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Economic and Social History University of Marburg

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Degree

ist abhängig vom gewählten Hauptfach

Standard period of study (amount)

6 semesters

Location

Overview and admission

Study Type

undergraduate

Admission semester

Summer and Winter Semester

Area of study

  • History
  • Economic History, Social History

Focus

Introduction to the principles of historical work (independent literature research, electronic research, source study, etc.), Overview of the research fields, problems, core processes and periodisations of economic and social history, Acquisition of interdisciplinary skills through basic modules in selected neighbouring disciplines, Deepening and broadening of historical factual and methodological knowledge in the field of economic and social history

Annotation

Minor subject in the combination Bachelor's degree course - only possible in combination with a major subject Standard period of study: 6 or 8 semesters (depending on combination) The degree depends on the major subject chosen. 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 Studying the minor subject sub-course "Economic and Social History" enables you to explain, analyse and discuss economic and social historical processes of the past and present. Import modules from various Economics and Social Sciences degree courses provide you with interdisciplinary basic skills (e.g. Geography, Ethnology, Economics, Political Science, Sociology). The acquisition of theoretical and methodological skills enables you to understand economic and social developments and to describe their interaction with politics, culture, technology and institutions. In doing so, you can weigh up and use methods from the two fields of economics and history. 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

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