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North American Studies

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  • University University of Marburg
  • Degree Master of Arts
  • Degree Master of Arts, M.A.
  • Study Type Second cycle
  • Mode of admission without admission restriction
  • Beginning Students First-year students can only apply or register for the winter semester.
  • Standard period of study (amount) 4 semesters
  • Study Mode (elucidation) full time; international course
  • Location (main / branches campus) Marburg
  • Admission semester winter semester
  • Subject

    Das North American Studies gehört zum Studienbereiche Regional Studies der Fächergruppe Language and Cultural Studies.

    Weitere Informationen zum Studienbereich Regional Studies.

    Weitere Informationen zur Fächergruppe Language and Cultural Studies.

     North American Studies

  • Areas of Concentration It provides students with the opportunity of specialising in the areas of Gender Studies and Media Studies.
  • Field of study
    • Target group Graduates of a professionally qualifying certificate of academic degree with a minimum grade of at least 2.7 in the areas of American Studies, British Studies or Anglophone Studies or a certificate of academic degree acquired at a university or equivalent in the Federal Republic of Germany or abroad and recognised as equivalent to a literary-culturally oriented degree course.
    • kind of Master course according to the KMK consecutive
    • Main instruction language English
    • Annotation of the Higher Education Institution Allgemeines:
      Der englischsprachige Masterstudiengang „North American Studies“ beschäftigt sich mit den komplexen Literaturen und Kulturen Nordamerikas, vor allem der USA und Kanadas, aber auch der Karibik und Lateinamerikas und leistet interdisziplinäre Lehre und Forschungsarbeit.

      Zentrale Untersuchungsaspekte sind die facettenreiche Interkulturalität der jeweiligen Länder, die mit Hilfe von neu entwickelten Methoden und Disziplinen, u.a. auch nationen- und grenzüberschreitend, analysiert werden. Neben der Literatur erhältst du Einblicke in kulturelle Phänomene wie z.B. TV-Serien, Filme, Bilddarstellungen, Musik, aber auch in politische und historische Entwicklungen.

      Schwerpunkte:
      Studierende lernen zusätzlich die Perspektiven der Gender Studies, Ethnic Studies und Media Studies kennen.
    • Course Website
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      Link to the programme in the Accreditation Council database
  • Access and Admission Requirements
    • Mode of admission without admission restriction
    • Admission semester winter semester
    • At least 30 CP should have been obtained in the literary-cultural field, including at least 15 CP for North American specific content. If the content specific to North America does not appear from the certificate or the transcript of records, the applicant must prove this in an appropriate manner.
      more information regarding admission requirements
    • Completion of first university degree Bachelor/Bakkalaureus
      (and other qualifications, provided that they are recognised as being equivalent)
  • Programme Dates and Deadlines
  • Contact / contact person
    • International Students and applicants are kindly requested to contact the International Office:
    • Referat für Internationalsierung und Wissenschaftliche Kooperationen / International Office
    • Street address Deutschhausstrasse 11 + 13, 35037 Marburg
    • international(at)uni-marburg.de
    • Internetpage of the institution
    • Contact / contact person for this program
    • Bezeichnung Kontaktstelle Philipps-Universität Marburg Fachbereich Fremdsprachliche Philologien Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
    • Contact person Prof. Dr. Carmen Birkle
    • Street address Wilhelm-Röpke-Straße 6 F, 35032 Marburg
    • Phone 06421 / 2824345
    • Fax 06421 / 2824343
    • Zentrale Allgemeine
      Studienberatung (ZAS)
    • Street address Biegenstraße 10, 35037 Marburg
    • Phone 06421 28-22222
    • Fax 06421 28-26037
    • zas(at)uni-marburg.de
    • Internetpage of the institution

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