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MA Deutsche Literatur und Kultur (Kombi, 45/75 LP) at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Programme overview

Deutsche Literatur und Kultur (45/75 LP) is a master combination subject that deepens competences in dealing with examples from the history and present of German-language literature and culture in a European context.

Faculty: Philosophische Fakultät II – Philologien, Kommunikations- und Musikwissenschaften  |  Department: Germanistisches Institut  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught; combination (Kombi) subject  |  Intake: Wintersemester  |  Location: Halle (Saale), Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

What you will study

Modules include key topics of language and literary studies, theory, history and fields of general and comparative literary studies, themes, materials and motifs, literary theory, poetics and aesthetics, and German literature. Two part-programmes of 45 CP are studied equally at first; the master thesis is written in one of them.

Career pathways

The degree qualifies for prominent positions in culture, politics and business, for example publishing and media, educational and cultural institutions, public relations and personnel development.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A first professional degree (usually a bachelor) in German language and literature or from literature or cultural studies, with at least 60 credit points in one of these subjects, and skills in two modern foreign languages or one modern foreign language and Latin. Subject-specific admission requirements apply. Open admission (no NC).

Intake: Wintersemester

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)

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

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