Master English and American Studies European Joint Master‘s Degree in English and American Studies

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Contact & Student‘s Councelling

Dr. Susan Brähler, tel. 0049 951 863 2170An der Universität 9, room 2.01susan.braehler@uni-bamberg.de

MA English and American Studies: www.uni-bamberg.de/ma-easJoint Degree Programme: www.uni-bamberg,de/ma-jdeas

Requirements

• BAinEnglishandAmericanStudiesoracorrespondinguniversitydegreethatcontains45ormoreECTSobtainedinEnglishandAmericanStudies.

• highproficiencyinEnglish,accountedforbyoneoftheestablishedlanguagecertificates(TOEFL:100(onlinetest);250(computer-based);600(paper)orhigher;IELTS:7.0orhigher;CambridgeProficienyExam:A)

Application Deadlines MA English and American Studies

15July(forstartofprogrammeinwinterterm)15February(forstartofprogrammeinsummerterm)

Application Deadline European Joint Master‘s Degree

15April(seehomepageforapplicationprocedure)

Your future

AsanMAgraduate,youwillpossessin-depthknowledgeoftheEnglishlanguageandahighlinguisticcompetence–inspeakingaswellasinwriting.Youwillbeabletoindependentlyandcriticallyassessandanalysetextsandotherculturalartefactsandyouwillalsobetrainedindescribingandevaluatingculturalphenomenaandstructures,usingasophisticatedsetoftheoriesandmethods.Youwillbefamiliarwithanglophoneculturesandhaveskillsthatenableyoutoworkinjobsthatfocusonculturalmediationandinternationalcommunication.

Amongyourfutureprofessionalareasarepublishinghouses,literaryinstitutionsandculturalorganisations.Youmayworkinjournalism,PRormarketing,inadulteducationortourism.GoodorverygoodMAgraduatesmaycontinuetheiracademiccareerbyenrollingforaPhDprogrammeandjoiningtheBambergGraduateSchoolofLiterary,CulturalandMediaStudies(BaGraLCM).

English and American Studies in BambergTheMAprogramme“EnglishandAmericanStudies”givesyoutheopportunitytostudyindepththelanguages,literaturesandculturesoftheanglophoneworld.

Youcoverfourareasofstudy–linguistics,literaryandculturalstudiesandlanguageproficiency.Youthusgainadiverseandin-depthknowledgeoftheEnglishlanguage,itsstructuresaswellasitsvarietiesthroughoutanglophonecultures.Apartfromafocusoninterdisciplinaryresearchandculturalstudies,ourprogrammeconcentratesonthehistoricaldevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguage,itsliteraturesandcultures.Withmorethan250partneruniversitiesin60countries,theUniversityofBambergisaninternationalone.Youwillbeencouragedtostudyonesemesterabroad,ideallyinoneofourpartneruniversitiesintheUK,theUSA,CanadaorAustralia.AtBamberg,youwillstudyinaversatileprogrammethattrainsyouracademic,communicativeandculturalcompetence,preparingyouforavarietyofdifferentprofessions.

Programme Structure

Threemastermodulesintheareasoflinguistics,literarystudiesandculturalstudiesarethebackboneforallsubsequentcourses.Later,youhavetheopportunitytofocusoneitheroneortwooftheseareasofstudy.Thelanguageproficiencycoursesaremeanttoimproveyourreading,writingandspeakingskillsinEnglish.Additionally,youcantakecoursesfromanothersubjectofyourchoicetaughtattheUniversityofBamberg.

Outstanding professor/student ratioYouwillstudyinsmallclassesandawarmandfriendlyenvironment.Rankingsregularlyconfirmthegoodavailabilityofourinstructorsandcounsellors.

InternationalityInadditiontothemanyexchangeprogrammesofferedwithforeignuniversities,wecontinuallywelcomeguestprofessorsfortalksandseminarsthatyoucanintegrateintoyourcurriculum.Weregularlyorganizeexcursions,mostrecentlytoLondon,Edinburgh,MaltaandPuertoRico.

Extra-curricular activitiesWithfellowstudentsfromallovertheworld,youwillfinditeasytoconnectwithothers.Inourworkshops,youcanpracticeyourEnglishinnon-academiccontexts:forourcreativewritingworkshops,weinviteauthorsortheatrepractitioners.OurownBambergUniversityEnglishDramaGroup(BUEDG)invitesstudentstotakepartinimprovisedactingworkshopsandregularlystagesplays.

Profile

TheEuropeanJointMaster‘sDegreeinEnglishandAmericanStudiesisaninternationaldegreeissuedbyBambergandfiveotheruniversitiesinGraz,NewYork,Paris,PécsandVenice.Theuniversitiesintheconsortiumworktogethertoprovideahighqualityinternationalcurriculumwithregionalaspects.Studentsthatchoosethisprogrammestudyonesemesteratoneofthepartneruniversity.AftersuccessfulcompletionofthefullprogrammestudentswillbeawardedthejointMAdegreeofthesixcoremembersoftheconsortiumidentifyingthecorrespondingequivalentpercountry,andreceiveadiplomasupplement.Forthisdegree,specialapplicationrequirementsapply.

Special Programme: European Joint Master‘s Degree