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MA Literature - Art - Culture at Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

Programme overview

The interdisciplinary Master of Arts in Literature - Art - Culture programme extends your knowledge of one of the following bodies of literature: In addition, you may select individual specialisation areas in art, philosophy, cultural anthropology, history, classical archaeology, or other fields of literature studies.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Humanities  |  Department: Institute of English and American Studies  |  Duration: 4 semesters (120 ECTS)  |  Study mode: full-time or part-time; German-taught  |  Intake: Winter semester, Summer semester  |  Location: Jena, Thüringen, Germany

What you will study

This master's programme allows you to examine topics within a philological subject area in comparison with other national bodies of literature, in conjunction with other arts and media, and in the context of history and cultural history.

Career pathways

This programme will qualify you for careers with such employers as the media, the publishing industry, the book trade, cultural institutions, and (further) education.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Undergraduate degree or equivalent: For this master's programme you need a subject-specific undergraduate degree (minimum 6 semesters/180 ECTS-Credits) with either a core or supplementary subjects in the fields of Classical Studies, English and American Studies, German Linguistics, German Literature Studies, Romance Studies, Slavonic Studies, Greek or Latin Philology or Medieval and New Latin from the Friedrich Schiller University Jena or an equivalent degree from another University. Language requirements: This master's programme requires the following language proficiencies: proficiency in two foreign languages (modern foreign languages: level B1 (CEFR), 'Latinum'; 'Graecum'); the attendance to modules involving a foreign language philology requires sufficient proficiency in the respective foreign language; international applicants: German language proficiency at minimum level DSH-2 (or a recognised equivalent).

Intake: Winter semester, Summer semester

Duration: 4 semesters (120 ECTS)

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