Hello all J
I am a Year 12 student and hoping to study German (possibly in a joint degree with Economics) at uni.
So far I have looked round Leeds, Durham and Manchester and I’m also interested in Warwick and Nottingham (although I’ve just read something on here about how their languages department is overrated).
They all seem like pretty good unis however I’m concerned that some may have more of a focus on literature than others (me being someone who was relieved to drop English Lit after GCSE). I ooked round Leeds and fell in love with the uni (the SU seemed amazing), however they said they have a focus on C20th & C21st Literature & Cinema, which I didn’t feel too keen about. When I looked round Durham, however, one of the students said she didn’t have any literature-based modules in her first year, and got to do a really good one on translation, which I’m interesting in, however I think she did three languages. If she only did one then maybe a literature module would have been compulsory?
I’ve tried to look at prospectuses but I got a bit confused with some of the modules.
What I’m asking is whether anyone reading this has been to Leeds/Durham/Warwick/Manchester/Nottingham to study languages, and whether there is a great range of modules, particularly language/history/economics-based modules, and whether there re any compulsory literature ones.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you! J