BA German and Politics (GERU04) ML

2019 - 2020

For students whose initial registration was prior to the 2019-20 session

Year 1

This level is no longer running.

Year 2

A student will take either the Post A Level German stream and units listed at 2Ai, 2Bi, 2Bii and 2D below or the Non A Level German stream and units listed at 2Ci, 2Cii and 2D below.

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (40 credits)

2Ai

Post A Level German Stream

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
GER201 ⇐P⇒Pre-requisites: GER103 GER104 GER105 GER106 Is a pre-requisite for: GER202 (when the module is running) XCannot be taken with: GER240 GER241 GER242 GER243	German Language (Foundation)	AUT SEM	10 credits
POL229 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Degrees in Politics..	Political Analysis: Research Design and Data Analysis	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
GER202 ⇐P⇒Pre-requisites: GER201 Is a pre-requisite for: GER301 GER303 GER304 GER304 GER304 GER307 GER307 GER308 GER311 GER311 GER312 GER312 GER313 GER313 GER313 GER352 GER352 GER363 GER369 (when the module is running) XCannot be taken with: GER240 GER241 GER242 GER243	German Language (Continuation)	SPR SEM	10 credits

units to the value of forty credits from the following, not more than twenty credits being selected from 2Bii

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

2Bi

Post A Level German Stream

A student will take a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 40 credits from this group.

Semester 2
GER234 + EMPTY.	Germanic Languages in Social Context	SPR SEM	20 credits
MDL208 + Available to all but priority will be given to SLC students.	Analysing Evil: National Socialism as Ideology and Brand	SPR SEM	20 credits
Full academic year
GER235 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: MDL3902 MDL3903 (when the module is running)	Introduction to Luxembourgish Language and Culture	ACAD YR	20 credits
GER263 + Proficiency in German (A-level or equivalent).	German Culture and Ideas from the Enlightenment to the Present Day	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL209 + The course is subject to a cap, with preference being given to SLC students.	Deutschland und Oesterreich heute	ACAD YR	20 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units

2Bii

A student will take up to 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
GER217 + A-Level in a Modern Language.	Dutch Beginners A	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
GER218 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: GER239 GER239 (when the module is running)	Dutch Beginners B	SPR SEM	10 credits
Full academic year
GER232 CCo-requisites: GER239 GER239 + GER107/108 or demonstrated equivalent proficiency.	Dutch Intermediate	ACAD YR	20 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (60 credits)

2Ci

Non A level German stream

A student will take 60 credits from this group.

Semester 1
GER240 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: GER241 GER243 (when the module is running) XCannot be taken with: GER201 GER202 + GER220 must normally be studied before GER221 can be taken, though there may be exceptions.. Successful completion of GER120/121 or attainment of equivalent level of German language by other means.	Intermediate German Language	AUT SEM	10 credits
GER242 ⇐PPre-requisites: GER121 + Normally GER120/121 or equivalent. Successful completion of GER120/121 or attainment of equivalent level of German language by other means.	Deutsche Politik und Medien (for Intermediate German)	AUT SEM	10 credits
POL229 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Degrees in Politics..	Political Analysis: Research Design and Data Analysis	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
GER241 ⇐PPre-requisites: GER240 XCannot be taken with: GER201 GER202 + GER240 must normally be studied before GER241can be taken, though there may be exceptions.. Successful completion of GER120/121 or attainment of equivalent level of German language by other means.	Intermediate German Language II	SPR SEM	10 credits
GER243 ⇐PPre-requisites: GER240 XCannot be taken with: GER201 GER202 + GER240 will normally have been studied.. Successful completion of GER120/121 or attainment of equivalent level of German language by other means.	Deutsche Kultur (for Intermediate German)	SPR SEM	10 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

2Cii

Non A level German stream

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 2
GER234 + EMPTY.	Germanic Languages in Social Context	SPR SEM	20 credits
MDL208 + Available to all but priority will be given to SLC students.	Analysing Evil: National Socialism as Ideology and Brand	SPR SEM	20 credits
Full academic year
GER235 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: MDL3902 MDL3903 (when the module is running)	Introduction to Luxembourgish Language and Culture	ACAD YR	20 credits
GER263 + Proficiency in German (A-level or equivalent).	German Culture and Ideas from the Enlightenment to the Present Day	ACAD YR	20 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (40 credits)

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
POL2000 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	The Left: Past, Present & Future	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL217	The Political Economy of Global Capitalism	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL223 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	International Relations Theory	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL234 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual degrees in Politics.	Political Theory in Practice	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
POL206 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	The Politics and Government of the European Union	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL230 + Restricted to studentsstudying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Contemporary Security Challenges	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL235 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Honours degrees in Politics..	Development	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL237 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Human Rights, Power and Politics	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL238 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Oppression and Resistance	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL239 + Restricted to students studying single or dual degrees in Politics..	Autocracies and Democracies	SPR SEM	20 credits

Year 3

Before proceeding to the final year a student will spend one session in an appropriate country, as an English assistant in a school, in attendance as a full-time student at a university or other approved institution, or gaining appropriate academic or professional experience, the arrangements being subject to the approval of the Head of School.

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (80 credits)

In respect of attendance for which no grades will be awarded

A student will take

Semester 1
GER3900	Germanic Studies Year Abroad	AUT SEM	40 credits
Semester 2
GER3901	Germanic Studies Year Abroad	SPR SEM	40 credits

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (40 credits)

A student will take

Semester 1
MDL306 + SLC students only.	SLC Year Abroad	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
MDL307 + SLC students only.	SLC Year Abroad	SPR SEM	20 credits

Grades awarded in respect of units listed in 3B above will carry the same weight as grades awarded at Level 2.

Year 4

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (10 credits)

A student will take

Full academic year
GER335	German Core Language	ACAD YR	10 credits

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (10 credits)

A student will take 10 credits from this group.

Full academic year
GER336	German Translation	ACAD YR	10 credits
GER337	Presenting and Debating in German	ACAD YR	10 credits

units to the value of forty credits from the following, not more than twenty credits being taken from either 4Cii or 4Ciii

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

4Ci

A student will take a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
MDL309	Luxury and Liberty: Germany and Britain	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
GER374	Modern German Thought	SPR SEM	20 credits
Full academic year
GER339 + Advanced proficiency in German (CEFR Level B2). Yes: Normally for L3 students who have completed residence abroad in a German-speaking country..	German for Enterprise	ACAD YR	20 credits
GER379 + German at CEFR B2 level, but it does NOT presuppose any previous knowledge of German-language literature or literary studies. All students with a B2 level of German are welcome, regardless of their L1and L2 module choice..	The Self and Other: Twentieth Century German Fiction	ACAD YR	20 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units

4Cii

A student will take up to 20 credits from this group.

Full academic year
GER321	Dutch Advanced	ACAD YR	20 credits
GER322	Dutch Language and Culture for Specialists	ACAD YR	20 credits
GER323	Introduction to Luxembourgish Language and Culture	ACAD YR	20 credits
GER324 + EMPTY.	Advanced Luxembourgish Language and Culture	ACAD YR	20 credits
GER333 CCo-requisites: GER239 GER239 + GER217/218 or demonstrated equivalent proficiency.	Dutch Intermediate	ACAD YR	20 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units

4Ciii

A student will take up to 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
MDL301	Social Approaches to Multilingualism	AUT SEM	20 credits
Full academic year
MDL304	Dissertation	ACAD YR	20 credits
MDL305	Learning and Teaching Foreign Languages	ACAD YR	20 credits

units to the value of sixty credits from the following

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

4Di

A student will take a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
POL3001	The Political Economy of Africa	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3005 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: POL3006 (when the module is running) + Restricted to students studying single and dual honours Politics degrees..	Civilisation, Empire and Hegemony	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3026 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	War, Peace and Justice	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3028 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Political Ecology: Power, Nature and Society	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3030 + Restricted to students studying a single or dual honours degree in Politics..	Marx and Contemporary Marxism	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3032 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Anti-Politics and Democratic Crisis	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3033 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Honours degrees in Politics..	Legitimate and Illegitimate Violence	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3034 + Restricted to students studying a single or dual honours degree in Politics..	Narcopolitics	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3035 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Honours degrees in Politics..	Justice in World Politics	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3043 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	The Politics of Security	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3046 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Corporations in Global Politics: Possibilities, Tensions, and Ambiguities	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3119 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: POL3120 (when the module is running) + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Degrees in Politics..	Party Politics: Competition, Strategies & Campaigns	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3129 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: POL3130 (when the module is running)	Parliamentary Studies	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3137 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: POL3138 (when the module is running)	Peacekeeping, State-building and International Intervention	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3139 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: POL3140 (when the module is running) + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Pandemics and Panics: Health, Security and Global Politics	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3151 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Animals, Ethics and Politics	AUT SEM	20 credits
POL3161 + Restricted to students studying single and dual honours Politics degrees..	Political Theory in An Age of Total War	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
POL3019 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Terrorism, Violence and the State	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL3031 + Restricted to students studying a single or dual honours degree in Politics..	The Making of the Modern Middle East	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL3042 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	The Political Economy of Social Policy	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL3044 + Restricted to students studying a single or dual honours degree in Politics..	Hunger in the Global North	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL3045 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL3109 + Restricted to students studying Single and Dual degrees in Politics..	Britain and the European Union	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL3123 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Degrees in Politics..	Liberalism and its Critics	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL3153 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Sex, Race and Death: Feminist Perspectives on War, Violence and (In)Security	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL3155	German Politics: Domestic Contestation and Global Impact	SPR SEM	20 credits
POL348 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Framing Politics? Economic Ideas as Political Weapons	SPR SEM	20 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

4Dii

A student will take a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 40 credits from this group.

Semester 2
POL3040 CCo-requisites: POL3041 + Restricted to students studying Single/Dual Honours degrees in Politics..	Research Project 1	SPR SEM	20 credits
Full academic year
POL3039 + Restricted to students studying a single or dual honours degree in Politics..	Dissertation in Politics	ACAD YR	40 credits
POL3103 + Restricted to students studying Single or Dual Degrees in Politics..	Dissertation (Work Related)	ACAD YR	40 credits
POL3104 + Satisfactory completion of POL229. Restricted to students studying dual/single honours degrees in Politics..	Dissertation in Political Analysis	ACAD YR	40 credits

⇐P	-	This module has pre-requisite(s).
P⇒	-	This module is a pre-requisite for other modules.
C	-	This module has co-requisite(s).
X	-	Some modules cannot be studied in combination with this module.
+	-	Additional information about requirements for studying this module.

Please note that the regulations displayed on this page reflect provision in 2019/20 and may not reflect study undertaken in other academic sessions. To see regulations that applied in another academic session, please return to the Programme Regulations Finder home screen and select the appropriate session.