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Empirische Kulturwissenschaft (Cultural Analysis/European Ethnology)

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

How did people organize and shape their day-to-day lives and coexistence in Europe? How do everyday life and ways of living differ in various cultures? The Bachelor degree in Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology focuses on these questions. Cultural Anthropology is the study of people in relation to their culture. European Ethnology deals with the ways of living and lifeworlds of European societies.

Taking as its principle “anthropology at home”, Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology studies cultural phenomena and processes, everyday practices and lifeworlds in modern European societies. This includes for example eating and drinking culture, leisure activities, religious practices and rituals, involvement in sport or the media, subcultures, moral concepts and much more.

On this degree program you can learn a lot, if you are interested in all kinds of cultural phenomena and the diversity of human coexistence. On the Bachelor in Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology you will acquire a wide range of skills in relation to the various social, political and economic 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

German C1

First semester

Programme start: Winter Semester

Admission: Without special prerequisites for admission (free admission)

Application period: 1 June – 8 October

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Higher semesters

Programme start: Winter and Summer Semester

Admission: Without special prerequisites for admission (free admission)

Application period: Winter Semester: 1 June - 30 September
Summer Semester: 1 December - 31 March
The information sheet for students in higher semesters contains all the relevant information.

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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