German Studies (Graduate Diploma) - 2013/2014 entry
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Overview
- Find out more about studying German at Birkbeck.
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Why study this course at Birkbeck?
- Provides a one-year qualification in German studies.
- Ideal if you wish to take the MA Modern Languages: German Studies but require further training at undergraduate level before commencing postgraduate study.
- Allows you to develop your German language skills and/or increase your knowledge of German culture, as well as improving research and study skills.
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Course structure
Choose three modules from the following:
- A Theme in German Culture: Death
- A Topic in German Thought: The Idea of Enlightenment
- Beating Nature: Artificiality, Imitation, Simulation
- Das Dritte Reich
- Die deutschsprachige Presse
- Film and Politics
- German Early Modern Literature
- German VI
- German VII
- German Women’s Writing from Empfindsamkeit to the Present Day
- Myth, Folk and Fairytales
- Special Authors (e.g. Heine, Thomas Mann, Kafka, Büchner)
- Stories of the Self
- The Age of Goethe
- The Twentieth Century: Key Themes in Comparative European History
- Wirtschaftsdeutsch
- extended essay on a topic chosen by you.
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Further study opportunities
We offer an MA/MRes Modern Languages: German Studies.
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Careers information
Graduates go on to careers in international organisations or businesses, in translating or teaching, and as researchers or journalists.
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Apply now
- Application deadlines and interviews
- Applications throughout the year.
- Online application
You can apply online from the link below.
- Application deadlines and interviews