The Course
• Combinations of subjects
• Course structure
• Core and options (2nd and 4th year)
• The 1st-year course
• Teaching methods
CombinationsG erm an
P o lish
M od ern G reek
S p an ish
P ortu g u ese
F ren ch
M id d le E as te rn
C zech /S lovak
R u ss ian
Ita lian
Another m odern language Linguistics
H is to ry
C lass ics
P h ilosop h y
E n g lish
Another subject
Course structure
• Preliminary Examination at the end of the first year
• No examinations in second year
• Final examination in fourth year
• Some finals options examined by coursework
Core and options (yrs 2 and 4)
Tran s la tion O ra l
Language
M ed ieva l R en a issan ce an d B aroq u e M od ern
P eriodO N E O F
Literature
CORE O p tio n s
Core and options (yrs 2 and 4)
Co re
Y id d ish
A d van ced tran s la tion
E ssay
Language
S p ec ia l top ics
A u th ors
Literature
C on tem p orary
H is to rica l
Linguistics
e tc .
P h ilosop h ers
E u rop ean film
Other
OPT IONS
First-year course
A ll u n d erg rad u ates
O ra l
G ram m ar
Tran s la tion
C om p reh en s ion an d essay
Language Gesellschaft und Kultur
N arra tive fic t ion
D ram a
L yric p oe try
Literature
First-year course
G erm an so le
In trod u c tion to m ed ieva l lite ra tu re G erm an th ou g h t G erm an film o f th e 1 9 2 0 s
Teaching methodsA ll u n d erg rad u ates
G ram m arU n ivers ity c lasses
(+ C A L L )
Tran s la tionC o lleg e c lasses
C om p reh en s ion , essay, o ra l(tau g h t in G erm an )
L ek to ren in C o lleg e c lasses
Language Gesellschaft und Kultur(taught in Germ an)
Lektoren in College classesLectures and sem inars
N arra tive fic t ion
D ram a
L yric p oe try
LiteratureTutorials in College
Lectures
Teaching methods
G erm an so leIn te r-co lleg ia te sem in ars
In trod u c tion to m ed ieva l lite ra tu re G erm an th ou g h t G erm an film o f th e 1 9 2 0 s
Admissions
• How do I apply?
• How do I choose a college?
• How will my application be assessed?
• What are my chances of getting in?
Applying
• Apply to UCAS by 15 October
• Oxford application form by 15 October
• Submit written work by 15 November
• Interviews in December
How will my application be assessed?
• UCAS form– Record at GCSE/AS/A-Level or other
qualification– Predicted grades (need at least AAB or IB38)– Reference– Personal statement
• Schoolwork
• Interview
Assessment criteria• Success in official examinations as measured by GCSE
results and A level predictions. • Ability to write fluently, intelligently and effectively,
including in the target language, as evidenced in the submission of schoolwork.
• Knowledge of the grammatical structures of the target language, as evidenced in the grammar test.
• Enthusiasm for ideas, potential for developing sensitive and coherent responses to intellectual problems; responsiveness to a tutorial mode of questioning; oral fluency in the target language; motivation and capacity for sustained and intense work, as evidenced in the interview and in references.
German and ‘employability’
• 94.7% in postgraduate education or employment 6 months after graduation
• 72.8% in postgraduate education, graduate or ‘graduate-track’ employment 6 months after graduation
Careers
Business Education Transla ting C iv il Serv ice Pro fessions In ternationa lO rgan iza tions
Career Options
Business
Thomson
One2One
Rolls-Royce
Mini
Kleinwort Benson
Mannesmann
Thames Water
Preussag
Deutsche Telekom
Volkswagen
Dresdner Bank
BMW
Vodafone
RWE
International Organizations
United Nations
World Bank
World Health Organization
Non-governmental organizations
Etc.
Case studies
Rights Controller at Hodder Children's Books in London, with responsibility for rights sales in Germany and Eastern Europe.
(St. Peter’s 1999)
Case studies
‘I worked for a Lib Dem MEP in Brussels for 9 months, while applying to be a fast stream Civil Servant. I got in and am now working for the Department for Education and Skills (DfES).’
(St. Peter’s 1997)
Case studies
Marketing manager, EMEALucent Technologies Microelectronics Group Munich,
Germany(St. Peter’s 1997)
Case studies
Project Co-ordinator at Quest, an advisory body to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
(Hertford 1999)
Case studies
Management Consulting‘I couldn't really have asked for more in terms of setting my career up. I have been allowed to specialise in the industries
that interest me the most (new media, high tech, and telecoms businesses), and have had a very broad range of experience in terms of consulting roles […]. This is due in no small part to the fact that linguists are in short supply, and consequently a great deal more opportunities present themselves to me than they do to my contemporaries. I have spent close on eight
months of my time […] working in Germany, in Hamburg, Berlin, and in Munich; a couple of months in Zurich; and six
months at the beginning of this year in Paris.’(St. Peter’s 2001)
Case studies
Teaching English in Kyoto, Japan, 2001-2003Teacher training 2003-2004
Teaching French and German 2004-?(Hertford 1999)
Case studies
Associate Director of Barclays Capital (Barclays Bank investment banking)
(Magdalen, 1994)
Case studies
International finance department of London law firm, based in Frankfurt office
(Magdalen)
Case studies
‘I trained with KPMG as a chartered accountant and then joined their Forensic Department, whose main role is fraud
investigation. There I worked for three years in Switzerland, on the study into dormant accounts at Swiss banks dating from the
Nazi period, the so-called 'Nazi gold' project. Again German was the key thing.’
(Pembroke)