Programmes & Modules Handbook

B.A. German Studies and History Full-time

Year: 4
2022/23 Session

The following modules must be taken: Plus Students must choose 40 credits of Level H optional modules from the list provided annually by German Studies

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH German Core VI - Language and Contexts	09 33710	10	Semester 1
LH German Core VII - Language and Contexts	09 33711	10	Semester 2

You are required to complete a Dissertation or Extended Essay in Your Final year and depending on your programme you may be able to choose whether you write it in German Studies or in your other Department.

If in German Studies choose:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
Final Year Independent Study Module in Modern Languages	09 25584	20	Full Term
LH Final Year Independent Study Module in Modern Languages Semester 1	09 33503	20	Semester 1
LH Final Year Independent Study Module in Modern Languages Semester 2	09 33505	20	Semester 2
LH Joint Honours Link Dissertation	09 28531	40	Full Term

In addition to the core language module, students follow additional Level H modules from German Studies to the the relevant credit value for their respective programme, to a combined total of 120 credits. Depending on the number of credits students opt to take in each language, optional module choices may be restricted (please refer to the relevant language section in the BA Modern Languages handbook and language-specific module choice information).

German studies optional modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Back to the Future – Hidden Histories and Utopian Possibilities, 1800-present	09 34928	20	Semester 2
LH Echoes of Colonialism and Imperialism Across Cultures	09 34935	20	Semester 2
LH Sex, Seduction and Submission: Gender in German Literature from 1900 to Today	09 26799	20	Semester 1
LH Thinking Otherwise: Decolonial Approaches to Contemporary Thought and Culture	09 34910	20	Semester 2
LH Translation in Theory and Practice in Europe I (German)	09 32303	10	Semester 1
LH Translation in Theory and Practice in Europe II (German)	09 32304	10	Semester 2

History Modules:

Or:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
Dissertation	09 23512	40	Full Term

Students may also take between 0 and 40 credits from the following providing their total history credits add up to no more than 80:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Joint Honours Dissertation (History)	09 23756	20	Full Term
LH Joint Honours Link Dissertation	09 27510	40	Full Term

Subject to the approval of the programme lead students may also include in their history total up to 40 credits of optional modules offered by departments other than History. Students may only take one dissertation module and their credit total must include at least one non-dissertation module. Students wishing to take 23512 would normally have been expected to take 24845 in Year 2.