Study Schemes
BA German with International Politics [R2L2]
Academic Year: 2013/2014Major/Minor scheme - available from 1998/1999
Duration (studying Full-Time): 4 years
Part 1 Rules
Year 1 Options
GERMAN ADVANCED: you must take:
Year 1 Options
GERMAN BEGINNERS: you must take:
Semester 1 GE10700 German Language (beginners)
Semester 2 GE10740 German Language (beginners)
Year 1 Options
GERMAN ADVANCED: you must take either GE10910 or EL10610 and must also choose an additional 40 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:
Semester 1 EL10500 Introduction To European Film
EL10610 Language In Society: An Introduction To Sociolinguistics
EL10800 Language, Culture, And Identity In Europe
EL10900 Images Of Europe: The European Imagination
GE10910 Ways Of Reading German Literature
Semester 2 EL10520 Introduction To European Film
EL10820 Language, Culture, And Identity In Europe
EL10920 Images Of Europe: The European Imagination
Year 1 Options
GERMAN BEGINNERS: you must choose 40 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:
Semester 1 EL10500 Introduction To European Film
EL10610 Language In Society: An Introduction To Sociolinguistics
EL10800 Language, Culture, And Identity In Europe
EL10900 Images Of Europe: The European Imagination
Semester 2 EL10520 Introduction To European Film
EL10820 Language, Culture, And Identity In Europe
EL10920 Images Of Europe: The European Imagination
Year 1 Options
Part One students MUST TAKE and PASS 40 credits worth of Part One modules from the Department of International Politics
Semester 1 GW10420 Cyflwyniad I Wleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol
GW11220 Defnyddio Syniadau Gwleidyddol
GW12320 Gwleidyddiaeth Y Byd Yng Nghyfnod Y Ddau Ryfel Byd
IP10420 Introduction To International Politics
IP12220 Revolution And Continuity In Political Philosophy
IP12320 World Politics In The Age Of The Two World Wars
Semester 2 GW10320 Rhyfel Strategaeth A Chuddwybodaeth
GW10620 Cyflwyniad I Wleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol Y Trydydd Byd
IP10320 War, Strategy And Intelligence
IP10620 Power And Inequality In The Third World
Part 2 Rules
Year 2 Core (30 Credits)
You must take:
Year 2 Options
You must choose 50 credits of the following Level 2 GE or EL modules but note that you must include at least 10 credits of GE modules:
Semester 1 EL31900 Teaching English As A Foreign Language
GE20420 An Introduction To Variation In German
Semester 2 EL31920 Teaching English As A Foreign Language
GE27220 German-speaking Refugees In Literature And Culture
Year 3 Core (80 Credits)
You must take these modules during your year abroad:
Year 3 Core ( Credits)
The third year is a compulsory abroad as a student at a German speaking University. See Exchange Co-ordinator in International Politics for further details. Students are not required to write a Dissertation for European Languages.
Final Year Core (30 Credits)
You must take:
Final Year Options
You must choose 50 credits of the following Level 3 GE or EL modules but note that you must include at least 10 credits of GE modules:
Semester 1 EL31900 Teaching English As A Foreign Language
GE30420 Language And Society In German-speaking Countries
GE31010 The Language Of German Politics
Semester 2 EL31920 Teaching English As A Foreign Language
GE37020 Autobiography And Life Writing In German
Final Year Options
Students must take 80 credits of the 240 credits at Part Two (year 2 & final year) in the Department of International Politics and 160 credits in their major department.
Semester 1 GW32220 Damcaniaethau Gwleidyddiaeth
GW35320 Rhyfela Wedi Waterloo: Hanes Milwrol 1815-1918
GW37720 Damcaniaethau Amlddiwylliannedd
IP31420 Twenty-first Century Warfare
IP33720 The Making Of National Security Policy
IP35320 Warfare After Waterloo: Military History 1815 - 1918
IP36620 Democracy Promotion In World Politics
IP36920 America At War: A Military History Of The United States
IP37020 Social Movements And World Politics
IP37720 Theories Of Multiculturalism
IP38220 The Evolution Of American Foreign Policy
IP39520 Islam, Foreign Policy And The Developing World
Semester 2 GW30120 Damcaniaethau Gwleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol Heddiw
IP30420 International Politics And The Nuclear Age
IP34320 The Ethics Of War In Theory And Practice
IP35720 De Gaulle's France (1919 - 1970)
IP36220 Global Crime And Transnational Policing: Emerging Practices
IP36420 The Second World War In Europe
IP37120 International Peacekeeping And Ethnic Warfare
IP37520 Us And Uk Special Relations
IP39220 The Third World In International Politics
Available both years Options
Students must TAKE and PASS one of the following degree scheme core modules before being eligible for graduation (please note that a choice of seven modules is offered over Part Two of the degree) -please see below for those offered this year:
Semester 1 GW35320 Rhyfela Wedi Waterloo: Hanes Milwrol 1815-1918
IP35320 Warfare After Waterloo: Military History 1815 - 1918
Semester 2 GW30120 Damcaniaethau Gwleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol Heddiw
IP30120 International Political Theory Today
IP39220 The Third World In International Politics
Aberystwyth University Standard Awards
- Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
- Sports Bursary
- Music Bursary
- International Excellence Scholarship
- Residential Bursary
- Aberystwyth Bursary
- Care Leaver Bursary