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MA Ethnologie / Social and Cultural Anthropology (Kombi, 45/75 LP) at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Programme overview

Ethnologie / Social and Cultural Anthropology (45/75 LP) is a master combination subject teaching subject-specific and transferable skills for investigating and analysing contemporary societies and cultures.

Faculty: Philosophische Fakultät I – Sozialwissenschaften und Historische Kulturwissenschaften  |  Department: Institut für Ethnologie und Philosophie, Seminar für Ethnologie  |  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 an advanced course on theories of social and cultural anthropology, history of ethnology, mediality and knowledge, public anthropology and current problems and theories, plus an optional final module. The master combines two part-programmes (45 CP each at first); the master thesis is written in one of them.

Career pathways

The programme builds career-relevant skills such as independent research of information and knowledge.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A first professional degree (usually a bachelor) with at least 60 credit points in ethnology or a comparable field, and English at B2 level. 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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