Leicester, University of, BA (Hons), Italian with German

Year 1: Italian: students are introduced to a range of historical periods and texts; students also study introduction to pre-modern Italy and post-war Italian culture, and are introduced to different authors and genres. German: a survey course in the 1st year introduces students to the development of German politics and culture in the twentieth-century. Year 2: students choose from a range of options such as history and identity in twentieth-century literature; history of Italian cinema; Italian linguistics; pre-modern Italy; students also take modules in German language and modern German culture and history. Year 3: Study abroad: spent abroad usually dividing students time equally between universities in Italy and a German-speaking country; students may opt to spend the whole year in 1 country, studying at a university, or in other approved employment, as an English language assistant in a school; students may, make their own alternative arrangements for the year abroad subject to the approval of the Head of School. Year 4: Italian options include: contemporary fiction; postwar directors; women’s writing in Italy; Dante: Purgatorio and Paradiso. German: language and modern German culture and history; students may also choose to write a dissertation in place of 1 of the options.