Department of European Studies & Modern Languages, Programme Catalogue 2009/10 |
UHEU-AKB12: BA (hons) German and Politics |
Leading to the award of BACHELOR OF ARTS IN GERMAN AND POLITICS |
Mode of attendance: Thick Sandwich |
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Year 1 |
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Academic Year: Part 1 Stage 1 |
Designated Essential Units |
EU10626 | German written and spoken language 1 | 12 Credits |
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Unit(s) from the following list: |
AA00021 | Choose nothing from this list of options | 0 Credits |
ZZ10007 | Approved 12 credit language option | 12 Credits |
Semester 1: Part 1 Stage 1 |
Compulsory Units |
EU10032 | German cultural studies 1A: Kultur der Weimarer Republik | 3 Credits |
EU10034 | German politics & society 1A: Deutschland und Österreich 1918-1939 | 3 Credits |
EU10505 | Key concepts in politics | 6 Credits |
EU10712 | Comparative politics | 6 Credits |
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Unit(s) from the following list: |
AA00001 | Choose nothing from this list of options | 0 Credits |
EU10103 | Introduction to European studies | 6 Credits |
ZZ10005 | Approved 6 credit language option (Foreign Languages Centre) | 6 Credits |
MN10071 | Organisational behaviour | 6 Credits |
SP10002 | Social problems & social policy | 6 Credits |
SP10043 | Introductory sociology A | 6 Credits |
SP10204 | Introduction to international development (formerly EC10077) | 6 Credits |
ZZ10001 | Director of Studies approved unit | 6 Credits |
Semester 2: Part 1 Stage 1 |
Compulsory Units |
EU10033 | German cultural studies 1B: Drittes Reich und Nachkriegsjahre (1933-61) | 3 Credits |
EU10035 | German politics & society 1B: Bundesrepublik, DDR and Österreich, 1945-1961 | 3 Credits |
EU10410 | Political ideologies | 6 Credits |
EU10616 | International relations and global politics | 6 Credits |
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Unit(s) from the following list: |
AA00011 | Choose nothing from this list of options | 0 Credits |
EU10104 | Europe since 1945 | 6 Credits |
EU10417 | British politics | 6 Credits |
ZZ10006 | Approved 6 credit language option (Foreign Languages Centre) | 6 Credits |
MN10248 | Introduction to business accounting | 6 Credits |
SP10001 | Social policy, welfare and the state | 6 Credits |
SP10044 | Introductory sociology B | 6 Credits |
SP10205 | Introduction to politics of development (formerly EC10078) | 6 Credits |
SP10206 | Introduction to social analysis of development (formerly EC10152) | 6 Credits |
ZZ10003 | Director of Studies approved unit | 6 Credits |
Year 2 |
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Academic Year: Part 2 Stage 2 |
Designated Essential Units |
EU20627 | German written & spoken language 2 | 12 Credits |
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Unit(s) from the following list: |
AA00022 | Choose nothing from this list of options | 0 Credits |
ZZ20008 | Approved 12 credit language option | 12 Credits |
Semester 1: Part 2 Stage 2 |
Compulsory Units |
EU20038 | German cultural studies 2A: Kultur in der Bundesrepublik von 1961 bis zur Gegenwart | 3 Credits |
EU20042 | German politics & society 2A: Geteiltes Deutschland 1961-1989 | 3 Credits |
EU20385 | European political thought | 6 Credits |
EU20414 | American politics | 6 Credits |
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 6 Credits from the following list: |
AA00002 | Choose nothing from this list of options | 0 Credits |
EU20415 | Media politics | 6 Credits |
EU20721 | International organisation | 6 Credits |
EU20725 | Conflict and international security | 6 Credits |
EU20726 | European integration | 6 Credits |
ZZ20005 | Approved 6 credit language option (Foreign Languages Centre) | 6 Credits |
SP20004 | The sociology of the family & family policy | 6 Credits |
SP20047 | Economic sociology and work relationships | 6 Credits |
SP20112 | Structure and agency and other dualisms in social theory | 6 Credits |
SP20207 | Researching social change (formerly EC20023) | 6 Credits |
ZZ20001 | Director of Studies approved unit | 6 Credits |
Semester 2: Part 2 Stage 2 |
Compulsory Units |
EU20724 | Policies and policy-making in the EU | 6 Credits |
Optional Units: Select 1 Unit(s) from the following list: |
EU20757 | Die DDR: Geschichte, Politik. Gesellschaft, Kultur | 6 Credits |
EU20758 | Gender und Sexualität im Nachkriegsdeutschland | 6 Credits |
Optional Units: Select 1 Unit(s) from the following list: |
EU20720 | Foreign policy-making and its analysis | 6 Credits |
EU20731 | A history of international relations theory | 6 Credits |
SP20208 | International politics of development (formerly EC20080) | 6 Credits |
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Unit(s) from the following list: |
AA00012 | Choose nothing from this list of options | 0 Credits |
EU20407 | Border crossings: memory and identity in contemporary Europe | 6 Credits |
EU20416 | Totalitarian politics | 6 Credits |
EU20424 | Introduction to the teaching of English as a foreign language (TEFL) | 6 Credits |
EU20428 | Film, politics & society | 6 Credits |
ZZ20006 | Approved 6 credit language option (Foreign Languages Centre) | 6 Credits |
SP20003 | 'Race' & racism | 6 Credits |
SP20005 | Power and policy: an introduction to critical policy analysis | 6 Credits |
SP20048 | Understanding industrial behaviour | 6 Credits |
SP20069 | Philosophy of the social sciences | 6 Credits |
SP20209 | Development policy and practice (formerly EC20154) | 6 Credits |
ZZ20004 | Director of Studies approved unit | 6 Credits |
Year 3 |
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Academic Year |
Compulsory Units |
EU20300 | Year abroad | 60 Credits |
Year 4 |
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Academic Year |
Compulsory Units |
EU30628 | German written & spoken language 4 | 12 Credits |
EU30670 | Politics dissertation | 12 Credits |
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Unit(s) from the following list: |
AA00023 | Choose nothing from this list of options | 0 Credits |
EU30643 | European film | 12 Credits |
ZZ30009 | Approved 12 credit language option | 12 Credits |
Semester 1 |
Optional Units: Select between 1 and 2 Unit(s) from the following list: |
EU30058 | German national option G8: Gender und Transformatsionsprozesse in Deutschland | 6 Credits |
EU30759 | German national option G14: Heimat und Identität | 6 Credits |
Optional Units: Select between 1 and 2 Unit(s) from the following list: |
EU30101 | Russian national option R4: Gorbachev & Perestroika | 6 Credits |
EU30107 | Culture & national identity | 6 Credits |
EU30294 | In search of Europe (1) - the cold war 1945 - 1989 | 6 Credits |
EU30468 | Transitions to democracy | 6 Credits |
EU30548 | Italian national option IT9: organised crime & democracy in Italy | 6 Credits |
EU30732 | The politics of ethnicity, religion, and nationalism | 6 Credits |
EU30741 | US global politics | 6 Credits |
EU30755 | Film and international relations | 6 Credits |
ZZ30005 | Approved 6 credit language option (Foreign Languages Centre) | 6 Credits |
SP30011 | Health policies & politics | 6 Credits |
SP30013 | Social security policy and welfare reform | 6 Credits |
ZZ30001 | Director of Studies approved unit | 6 Credits |
Semester 2 |
Optional Units: Select between 1 and 2 Unit(s) from the following list: |
EU30059 | German national option G9: Die Massenmedien in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und Großbritannien | 6 Credits |
EU30644 | German national option G12: Protest und Widerstand | 6 Credits |
Optional Units: Select between 1 and 2 Unit(s) from the following list: |
EU30102 | Russian national option R5: Politics in post-communist Russia | 6 Credits |
EU30108 | European option E2: Politically committed European culture: the end of an era? | 6 Credits |
EU30295 | In search of Europe 2: nationalism, regionalism and convergence in Europe since 1989 | 6 Credits |
EU30441 | Women & politics in Europe | 6 Credits |
EU30671 | Italian national option IT11: Political terrorism and its legacy in Italy | 6 Credits |
EU30744 | Anti-politics and direct action | 6 Credits |
EU30745 | Culture and religion in international relations | 6 Credits |
EU30756 | The politics of Latin America | 6 Credits |
ZZ30006 | Approved 6 credit language option (Foreign Languages Centre) | 6 Credits |
SP30012 | European social policy: a comparative approach | 6 Credits |
SP30055 | Comparative industrial relations | 6 Credits |
SP40215 | Critical issues in social development (formerly EC40165) | 6 Credits |
ZZ30004 | Director of Studies approved unit | 6 Credits |