BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (English and American Studies) at University of Erfurt

Six-semester Bachelor of Arts (180 ECTS) on the language, literature and culture of English-speaking countries. Most courses are taught in English, and the subject can be combined with a second subject in the Zwei-Fach-Bachelor.

Faculty: Philosophische Fakultät  |  Duration: 6 semesters (3 years), 180 ECTS  |  Study mode: full-time / part-time; German-taught and English-taught  |  Intake: Wintersemester  |  Location: Erfurt, Thüringen, Germany

What you will study

Four areas: linguistics (structure and use of English), literary studies (anglophone literature from the 19th century to the present), language practice (advanced English) and culture and history of Britain, North America and other English-speaking regions. Teaching didactics (Fachdidaktik) can be added for the teacher-training route.

Career pathways

Graduates work in tourism, translation and interpreting, publishing, documentation and archives, journalism, broadcasting, public relations, marketing and advertising, and diplomacy and NGOs; with a teacher-training Master of Education they teach English in schools.

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