Study Slavic studies (Sub-discipline LLC, Bachelor) ✔ TU Dresden

Degree program in which this course can be chosen

Please see the corresponding degree program for more detailed information and application modalities:

Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies (Bachelor)

Notes on the application process

For applications for joint degree programs where at least one subject has restricted admission requirements, the application deadline for restricted admission degree programs applies.

General information for the course

One of the main focuses of the Slavic Studies program at TU Dresden – in addition to learning Slavic languages (Russian, Polish, Czech, Polish, Sorbian) – is the linguistic analysis of these languages. The program comprises fundamentals, methods and subject matters of Slavic linguistics, literature, and cultural studies as well as of intercultural communication, and it conveys knowledge about the key topics of Slavic research in history and at present. During their studies, students acquire application-oriented, methodical and communicative skills, which are a prerequisite for analyzing, reflecting on, and explaining characteristics, mechanisms and structures specific to language, text, culture and society. The Institute of Slavic Studies cooperates with a large number of universities and research facilities and enables students to gain an insight into the research at Slavic partner facilities.

Study contents

In the sub-discipline Slavic Studies, students acquire – in addition to a secure command of a Slavic language (Polish, Russian or Czech) – an overview of the language, literature and culture of the country on the basis of academic methods over the course of their studies. This overview covers the period from medieval beginnings to the present. In addition, they acquire practical language skills, which they then consolidate and expand at university level.

Students acquire broad, fundamental knowledge and specialize in a specific area. They acquire analytical, methodological and communicative skills and learn to analyze, reflect on, explain and teach characteristics, mechanisms and structures specific to language, text, culture and society.

By the time students submit their Bachelor’s theses, they must provide evidence of having stayed in Poland, Czechia or a Russian-speaking country for a least five weeks.

Modules:

1st year
In three fundamental modules, students acquire an overview of essential aspects of linguistics, literature and cultural studies as well as the foundations of academic work and they systematically develop their language skills in the language module.
— Fundamentals of linguistics
— Fundamentals of literary studies
— Fundamentals of cultural studies/academic work
— Language practice 1

2nd year
Students consolidate their knowledge in two specialized modules. In addition, language skills and language awareness are systematically consolidated in the language module.
— Diachronic and synchronic linguistics
— Philological cultural studies
— Language practice 2

3rd year
Students specialize in the field of “Cultural linguistics” or “Philological cultural studies.” In the Language practice module, students broaden and deepen their knowledge and communicative skills.
— Cultural linguistics
— Philological cultural studies II
— Language practice 3

Students must also write a Bachelor’s thesis if Slavic Studies is their first sub-discipline. They have a period of eight weeks for this. The topic of the thesis is usually based on a subject from a module taken in the third academic year.

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Study documents

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