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HomeStudy at YorkUndergraduateCourses 2027/28History and German (with a year abroad) (BA)

BA (Hons) History and German (with a year abroad)

Explore the past and view the world through the lens of another language. Spend a year abroad and make the most of our excellent partnerships.

Year of entry: 2027/28

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September 2027

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4 years full-time

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Department of History, Department of Language and Linguistic Science

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Why study history and German at York?

Take an interdisciplinary view. Combining history and a language allows you to explore the forces that have shaped societies and cultures in the past. You'll graduate with an exciting global perspective.

Explore an extensive range of history modules. From the Middle Ages to the present day, our world-leading historians offer a wide range of modules spanning geographic, cultural and thematic boundaries. You'll hone your skills in critical reading, constructing arguments, and how to effectively use evidence.

Develop your language proficiency. You'll be taught in the language you’re learning, with a focus on society, politics and culture. Guided by our supportive staff, many of whom are native speakers, you’ll rapidly develop your fluency and knowledge. If you choose German as a beginner (ab initio), you’ll be amazed how you progress.

Enhance your experience with a year abroad. You’ll spend at least one semester studying history at a partner university and can also choose a German-speaking international work placement. Your plans will be supported by our year abroad coordinators. If you prefer not to have a year abroad, you’ll graduate after three years.

Choose elective modules across a wide range of languages

As part of your degree, you can choose to take a credit-bearing module in a variety of languages - from Medieval Latin to Japanese, to Arabic or Chinese.

Beginners welcome

You can take the German part of this programme ab initio (from scratch, or with a qualification below A level).

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Get a head start in Teaching English as a Foreign Language at York

At York, you'll benefit from being able to take TEFL modules in-house, as part of your degree. The work you complete in your TEFL modules can help you prepare for a qualification. This teacher training programme, also offered in-house, can qualify you to teach English to non-native speakers.

Choosing to pursue a degree I have a genuine passion for has continued to motivate me throughout my studies, even through the wobbles of self-belief during exam season! The exceptional student support offered and the well-being facilities available are just some of the many benefits that make York such a great place to study. York also provides the perfect backdrop for studying History, as the city’s past is everywhere you turn.

Erin, BA History. Read Erin's blog post.

Languages

Your language modules will explore the society and cultures of German-speaking societies and you'll be taught almost exclusively in German. These modules will help you to develop the transcultural and linguistic knowledge you'll need to become a high-level communicator. As you progress through your course, not only will you develop your conversational fluency, but also your ability to discuss complex ideas in formal German.

You’ll go abroad in your third year. You can choose a work placement, internship or studying at one of our partner universities. Our internship students have been to a wide range of organisations including in schools, the heritage sector, the media, translation, marketing and finance sectors around the world. Your plans will be supported by our departmental year abroad coordinators.

Your history modules will cover a broad sweep of history across different times and places, and you'll emerge with greater cultural awareness. You'll develop your knowledge of different historical traditions, including historical problems and debates that have shaped our modern world.

Study German from scratch

You can study German ab initio, meaning you don't need to have any knowledge of German before you arrive. You'll study with other ab initio students during your first year, and will focus on improving your language skills, before joining the post-A level students during your second year.

Year 3 (abroad)

Language core modules

In your first year, you'll focus on developing your communication expertise in German and your understanding of languages, particularly in German-speaking cultures and societies.

If you have studied German to A level, you'll take the post A-level route.

If you are taking German ab initio (from scratch), you'll take the ab initio route.

Post A-level:

German Language and Cultures: Upper Intermediate

Understanding German-speaking Cultures and Societies (post-A level)

Ab initio:

Intensive German Language and Cultures: Beginner

Understanding German-speaking Cultures and Societies (ab initio route)

Regardless of your route, you'll also choose between the following:

Understanding Language in the Real World or Structure of English

History core modules

Your History modules will challenge you to think critically about the power of knowledge and belief in different cultures over time. You'll also debate the value of historical evidence.

Knowledge and Beliefs in World History

Evidence and Methods

Option modules

You'll also choose between the following:

Political Communities in World History or Societies and Economies in World History.

Academic integrity module

In addition to the above you will also need to complete our online Academic Integrity module.

This module covers some of the essential skills and knowledge which will help you to study independently and produce work of a high academic standard which is vital for success at York.

This module will:

define academic integrity and academic misconduct

provide interactive exercises to help you to assess whether you've understood the concepts

provide answers to FAQs and links to useful resources.

Core modules

In your second year, you further develop your written and oral communication skills in German, alongside your ability to critically analyse a range of cultural and social phenomena in the German-speaking world. In History, you'll begin to focus your studies, and develop some key skills ahead of your final-year special subject and optional dissertation.

German Language and Cultures: Advanced

Historical Thinking

You will study four option modules, two from each subject, one in each semester. If you choose Plurilingualism or Teaching English as a Foreign Language I and II, you must choose an additional Language and Linguistic Science option. Examples can be found below. Some option module combinations may not be possible. The options available to you will be confirmed after you begin your course.

Language and Linguistic Science options:

The Berlin Republic

World Cinemas: Representing National and Transnational Societies and Cultures

Teaching English as a Foreign Language I

Teaching English as a Foreign Language II

Plurilingualism, Multilingualism and Transnational Languages: Concepts, Strategies and Approaches

History options:

Ancien Régime France, 1610-1789

Bankers, Merchants, and Poets: Florence and the Roots of the Renaissance

Before the Mongols: Nomadic Empires of Central Eurasia, 900-1200

Black Radicalism

Catherine the Great

China: An Economic and Environmental History, 1870-1970

Chivalry, Identity and Love 1350-1450

Communist Europe: Crisis, Transformation & Memory after the Second World War

Containing Multitudes: Inequality and the City in Britain and its Empire post-1800

Crime and Society in Britain and Ireland since 1750

Difficult Pasts and Haunted Presents: Memory and its Discontents c. 1945- c. 2010

From the Global Shadows: Africa and the World since the 1950s

Gender, Enlightenment and Revolution in Eighteenth-Century Europe

Health for all? International Health from Colonial Medicine to Covid Vaccine

Heterosexual Africa? Sexuality, Power, and Politics in Africa since 1900

Historical Fictions and Frictions: Fictionalising the Past

Kingship, Rule and Crisis in Medieval England

Persecution and Toleration in Early Modern Britain

Powerful Impressions: Culture and Politics in the Post-1945 United States

Social Science and Modern Britain, c1880-c1970

The Scientific Revolution, 1500-1700

Using and Abusing the Past in Britain, 1835-2018

Vikings and Historians: Historiographical Dialogues through the Ages

Or you can study two elective modules from another department.

The options available to you will be confirmed after you begin your course. For further information please get in touch.

Elective modules

You may be able to replace one option module with an elective module, studying a complementary subject, a language or an interdisciplinary topic.

In your third year, you’ll go abroad for a year. You can choose to study at another university or complete a work placement/internship. You may also be able to complete a British Council placement. The year abroad is assessed on a pass/fail basis by the University of York.

Immersing yourself in the language and culture of another country will enable you to become fluent in the language, both orally and written. The skills you gain will prepare you for both your final year of study and your future career.

Find out more.

You'll study one core language module in your final year. You'll hone your plurilingual communicative proficiency in German, through in-depth research and analysis of key aspects of German-speaking cultures and societies.

German Language and Cultures: Proficient

You'll study five option modules, or four if you choose the History Dissertation. Your choices must include one History special subject module and one Language and Linguistic Science module. If you choose Translation: Methodology and Practice, you must also choose another Language and Linguistic Science option. The rest of your choices can be from the options below, or elective modules from other departments.

Translation: Methodology and Practice

Modern German Language

Independent Study in Languages and Cultures

Independent Study in Translation

Comparative history options:

Violence

Commemorations

Communisms

History special subject options:

Black British History and Decolonisation

Exiled Lives: English Nuns in Catholic Europe, 1600-1800

Francis Bacon: Myth, Magic and Morals

From Colonial to Post-Colonial States? The Twentieth-Century Caribbean

Hong Kong: Decolonisation and Development, 1945-97

Imperial Japan, 1890-1950

Joan of Arc

Mao and Maoism

Ploughing the Sea? The Spanish American Wars of Independence, 1750-1830

Popular Politics? The History of British Political Culture since 1945

Possession: Objects and Ownership in Early Modern England, 1650-1750

Poverty and the Welfare State in Post-War Britain

Prussia and the Unification of Germany, 1815-1918

Race, Place and Health in Britain and its Empire, 1880-1960

Reading and Writing in Medieval England

Rebellion and Revolution: Britain, 1637-1653

Revolution in the Streets: Faith, Poverty, and Religious Ferment, c.1200

Rome Reborn: Culture and Society c.1575-c.1655

The First Islamic Empire

The French Wars of Religion

Thomas More: Learning, Politics and Religion in England, 1500-35

The options available to you will be confirmed later in the year. For further information please get in touch.

Our modules may change to reflect the latest academic thinking and expertise of our staff, and in line with Department/School academic planning.

Real-world experiences

Find your edge by gaining practical experience that boosts your employability. Explore diverse opportunities to apply your knowledge and build vital professional skills, such as placements, internships and part-time jobs.

Learning outcomes

Every course at York has been designed to provide clear and ambitious learning outcomes. These learning outcomes give you an understanding of what you will be able to do at the end of the course. We develop each course by designing modules that grow your abilities towards the learning outcomes and help you to explain what you can offer to employers. Find out more about our approach to teaching and learning.

Learning outcomes for this course

Demonstrate broad and deep understandings of historical scholarship, and be able to understand and contextualise German-speaking societies and cultures in relation to the past.

Make cross cultural comparisons and connections between societies of different places, both in the contemporary world and in the past, and understand issues and events from a range of cultural perspectives.

Analyse, evaluate and deploy arguments and evidence, as well as information presented in a variety of formats including digital resources, material culture, visual imagery, texts, databases and statistical information in both English and German.

Solve problems creatively by taking information learned in one context and applying it in an unfamiliar one and by developing a range of possible solutions.

Communicate effectively orally and in writing in German and English to provide evidenced, structured and well-supported information, arguments and advice to mono- as well as multilingual audiences.

Design, manage, and contribute efficiently and effectively to individual and collaborative projects using their knowledge and expertise, as well as leadership and negotiation skills.

Contribute to their workplaces and communities using an awareness of the historical origins of diversity in societal norms and practices.

Engage with confidence in multilingual and transcultural encounters based on your acquired awareness of, and sensitivity to, the relativity of social, cultural and linguistic norms.

Learn directly in your language of study

At York, we teach all of our core language modules in their language of study. Our students develop fluency and confidence quickly, benefiting wholly from this approach.

The city of York is rich in history and heritage

York is the perfect place to be inspired to study the past, with a rich and turbulent history stretching back to the Romans. Today the city boasts beautiful historic architecture, as well as a variety of museums and archives.

Teach English abroad

Take our in-house CertTESOL teaching qualification before you go abroad.

My year abroad helped me develop valuable skills beyond the classroom. From organisation and lesson planning to communication and adaptability, you gain practical experience that translates into any future career. On a more personal level, it builds confidence—not just in your ability to present in front of a class, but also in navigating life in a foreign language and culture.

Emily, Language and Linguistic Science student. Read Emily's blog post.

The fees and funding information here is for students starting in the 2027/28 academic year.

If you take a year abroad or year in industry you'll pay a reduced rate of fees for that year.

Annual tuition fees

UK (home)

International and EU

The UK government has announced its intention to increase tuition fees from £9,790 to £10,050 for the 2027/8 academic year. We expect this to apply to new UK (home) undergraduate students starting their studies in September 2027.

UK (home) or international fees?

The level of fee that you will be asked to pay depends on whether you're classed as a UK (home) or international student. Check your fee status.

Fees for subsequent years

UK (home) fees may increase within the government fee cap in subsequent academic years. We will notify you of any increase as soon as we can.

International fees are subject to increase in subsequent years in line with the prevailing Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate (up to a maximum of 10%).

More information

For more information about tuition fees, any reduced fees for study abroad and work placement years, scholarships, tuition fee loans, maintenance loans and living costs see undergraduate fees and funding.

Additional costs

Set texts are available from the Library or online, but you may wish to buy your own copy for some modules. These typically cost between £10 and £30. For ab-initio languages you may need to buy books with a total cost of £50 to £60. Second hand books are often available more cheaply.

We'll confirm more funding opportunities for students joining us in 2027/28 throughout the year.

UK government loans

UK scholarships and bursaries

International scholarships

Country-specific funding

US loans

Departmental funding

Find out more about funding specific to Languages and Linguistics.

Living costs

You can use our living costs guide to help plan your budget. It covers additional costs that are not included in your tuition fee such as expenses for accommodation and study materials.

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* Awarded joint 10th in the Times Higher Education ranking of the Research Excellence Framework 2021.

You’ll study and learn with academics who are active researchers, experts in their field and have a passion for their subjects. Our approach to teaching will provide you with the knowledge, opportunities, and support you need to grow and succeed in a global workplace. Find out more about our approach to teaching and learning.

Teaching format

We offer you extra study support in several ways. Our Peer Assisted Learning programme gives you the opportunity to work with other students.

Our focus at York is on effective communication in German. That is why:

our core modules and most of our option modules are taught in the language of study

we teach mainly in small seminars

classroom interactions and assessments are in German

we emphasise issues of cultures and society, allowing you to develop a high level of transcultural awareness to underpin your language skills

many of our staff are native-speakers of the languages we teach

Contact hours

In first and second year of the degree, you will typically spend 1-2 hours per week in the lecturers, 10-11 hours per week in seminars, and 2 hours in workshops.

Contact hours in the second and final year can vary depending on individual module choices.

In the UK, full-time students are expected to spend 1,200 hours a year learning. That's about 40 hours of classes and independent study each week during semesters. Everyone learns at a different rate, so the number of hours you spend on independent study will be different to other students on your course.

Facilities

We have our own Languages e-Lab for teaching. Here, you'll have access to a variety of resources, including specialist linguistics software and online language-learning materials.

Teaching location

You will be based in the Language and Linguistic Science buildings on Campus West.

About our campus

Our beautiful green campus offers a student-friendly setting in which to live and study, within easy reach of the action in the city centre. It's easy to get around - everything is within walking or pedalling distance, or you can use the fast and frequent bus service. Take a campus tour.

Assessment and feedback

You'll be assessed in a variety of ways, including essays, projects, presentations, and written and oral exams. Assessments include formative work which will help you practise or develop skills, but will not count towards your final degree mark.

Starting from your second year, formal assessments contribute toward your degree. You'll be assessed using a range of methods, including essays, research projects, written exams, group projects and presentations. In German, you'll also take oral exams to test your ability to discuss your knowledge and understanding of German cultures and societies.

Your year abroad is assessed. All students must complete two assessments. If you are studying at a university, you must attend courses and sit the exams. If you are on a work or teaching placement, you must satisfactorily complete the duties set out in the placement agreement. However, your marks on the year abroad assessments do not contribute towards your overall degree mark.

Disability information

We can make reasonable adjustments to assessment procedures for students with disabilities. However, if you have dyslexia please note that it is not possible to make adjustments in the marking of work written in a closed language exam. This is because accurate spelling is one of the assessment objectives for language exams. Closed exams make up only a proportion of the assessment types used for languages. There are other assessment types such as coursework and oral presentations which are also used. As a student with dyslexia you could apply for extra time in closed exams, if this would be of assistance. See the University's disability support pages for further details.

Careers and skills

The study of language and linguistics at York equips you with effective communication, critical thinking, and project management skills, which translate readily into any work context.

The combination of the analytic, transcultural, and communicative competencies you'll learn during your degree ensures that you are a highly sought-after graduate. You'll become proficient in all aspects of managing small-scale linguistic analysis projects, from identifying the research questions, to communicating the findings. This skill set will open the door to many different careers.

Our graduates have an excellent record of pursuing fulfilling paths after graduation. Learn more about graduate career destinations.

Career opportunities

Marketing and communications

Publishing

Broadcasting and journalism

Local government and public service

Business, finance and accountancy

Teaching

Translation and interpreting

IT and software development

Transferable skills

Effective communication skills

Intercultural awareness

Critical thinking

Project management

Independent learning

Data analysis

Problem solving

Teamwork

Turn ambition into achievement with our expert guidance and connections. From your first day here to life after graduation, we'll help you find your career advantage.

Qualification

A levels

For post-A Level German: AAB including History/Classical Civilisation and German

For ab initio route (for students not taking German at Advanced Level): AAB including grade A in History or Classical Civilisation

Access to Higher Education Diploma

Obtain Access to HE Diploma with 36 credits at Distinction including at least 9 credits in History modules, and 9 credits at Merit or higher.

BTEC National Extended Diploma

DDD with an additional A Level or equivalent qualification in either History or Classical Civilisation at grade A

European Baccalaureate

80% overall including 85% in History

International Baccalaureate

For post-HL German: 35 points including 6,5 in History and German at Higher Level (either way round)

For ab initio route (for students not taking German at Higher Level): 35 points including 6 in HL History

T levels

We are currently not accepting T Levels for this course unless an additional A Level (or equivalent qualification) in History has been taken.

Scottish Highers / Advanced Highers

Post A-Level route: Advanced Highers - BB in History and German, plus Scottish Highers - BB

Ab initio route: Advanced Highers - B in History, plus Scottish Highers - BBBB

We may also be able to consider three Advanced Highers or a combination of Highers and Advanced Highers, where an applicant does not meet the grade requirement through Highers alone. Please contact us to discuss your qualifications.

International foundation programme

Foundation Certificate from our International Pathway College or an appropriate alternative.

Other international qualifications

Equivalent qualifications from your country

Additional requirements

Ab initio or post-A level German

You can take the language part of this programme ab initio (from scratch, or with a qualification at AS level or below), or you can study on a route designed for those who have an A level in this language.

Our language programmes are designed to develop fluency. For this reason we do not normally offer places to native or near-native speakers who wish to study their own language.

Alternative offers

Meeting the following additional criteria may qualify you for an alternative offer.

Criteria

Adjustment

Widening participation

BBC including B in either History or Classical Civilisation

This is conditional upon successful completion of the WP programme including the YorJourney module (Black Access Programme, Next Step York) or successful completion of Realising Opportunities More about widening participation.

Contextual offer

ABC including an A in either History or Classical Civilisation

If you achieve A or higher in the EPQ, you may be eligible for an alternative offer up to one A level grade (or equivalent) below our typical offer.

If you successfully complete our online course The Power of Languages, you may be eligible for an alternative offer up to one A level grade (or equivalent) below our typical offer. Details about how to evidence completion of the MOOC will be sent in your offer letter. Please note: you do not need to pay for the certificate.

More about MOOCs.

English language

If English isn't your first language you may need to provide evidence of your English language ability. We accept the following qualifications:

Minimum requirement

IELTS (Academic)

6.5, with a minimum of 6.0 in each component

Other English language qualifications

To see what other language tests we can accept and the scores required, visit our IELTS equivalences webpage and click on the IELTS requirement for your chosen course.

We also accept various school-leaving certificates to meet our English Language requirements. Please visit our country-specific information for further details.

For more information see our undergraduate English language requirements.

If you haven't met our English language requirements

You may be eligible for one of our pre-sessional English language courses. These courses will provide you with the level of English needed to meet the conditions of your offer.

The length of course you need to take depends on your current English language test scores and how much you need to improve to reach our English language requirements.

After you've accepted your offer to study at York, we'll confirm which pre-sessional course you should apply to via You@York.

To apply to York, you'll need to complete an online application via UCAS (the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service).

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