文学硕士（荣誉）德国和社会政策

德语是西欧使用最广泛的语言，并且在东欧作为商务语言正变得越来越重要。德国的历史，科学和文化在整个世界都产生了巨大的影响，毕业生雇主意识到除了语言技能外，还需要进行广泛的文化教育。在爱丁堡大学，您将与德语学习一起探索这种历史和文化。<br>爱丁堡的德国人以其研究而享有盛誉。它涵盖了广泛的主题，包括德国犹太人的写作，中世纪研究，东德研究，第三帝国和大屠杀，性别与政治，残疾，旅行写作，戏剧和翻译。社会政策是对社会内部福利和福祉分配以及影响社会福利分配的政策的研究。首先，重点是社会和经济变化，其成因及其对社会的影
The German-speaking world has a fascinating social and political history. German and Social Policy makes an excellent joint honours choice by combining the study of:<br><br>a modern language in its cultural, social and political context<br>the distribution of welfare and wellbeing within societies, and the policies which influence that distribution <br>option courses from a wide range of disciplines<br>Across all four years of our programme, including a year abroad, your studies will give you the chance to gain professional skills in all aspects of German, including:<br><br>reading and listening<br>writing and translating<br>speaking and presenting<br>As well as language learning, you will also explore German-language literature, film and theatre. You will study these in the context of historical and political developments, from the eighteenth century to contemporary times.<br><br>On joining us, beginners take our German 1A course, students with substantial prior experience of learning the language typically take German 1B.<br><br>By your final year, you will have developed the linguistic, critical and analytical skills to the standard of completing a dissertation or long essay.<br>You will focus on social and economic change, what causes it, and its consequences for society.<br><br>Reflecting on how policies are developed, you will learn about the policy-making process in the UK. You will also study the influence of international bodies such as the EU and OECD.<br><br>We deal with a wide array of policy areas, for example:<br><br>health and welfare<br>education and labour markets<br>family and childhood<br>International comparative analyses are one of our main strengths, and we place a strong emphasis on providing our students with empirical research skills.