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The course aims to make graduates highly proficient linguists, capable of working in a wide range of challenging careers at an international level; there is an emphasis on choice, reflected in the broad range of courses (including linguistic studies, film and television studies, social and political studies, and literary studies); the year abroad provides an opportunity to improve linguistic and cultural proficiency in a chosen language and to demonstrate an ability to work independently over a sustained period; the administrative organisation of the year abroad is carried out by the international exchange administrator, and students are assigned a supervisor who looks after learners during the year.
Year 1: Language 2; language 1; political systems; libert�egalit�fraternit�German history, politics and society; history and politics of the hispanic world; approaches to German literature; reading the city. Year 2: Language 2; language 1; cultures of globalisation; international political analysis; English legal system I; company law; Britain and the evolving EU; managing research and learning; globalisation (economics, politics, culture and the nation state); gender, race and nation in modern Latin America; language and society in the German-speaking world; theories of international relations; political theory A; English legal system II; immigration, race and ethnicity in France; French post-war thought; media perspectives on post-1968 Germany; metropolitan cultures (Vienna and Berlin); ethnography for language learners; teaching English as a 2nd/foreign language; culture and society in Portugal and Brazil; myths and realities of contemporary Spain. Year 3: Year abroad. Year 4: Language 2; language 1; final-year modern languages dissertation; an ambivalent asylum (the histories and memories of refugees of early 20th-century France); discourses of dentity (a study of identity formation in border communities in the contemporary and former Germany/ies); language teaching theory and practice; globalisation and world politics; cultural identity in the Portuguese speaking world; comparative sociology; comparative social policy; exiles, migrants and citizens (narrating and documenting displacement in contemporary Spain); minorities and migrants (exploring multicultural Germany); language and the city; issues in 3rd world politics; globalisation and world politics.
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Mon 1st Oct 2012 |
4 years |
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Southampton, SO17 1BJ |
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£9000 per year |
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University of Southampton
Literature, Area Studies, Languages, Language Studies
It's relly usefull course and perhaps not so hard where everybody who has enthusiasm can adapt to it easily. the teachers and staffs are so wonderfull and helpfull. Absolutely I've got what I want from this course and make me more motivated...more
I completed my MBA at the University of Southampton in October 2006. My overall experience was good. I got the most out of the MBA ? I was able to change lines and secure a job in a British company. Not too many have been that lucky. The u...more
1 Hotcourses user(s) found the following review helpful.The dificulty level of the study here is just ok, not so hard and neither not so easy. However, inspiring teachers who always dedicated to guide the students make our study programme easier to handle. The course and reaserch here is utterly...more
A challenging and exciting course although requires a lot of commitment and hard work. ...more
Summing up a four-year course in a few lines is not easy. The course is said to be one of the best in the country. Certainly there was a lot of content there, and I never felt that lacking. It was also presented by world leaders in many ...more
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