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North American Studies / North American Studies (minor subject in a combined bachelor’s degree)

Program: North American Studies / North American Studies
Degree: depends on the major chosen
Program option: minor subject in a combined bachelor's degree
Study model: combined bachelor's degree
Program length: 6/8 semesters / 3/4 years (180/ 210 ECTS points) (depending on the combination)
Start: Winter semester 

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As a student of this minor subject, you will receive a literary and cultural education in American and Canadian Studies. You will learn how to deal critically with traditional and modern methods of literary textual and media analysis and will gain a basic knowledge of cultural theory (conceptual fields, discourse, history). The goal is to acquire initial intercultural skills and the ability to conduct a critical cultural analysis with the help of illustrative themes such as populism or ethnic and cultural diversity.

Prospects

The course will open up a number of professional fields and master’s degree programmes to you, which require not only linguistic skills and cultural knowledge of the United States of America and, to some extent, Canada, but also technological expertise as well as networked thinking and communication skills. During your studies, you will develop teamwork, discussion and media skills. A stay abroad will make you a competitive expert in English-language cultures on the international labour market.

The acquired skills will enable you to work in academia, publishing, the media, web technologies, PR, teaching jobs in business and industry, human resources, advertising, politics, trade and commerce, and consulting. Special professional fields include cultural work in embassies, science ministries, knowledge management, project management, content marketing, the library sector, migration counselling and international offices.

A minor subject will help you to extend your professional qualifications profile, which is decisively shaped by the choice of your major subject. In conjunction with your major subject, your relevant work experience (e.g. internships, part-time jobs, voluntary work) and your personal skills, it will enable you to refine your profile and carve out your own individual array of career options.

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  Education certificate: 
  General higher education entrance qualification, subject-related higher education entrance qualification, technical college entrance qualification or master’s certificate and comparable certificates from advanced professional training or professional qualifications 
  
  

  Knowledge and skills specific to the course to be demonstrated prior to admission:
  The course requires good English skills, which must be demonstrated with the help of school graduation certificate. Here it is necessary to demonstrate that the English language was taught for at least five years before the qualification that entitles you to university admission and that the final grade, if need be the average grade of the last two years before the higher education entrance qualification, amounted to at least 10 points (“good”).
  
  Alternatively, the language skills can be demonstrated by a certificate from an internationally recognised language test, which must be produced when you apply.
  
  Foreign applicants must demonstrate knowledge of the German language. The German language test for university admission, level DSH II is required for this.
  
  Restricted admission: 
  For application or enrolment, it is necessary to select one major and depending on the combination one minor subjects in the online application
  
  Cannot be combined with:
  North American Studies (major subject)

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  Technical questions about your application

  Uni-assist
  
  

  Content-related questions about the program

  Prof. Dr. Carmen Birkle
  Institute for English and American Studies
  Wilhelm-Röpke-Straße 6 F
  Block F, Room 110
  35032 Marburg
  Tel.: (+49) 06421 28-24345
  Fax: (+49) 06421 28-24343
  E-Mail: birkle@staff.uni-marburg.de
  Office Hour: Thursday 11AM  – 1PM and by appointment

  Formal questions about your application

  Ellen Huth
  Tel.: +49 6421/28 22222
  Email: application@uni-marburg.de
  
  Office hours: Mondays - Fridays 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Central European Time)

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  Applying with foreign university entrance qualification

  Application deadlines

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