Description
The Department of German Language and Literature offers specializations in Linguistics and Language Teaching or in Literature and Culture. Its aim is to train new scholars with an excellent and in-depth knowledge of the Department’s subjects, so that they acquire both the necessary skills for teaching German as a foreign language and a strong theoretical foundation, critical thinking abilities, and an appropriate methodological framework for research at an advanced level of study, including interdisciplinary research. Particular emphasis is also placed on familiarizing students with intercultural environments.
Relation to Employment
The study program aims to train new scholars with excellent and in-depth knowledge of the department’s subjects, equipping them both with the essential skills for teaching German as a foreign language and with a strong theoretical foundation, critical thinking abilities, and an appropriate methodological framework for advanced and interdisciplinary research. Special emphasis is also placed on familiarization with intercultural environments.
Access Requirements / Progression Opportunities
Admission to the program requires a Secondary School Leaving Certificate (High School Diploma) and successful participation in national-level examinations.
Knowledge
Students in the program gain academic knowledge in linguistics, German literature, comparative literature, teaching German as a foreign language, and translation studies, covering theoretical, historical, cultural, and practical aspects within a European and intercultural context.
Skills
Students in the program develop skills in theoretical and empirical linguistic research, literary analysis and comparison, teaching German using traditional and digital methods, translating literary, general, and specialized texts, as well as conference and community interpreting, applying their knowledge within a European and intercultural context.
Competences
Students develop abilities in conducting linguistic research, analyzing and comparing literary texts, teaching German in diverse educational and intercultural settings, translating and interpreting literary, general, and specialized texts, as well as performing practical conference and community interpreting.