English Literature and Culture Mainz University

Study Type

undergraduate

Admission semester

Summer and Winter Semester

Focus

Literature of Great Britain and Ireland, Culture of Great Britain and Ireland, New Literatures in English, Contemporary Drama, Contemporary Poetry, British Studies

Annotation

In the dual subject Bachelor of Arts degree course (core/subsidiary subject), English Literature and Culture can be chosen as a core or subsidiary subject. Prospective students can familiarise themselves with the subject during a taster day (www.studium.uni-mainz.de/schnuppertage).

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

Admission requirements

“Practical Language Entrance Test” (Common European Framework of Reference C1). Students who fail the test (i.e. solve fewer than 50% of the set tasks) may not take part in the exercises of the basic modules GMK I-IV, GMB I,II and GME I-III (BA American Studies and British Literature and Culture) or Modules 1 and 2 (BA Teaching Qualification). However, they are permitted to attend Lectures 124 and 133 as well as Introduction to Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Students may also provide proof of their command of English through equivalent language certificates. The following documentation is accepted as substitutes for the practical language entrance test: - “Certificate in Advanced English” (provider: Cambridge ESOL; Minimum grade: C) - “Certificate of Proficiency in English” (provider: Cambridge ESOL; Minimum grade: C) - “Test of English as a Foreign Language” (TOEFL; Providers: Educational Testing Service) The test results must be no more than two years old in all cases.

Main language

English