Study Schemes
BA German with Human Geography [R2L7]
Academic Year: 2013/2014Major/Minor scheme - available from 2002/2003 (Last intake year is 2011/2012)
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
Core (10 credits). Welsh medium (DA) and English medium (GG) modules. Welsh speaking students are encouraged to take DA11900/10 instead of GG11900/10.
Semester 1 DA11900 Tiwtorial Daearyddiaeth Lefel 1
Semester 2 DA11910 Tiwtorial Daearyddiaeth Lefel 1
Year 1 Options
Options (30 credits). You must take 30 credits from the following list. DA10110 and GG14410, DA10210 and GG10210 cannot be taken together.
Semester 1 EA12210 The Atmosphere And The Water Cycle
GG10210 The City And Country: Processes Of Conflict And Change
GG14210 Power, Place And Development
Semester 2 DA10910 Methodoleg Maes Amgylcheddol
GG10410 Global Ecology And Soil Systems
GG10810 Climate Change: Impacts, Perceptions, Adaptations
GG12710 Global Environmental Issues
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 2 Options
(40 credits) Students must take 20 credits from the modules below. DA28720/GG28720 and DA22510/GG22610 cannot be taken together.
Semester 1 GG28500 Cultural And Historical Geography
GG29200 Nature, Environment And Sustainability
Semester 2 GG28520 Cultural And Historical Geography
GG29220 Nature, Environment And Sustainability
Year 3 Core (80 Credits)
You must take these modules during your year abroad:
Year 3 Options
(40 credits) Students must choose 40 credits from the list below.
Semester 2 DA32220 Daearyddiaethau Cenedlaetholdeb
GG36720 Territory, Knowledge And Power
GG36820 Geographies Of The Global Countryside
GG37520 Urban Risk And Environmental Resilience
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
Aberystwyth University Standard Awards
- Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
- Sports Bursary
- Music Bursary
- International Excellence Scholarship
- Residential Bursary
- Aberystwyth Bursary
- Care Leaver Bursary