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BA German and Philosophy (GERU09)     ML

2019 - 2020

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

Year 1

Year 2


2A

A student will choose either the Post A-Level German Stream, in which case they will take the units listed at 2Ai, 2Aii and 2Aiii below; or the Non A-Level German Stream, in which case they take the units listed at 2Bi or 2Bii below.


units (20 credits)
2Ai
Post A level German stream
A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
GER201  German Language (Foundation) AUT SEM 10 credits

Semester 2
GER202  German Language (Continuation) SPR SEM 10 credits

A student will take a minimum of 20 credits and a maximum of 60 credits from the following, with not more than 20 credits being selected from 2Aiii.

AND

units (20 credits)
2Aii
Post A-level German stream
A student will take a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 60 credits from this group.

Semester 2
GER234  Germanic Languages in Social Context SPR SEM 20 credits
MDL208  Analysing Evil: National Socialism as Ideology and Brand SPR SEM 20 credits

Full academic year
GER235  Introduction to Luxembourgish Language and Culture ACAD YR 20 credits
GER263  German Culture and Ideas from the Enlightenment to the Present Day ACAD YR 20 credits
MDL209  Deutschland und Oesterreich heute ACAD YR 20 credits
AND

units
2Aiii
Post A-level German stream
A student will take up to 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
GER217  Dutch Beginners A AUT SEM 10 credits

Semester 2
GER218  Dutch Beginners B SPR SEM 10 credits

Full academic year
GER232  Dutch Intermediate ACAD YR 20 credits
AND

units (40 credits)
2Bi
Non A level German stream
A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
GER240  Intermediate German Language AUT SEM 10 credits
GER242  Deutsche Politik und Medien (for Intermediate German) AUT SEM 10 credits

Semester 2
GER241  Intermediate German Language II SPR SEM 10 credits
GER243  Deutsche Kultur (for Intermediate German) SPR SEM 10 credits
AND

units
2Bii
Non A level German steam
A student will take up to 40 credits from this group.

Semester 2
GER234  Germanic Languages in Social Context SPR SEM 20 credits
MDL208  Analysing Evil: National Socialism as Ideology and Brand SPR SEM 20 credits

Full academic year
GER235  Introduction to Luxembourgish Language and Culture ACAD YR 20 credits
GER263  German Culture and Ideas from the Enlightenment to the Present Day ACAD YR 20 credits
AND

units (40 credits)
2C
A student will take a minimum of 40 and a maximum of 80 credits from this group.

Semester 1
PHI202  Philosophy of Mind AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI211  Theory of Knowledge AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI217  Plato AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI218  The Rationalists AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI219  Ethics: Theoretical and Practical AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI225  Metaphysics AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI227  Religion and the Good Life AUT SEM 20 credits

Semester 2
PHI203  Formal Logic SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI212  Philosophy of the Arts SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI216  Feminism SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI220  Political Philosophy SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI230  Philosophy of Science SPR SEM 20 credits

2Ci

A student taking 60 or more credits from 2C may choose to take 20 of these credits from unrestricted F5 units.

Year 3


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.


units (80 credits)
3A
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

units (40 credits)
3B
A student will take

Semester 1
MDL306  SLC Year Abroad AUT SEM 20 credits

Semester 2
MDL307  SLC Year Abroad SPR SEM 20 credits

3C

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

Year 4


units (10 credits)
4A
A student will take

Full academic year
GER335  German Core Language ACAD YR 10 credits

units (10 credits)
4B
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

4C

A student will take a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 60 credits from the following, with not more than 20 credits being selected from each of 4Cii and 4Ciii below

AND

units (20 credits)
4Ci
A student will take a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 60 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  German for Enterprise ACAD YR 20 credits
GER379  The Self and Other: Twentieth Century German Fiction ACAD YR 20 credits
AND

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  Advanced Luxembourgish Language and Culture ACAD YR 20 credits
GER333  Dutch Intermediate ACAD YR 20 credits
AND

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
AND

units (40 credits)
4D
A student will take a minimum of 40 and a maximum of 80 credits from this group.

Semester 1
PHI302  Metaphysics AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI325  Phenomenology AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI332  Philosophy of Psychology AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI335  Philosophical Problems 1 AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI355  Philosophical Project 1 AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI364  Philosophy of Law AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI374  The Radical Demand in Logstrup's Ethics AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI375  Philosophy of Medicine AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI379  The Political Philosophy of Climate Change AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI383  The Rationalists AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI385  Sources of Normativity AUT SEM 20 credits

Semester 2
PHI324  Feminism SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI330  Philosophical Problems II SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI340  Aristotle SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI350  Global Justice SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI356  Philosophical Project 2 SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI370  Free Will & Religion SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI377  Work Place Learning SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI381  Moral Theory and Moral Psychology SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI382  For the Love of Knowledge: Topics in Analytic and Social Epistemology SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI384  Hegel and the Phenomenology of Spirit SPR SEM 20 credits
a student can take unrestricted F6 units to the value of 20 credits.

4Di

A student taking 60 or more credits from 4D may choose to take 20 of these credits from unrestricted F6 units.

 
 
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