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Ethnologie (Cultural and Social Anthropology)

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) – 2 field degree program - Major Field

Note

The previous Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology (major subject) will be offered from 1 October 2025 under the name Bachelor of Arts in Social and Cultural Anthropology (major subject).

How do people shape and organize their lives in different contexts and different places around the world? What role does religion play in Namibia, for instance? What’s the importance of new media in African societies? How do people shape their day-to-day lives in Indonesia? What are the common features and differences between the different cultural regions? What aspects influence different ways of living and cultural practices? What does ‘culture’ mean?

If you are interested in tackling these and other questions, and you want to engage intensively with the worldwide diversity of human languages and cultures as well as with how people have coexisted down the centuries and continue to coexist today, studying ethnology will interest you.

The study of ethnology is a descriptive and comparative science of cultures and societies. During your studies you will gain a broad knowledge of various social, political, economic and religious forms in which people organize their lives together.

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Standard Period of Study

6 semesters required for the full degree programme

Scope of services

180 ECTS-Points for the full degree programme

Language of instruction

German

Language requirements

Deutsch C1

First semester

Programme start: Winter Semester

Admission: No more admission possible

Application period: An application is no longer possible

Higher semesters

Programme start: Winter and Summer Semester

Admission: No more admission possible

Application period: An application is no longer possible

Faculty affiliation

University admission requirements for the first semester and for higher semesters may change up to the start of the application period.

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