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Master of Arts (Honours) Chinese Studies and German (with Integrated Year Abroad)


MA (Hons) Chinese Studies (Joint Honours) With Integrated Year Abroad: First Year
Code Module name Credits
(( CN1011 Beginners Chinese Language 1 20 AND
CN1021 Beginners Chinese Language 2 20 ) OR
( CN1012 Chinese Language and Textual Practices 1 20 AND
CN1022 Chinese Language and Textual Practices 2 20 ) AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

MA (Hons) German (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): First Year
Code Module name Credits
(( GM1001 First Level German A 1 20 AND
GM1002 First Level German A 2 20 ) OR
( GM1003 First Level German B 1 20 AND
GM1004 First Level German B 2 20 )) AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year


MA (Hons) Chinese Studies (Joint Honours) With Integrated Year Abroad: Second Year
Code Module name Credits
(( CN2011 Intermediate Chinese Language 1 20 AND
CN2021 Intermediate Chinese Language 2 20 ) OR
( CN2012 Chinese Language and Textual Practices 3 20 AND
CN2022 Chinese Language and Textual Practices 4 20 )) AND
20 credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

MA (Hons) German (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
(( GM2003 Second Level Advanced German Language 1 10 AND
GM2004 Second Level Advanced German Language 2 10 ) OR
( GM2007 Second Level Ex-Beginners German Language 1 10 AND
GM2008 Second Level Ex-Beginners German Language 2 10 )) AND
View list At least 20 credits from Module List: GM2011 - GM2014 AND
GM2011 The Age of Goethe 10
GM2012 Unification to the First World War 10
GM2013 Medieval German Language and Literature 10
GM2014 Weimar Republic: 1918-1933 10
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Students are strongly advised to take at least 60 credits in German.

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • passes in the two compulsory modules and 20 further credits in German


Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

See: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/academic/academic-advising/glossary/honours-entry/ )

MA Honours with Integrated Year Abroad

The general requirements are 540 credits over a period of normally five years (and not more than six years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final three years are an approved Honours programme of 300 credits, of which 60 credits are gained during the integrated year abroad, 90 credits are at 4000 or 5000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 or 5000 levels.


MA (Hons) Chinese and Modern Language (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Year Abroad
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Options for Year Abroad Study
AR3101 Arabic Integrated Year Abroad 60
FR3101 French Integrated Year Abroad 60
GM3101 German Integrated Year Abroad 60
IT3101 Italian Integrated Year Abroad 60
ML3101 Modern Languages Integrated Year Abroad 60
RU3101 Russian Integrated Year Abroad 60
RU3102 Semester of Study in a Russian-speaking country 60
SP3101 Spanish Integrated Year Abroad 60
CN3101 Chinese Integrated Year Abroad 60
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

select 60 credits in acadeimc year

MA (Hons) German (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Year Abroad
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Options for Year Abroad Study
AR3101 Arabic Integrated Year Abroad 60
FR3101 French Integrated Year Abroad 60
GM3101 German Integrated Year Abroad 60
IT3101 Italian Integrated Year Abroad 60
ML3101 Modern Languages Integrated Year Abroad 60
RU3101 Russian Integrated Year Abroad 60
RU3102 Semester of Study in a Russian-speaking country 60
SP3101 Spanish Integrated Year Abroad 60
CN3101 Chinese Integrated Year Abroad 60
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

select 60 credits in acadeimc year


MA (Hons) Chinese Studies (Joint Honours) With Integrated Year Abroad: Third Year
Code Module name Credits
CN3001 Chinese Language, Texts and Cultural Practices 1 15 AND
CN3002 Chinese Language, Texts and Cultural Practices 2 15 AND
View list 30 credits from Module List:CN3301 - CN3399, CN4401 - CN44999, CN4099 and ID4002
CN3301 Creating China 1: Nation, Modernization, Contestation 15
CN3302 The Art of 20th Century China 15
CN3303 Pearl River Cultures: Guangzhou-Hong Kong-Macau 15
CN3304 Visualizing Sinophone Culture 15
CN3305 Constructing Gender in Chinese Literature 15
CN3306 Hong Kong in Art and Visual Culture: Creativity and Contestation 15
CN3307 Poverty in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature and Culture 15
CN4401 Politics and Propaganda in Modern China 15
CN4402 Creating China 2: Revolution, Opening-up, Clamping-down 15
CN4403 Youth and Education in Republican China 15
CN4404 Contemporary Chinese Culture –1989 to the present day 15
CN4405 The Reception and Reinvention of the Past in Modern China 15
CN4406 Modern Chinese Science Fiction 15
CN4407 Postsocialist Attitude: Literature and Rebellion in post-1990 China 15
CN4408 China and the World 15
CN4099 Dissertation on a Chinese Topic 15
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose between 120 to 160 credits in academic year

Students whose degree has a non-Modern Language component should ensure that between 90 to 120 credits are taken in Chinese Studies over Third and Fourth Year.

MA (Hons) German (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
GM3005 German Language 1 15 AND
GM3006 German Language 2 15 AND
View list 30 credits from Module List: GM3010 - GM3099, GM4000 - GM4095, GM4097
GM3073 The Medieval Short Story 15
GM3088 Travel Writing in German since 1990 15
GM3089 The German Gothic (1800 - 2000) 15
GM3091 The Nazi Past in German Cultural Memory 15
GM4007 Translation Methodology (German / English) 15
GM4046 Medieval Things 15
GM4048 Art and the Artist in Modern German Culture 15
GM4056 German Popular Music: Sound, Page and Screen 15
GM4057 Holocaust Memory Culture and Its Discontents 15
GM4058 Memory and the Archive in Contemporary German Culture 15
GM4061 Animals in Literature and Film 15
GM4065 Introduction to Heterosexuality: Queer Methods, Straight Culture 15
GM4070 Writing Nature: German Environmental Thought (1800 - 2000) 15
GM4071 Shakespeare: the German Catalyst 15
GM4072 German Classicism 15
GM4073 Women in German Letters 15
GM4074 Medieval History 15
GM4078 Masculinities in Contemporary German Film, TV and Literature 15
GM4092 East German Cinema 15
GM4094 The German Long Story 15
GM4095 Rethinking German Realism 1845 - 1898 15
GM4097 Post-Wall Cinema: The Berlin School and beyond 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year


MA (Hons) Chinese Studies (Joint Honours): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
CN4001 Chinese Language, Texts and Cultural Practices 3 15 AND
CN4002 Chinese Language, Texts and Cultural Practices 4 15 AND
View list 30 credits from Module List: CN3301 - CN3399, CN4401 - CN4499, CN4099, and ID4002
CN4401 Politics and Propaganda in Modern China 15
CN4402 Creating China 2: Revolution, Opening-up, Clamping-down 15
CN4403 Youth and Education in Republican China 15
CN4404 Contemporary Chinese Culture –1989 to the present day 15
CN4405 The Reception and Reinvention of the Past in Modern China 15
CN4406 Modern Chinese Science Fiction 15
CN4407 Postsocialist Attitude: Literature and Rebellion in post-1990 China 15
CN4408 China and the World 15
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
CN4099 Dissertation on a Chinese Topic 15
CN3301 Creating China 1: Nation, Modernization, Contestation 15
CN3302 The Art of 20th Century China 15
CN3303 Pearl River Cultures: Guangzhou-Hong Kong-Macau 15
CN3304 Visualizing Sinophone Culture 15
CN3305 Constructing Gender in Chinese Literature 15
CN3306 Hong Kong in Art and Visual Culture: Creativity and Contestation 15
CN3307 Poverty in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature and Culture 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Students whose degree has a non-Modern Language component should ensure that between 90 to 120 credits are taken in Chinese Studies over Third and Fourth Year.

MA (Hons) German (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
GM4105 German Language 3 15 AND
GM4106 German Language 4 15 AND
View list 30 credits from Module List: GM3010 - GM3099, GM3103, GM4000 - GM4099, ML4794, ID4002
GM3073 The Medieval Short Story 15
GM3088 Travel Writing in German since 1990 15
GM3089 The German Gothic (1800 - 2000) 15
GM3091 The Nazi Past in German Cultural Memory 15
GM4007 Translation Methodology (German / English) 15
GM4046 Medieval Things 15
GM4048 Art and the Artist in Modern German Culture 15
GM4056 German Popular Music: Sound, Page and Screen 15
GM4057 Holocaust Memory Culture and Its Discontents 15
GM4058 Memory and the Archive in Contemporary German Culture 15
GM4061 Animals in Literature and Film 15
GM4065 Introduction to Heterosexuality: Queer Methods, Straight Culture 15
GM4070 Writing Nature: German Environmental Thought (1800 - 2000) 15
GM4071 Shakespeare: the German Catalyst 15
GM4072 German Classicism 15
GM4073 Women in German Letters 15
GM4074 Medieval History 15
GM4078 Masculinities in Contemporary German Film, TV and Literature 15
GM4092 East German Cinema 15
GM4094 The German Long Story 15
GM4095 Rethinking German Realism 1845 - 1898 15
GM4096 Love in German Literature since the 1990s 15
GM4097 Post-Wall Cinema: The Berlin School and beyond 15
GM4098 Dissertation on German Topic 15
GM4099 Long Dissertation on a German Topic 30
ML4794 Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant St Andrews School in the Learning Agreement (see www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/study-abroad/academic ).