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North American Studies University of Marburg

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Degree

Bachelor of Arts

Standard period of study (amount)

6 semesters

Location

Overview and admission

Study Type

undergraduate

Admission semester

Winter Semester only

Area of study

  • English Studies
  • American Studies
  • Cultural Studies
  • North American Studies

Focus

intensive literary and cultural studies as well as practical language training in the field of American and Canadian Studies, Training in critical handling of classical and modern methods of literary text and media analysis, Acquisition of basic knowledge of cultural theory (conceptual fields, discourses, history), Improvement of English language proficiency, Acquisition of a critical view of the past and present of North American literature, Developments in the United States of America and partly in Canada from a historical literary and cultural perspective

Annotation

Major subject in combination Bachelor's degree course - only possible in combination with one or two minor subjects Standard period of study: 6 or 8 semesters (depending on combination) Further information on the structure of the combination Bachelor's degree course can be found here: https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/studieninteressierte/studienmoeglichkeiten/kombibachelor In the major subject North American Studies, you receive intensive literary and cultural studies as well as practical language training in the field of American and Canadian Studies. Use literary text and media analysis and approaches of cultural theory to understand the interplay between literature, culture, history and medicine and to develop a critical view of contemporary North American cultural-political developments such as populism, ethnic and cultural diversity or matters of gender politics. In addition, you will improve your English language skills. An integral part of the degree course is the MarSkills programme, in which you acquire attractive and future-oriented key skills (see https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/fb09/igs/arbeitsgruppen/sprechwissenschaft/marskills/was-ist-marskills).

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

Lecture period

  • 22.04.2025 - 25.07.2025
  • 13.10.2025 - 13.02.2026

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Tuition fee

Fees

Currently, the German federal state of Hesse does not charge tuition fees.

Languages of instruction

Main language

German

Further languages

English

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