Masters
The Department has a well-established and successful MA in Germanic Studies. This includes both a 'Programme Track' based wholly on coursework and short dissertation, for those who prefer a complete and self-contained degree with a considerable taught element, and a 'Research Track', for students who are considering carrying on to MPhil or PhD level. The 'Research Track' MA programme, which attracts a Sheffield fee waiver and may attract a fully-funded 'Incentive Award' bursary, is designed to enable students with fairly well-developed research ambitions to advance and deepen their knowledge in and around their intended primary research area, greatly broaden their reading, acquire the expertise and methodological skills which will aid future research, and equip themselves optimally for scholarship applications to the AHRB and other funding bodies.
See the Fees and Funding page for further information
Applications from well-qualified candidates are welcomed. Contact the Postgraduate Tutor, Dr Kristine Horner, by email for further information:
email : Kristine Horner
The main options currently offered within the MA are:
- 19th Century German Literary Studies
- 20th Century German Literary Writing
- Modern German Thought
- Post-War German Politics
- Modern German Political Culture
- The Dialects of Modern German
- Spoken Language Analysis
- Dutch Literature since 1945
- Linguistics of Dutch
- Linguistics of German
- Comparative Germanic Linguistics
For further information, see:
Other Masters courses
The Department also participates in some other taught MAs in the School of Modern Languages and Linguistics and across the Faculty of Arts in which it is possible to take a significant proportion of Germanic Studies elements. These programmes include:
MA in Nineteenth Century Studies
Contact Dr Matt Campbell
Department of English
email : m.campbell@sheffield.ac.uk
MA in Historical Research
Contact Dr Timothy Baycroft
Department of History
email : t.baycroft@sheffield.ac.uk
MA in Applied Linguistics
Contact Prof Andrew Linn
Department of English Language and Linguistics
email : a.r.linn@sheffield.ac.uk
For the latest information on postgraduate study possibilities elsewhere in the School of Modern Languages and Linguistics, please check the:
School of Modern Languages postgraduate web pages
Post Graduate Open Days
Visits to the University for potential postgraduate research students take place on the first Tuesday of every month from 1pm.
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Open Days for prospective postgraduate taught students are also taking place on Friday 27 November 2009.