Courses



Compulsory Modules (135 ECTS-Credits)
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Compulsory Module 4: Fundamentals of Media Studies (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students are able to scientifically name and appropriately assess the basic terms used in media studies. They are able to give an overview of central questions, approaches and results in media research and having gained an insight into the methods of media analysis they are able to recognise, describe and critically analyse them.
Compulsory Module 7: Theory of Literature and Methods of Literary Studies(2.5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: positive completion of compulsory module 3
Learning Outcome: Students are able to explain and assess literary theories and theoretical-methodological paradigms of literary science. They are able to grasp the historicity as well as the simultaneousness and the continuous differentiation of conceptualisations of literary theory and methodology and to critically assess the systematics of literary studies. They are able to describe hermeneutic and semiotic processes and to present and substantiate theoretical-methodological approaches for analysing literary texts.
Compulsory Module 9: Language Aquisition and Language Usage (5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students are able to present and describe the fundamentals of second language acquisition, interrelations between language and cognition, language and society and with this also linguistic variation and variability (social, medial, local, temporal). Phenomena related to society and individual phenomena in relation to language varieties and multilingualism can be discussed in a problem-oriented way. Students are able to present theoretical fundamentals and research methods in the field of oral communication and to analyse and classify specific communicative genres in the field of spoken language. Moreover they are able to outline the differences between written and spoken language and discuss standardisation in the field or oral communication.
Compulsory Module 13: Modern German Literary Studies II (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: positive completion of the compulsory modules 3, 7
Learning Outcome: Students are able to name interrelations of literary and cultural history with the example of representative authors, works and genres, especially from the 18th to the middle of the 19th century. They are able to describe the processes of canonisation and reception. They can outline the interactions developments in society, literature and cultural history (e.g. gender-specific developments) and are able to independently analyse and interpret literary texts based on scientific standards.
Compulsory Module 18: Advanced Topics in Literature (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: positive completion of the compulsory modules 10, 13
Learning Outcome: Ability to review and critically reflect on the state of research relating to a selected topic; competence to apply this knowledge to actual questions of literary science; adeptness in analysing texts and utterances from different perspectives of literary science; ability to present the results conclusively and corresponding to scientific norms within the scope of a seminar paper
Compulsory Module 19: Revision Course: Reading List (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: positive completion of the compulsory modules 10, 13
Learning Outcome: Students have a wide-ranging knowledge of literary history. They are able to formulate different approaches to interpretation, to assess literary texts in a differentiated and analytically founded way, not only with regards to developments in literary history with the example of authors and works, but also in relation to developments in contemporary literary life.
Compulsory Module 20: Bachelor's Thesis (10 ECTS-Credits, 1 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: For a Bachelor's Thesis in Contemporary Linguistics: successful completion of compulsory module 16 For a Bachelor's Thesis in Modern German Literary Science: successful completion of compulsory module 18 For a Bachelor's Thesis in Medieval German Literary Science or Medieval Linguistics: successful completion of compulsory module 17
Learning Outcome: Students are able to apply the theoretical and methodological instruments of German Philology for specific problems.

Notes:
  • There may still be changes in the courses offered as well as room allocation and course dates.
  • The course descriptions found in the English version of the course catalogue are for informational purposes only. Authoritative information can be found in the "Vorlesungsverzeichnis" (German version of the course catalogue).