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Ancient Languages and Cultures
Master of Arts (M.A. Dual Major)
| Regelstudienzeit | 4 semesters |
|---|---|
| Studienbeginn | Winter semester , Summer semester |
| Unterrichtssprache | German |
| Credit Points / Leistungspunkte |
Subject A: 51 CP + Subject B: 39 CP + Master’s Thesis (in Subject A): 30 CP = 120 CP |
Course description
Ancient Languages and Cultures (ASuK) offers the following fields of study in the master’s degree:
• Egyptology
• Ancient History
• Byzantine Studies
• Greek Philology
• Historical and Comparative Linguistics
• Jewish Studies (Will no longer be offered from winter semester 2024/25!)
• Latin Philology
• Medieval Latin Philology
• Papyrology, Epigraphy and Numismatics of Antiquity (PEN).
The lecturers involved in the individual fields of study within Ancient Languages and Cultures represent an unusual diversity and breadth of additional key areas of research, which offer master’s students and doctoral candidates an excellent environment for interdisciplinary research: They cover the whole range of language, literature, history, material culture and art of antiquity and, in individual areas, also of the Middle Ages and the course is characterised by a large proportion of fundamental research (e.g. excavations, editions). You can find more details on the websites of the departments involved and the homepages of the individual academics.
Egyptology: http://aegyptologie.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de
Ancient History: http://alte-geschichte.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/
Byzantine Studies, Greek Philology, Latin Studies, Medieval Latin, (PEN): http://ifa.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/
Jewish Studies: http://judaistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/21911.html
Historical and Comparative Linguistics:http://ifl.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/27130.html