Program Overview

Program Overview

The Eastern European and East-Central European Studies program is an interdisciplinary approach to examining the culture and history of Slavic countries. This program combines solid language training with fundamental knowledge and skills in language, literature, history, and cultural studies.

Facts and Formalities

• Degree: Bachelor of Arts
• Type of program: Undergraduate
• Start of program: Winter and summer semester
• Standard period of study: 6 semesters
• Language(s) of instruction: German, partially Slavic languages
• Fees and contributions: 161.10 € per semester
• Application procedure: Subjects with no admission restrictions
• Application deadlines: Information about deadlines can be obtained after putting together a degree program
• Part-time option: Yes

Course Content

The degree program in Eastern European and East-Central European Studies provides students with an interdisciplinary examination of the interrelationships between languages, literature, culture, and history of Eastern and East-Central Europe. This includes the Russian-, Polish-, Czech-, Serbo-Croatian-, and Bulgarian-speaking regions. The program offers in-depth knowledge of two Slavic languages and provides an overview of the historical and cultural development of the Slavic countries.

Course Structure

The degree program is dual in nature, consisting of theoretical modules (history and cultural studies) and language acquisition modules. These are complemented by interdisciplinary competences, an excursion, and a module on Interdisciplinarity and Internationality. The theoretical modules provide an introduction to the fundamentals and methodology of History, Cultural Studies, Literature, and Linguistics. Students receive intensive instruction in Russian and a second language offered at the Institute of Slavic Studies.

Theoretical Modules

• Lectures
• Seminars
• Tutorials
• Introductory, intermediate, and advanced modules
• Instruction in the history and culture of Eastern and East-Central Europe
• Practice of core techniques for producing academic work, including:
  • Source and literature research
  • Working with texts and sources
  • Summarization and presentation of academic work

Language Acquisition Modules

• Intensive instruction in Russian and a second language (Polish, Czech, Serbo-Croatian, or Bulgarian)
• Synergetic effects: literary texts, historical sources, and subject-specific literature are read in the original language from the beginning, aiding in language acquisition

Specialization

• Focus on linguistics or literary studies from the second year of study
• Continuation of this focus in the specialization phase in the third year of study
• Decision to write the B.A. thesis in the area of Eastern European History or in the profile area of Slavic Studies in the final phase

Additional Degrees

• Bachelor 25%
• Bachelor 50%
• Bachelor 75%