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This European Studies (German Pathway) BA will teach you all about the history and politics of Europe and equip you with the language skills to truly understand the German perspective. You’ll spend a year studying in German at a Berlin university and graduate as both a German speaker and an expert in European Studies.

Key benefits

• Become a German speaker, even if you’ve never studied it before, with the ab-initio pathway.
• Shape your syllabus from a range of interdisciplinary optional modules covering politics, government and national identity.
• Spend a year studying in Germany at the Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin.
• Learn from a research-active, multi-national team of academics
• Enjoy extracurricular activities such as guest lectures or activities organised by the student-led European and International Studies King's Association (EISKA).
• Benefit from the department’s unrivalled range of contacts with cultural institutes, libraries, international firms and government agencies.
• Develop analytical and presentational skills valued by employers, opening up career opportunities in politics, diplomacy, administration, business and journalism.

In your first year of your European Studies (German Pathway) BA, you’ll learn about the German state and begin your language studies with modules that are matched to your language ability. You’ll begin to build your knowledge of European Studies by learning about the making of Modern Europe and you’ll strengthen this in Year Two with more language modules, plus lessons on the European Union and Germany during the Cold War period.

Your third year of your European Studies (German Pathway) BA will be spent studying abroad at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. You’ll get to immerse yourself in student life in Berlin, building upon your language skills to become a German speaker. When you return to King’s for Year Four, you’ll complete your final language modules and continue your learning by choosing your optional modules.

This European Studies (German Pathway) BA gives you the opportunity to choose your own syllabus and develop a personal specialism. You’ll get to combine views to develop a well-rounded understanding of Europe, and from a German perspective.