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Bachelor Minor in English (60 ECTS): Module Groups

Disclaimer: The applicable legal regulations can be found in the framework ordinance (Rahmenverordnung) and the program regulation (Studienordnung) for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. The information below is for illustrative purposes only and should be regarded as a recommendation. In case of any contradictions between this document and the legal regulations or between the German version and a translation, only the legal regulations or the German version, respectively, have legal bearing.

Module Groups

  • In the Bachelor Minor in English Literature and Linguistics (60 ECTS), there are four different module groups.
  • At the end of each semester, students will receive a semester transcript with all the modules that they have completed so far. On the transcript, the modules will be listed under the module group to which they belong.
  • The modules belonging to each of the six groups are listed below.

Introduction to English Literature and Linguistics

Modules offered on a regular basis

  • starting in the fall semester

440-010

Introduction to English Linguistics

9 ECTS

440-020

English Literature: Textual Analysis

9 ECTS

440-030

Language Skills and Culture: Introduction

12 ECTS

English Linguistics

Modules offered on a regular basis

  • starting in the fall semester:

440-100

History of the English Language 1: Focus on Old English

6 ECTS

440-120

Focus on Language Structure

6 ECTS

440-121

Focus on Language Use

6 ECTS

  • starting in the spring semester:

440-110

History of the English Language 2: Focus on Middle English

6 ECTS

440-123

Focus on Variation and Change

6 ECTS

440-124

Focus on Language and the Mind

6 ECTS

521-020

Focus on Phonetics and Phonology

6 ECTS

Other types of modules

(440-s03)

Elective Lectures in Linguistics*

3 ECTS

Note: The modules listed in this group should only be taken by students who have successfully completed both "Language Skills and Culture: Introduction" and "Introduction to English Linguistics."

Exception: Modules marked with an asterisk (*) may also be taken earlier.

English Literature

Modules offered on a regular basis

  • starting in the fall semester:

440-200

Literature in Context: History and Theory

6 ECTS

440-220

Literary Histories: Renaissance and Early Modern Period

6 ECTS

440-221

Literary Histories: The Long Nineteenth Century

6 ECTS

440-222

Literary Histories: The Long Twentieth Century

6 ECTS

440-223

Literary Histories: Cultural Contexts

6 ECTS

440-224

Literary Histories: Genres and Themes in Literature and Culture

6 ECTS

  • starting in the spring semester:

440-225

Literary and Cultural Analysis: Introduction to Theory

6 ECTS

440-226

Literary and Cultural Analysis: Texts and Their Afterlives

6 ECTS

440-227

Literary and Cultural Analysis: Intermediality

6 ECTS

440-228

Literary and Cultural Analysis: (Post-)Colonial Perspectives

6 ECTS

440-229

Literary and Cultural Analysis: Identities

6 ECTS

Other types of modules

(440-s02)

Elective Lecture in Literature*

3 ECTS

(440-s01)

Colloquium in Literature*

3 ECTS

Note: The modules listed in this group should only be taken by students who have successfully completed both "Language Skills and Culture: Introduction" and "English Literature: Textual Analysis."

Exception: Modules marked with an asterisk (*) may also be taken earlier.

Language Skills and Culture

Modules offered on a regular basis

  • starting each semester

440-300

Writing Skills and Media Analysis

6 ECTS

  • in alternate spring semesters

440-310

Writing Skills and Media Analysis: Focus

6 ECTS

440-320

Writing Skills and Media Analysis: Explorations

6 ECTS

Other types of modules

440-s04

Elective Lectures in Language Skills and Culture*

3 ECTS

Note: The modules listed in this group should only be taken by students who have successfully completed "Language Skills and Culture: Introduction."

Exception: Modules marked with an asterisk (*) may also be taken earlier.