BA in German Studies

BA in German Studies

The aim of the BA German Studies is to train students in order to gain basic professional knowledge in the fields of the German language, culture and literature. The students enrolled in the program will also be able to use the German language both in oral and written form.

• You can acquire the German language at a high level.
• You will get to know the most important areas of German linguistics, culture and literature of the German-speaking countries.
• You will prepare for an MA course, e.g. MA German Language, Literature and Culture, MA German Teacher or MA Translator and Interpreter.

Semester 1

Language Skills: Listening and Reading Comprehension, Language Skills: Lexical exercises, Culture and Language: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Fundamentals of Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Literary History: post-1945 German Literature, German Languages and Cultures, Introduction to Language Studies

Semester 2

Language Skills: Speaking and Writing, Language Skills: Syntactic exercises, Culture and Language: Cultural History, Morphology, Literary History: German Literature from the Enlightenment to Romanticism, Fundamentals of Literature, The Basics of Cultural and Media Science

Semester 3

Syntax, Literary History: German Literature from Romanticism to Realism, Conversation I, Analysis of Literary Texts

Semester 4

Translation I, Literary History: German Literature from Modernity to 1945, Conversation II, Project seminar, Thesis Paper sem. A, Alternative subjects

Semester 5

Text Analysis, Lexicology, Semantics, Translation II, Thesis Paper sem. B, Alternative subjects

Semester 6

Literature and Culture, Project seminar, Alternative subjects, Thesis Paper sem. C, Professional practice,

The list of alternative subjects: Interpretation of Literary Texts, Literature and Mediality, Literary Genres and Border Genres, Translation and Culture, Intercultural Communication, Fundamentals of German Applied Linguistics, Media and Intermediality

Bi- and Multilingualism, Intercultural StudiesOptional specializations: Intercultural German Studies: international communication

The graduates can make a career at multinational companies, in tourism, administration, the media, at international and civil organizations.