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 may attract a Sheffield fee waiver and in the case of exceptionally well qualified candidates even 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 AHRC 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
- 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 Languages & Cultures and across the Faculty of Arts in which you can take a significant proportion of Germanic Studies elements. These programmes include:
MA MUNDUS Crossways in Cultural Narratives
Contact Prof Michael Perraudin, Department of Germanic Studies
email: m.f.perraudin@sheffield.ac.uk
MA in European Gender Studies
Contact Dr Caroline Bland, Department of Germanic Studies
email: c.bland@sheffield.ac.uk
MA in Nineteenth Century Studies - German Track
Contact Prof Michael Perraudin, Department of Germanic Studies
email: m.f.perraudin@shef.ac.uk
MA in Nineteenth Century Studies
Contact Dr Anna Barton, Department of English
email : a.j.barton@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.