MA (Hons) German and International Relations (4yrs) Bachelor's degree at the University of Aberdeen

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Prescribed for level 1 undergraduate students and articulating students who are in their first year at the University, studied entirely online, takes approximately 2-3 hours to complete and can be taken in one sitting, or spread across the first 4 weeks of term. Topics include University orientation overview, equality & diversity, MySkills, health, safety and cyber security, and academic integrity.

Designed for students with an SCE H in German or equivalent. The course develops receptive and productive oral and written German language skills. Involves intensive language study.

Designed for students with an SCE H in German or equivalent. The course develops receptive and productive oral and written German language skills. Builds on GM1050.

Learn more about German 20th-century literature, dealing with the events that shaped German and European history. Discusses universal themes and topics covering all of the most important aspects of modern life.

Introduces students to concepts and ideas that form the basis for the study of politics and international relations while simultaneously also helping us understand our own place within a global context. The study of ideas, events, institutions and choice.

Focusing on major cities in Europe and the Americas, this course unit uses a range of texts, including films, poetry and fiction, to investigate urban spaces as sites of promise, power and loss. Examines empire, identity, leisure, labour and love.

Politics is the study of multiple forms of power than impacts our lives and the world we live in. Introduces students to ideas, institutions, complex histories, global dynamics, and systems that shape politics and international relations. Students learn key concepts and theories of the discipline.

Ideas and ideologies are core to teaching, learning and research in Politics and International Relations. Introduces students to theoretical developments and profound questions and struggles over identity, belonging, justice and rights underpinning these theoretical debates.

Learn more about modern German history and culture while also extending your skills in reading German texts.

Level two language course that will build on and extend students' fluency and written skills in German.

Junior honours language course that will build on and extend students' written skills and fluency in German.

Students work together in a small group to undertake a consultancy-style project hosted by a micro-business, organisation, or charity. Exposes students to real-world tasks, enabling them to apply their transferable skills, for example project management, problem-solving, communication and leadership.

Explores salient concepts of security and conflict, focusing on contemporary issues and problems. Examines traditional, state-centred topics ie. interstate and intrastate war, as well as the 'new security agenda' involving issues like terrorism, organized crime, environmental security, health security and population trends.

Detailed examination of Britain's party system and the individual political parties. Students acquire knowledge and understanding of the role and democratic function of political parties in Britain, the development of party philosophies and how these relate to the realities of party policy.

Examines contemporary Russian Foreign Policy through the historical framework of Soviet foreign relations. International, domestic, cultural and ideological factors examined throughout the course.

International terrorism and counterterrorism are at the top of today's agenda – of scholarly debates in International Relations (IR) as well as of policy discussions on international politics. Focuses on both the causes and different manifestations of terrorism and reviews the debates on how to respond.

Examines the ways in which societal understandings of the past shape political outcomes in the present. Introduces students to the concept of 'Collective Memory', engages with key theoretical and empirical debates in this emerging field of Politics and IR.

Examines the theoretical and philosophical foundations of human rights within their historical context, along with the key controversies that shape current implementation and enforcement of the human rights regime in global politics.

Examines the bigger picture of independence and secession processes in a broad sense. Looks comparatively at process of state creation, sometimes called secession.