Bachelor of Arts Honours in German

Qualification Overview

Purpose

The purpose of this qualification is to provide an opportunity for learners to broaden their knowledge in German within the Faculty of Arts. This provides an opportunity to read extensively, to become acquainted with some of the classic texts in the German discipline, to become involved in a conversation with its most important thinkers, and to take part in these debates with confidence. The solid basis acquired prepares the learner for Postgraduate research. This qualification gives provision for an opportunity not only to broaden but also to deepen insight into the discipline as specified.

Rationale

German is an academic and vocational discipline that equips learners in the German language and civilization. Learners are also provided with the skills to understand the target language and culture within the wider context of the South African multilingual and multicultural environment. In its own right, the German qualification provides learners with a valuable and directly relevant qualification for careers in the South African diplomatic service, international trade and commerce, government organizations that deal with these areas, tourism, publishing (translation), and any career that involves contact with German-speakers or German text.

Within the South African context, it provides vital experience of a Western culture that is of economic importance to South Africa and generally enables learners in terms of the SAQA critical outcomes at a level appropriate to the qualification.