Language and/with International Law (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
Our BA Language and/with International Law allows you to combine the study of a modern language with international law to a high level. Not only will you attain a good level of competence in the language, you will also have a chance to learn about the culture of the language-speaking area, choosing from a range of modules covering literature, film, history, visual culture and philosophy, among other fields. You will also have the opportunity to study a number of cross-cultural modules which will allow you to explore specific themes across a variety of language-speaking areas.
The law component of the programme will equip you with the tools to understand the operation of law in the modern world and in particular the ways in which law is deployed to mark distinctions between the national/international and global. You will have a chance to gain a strong grounding in UK constitutional law, the English legal system and European Union law, public and private international law, migration law (including asylum), and human rights.
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 international organisations and businesses, education, journalism or the legal profession. This degree may also be useful in becoming a translator, human rights lawyer, human resources officer or higher education lecturer.
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
- Systems
- Cinema
- Administrative Law
- Legal History
- Company Law
- IT Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- Human Rights
- Constitutional Law
- Politics
- International
- Global
- Law
- Public
- Government
- Full Time
Course programme
You take compulsory, core and option modules to a total of 360 credits over three years.
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
- Constitutional and Administrative Law
- French 3
- Imagining France: An Introduction to French Studies
- Legal Methods and Legal Systems
- French 4
- French Political Culture: Traditions and Change
- Law of the European Union
- Law, Anthropology and Colonialism
- Law, History, and Political Violence
- Legal History 2: News from the Legal Past
- French 5
- Human Rights
- Public International Law and the Use of Force
- Racine
- The French Short Story: from Balzac to Maupassant
- Advanced Studies in Company Law
- Criminal Justice
- Evidence
- Family Law
- Foundations in Company Law
- Immigration Law 2: Advanced Concepts in Asylum Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- Introduction to Multinational Enterprises and the Law
- Labour Law
- Medical Law and Ethics
- 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 Thought: from the Renaissance to Postmodernity
- Memoire en francais
- The Twentieth-Century French Humanist Novel: Malraux and Camus
- Translation from and into French
- A Topic in German Thought: The Idea of Enlightenment
- 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
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 International Law with French).
If you exit the degree with Language 5 (degree level/C1/C2) the degree awarded will reflect this (e.g. BA French and International Law).
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 International Law (French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish) (BA): 3-year, full-time