Degree programme Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies (Master)

Planned changes

For this course of study, changes are planned for the 2020/21 winter semester.

Important information

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Courses

Classical Philology
English and American Studies
German Studies
Romance Studies
Slavonic Studies

Admission requirements

In addition to a first in Germany recognised Bachelor's or equivalent degree that qualifies for a profession, in which linguistic, literature or cultural competency is imparted, further admission requirements can apply to the individual linguistic sub-subjects. Further particulars are governed by the Study Regulationsen of the sub-subjects.

German language requirements

International applicants and German applicants with foreign school leaving certificate please find information here: language requirements.

Application hints and tips

If, at the time of the application, proof of the first degree that qualifies for a profession cannot yet be provided, applicants will be considered if 80% of the achievable points of the university degree can be proven by a certificate of the university of origin (Examining Office), on the basis of a completed module exam, assignment paper or colloquium. For Master study programmes with restricted admission (TU-Nc), the certificate shall also include a provisional average mark, calculated on the basis of academic achievements already completed.

General information for the degree programme

This Master’s Program leads up to the university qualification as a philologist. It builds upon the knowledge and skills of a pertinent Bachelor’s program.
Students select one of 5 majors and can also set a particular focus of their own inside this major. They gain extensive know-how in the methodology of Linguistics, Literary Studies, and Cultural Studies and acquire the ability to analyze and interpret speech as well as literary and cultural texts by means of this methodology.
Furthermore, students are strive to gain more in-depth understanding of the cultural area studied as well as a high proficiency in the language studied.
This Program of Study combines a focus on research with an instruction in applied competences, and thus opens its graduates access to research-based and other professional sectors for their future careers.

Content of Master’s Program
Classes in the student’s major account for three quarters of this program of study while the interdisciplinary supplementary area accounts for one quarter of this program’s classes.

The program is broken down into classes in Linguistics, Literary Studies, and Cultural Studies, where the students themselves decide what branch they would like to specialize in. Apart from seminars and lectures, language training classes are also part of the program in four of five majors so as for students to consolidate the knowledge and skills they already possess in the language selected.

The following foreign languages can be selected as majors:
- English - English Department
- Latin and Old Greek – Classical Languages
- French or Italian – Romance Languages
- two of the languages of Polish, Russian, Czech – Slavic Languages (for the second of the two languages, no previous knowledge is required).

The program in the major German Studies (‘Germanistik’) does not feature any language class modules.

In the supplementary area, more foreign languages and / or subject matter qualifications are acquired. Classes can be attended at the Faculty of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures as well as the Faculty of Philosophy, and either allow for an extra focus on other disciplines in the Humanities and Social Science or on the consolidation of the student’s own major.

A stay abroad is possible within the framework of the Master’s Program, but is not compulsory.

The program concludes with the completion of a Master’s thesis.