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German Language and Literature

Master of Arts (M.A.)

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Regelstudienzeit 4 semesters
Studienbeginn Winter semester , Summer semester
Zugangsbeschränkung Ja
Unterrichtssprache German
Credit Points / Leistungspunkte

Subject: 90 CP + Master’s Thesis: 30 CP = 120 CP

Course description

A master’s programme in German Language and Literature can be completed at the University of Cologne as a single-subject or dual-subject master’s degree.

Students specialise in two subdisciplines (Modern German Literature, German Linguistics or Medieval German Language and Literature) in the single-subject master’s degree, while the focus can be placed on one or two of the subdisciplines in the dual-subject master’s degree.

Both master’s degrees entitle the holders to undertake doctoral studies.

Key areas of research at the Department of German Language and Literature I

German Language and Literature in Cologne gains its profile due to an integrated education in all three subdisciplines as well as its attractive specialisms:

  • Theories of Grammar
  • Rhetoric and Performance
  • Historical Linguistics and Philosophy of Language
  • Literature and Culture of the Middle Ages
  • Contemporary Literature
  • Media History, Film and Media Theory
  • Structure of the German Language
  • Cultural History, Cultural Studies and Cultural Theory
  • Literature and the History of Knowledge
  • Gender and Women’s Studies
  • Language and Cognition

The lecturers in the department cover an extraordinarily wide range of subjects and methods in a field of tension between applicability and fundamental research, empiricism and theory, history and contemporary cultural practices.

In addition, the subjects in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities are linked with other disciplines through the teaching and research centres: exciting lecture series and workshops held on a regular basis broaden your horizons. You can see your subject in wider contexts, which also benefits you in your later professional practice.