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BA Geschichte (Kombi, 120 LP) at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Programme overview

Geschichte (120 LP) is a bachelor combination subject teaching the foundations of historical work, the main sources, problems and methodological approaches, and central problems of antiquity, the pre-modern period and the modern period.

Faculty: Philosophische Fakultät I – Sozialwissenschaften und Historische Kulturwissenschaften  |  Department: Institut für Geschichte  |  Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught; combination (Kombi) subject  |  Intake: Wintersemester  |  Location: Halle (Saale), Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

What you will study

Subject modules (90 CP), key skills (10 CP), an internship (10 CP) and the bachelor thesis (10 CP); modules include a basic module, introduction modules on antiquity, pre-modern and modern history, methods and auxiliary sciences, an archive module and theory.

Career pathways

History is primarily a study of methods; the ways of thinking and working acquired form the basis for many professional fields.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Hochschulzugangsberechtigung (usually the Abitur) or entry through a trial study period (Probestudium) or the Feststellungsprüfung for vocationally qualified applicants. Knowledge of English, a further modern foreign language and Latin is expected at the start or by the end of the second semester. Open admission (no NC).

Intake: Wintersemester

Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)

Apply through the official page: https://www.uni-halle.de/bewerben

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