BA German Studies (Minor) at Friedrich Schiller University Jena

German Linguistics at the University of Jena is represented by the Institute of German Linguistics and the Institute of German Literature, which are closely interlinked. Here, the German language and its literature are researched and taught in their entire breadth: in literature from the medieval heroic epic to contemporary prose and in linguistics from the level of the sound to word formation and grammar to text analysis.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Humanities  |  Department: Institute of German Literature  |  Duration: 6 semesters (60 ECTS)  |  Study mode: full-time or part-time; German-taught  |  Intake: Winter semester  |  Location: Jena, Thüringen, Germany

What you will study

A multi-subject Bachelor's degree consists of a major subject with 120 credit points (abbreviation: LP / 1 LP = 30 hours of attendance, preparation and follow-up work / follow-up activity, learning and assessed coursework and examinations) and a supplementary subject with 60 LP.

Career pathways

The Bachelor's degree qualifies students for subject areas that focus on cultural, communicative and linguistic skills, for example media, advertising, literary publicity, editing, cultural management, public relations, specialist journalism, adult education, literary and cultural work and theatre.

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