Course details

Summary

Further your study and enhance your career potential with advanced courses and supervised research alongside some of New Zealand’s leading scholars.

Programme overview

You can take the one-year Bachelor of Arts (Honours) as a qualification in its own right after a Bachelor of Arts, or as a pathway to a one-year Master of Arts.

Postgraduate study is a unique opportunity to deepen your study of an academic area that you find intellectually rewarding and personally meaningful.

As well as deepening your knowledge in small classes with some of New Zealand’s leading scholars, you can hone advanced skills that will be an advantage in any career.

German is the native language of more than 90 million people. It is an important language of trade, with Germany the third largest economy and second largest exporter in the world.

Knowledge of German also gives you access to a rich literary, intellectual and cultural tradition. German thought and culture has made a major contribution to Western science, philosophy, theology, music and art.

Postgraduate courses in German include language acquisition, German literature from the eighteenth century to the present, and German language teaching and translation.

There are opportunities to undertake research in German studies ranging from literature to the German connection with New Zealand and the Pacific.

German and your career

Graduates in German work as teachers, librarians, in managerial positions, in government service (such as foreign affairs and trade), in tourism, business and industry.

Programme structure

120 points

Advanced taught courses (75 or 90 points)

A small research project such as a dissertation (usually 30 or 45 points)

You may be able to include up to 30 points from other subjects

Further study options

• Master of Arts
• Master of Conflict and Terrorism Studies
• Master of Heritage Conservation
• Master of Indigenous Studies
• Master of Public Policy
• MTESOL

Other Bachelor of Arts (Honours) subjects: Ancient History; Anthropology; Art History; Asian Studies; Chinese; Criminology; Development Studies; Drama; Economics; Education; Employment Relations and Organisation Studies; English; French; Gender Studies; Geography; Greek; History; Italian; Japanese; Languages and Literature; Latin; Linguistics; Logic and Computation; 毛利 Studies; Mathematics; Media, Film and Television; Museums and Cultural Heritage; Music; Pacific Studies; Philosophy; Politics and International Relations; Psychology; Screen Production; Sociology; Spanish; Statistics.

Entry criteria

A BA with a major in German. You must have an average grade of B or higher in 45 points above Stage II in the major.

IELTS 6.0; TOEFL (iBT) 80; TOEFL (paper-based) 550; CAE or CPE 169; PTE 50; MELAB 80.