This course is designed as an introduction to German language and culture specifically for beginners. In the course, you will cover the basics of the German language in speaking, listening, writing and reading through a communicative, intercultural a...

This course introduces students to themes central to the study of the cultures of the French, German, Italian and Spanish-speaking worlds. Cultural case studies will allow students to draw out commonalities without losing sight of historical, politic...

This course is designed to advance your written and oral use of German from a complete beginner to an advanced beginner level (CERF proficiency level A1 to A2). You will cover the German language in speaking, listening, writing and reading through a ...

How do languages and cultures interrelate, and how can we read them in the world around us? This course provides students with insights into how languages and cultures shape and reflect identity by critically engaging with a wide variety of global te...

This course introduces students to the study of German culture by examining themes of importance for understanding the German-speaking world and how these are represented, whether historically or in the present day, in a selection of novels and films...

This course is designed to provide a comprehensive revision of basic German grammar, as well as practice of reading and listening to authentic German texts at the more advanced level of A2-B1 in the Common European Reference Framework. We'll also del...

A course that charts the physical and cultural landscapes of some of the world’s most exciting cities and explores the changing histories of their peoples. This course is recommended for all students interested in cultural exchange. It is taught enti...

This course is designed to provide practice of speaking, reading and listening to authentic German texts at the intermediate level of B1 in the Common European Reference Framework for Language Learning, as well as consolidation of intermediate German...

This course introduces students to major artistic movements that represent key moments in the cultural histories of the French, German, Italian and Spanish-speaking worlds. Artefacts such as literary texts and art works will be studied in relation to...

This course expands students’ familiarity with German culture by examining themes of importance for understanding the German-speaking world and how these are represented and/or evoked in a selection of poems and short prose works. Course material is ...

This course on the German-Speaking world starts at the end of the Thirty Years' War in 1648 and concludes at the present day, and it takes the interplay between German linguistic nationalism and other political loyalties as its main theme.

German language at an advanced level: guided and extensive practice of all four language skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) in language tutorials and in the Language Learning Centre. Language studied is based on the topics 'languages' ...

German language at an advanced level: guided and extensive practice of all four language skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) in language tutorials and in the Language Learning Centre. Language studied is based on the topics 'places' and...

This course offers an analysis of a number of films from the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany seen against the political and social upheavals of the time. Of particular interest is the portrayal of German masculinities after the devastating loss of t...

German language at an advanced level: guided and extensive practice of all four language skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) in language tutorials and in the Language Learning Centre. Language studies is based on the topics 'consumerism...

German language at an advanced level: guided and extensive practice of all four language skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) in language tutorials and in the Language Learning Centre. Language studied is based on the topics 'the future'...

This course expands and deepens students’ familiarity with German culture by examining themes of importance for understanding the German-speaking world and how these are represented and/or evoked in a selection of literary texts and films. Course mat...

Advanced-level study of written and spoken German. This is a compulsory course for German Honours. If all students enrolled in GERM 401 are agreed to it, the emphasis will be in Translation Studies. The decision will be made at the first meeting of t...

This course considers cultures as both local and global phenomena and addresses their development and evolution from an interdisciplinary range of theoretical and methodological perspectives in intercultural communication.

This course presents Berlin through the lens of selected examples of literary texts and film from the Weimar Republic (1919-1933) to the present day. 60% internal assessment, 40% examination.

A supervised research exercise, on a topic of the student's choice, designed to develop skills in bibliographic searches and the elaboration of a closely argued analytic text.

MA thesis in German.