Focus courses in Master’s degree programs within the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science

Focus courses for the Master’s degree programs in Applied Media Research, History, Art History, Music, Philosophy, Sociology and Politics and the Constitution

Focus courses enable students to pursue supplementary studies to further enhance their individual profile and aid them in their future careers. Students must refer to the module descriptions for an exact description of the content and learning objectives.

For the focus courses, students select one or two of the following modules, amounting to a total of 30 credit points:

• All Master’s degree programs: 
  Elective module “Advanced knowledge” (15 credit points) 
• All Master’s degree programs except Sociology Exam Regulations 2017: 
  Elective module “Specialization knowledge” (15 credit points)
• Sociology Master’s degree program only Exam Regulations 2017: 
  Elective module “Specialization knowledge” Sociology (15 credit points)        
• All Master’s degree programs except Politics and the Constitution and Sociology
  Major Module Professional Practice (30 credit points)
• All Master’s degree programs:
  Minor module Professional Practice (15 credit points)
• All Master’s degree programs except Applied Media Research
  Studying abroad, credits approved via recognition procedure

To ensure the student’s module choices for “advanced knowledge” and “specialization knowledge” are useful additions to their degree program, they must sign a learning agreement before starting (!) modules 1 and 2. The learning agreement is to be prepared in consultation with the appropriate Academic Advisor. You will find the corresponding forms linked above in the list of modules. You may also consider FLiK modules when making your selection. You can find more information on FLiK modules here.

Lecturers must confirm in advance that the course can be attended as a focus module. This is especially important for courses at other faculties – not least to check if it is possible to attend the course without any prior knowledge. During this meeting you will also discuss whether an exam is necessary and if so, which one.  This will also be recorded in the learning agreement.
After approval from the Academic Advisor, the Learning Agreement must be submitted to the Examination Office. The Examination Office will register the planned exams before they are recorded in HISQIS. The students will then receive their form, confirmed by the Examination Office.
At the end of the semester, when the examinations have been completed and evaluated, the examiners enter the examination results. This applies to all graded and ungraded examined assessments and to preliminary academic work in the new Sociology Master’s degree program. After this, the completed records are sent directly to the Examination Office by the examiner so the credits can be recorded. This procedure is both mandatory and binding.

The Examination Office will then update the student’s transcript of records. Graded assessments taken during a period studying abroad will be approved via a recognition procedure.

It is not necessary to register the Professional Practice module in advance. After submitting the placement report to the Academic Advisor, they will send the confirmed and signed certificate directly to the Examination Office, who will then record the grade.

Information on the content and learning objectives as well as the requirements for the awarding of credit points for modules can be found in the module description in the focus courses handbook, which has been published on the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science website.