Bachelor's Degree in German and Music
University of Southampton
About this program
Bachelor's Degree in German and Music
With this BA German and Music degree, you’ll become fluent in German and you'll spend a year living and working abroad. This course is a particularly suitable combination, given the rich musical tradition linked to the German-speaking world.
You’ll start at a level that matches your ability in spoken and written German, which will help you to progress quickly. You’ll have excellent resources to support you. The Centre for Language Study at Southampton has everything you need.
As well as developing your practical language skills in German, you can choose options according to your interests in both subjects. A module in year 2 prepares you for the following year abroad.
Music options embrace a wide range of styles and traditions and allow you to develop your studies in performance, composition and musicology. In addition to technical, historical and critical music studies, there are opportunities to engage with a varied programme of practical music activities both on and off campus.
To explore your passion for music you can:
- attend the most extensive series of professional concerts and workshops of any UK university, in our acclaimed Turner Sims concert hall
- join a band, orchestra or choir and take part in a thriving local music scene
Our partner universities in the Erasmus programme are in Germany and Austria.
You’ll write a final year dissertation with guidance from a supervisor.
Admission requirements
A-levels
ABB including German and Music, and Grade 8 Music Practical or demonstrated equivalent standard
International Baccalaureate Diploma
Pass, with 32 points overall with 16 points at Higher Level, including 5 at Higher Level in German and Music, and Grade 8 Music Practical or demonstrated equivalent standard
BTEC
- Distinction, Distinction in the BTEC Extended Diploma in Music plus B in A level German, and Grade 8 Music Practical or demonstrated equivalent standard
OR
- Distinction in the BTEC Extended Diploma plus AB in A level German and Music, and Grade 8 Music Practical or demonstrated equivalent standard
- Distinction, Distinction in the BTEC Diploma in Music plus B in A level German, and Grade 8 Music Practical or demonstrated equivalent standard
OR
- Distinction in the BTEC Diploma plus AB in A level German and Music, and Grade 8 Music Practical or demonstrated equivalent standard
- Distinction in the BTEC Subsidiary Diploma in Music plus AB in A level German and one further A level, and Grade 8 Music Practical or demonstrated equivalent standard
OR
- Distinction in the BTEC Subsidiary Diploma plus AB in A level German and Music, and Grade 8 Music Practical or demonstrated equivalent standard
Other requirements
GCSE requirements
Applicants must hold GCSE English language (or GCSE English) (minimum grade 4/C) and mathematics (minimum grade 4/C)
International Students
English language requirements
If English isn't your first language, you'll need to complete an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) to demonstrate your competence in English.
For more information about admission requirements, please visit the university website.
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Program content
Year 1
- Academic Skills for ML students
- Exploring Music 1
- German History, Politics and Society
- German Language Stage 4
- Performance Skills A
You must also choose from the following modules in year 1:
- Applications of Linguistics
- Composition Fundamentals
- Elements of Linguistics - Sound, Structure and Meaning
- Exploring Music 2
- Global Transformations in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Music
- Performance in Practice B
- Reading Culture
- Reading the City
Year 2
- German Language Stage 5
- Managing Research and Learning
You must also choose from the following modules in year 2:
- 19th Century Italian Opera: Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi
- Collaborative Music Project
- Conducting
- Discourse Analysis
- Explorations in Composition
- Globalisation: Culture, Language and The Nation State
- How the Arts Work: A Practical Introduction to Cultural Economics
- Issues in Latin American Popular Music and Culture
- Jane Austen's Playlist: Entertainment in Georgian Britain
- Jazz Theory
- Language and Society in German-Speaking World
- Language, Ideologies and Attitudes
- Learning about Culture: Introduction to Ethnography
- Multilingualism
- Music Therapy 1: Fundamentals
- Music and Sound Production 1
- Music and the British Empire
- Musical Theatre Songwriting
- Orchestration and Arranging
- Performance Tuition (Single Study)
- Psycholinguistics
- Sound and Voice
- Syntax: Studying Language Structure
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language
- The EU and European Identity
- The Producer as Composer: digital sound & songwriting in practice
- Variation and Change in English
- Vienna and Berlin: Society, Politics and Culture from 1890 to the Present
Year 3
- Year Abroad Research Project YARP
Year 4
- German Language Stage 7
- Seeing and being seen: Study Abroad re-entry
You must also choose from the following modules in year 4:
- 19th Century Italian Opera: Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi
- Adventures in Musical Research
- Audiovisual Translation
- Collaborative Music Project
- Commercial Composition
- Composition Portfolio
- Conducting
- English as a Global Language
- Explorations in Composition
- German-Jewish Writing Across the Twentieth Century
- How the Arts Work: A Practical Introduction to Cultural Economics
- Issues in Latin American Popular Music and Culture
- Jane Austen's Playlist: Entertainment in Georgian Britain
- Language Teaching Theory and Practice
- Language Testing and Assessment in Society
- Language and the City
- Minorities and Migrants: Exploring Multicultural Germany
- Modern Languages Dissertation
- Music Therapy 1: Fundamentals
- Music and Sound Production 1
- Music and the British Empire
- Musical Theatre Songwriting
- Orchestration and Arranging
- Performance Tuition (Single Study)
- Research Project
- Second Language Acquisition
- Sociophonetic Project Module
- The Producer as Composer: digital sound & songwriting in practice
- Translation: Theory and Practice
- Writing in a Second Language
Scholarships & funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please visit the university website for more information.
Tuition
- The full tuition price for local/UK students is £9,250
- The price for International/Non-UK students is £19,300
Qualification
- Final award: Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA (Hons))
- Name of award: German and Music
- Interim Exit awards:
- Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE)
- Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE)
- FHEQ level of final award: Level 6
Career paths
Previous graduates have gone on to careers including:
- translation
- interpreting
- teaching
- marketing
- publishing
- international development
- advertising, film and television
Many of our graduates go on to further study. Subjects taken include interpreting and translating, law, accountancy, management and international relations.
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