Master Humanities
Master degrees within the field of Humanities
American Studies
The programme deals with the culture, political system and foreign policies in the USA. It is an interdisciplinary programme, which includes components from humanistic and social studies.
Applied Cultural Analysis
You will gain insight into cultural analysis and will be able to work with intercultural communication, management and innovation.
Cognition and Communication
The programme will give you a theoretical and empiric insight into the basic aspects of human cognition.
Cognitive Semiotics
Semiotics is the study of signs. In the programme you will work with various sign systems, such as language and images, and you will learn to work with classic models of signs and their functions.
Corporate Communication
The programme focuses on strategic management of communication processes in private or public companies, organisations and institutions. You will be qualified to undertake management positions in areas such as communication, public relations or corporate branding.
Cultural Encounters
The Cultural Encounters programme deals with the opportunities and challenges that occur when people from different cultures meet. You will study, among other things, how language is affected and changed when cultures come together.
Culture, Communication and Globalisation
The focus of the Culture, Communication and Globalisation programme is the communicative, cultural, social and political aspects of global processes. You will be able to work for example as a project manager in an international company or organisation.
English
The English programme deals with language, literature and culture in the English-speaking parts of the world, for example Great Britain, USA and Australia.
European Studies (Humanities)
In the European Studies programme, you will work with European history, politics and culture. You will study the historical development of democracy and examine the roles that religion, war and science have played in Europe.
Film Studies
You will study the aesthetic, psychological, institutional, and cultural aspects of film and other audiovisual media such as TV, video, computer media.
International Studies
The International Studies programme focuses on international corporations and organisations.
Library and Information Science
You will learn to structure information and knowledge for example on the Internet, within a library or in a company.
Lifelong Learning: Policy and Management
The programme is aimed at professionals who wish to develop the field of lifelong learning and gain specialised expertise in lifelong learning policy or management.
Maritime Archaeology
In the Maritime Archaeology programme, you work with excavating historical relics underwater, such as shipwrecks. You will study underwater excavations and how you best preserve maritime cultural heritage.
Media Studies
You will gain insight into the fundamental theories and methods for understanding the role of media in modern society, and you will learn how to associate theoretical knowledge of media and communication with practical presentation and communication.
Middle East Studies
You will study the politics, history and culture of the Middle East countries since 1920. You can focus on subjects like the war in Iraq, refugee issues or the social development of the Middle East.
Philosophy
Philosophy is about how people perceive and understand life. In the course of this programme, you will study both ancient and modern philosophy. You will also study the fields of logics, history of knowledge, ethics and political philosophy.
The Religious Roots of Europe
You will study Judaism, Christianity and Islam, especially how they were formed and what their differences and similarities are.
