German Studies Dissertation (10 credits)
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| MLAC3189 | Modern Languages and Cultures | 3 | 10 | Spring UK |
- Code
- MLAC3189
- School
- Modern Languages and Cultures
- Level
- 3
- Credits
- 10
- Semesters
- Spring UK
Summary
This module involves in-depth study of a topic studied as part of the level 2 module MLAC2202 Exploring the German Archive: Ideology and state in print media and family papers.
Target Students
Level 3 students of German
Co-requisites
Modules you must take in the same academic year, or have taken in a previous year, to enrol in this module:
- German 3 (MLAC3147)
- Exploring the German Archive: Ideology and state in newspaper cuttings and family papers (MLAC2202)
Classes
- One 30-minute tutorial each week for 5 weeks
- One 1-hour seminar each week for 4 weeks
There will be initial dissertation skills series as a group workshop/seminar with the module convenor followed by individual series of supervisions of relevant German Studies staff.
Assessment
- 100% Dissertation: 3,000- 4,000 word Disseration in English or German
Assessed by end of spring semester
Educational Aims
This module aims to enhance students’ knowledge and understanding of materials and historical contexts developed in the module ‘State Ideology in Historical Records through independent work exploring German Language Documents held in the Manuscripts and Special Collection, University of Nottingham (MSC, UoN)’. Students will also develop their ability to write in an appropriate academic register in English.Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding:
Students will enhance their knowledge and critical understanding of modern German history and society and/or German literature and culture and/or knowledge and (critical) understanding of aspects of the linguistics of the German language and its varieties (A2, A3, A6).
Intellectual Skills:
Students will develop their ability to gather, process and evaluate critically information from a variety of sources in English and German (B1), to reflect critically and judge in the light of evidence and argument (B2), to understand and apply complex ideas, to describe and analyse relevant problems to their topic (B3, B4), and to apply the appropriate techniques and concepts to the analysis of literary, cultural, and/or historical materials and/or the use and status of German in the German-speaking countries (B5, B6 or B7)
Language Skills:
Students will enhance their ability to read German in different registers (C3).
Transferable Skills:
Students will enhance their ability to work productively on their own (D4), to assess their own progress (D6), to organise and manage their working time to meet deadlines (D7), and to use IT effectively both as a means of communication and as a source of information (D8).