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Overview of the English Bachelor of Arts Program

The English Bachelor of Arts program at Humboldt University combines American studies, English literature and cultural science, and linguistics. It provides an overview of current developments, practical orientation, and close supervision by highly motivated teachers.

Program Structure

• Degree: Bachelor of Arts (combined bachelor's degree)
• Offered as: Core subject
• Standard period of study: 6 semesters
• Type of study: Undergraduate
• Teaching profession: Without teaching profession
• Application for the 1st subject semester: Summer semester, winter semester
• Admission restrictions (NC): Restricted admission in the 1st semester, restricted admission in higher semesters
• Language of instruction: German
• Application deadline: Overview of academic deadlines and dates

Program Content

The Bachelor's program in English provides fundamental knowledge in the fields of English and American language, literature, and cultural sciences. It develops subject-related key qualifications such as the well-founded, methodically trained ability to analyze and interpret linguistic and symbolic structures and texts in their cultural contexts. Supported by language practice offers, the program promotes text and cultural scientific competencies as well as the development of a theoretically reflected handling of the English language and English and American literatures and cultures (including media).

Modules and Credits

• Compulsory area (78 LP):
  • Module 01: Introduction to Linguistics (5 LP)
  • Module 02: Introduction to Literature (7 LP)
  • Module 03: Introduction to Culture (7 LP)
  • Module 04: Literary History (10 LP)
  • Module 05: Linguistics, History and Variation of English (6 LP)
  • Module 06: Linguistics, Grammar (7 LP)
  • Module 07: Advanced Language Studies (8 LP)
  • Module 09: Practical module (10 LP)
  • Module 10: Research Methodology and Research Skills (8 LP)
  • Module 16: Bachelor's thesis (10 LP)
• Subject-related elective area (22 LP):
  • From the areas of linguistics and literature, choose one module each:
    • Linguistics area
      • Module 11: Focus Module Linguistics I, Cognitive Linguistics (11 LP)
      • Module 12: Focus Module Linguistics II, Language in Context (11 LP)
    • Literature area
      • Module 13: Focus Module English Literature and Culture (11 LP)
      • Module 14: Focus Module American Literature and Culture (11 LP)
• Interdisciplinary elective area (20 LP):
  • Free choice, according to the central module catalog

Combination with Other Subjects

You are currently looking at the core subject. As a second subject, you can choose from the following study programs:

• Archaeology and Cultural History of Northeast Africa
• Business Administration
• Library and Information Science
• German
• German Literature
• Educational Sciences
• European Ethnology
• Evangelical Theology
• French
• German Linguistics
• Historical Sciences
• Gender Studies
• Greek
• Historical Linguistics
• Islamic Theology
• Italian
• Catholic Theology
• Classical Archaeology
• Cultural Studies
• Art and Image History
• Latin
• Mathematics
• Media Studies
• Musicology
• Philosophy
• Regional Studies Asia/Africa
• Russian
• Scandinavian Studies/Nordic Studies
• Slavic Languages and Literatures
• Social Sciences
• Spanish
• Hungarian Literature and Culture
• Economics

Alternative Study Programs

• English - Bachelor of Science, B.Sc.
• English - Bachelor of Arts, B.A. (teaching profession)
• English - Bachelor of Science, B.Sc. (teaching profession)
• English - Master of Education, M.Ed. (teaching profession)

Special Features

• The program combines American studies, English literature and cultural science, and linguistics.
• It provides an overview of current developments and practical orientation.
• Close supervision by highly motivated teachers.
• The program promotes text and cultural scientific competencies as well as the development of a theoretically reflected handling of the English language and English and American literatures and cultures.

Admission Requirements

• Proof of English language proficiency (level B2) in one of the following variants:
  1. School certificates: if English was taken as a continued foreign language in the last four half-years of the Abitur and completed with at least a grade of 4 (= 5 grade points)
  2. UNIcert II certificate: 3.0
  3. International English Language Testing System (IELTS) certificate (at least 5.0)
  4. Cambridge First Certificate in English (FCE): B-C
  5. Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL, internet-based test with 87 points, paper-based test with 560 points)

Career Prospects

• The program qualifies students for a variety of careers, including:
  • Editing and publishing
  • Translation and interpretation
  • Teaching and education
  • Journalism and media
  • Cultural management and tourism
  • International business and trade

Further Education Opportunities

• Master's programs in English literature, American studies, European literatures, linguistics, and German literature.
• Information on master's programs can be found in the study program.