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MA Media Culture Studies (Medienkulturwissenschaft) at University of Passau

University of Passau, Germany

Programme overview

Research-oriented master's analysing media in their aesthetic, cultural and historical contexts, linking media and cultural studies, media aesthetics, text and culture semiotics and comparative European cultural studies. Includes a master class/conference with students' own research projects and prepares for a doctorate.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities and Cultural Studies  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years), 120 ECTS  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: Winter and summer semester  |  Location: Passau, Bayern, Germany

What you will study

Three module areas: foundations and methods (40 ECTS) including audiovisual analysis, semiotics, media aesthetics and a teaching research project; research fields (40 ECTS); and the master's thesis.

Career pathways

Graduates work wherever media and culture are analysed, knowledge is prepared, communication is designed or cultural holdings are catalogued and mediated.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Degree with a grade of at least 2.5 or top 50% of the cohort in a humanities, media and communication, cultural, semiotics or philology subject (or at least 40 ECTS in media, cultural, text studies or semiotics); German C1. Applications: summer semester 1 November to 15 January; winter semester 15 April to 15 July (EEA degrees) or 1 April to 30 June (via uni-assist).

Intake: Winter and summer semester

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years), 120 ECTS

Apply through the official page: https://www.uni-passau.de/bewerbung-einschreibung

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