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Vergleichende Kultur- und Religionswissenschaft / Comparative Studies in Culture and Religions (Bachelor of Arts)
Program: Vergleichende Kultur- und Religionswissenschaft / Comparative Studies in Culture and Religions
Degree: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Program length: 6 semesters / 3 years (180 ECTS points)
The Vergleichende Kultur- und Religionswissenschaft / Comparative Studies in Culture and Religions program enables you to study the three subjects of European Ethnology/Cultural Studies, Religious Studies, and Cultural and Social Anthropology as one bachelor's program with three major topics. The program provides you with fundamental scientific knowledge in the field of Cultural and Religious Studies, and additionally enables you to apply this knowledge professionally in a broad field.
During the program, you will become familiar with the forms of everyday ways of living and popular cultural phenomena in European and non-European contexts, both present and historical. This is not only on a theoretical level, but also through your own small-scale empirical research. You will acquire knowledge in the field of cultural, ethnic and religious phenomena and problem areas, and skills intended to qualify you for practical cultural work.
Major topics
The Vergleichende Kultur- und Religionswissenschaft / Comparative Studies in Culture and Religions bachelor's program is interdisciplinary, but also considers specific disciplinary competencies, in that the three major study topics of European Ethnology/Cultural Studies, Religious Studies, and Cultural and Social Anthropology are available to students to choose from, in order to specialize in one of them over the course of the program.
Objectives
The Vergleichende Kultur- und Religionswissenschaft / Comparative Studies in Culture and Religions program qualifies you to a high degree to carry out a profession. Internships, major study topics and interests primarily determine the direction of later professional activity. Jobs appropriate to the education are possible in the following professional fields:
- Public and private cultural institutions
- Museums
- Science (universities, research institutions)
- Media (including publishers)
- Adult education
- International institutions and organizations
- Congresses and exhibitions
- Public and private consulting and expert institutions
Admission requirements
Education certificates 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 Certifications of program-specific knowledge and skills to be submitted prior to admission German Skills:
DSH 2
Other language Skills:
Skills in two foreign languages at Level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
If Latin or Ancient Greek skills apply, these must be certified at the level of the Latinum or Graecum by university entrance qualification certificate or otherwise.
If the required language skills in the second foreign language at Level B1 are not acquired, admission is granted with the condition that they will be certified by re-registration for the 3rd semester.Restricted admission None Who can answer questions?
Technical questions about your application
Content-related questions about the program
Dr. Antje van Elsbergen
Deutschhausstr. 3, Room A105 (+1/1050)
35032 Marburg
Tel.: +49 6421/28 23783
Email: ave@staff.uni-marburg.de
Office hoursFormal 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)
