Teaching
Researchers across the four languages (French, German, Italian, and Spanish) collaborate to teach the core critical modules, and we encourage interdisciplinary teaching or supervision within and outside Modern Languages through optional taught modules, Advanced Study Options, and your dissertation.
Advanced Study Options enable you to pursue individual research pathways with the guidance of a tutor or tutors before undertaking your dissertation.
Class sizes
Seminar teaching is typically in groups of between 1 and 10 students, though groups may be larger in Research Skills, a modules shared with other MA programmes within the School.
Individual supervision is provided for the dissertation.
Typical contact hours
The course will involve 35 hours of work per week, typically comprising 2 hours of seminar teaching, 2 hours of one-to-one tutorial teaching (or 2 further hours of seminar teaching, depending on the optional modules chosen), up to 1 hour of tutoring and 30 hours of independent study over Terms One and Two.
In Term Three, which is focused on the Dissertation, you will typically have a weekly average of one hour of one-to-one supervision and 34 hours of independent study.
All our PG students can do an additional language for free at the Language CentreLink opens in a new window, subject to availability.
Assessment
- A taught core module on cultural and critical theory, typically taken in the first term, and assessed by a 5,000-word essay.
- Two optional modules or supervised study programmes (Advanced Study Options), topic dependent on the interests of the candidate, each assessed by a 5,000 word essay.
- A 20,000-word dissertation.
- A skills programme (assessed by two short bibliographical exercises), which typically includes:
- Library induction/electronic resources in German Studies and general research skills
- Giving oral presentations and using PowerPoint; writing a literature review; choosing a topic and writing a dissertation.
- Writing a PhD proposal
- Applying for funding
Reading lists
Most departments have reading lists available through Warwick Library. If you would like to view reading lists for the current cohort of students you can visit our Warwick Library web pageLink opens in a new window.
Your timetable
Your personalised timetable will be complete when you are registered for all modules, compulsory and optional, and you have been allocated to your lectures, seminars and other small group classes. Your compulsory modules will be registered for you and you will be able to choose your optional modules when you join us.
