entry levels, from beginner to proficiency, including native speaker level.
Awarding Body
University of London
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Subjects
- Democracy
- Cinema
- Simulation
- International Politics
- Conflict
- Latin
- Translation
- International Relations
- Politics
- European Politics
- European History
- German Literature
- International
- Global
- Full Time
Course programme
You complete the equivalent of 12 full (30-credit) modules, normally taking six global politics modules and six culture and language modules. Depending on entry level, a maximum of three of these will be from one of the languages on offer, forming a language pathway.
Your programme will be designed to suit your interests and your language capability, which can be at any level from beginner to native speaker proficiency. A typical set of modules, divided by year, might look like this:
YEAR 1
- A Topic in German Thought: The Idea of Enlightenment
- Introduction to Global Politics
- The Study of Politics
- German 4
- Introduction to International Political Economy
- Transformation, Transgression and Tradition: German language Culture across the Centuries (Level 5)
- Transformations in Modern Politics: Democracy, Conflict and Globalisation
- Death: A Theme in German Culture
- Dissertation BA Global Politics and International Relations
- German 5
- War and Modern Society
- Capitalism and the Politics of Markets
- Capitalism: histories and theories
- Comparative European Politics: Europeanisation, Contestation, Integration (Level 6)
- International Migration and Transnationalism
- International Organisations
- Politics and the Arts (Level 6)
- The European Union Polity
- The Evolution of the International System
- The Politics of the Global Food System
- The Rise of the Modern Food System
- The United States in International Politics
- Transformations in Modern Politics: Democracy, Conflict and Globalisation
- Beating Nature: Artificiality, Imitation and Simulation
- Film and Politics
- Representations of Love, Desire and Sexuality
- Stories of the Self (Level 5)
- The Twentieth Century: Key Themes in Comparative European History (Level 5)
- Understanding Culture: Language and Texts
- French Cinema: History, Practice, Analysis
- French Political Culture: Traditions and Change
- French Thought: from the Renaissance to Postmodernity
- Imagining France: An Introduction to French Studies
- Memoire en francais
- The Twentieth-Century French Humanist Novel: Malraux and Camus
- Translation from and into French
- Berlin since 1945: History and Culture (Level 5)
- Das Dritte Reich
- Die Deutschsprachige Presse
- Post-War German Film
- The Politics of Gender and Modern German Culture
- Wirtschaftsdeutsch
- Introduction to Italian Culture (Level 4)
- Advanced Seminar in Japanese Culture and Society
- Manga and Anime
- Popular Culture in Japan and East Asia
- Rethinking Japan: Introduction to Modern Japanese Society and Culture (Level 4)
- Theorising Japanese Cinema
- Advanced Portuguese Seminar (Level 5)
- Art and Empire in the Iberian World
- Iberian Political Cultures: The Spanish Case
- Iberian Political Cultures: The Portuguese Case
- Literature and the Nation in Latin America (Mexico)
- Lusophone Cinema (level 5)
- Picturing the African Presence in Early Modern Spain
- Power and Control in Spanish Golden Age Art
- Power and Resistance in Spanish and Brazilian Film (Level 5)
- Scenes of Portuguese History: Cultural approaches to modern politics
- Studying the Hispanic, Luso-Brazilian and Native American Worlds
- The Latin American Novel
- The Problem of National Identity in Modern Spain
- The Urban Experience in Brazil
Politics option modules vary each year and are usually available in the areas of: American and European politics, global politics and the politics of the EU, political economy and capitalism, war and conflict, foreign policy, migration, religion and ethnic politics, political theory and its application to contemporary politics, and political institutions.
DEGREE CLASSIFICATION
If you exit the degree with Language 3 (A-level+/B2) or Language 4 (post-A-level/C1) the degree awarded will reflect this (e.g. BA Global Politics with German).
If you exit the degree with Language 5 (degree level/C1/C2) the degree awarded will reflect this (e.g. BA German and Global Politics).
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
Full-time international students: £ 14280 pa
Language and/with Global Politics (French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish) (BA): 3-year, full-time