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BA Ethnologie (Social and Cultural Anthropology) at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

Programme overview

Cultural and social science that seeks to understand the diversity of human ways of life and relationships. Offered as a core or minor subject within the two-subject bachelor.

Faculty: Fachbereich 07 - Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften  |  Department: Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien  |  Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)  |  Study mode: full-time (German-taught; Two-subject bachelor)  |  Intake: Summer and winter semester  |  Location: Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

What you will study

Builds intercultural competence, analysis of social inequality and the ability to represent content in talks, texts, films, audio and exhibitions.

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Entry requirements

No admission restriction (no Numerus clausus). Good English reading ability (no separate proof) and strong interest in culturally different lifeworlds. German proficiency for international applicants: DSH-2 or equivalent.

Intake: Summer and winter semester

Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)

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