Course Content
Year 1
You will study core modules split across your two departments:
- German Grammar
- German Language and Society I
- Beginning Philosophy
- Ethics
- Ancient Philosophy
- Reason and Argument A
You will also choose one of the following linguistics modules:
- Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology
- Introduction to Semantics
- Introduction to Syntax
- LFA module at any level
If you are taking German ab initio, you will follow an intensive, fast-track programme with more German. You will not study any linguistics.
- Ab Initio German Language Skills
- Ab Initio German Language and Society
- Ab Initio German Grammar
Year 2
Core modules
You will take one core module in each subject.
- German Language and Society II
- Philosophy of Language
Option modules
You'll also choose a number of option modules from each subject.
- German
Choose one of the following:
- The Berlin Republic
- Contemporary German-speaking Film
You will study one further module from the Department of Language and Linguistic Science. You can either study one of the language options listed above or choose one of the following linguistics modules:
- Intermediate phonetics and phonology
- Intermediate semantics
- Intermediate syntax
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language I
You can choose to replace this module with a language option from our Languages for All programme, or an elective module from another department.
Philosophy
You'll take two Key Ideas modules. These modules look in more depth at topics across theoretical philosophy and philosophy concerned with value, as well as the history of philosophy.
- Ethical Theory
- Religious Ethics
- Hume's Empiricism
- Rationalism: Spinoza and Leibniz
- Intermediate Logic
- Aesthetics
- Applied Ethics
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of Mind
- Philosophy of Science
- Nietzsche
- Politics and Freedom: Anarchism and Conservatism
- Kant’s Theoretical & Practical Philosophy
Year 3
- Year abroad (You'll go to a German-speaking country)
Year 4
Core modules
You'll study core modules:
- German Language and Society III
- German and Philosophy Text Module
Option modules
- German
You'll choose one of the following options:
- Translation Methodology and Practice (German)
- Contemporary German-speaking Film
- Modern German Language: Context, Trends and Conflicts
You'll study with the Department of Language and Linguistic Science. You can choose to study another one of the options listed above or choose one of the following linguistics modules:
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language II
- Independent Study
- Applied Phonological Theory: Clinical Data in English
You can choose to replace this module with a language option from our Languages for All programme, or an elective module from another department.
Philosophy
You'll choose one Philosophy module from a list that could include the following:
- Short Dissertation
- Contemporary Issues in Bioethics
- Philosophy of Psychology
- Happiness, Utility and Well-Being
- Mind and Morality
- Theories of Social Justice: Rawls & Beyond
- Philosophy of Action
- Further Topics in Ethics
- Philosophy of Recognition
- Idolatry and Tradition: The Philosophy of Maimonides and Cresca
You'll choose another Philosophy module from a list that could include the following:
- Contemporary Issues in Bioethics
- Foundations of Maths
- German Idealism: Moral, Legal and Political Philosophy
- The Value and Meaning of Life
- Consciousness
- Short Dissertation
- Philosophy of Christianity
- From Marx to Critical Theory
- Cognitive Anomalies, Democracy and Decision-Making
- Philosophy of Law
- Philosophy of Time
- Property and Self-Ownership
- Philosophy of Grief
