Whatever degree you decide to enrol for, you will have courses in other disciplines as well as in German. Every student takes three subjects in first year, but thereafter the patterns diverge somewhat according to the curriculum you are following. The 1B course concentrates on modern German language and offers a survey of German literature, with teaching hours shared approximately equally between the two components.
Teaching is conducted in a variety of forms, including lectures, seminars and small tutorial groups.
We offer regular practice in spoken German with native speakers, and a variety of exercises to develop your written and spoken command of German. Furthermore all students of German have access to the excellent facilities of the Computer Assisted Language Learning Laboratory, where you can work at your own pace on any aspects of your German which you feel need to be strengthened. The 1A course is an intensive language course taught in tutorial groups. Students taking joint degrees in German and another modern European language spend the year in countries appropriate to the languages studied. Students in the third year of a BCom degree spend the year in Edinburgh and take German 3, which is also available as part of the MA General degree.