German MLitt

Program Overview

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Overview

Join Newcastle University for your MLitt in German.

Our Modern Languages research staff work in diverse fields. This ranges from sociocultural, historical and political studies to film and literature, linguistics and sociolinguistics.

We offer expert supervision in the following areas:

20th century German and Contemporary literature (Dr Ludden, Prof Muller, Prof Malkmus)

GDR literature and censorship (Prof Muller)

Representations of the Holocaust and/or World War II (Prof Muller)

Literature and philosophy - cultural and critical theory (Dr Ludden)

Women's writing (Dr Ludden)

Morphological theory - morphology, phonology and dialectology of German and Dutch (Dr Fehringer)

Environmental humanities and the Anthropocene (Prof Malkmus)

You'll benefit from the School's strong links with interdisciplinary research centres and groups, including:

Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Research Centre in Film and Digital Media

Gender Research Group

Medieval and Early Modern Studies

Postcolonial Research Group

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Program Outline

What you'll learn

Taught modules aim to extend your knowledge and skills beyond undergraduate-level and help to develop your research skills.

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Modules

You will study modules on this course. A module is a unit of a course with its own approved aims and outcomes and assessment methods.

Course content changes

Module information is intended to provide an example of what you will study.

Our teaching is informed by research. Course content changes periodically to reflect developments in the discipline, the requirements of external bodies and partners, and student feedback.

Full details of the modules on offer will be published through the Programme Regulations and Specifications ahead of each academic year. This usually happens in May.

Optional modules availability

Some courses have optional modules. Student demand for optional modules may affect availability.

To find out more please see our terms and conditions.

German modules

Compulsory Modules	Credits
Modern Languages MLitt Research Assignments	80
Modern Languages Dissertation	80

Optional Modules	Credits
Information Skills	10
Qualitative Methodology in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences	20
The Making and Unmaking of Knowledge	10