German Joint Honours, BA (Hons)

An exciting course designed to ensure rapid progress in the German language and in-depth knowledge of the societies and cultures in which it is spoken. Combine with another language or Joint Honours subject to create your perfect degree. Why choose this course?

German can be studied from A-Level. You will develop:

• German language skills
• knowledge and understanding of the contemporary German-speaking world
• applied language skills such as translation.

Learning will take place in language classes and a range of lively options including modules that explore contemporary German culture, society and politics. You will achieve a high level of communicative skill, and an in-depth understanding of German culture and society. To further increase your career options you can take a final year module that develops translation and interpreting skills.

Take a year abroad
The year abroad option will allow you to increase your foreign language fluency and understanding of other cultures. You will come away with an experience that will give you a real advantage when competing for the best jobs. In Year Three you can spend time working or studying in Germany or Austria. Our partner universities are found in Freiburg, Karlsruhe, Paderborn and Innsbruck. There are no fees to pay for the year abroad and students remaining within Europe receive a grant from the EU.

Joint honours degree combinations and UCAS codes

German is taken in combination with one of the following subjects as part of the BA Joint Honours programme. The number in brackets is the UCAS code for a Joint Honours degree in German alongside the listed subject.

• Chinese (Mandarin) (RT21)
• English (RQ23)
• European Studies (RR29)
• Film and TV (PR32)
• French (RR12)
• Global Studies (RL29)
• History (RV21)
• International Relations (RL22)
• Italian (RR23)
• Linguistics (RQ21)
• Media (RP23)
• Philosophy (RV25)
• Spanish (RR24)
• TESOL (RX21).

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What will I study?

German must be combined with another subject to create your degree programme.

Find out more about our degree combinations including German:

• BA (Hons) Film and TV and German (PR32)
• BA (Hons) French and German (RR12)
• BA (Hons) German and English (RQ23)
• BA (Hons) German and European Studies (RR29)
• BA (Hons) German and Global Studies (RL29)
• BA (Hons) German and History (RV21)
• BA (Hons) German and Internaitonal Relations (RL22)
• BA (Hons) German and Italian (RR23)
• BA (Hons) German and Linguistics (RQ21)
• BA (Hons) German and Mandarin Chinese (RT21)
• BA (Hons) German and Media (RP23)
• BA (Hons) German and Philosophy (RV25)
• BA (Hons) German and Spanish (RR24)
• BA (Hons) German and TESOL (RX21).

Extra opportunities

Our flexible curriculum has been designed to create some amazing opportunities for students in the School of Arts and Humanities. Your second year of study is divided into two semesters that enable students to take part in optional:

• International exchange (plus optional Year Abroad during Year Three)
• Work placements
• Learn or improve language skills

Gain valuable work experience that will impress employers, learn another language, experience other cultures and travel the globe - all as part of your degree. Our international exchange partners include universities in:

• Australia
• Europe
• USA
• Canada
• Thailand.

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Please note that course specifications may be subject to change

Language learning support
To provide opportunities to develop language skills outside the classroom, you will have access to our excellent language resource centres which provide:

• internet access
• audio-visual facilities
• an extensive library of the latest German-language films
• computer-aided language learning software
• course-related books, materials and periodicals.

Books and library resources
In our library you will have access to an extensive and diverse range of books including those on your reading list. The library also stocks german periodicals. Clifton campus has its own Blackwell’s Bookshop which stocks relevant academic texts plus a wide range of bestselling novels.

IT resources
Our IT resource rooms and PC clusters are distributed across Clifton campus, with PCs providing access to:

• Microsoft Office
• email
• web browsing
• networked file storage
• high-speed online printing services (with a free printing allowance for each student).

Resource rooms are available 24 hours a day.