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Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies, Programme Catalogue 2012/13


UHPL-AYB05: BA (hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (French and German)

Leading to the award of BACHELOR OF ARTS IN MODERN LANGUAGES AND EUROPEAN STUDIES (FRENCH AND GERMAN)

Mode of attendance: Full-time with Year Abroad

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Year 1

Click here for further information NFAAR-UG assessment regulations:
  • This programme year has a DAP.
  • Main assessment regulations: Appendix 11 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view; Supplementary assessment regulations: Appendix 12 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view.
  • Part 1 Stage 1 of this programme contributes 0% towards the final award classification


Academic Year: Part 1 Stage 1

Designated Essential Units
PL10621 French written and spoken language 1 12 Credits
PL10626 German written and spoken language 1 12 Credits

Semester 1: Part 1 Stage 1

Compulsory Units
PL10103 Introduction to European studies 6 Credits
PL10792 Deutschland 1871 - 1945 6 Credits
PL10871 1789-1914: Revolutions in the long nineteenth century 6 Credits

Semester 2: Part 1 Stage 1

Compulsory Units
PL10104 Europe since 1945 6 Credits
PL10774 La France des années 1930 à 1981 6 Credits
PL10793 Die Bundesrepublik vom Wirtschaftswunder zur Wende 6 Credits

Year 2

Click here for further information NFAAR-UG assessment regulations:
  • This programme year has a DAP.
  • Main assessment regulations: Appendix 19 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view; Supplementary assessment regulations: Appendix 20 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view.
  • Part 2 Stage 2 of this programme contributes 24% towards the final award classification


Academic Year: Part 2 Stage 2

Designated Essential Units
PL20622 French written & spoken language 2 12 Credits
PL20627 German written & spoken language 2 12 Credits

Semester 1: Part 2 Stage 2

Compulsory Units
PL20726 European integration 6 Credits
PL20757 Die DDR: Geschichte, Politik. Gesellschaft, Kultur 6 Credits
PL20872 La France et le monde, la France dans le monde 6 Credits

Semester 2: Part 2 Stage 2

Compulsory Units
PL20776 La France depuis 1981 6 Credits
PL20777 Germany divided and reunited 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
PL20407 Border crossings: memory and identity in contemporary Europe 6 Credits
PL20416 Totalitarian politics 6 Credits
PL20424 Introduction to the teaching of English as a foreign language (TEFL) 6 Credits
PL20724 European Union politics 6 Credits

Year 3

Click here for further information NFAAR-UG assessment regulations:
  • Placement Type: Standard.
  • This programme year does not have a DAP.
  • Main assessment regulations: Appendix 19 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view; Supplementary assessment regulations: Appendix 20 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view.
  • Part 2 Stage 3 of this programme contributes 8% towards the final award classification


Academic Year: Part 2 Stage 3

Compulsory Units
PL20300 Year abroad 60 Credits

Year 4

Click here for further information NFAAR-UG assessment regulations:
  • This programme year does not have a DAP.
  • Main assessment regulations: Appendix 27 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view; Supplementary assessment regulations: Appendix 28 PDF format -requires Acrobat Reader to view.
  • Part 3 Stage 4 of this programme contributes 68% towards the final award classification


Academic Year: Part 3 Stage 4

Designated Essential Units
PL30623 French written and spoken language 4 12 Credits
PL30628 German written & spoken language 4 12 Credits
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 Units from the following list:
AA00021 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
PL30643 European film 12 Credits

Semester 1: Part 3 Stage 4

Optional Units: Select 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
PL30017 French national option F3: La femme en France au vingtième siècle 6 Credits
PL30429 French national option F15: Le leadership contemporain 6 Credits
PL30873 La pensée politique en France 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
PL30059 German national option G9: Die Massenmedien in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und Großbritannien 6 Credits
PL30759 German national option G14: Heimat und Identität 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 Units from the following list:
AA00001 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
MN30040 European integration studies 1 6 Credits
PL30107 Culture & national identity 6 Credits
PL30294 In search of Europe (1) - the cold war 1945 - 1989 6 Credits
PL30468 Transitions to democracy 6 Credits
PL30732 The politics of ethnicity, religion, and nationalism 6 Credits
PL30741 US global politics 6 Credits
PL30864 Europe in global politics 6 Credits
SP30210 Global governance and the contemporary challenges of under-development 6 Credits

Semester 2: Part 3 Stage 4

Optional Units: Select 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
PL30027 French national option F11: La persuasion et la propagande 6 Credits
PL30028 French national option F12: Environnement, société, développement 6 Credits
PL30660 French national option F19: Travelling identities: postcolonial culture in literature and the visual arts 6 Credits
PL30865 French national option F20: The rise of the Far Right in France 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
PL30644 German national option G12: Protest und Widerstand 6 Credits
PL30796 Multikulturelles Deutschland 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 Units from the following list:
AA00011 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
MN30059 European integration studies 2 6 Credits
PL30108 European option E2: Politically committed European culture: the end of an era? 6 Credits
PL30295 In search of Europe 2: borders, regions and migration in Europe since 1989 6 Credits
PL30795 Europe and the Second World War: strategy, politics and society 6 Credits
SP30012 European social policy: a comparative approach 6 Credits

Notes:
* This programme catalogue is applicable for the 2012/13 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2013/14 and beyond should not assume that later years of a programme will be in the format displayed here for 2012/13.
* Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.
* Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.