Programmes & Modules Handbook

B.A. German Full-time

Year: 2
2025/26 Session

To proceed from Stage I to Stage II a student must have a minimum of 100 credits, to include the relevant Core II language module(s).

Route 1: Major in German
Depending on the languages studied, students must take EITHER a minimum of 80 credits in German and 40 credits in one modern foreign language OR 70 credits in German and 50 credits in one modern foreign language.

Students take all compulsory core language modules in their relevant languages as described below, plus further credits appropriate to their level (intermediate or advanced).

Route 2: Joint Honours in German
The University Regulations permit students registered to Joint degrees to vary their credit weighting in their second and final year. A minimum of 40 credits and a maximum of 80 credits must be taken in each discipline in both years (subject to a total number of 120 credits in each year). Students who undertake less than 160 credits in one of their disciplines will graduate with a major/minor degree. NB In Year 2, a variable credit weighting will not be possible for all language combinations.

Students take all compulsory core language modules in their relevant languages as described below, plus further credits appropriate to their level (intermediate or advanced).

Intermediate French and Intermediate German can only be taken to a maximum of 80 credits if combined with 20 credits of Modern Languages departmental modules.

No more than two languages may be taken at Intermediate level, one of which must be Intermediate French or Intermediate Spanish.

Catalan and Japanese can only be taken to a maximum of 40 credits in any year. You can only study Japanese with a Major in German.

French (students must choose both Advanced modules or both Intermediate modules):

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI French Core III - Advanced: French Cultures and Identities	09 30216	20	Semester 1
LI French Core III - Intermediate: French Cultures and Identities	09 30126	20	Semester 1
LI French Core IV - Advanced: French Cultures and Identities	09 30221	10	Semester 2
LI French Core IV - Intermediate: French Cultures and Identities	09 30132	10	Semester 2

German (students must choose both Advanced modules or both Intermediate modules):

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI German Core III – Advanced: Other Germanies	09 34774	20	Semester 1
LI German Core III – Intermediate: Other Germanies	09 34773	20	Semester 1
LI German Core IV - Advanced: German-Language Cultures and Societies in the Contemporary World	09 30222	10	Semester 2
LI German Core IV - Intermediate: German-Language Cultures and Societies in the Contemporary World	09 30133	10	Semester 2

Italian (students must choose both Advanced modules or both Intermediate modules):

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Italian Core III - Advanced: Icons of Italy	09 30218	20	Semester 1
LI Italian Core III - Intermediate: Icons of Italy	09 30128	20	Semester 1
LI Italian Core IV - Advanced: Icons of Italy	09 30223	10	Semester 2
LI Italian Core IV - Intermediate: Icons of Italy	09 30135	10	Semester 2

Spanish (students must choose both Advanced modules or both Intermediate modules):

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Spanish Core III - Advanced: Hispanic Cultures in Global Contexts	09 30219	20	Semester 1
LI Spanish Core III - Intermediate: Hispanic Cultures in Global Contexts	09 30130	20	Semester 1
LI Spanish Core IV - Advanced: Hispanic Cultures in Global Contexts	09 30224	10	Semester 2
LI Spanish Core IV - Intermediate: Hispanic Cultures in Global Contexts	09 30137	10	Semester 2

Russian (students must choose both Advanced modules or both Intermediate modules):

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Russian Core III - Advanced: Understanding Russia and the Russians	09 30220	20	Semester 1
LI Russian Core III - Intermediate: Understanding Russia and the Russians	09 30131	20	Semester 1
LI Russian Core IV - Advanced: Understanding Russia and the Russians	09 30225	20	Semester 2
LI Russian Core IV - Intermediate: Understanding Russia and the Russians	09 30138	20	Semester 2

Japanese:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Japanese Language Intermediate I	09 26155	20	Semester 1
LI Japanese Language Intermediate II	09 26156	20	Semester 2

Core V is compulsory for all students studying French, German, Italian and Spanish.

Students will take either the 10 or 20 credit module depending upon their language combinations.

Students will only take the research project in one of their chosen languages.

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Core V - Student Research Project	09 30157	10	Semester 2
LI Core V - Student Research Project	09 39146	20	Semester 2

Catalan Minor (40 credits) (students must take Intermediate Catalan A&B plus one of the 20 credit Catalan options:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Intermediate Catalan Language A	09 33747	10	Semester 1
LI Intermediate Catalan Language B	09 33749	10	Semester 2
LI Artistic and Literary Representations of Barcelona	09 39270	20	Semester 1
LI Gender, New Media and Cultural Identity	09 39276	20

Route 1 and 2 (Major or JH) (80/40 or 70/50 depending on the languages studied)

Students taking 80 credits in German (language A):
[Advanced German or Intermediate German] You must take the 10 credit Core V Research Project in German PLUS one 20 credit optional module in Semester 1 and one 20 credit optional module in Semester 2 in German (includes departmental modules)

PLUS 40 compulsory credits in language B:
[Advanced Russian or Intermediate Catalan, Japanese, Russian] You take no optional modules in language B.

OR

Students taking 70 credits in German (language A):
[Advanced German or Intermediate German] You must take the 20 credit Core V Research Project in German PLUS one 20 credit optional module in Semester 1 in German (includes departmental modules)

And 50 credits in language B:
[Advanced French, Italian, Spanish or Intermediate, French, Italian, Spanish] You must take one 20 credit optional module in Semester 2 in language B (includes departmental modules)

OR

Students taking 70 credits in German (language A):
[Advanced German or Intermediate German] You must take the 20 credit Core V Research Project in German PLUS one 20 credit optional module in Semester 2 in German (includes departmental modules)

And 50 credits in language B:
[Advanced French, Italian, Spanish or Intermediate, French, Italian, Spanish] You must take one 20 credit optional module in Semester 1 in language B (includes departmental modules).

OR

Students taking 70 credits in German (language A):
[Advanced German or Intermediate German] You must take one 20 credit optional module in Semester 1 and one 20 credit optional module in Semester 2 in German (includes departmental modules)

And 50 credits in language B:
[Advanced French, Italian, Spanish or Intermediate, Italian, Spanish] You must take the 20 credit Core V Research Project in language B

Route 2 (JH) (60/60)

Students taking 60 credits in German (language A):
[Advanced German or Intermediate German] You must take the 10 credit Core V Research Project in German PLUS one 20 credit optional module in Semester 2 in German (includes departmental modules)

And 60 credits in language B:
[Advanced Russian or Intermediate Russian] You must take one 20 credit optional module in Semester 1 (includes departmental modules)

OR

Students taking 60 credits in German (language A):
[Advanced German or Intermediate German] You must take the 10 credit Core V Research Project in German PLUS one 20 credit optional module in Semester 1 in German (includes departmental modules)

And 60 credits in language B:
[Advanced Russian or Intermediate Russian] You must take one 20 credit optional module in Semester 2 (includes departmental modules)

For ALL routes, 1-2, in addition to the core language module(s) for their chosen language(s), students choose additional Level I modules provided annually by the School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music up to the relevant credit value for their respective route, to combined total of 120 credits. Depending on the number of credits students opt to take in each language, optional module choices may be restricted. Availability of particular modules varies from year to year and is subject to timetabling constraints.

Optional modules offered by the Department of Modern Languages. The following is an indicative list:

French Optional Modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Global French: Communities, Politics and International Relations	09 39278	20	Semester 2
LI Sources of Inspiration: Creativity and Adaptation through French Texts	09 39289	20	Semester 1

German Optional Modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Cultures of Protest and Terror in West Germany, 1967-1977	09 39273	20	Semester 1
LI Obedience and Autonomy in German Culture and Thought	09 39285	20	Semester 2

Italian Optional Modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Il bello dell’italiano: historical and social aspects of the Italian languages	09 39281	20	Semester 1

Russian Optional Modules [available to all students]:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Reading Russian Literature in Translation	09 39287	20	Semester 2

Spanish Optional Modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Digital Media and Spanish Youth Culture	09 39275	20
LI Histories of the Excluded: Inquisition and the Birth of Human Rights	09 39279	20	Semester 2
LI Icons of the Hispanic World	09 39280	20	Semester 2
LI Mexican and Chicano Art in the Twentieth Century: Revolution and Beyond	09 39284	20
LI Reading the World in Contemporary Spanish American Fiction	09 39288	20	Semester 1
LI Structures and Varieties of the Modern Hispanic Languages	09 39290	20

Departmental Optional Modules [available to all students]:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Cross-Cultural Cinema: Film Adaptation beyond the Nation-State	09 39271	20	Semester 1
LI Cross-Cultural Cinema: Migration and Displacement	09 39272	20
LI Global Enterprise Project	09 39764	20	Semester 1
LI Language and power	09 39282	20	Semester 2
LI Work, The Future and You	09 39770	20	Semester 1

Departmental Optional Modules [available to students taking Advanced languages only]:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Translation in the Workplace	09 39794	20	Semester 2

Catalan Optional Modules [available to all students]:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Beginners Catalan Language A	09 33737	10	Semester 1
LI Beginners Catalan Language B	09 33745	10	Semester 2
LI Intermediate Catalan Language A	09 33747	10	Semester 1
LI Intermediate Catalan Language B	09 33749	10	Semester 2
LI Artistic and Literary Representations of Barcelona	09 39270	20	Semester 1
LI Gender, New Media and Cultural Identity	09 39276	20