Credits

Scope

The modular BA course at the Faculty of Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies consists of two main subjects and the practical transferable skills component (AQUA). The total for the degree, for all three components over six semesters, is 180 credits (CP or LP) according to the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS). The credits measure the actual student workload (university presence, preparation and follow-up time)  per seminar or per course of study. An ECTS point thus corresponds to about 30 hours of work. The number of credits to be acquired in a class is defined in the module descriptions (link to the study documents) for the individual subjects.

ECTS

The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) is a student-centred system for accumulating and transferring credits for course work. This makes it possible to compare student performance within the European Higher Education Area, and for students to take their credits with them when changing from one university to another, also between countries. Thus students can take credits achieved at home or abroad – for example in the context of a semester abroad – back to their home university. When a student changes university after completing a degree (or discontinuing a course of study) the new university can evaluate their existing performance more transparently.

ECTS combinations from the winter semester of 2020/21

Depending on the combination of the subjects, the 180 credits achieved in the Faculty of Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies (SLK) BA are differently distributed across the areas studied. There are three basic combination options.

1. Both subjects at the Faculty of Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies

2. 1st main subject in the SLK, 2nd main subject from the course catalogue of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science (GWS)

Attention! For a first main subject from the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science and the supplementary subject from the Faculty SLK, the credit point distribution changes, since in this case you are NOT studying in the Bachelor SLK, but a Bachelor of Humanities. Please inform yourself accordingly on the pages Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science. 

Detailed information on the specialized Bachelor's program at the Faculty SLK is also available on the area of General Qualifications and on the later professional fields.  Please also note the respective subject-specific admission requirements!

All information on the Bachelor's program of the Faculty SLK can also be found in the Study Information System (SINS) of the TU Dresden.