MA Germanistik: Sprache-Literatur-Medien (German Studies: Language, Literature, Media) at University of Koblenz

The MA Germanistik develops the competence to analyse and assess processes of mediation in language and literature independently and to convey findings to society, with individual supervision and an international orientation. It is based on current theories and methods of a culture-oriented German studies, including hermeneutics, post-structuralism, media theory and discourse analysis.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Philologie / Kulturwissenschaften)  |  Department: Institut für Germanistik  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught; on campus  |  Intake: Winter and summer semester  |  Location: Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

What you will study

Eight modules in total, including a research module, a five-week internship and an elective area. Module topics include alterity and strangeness, mediality and multimodality, perceiving and understanding, figures of mediation, and structure and dynamics.

Career pathways

Graduates can work in research (including doctorates), cultural institutions such as theatres, language institutes and museums, publishing, cultural journalism in press, radio and television, and public relations and cultural mediation.

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