Bachelor English and American Studies (612)

Orientation Course

Introductory and Orientation Period (20 ECTS)

M-01.1 Introduction to the Study of Language 1, Language Analysis (10 ECTS)

• 121011 TR [ en ] ( STEOP ) STEOP: Language Analysis - Tutorial
• 122011 TR [ en ] ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to the Study of Language 1 - Tutorial

M-01.2 Introduction to the Study of Literature (5 ECTS)

M-01.3 Introduction to Anglophone Cultures and Societies (5 ECTS)

Language (35 ECTS)

• EXAM VELT / Language Test (valid until SS 2026 [incl.])

M-02 Integrated Language & Study Skills (10 ECTS)

• 121110 UE [ en ] Integrated Language and Study Skills 1
• 121120 UE [ en ] Integrated Language and Study Skills 2

M-03 Language in Use (15 ECTS)

• 121130 UE [ en ] Language in Use 1
• 121140 UE [ en ] Language in Use 2
• 121210 UE [ en ] English in a Professional Context

M-04 Oral Language Skills (10 ECTS)

• 121191 UE [ en ] Practical Phonetics and Oral Communication Skills 1 (AM) - American English
• 121192 UE [ en ] Practical Phonetics and Oral Communication Skills 1 (BR) - British English
• 121193 IK [ en ] Sprachlabor zu PPOCS (AM) - American English - Tutorial
• 121194 IK [ en ] Sprachlabor zu PPOCS (BR) - British English - Tutorial
• 121240 UE [ en ] Practical Phonetics and Oral Communication Skills 2

Linguistics (32 ECTS)

M-05 Topics in Linguistics 1 (16 ECTS)

• 122020 VO [ en ] Introduction to the Study of Language 2
• 122030 VO [ en ] History of English
• 122031 TR [ en ] History of English - Tutorial
• 122040 PS [ en ] Proseminar Linguistics 1 (BA) - Semantics
• 122041 PS [ en ] Proseminar Linguistics 1 (BA) - Phonetics & Phonology

M-06 Topics in Linguistics 2 (16 ECTS)

• 122047 PS [ en ] Proseminar Linguistics 2 (BA) - Experiments in Linguistics
• 122048 PS [ en ] Proseminar Linguistics 2 (BA) - Morphology in English
• 122220 SE [ en ] Linguistics Seminar / BA Paper
• 122221 SE [ en ] Linguistics Seminar / BA Paper - Construction Grammar

Literary and Cultural Studies (32 ECTS)

M-07 Topics in Cultural and Media Studies 1 (16 ECTS)

• 124010 VO [ en ] Introduction to Cultural Theories
• 124070 VO [ en ] Culture, Society and the Media - (Sexual) Health: Media, Inequalities and Justice
• 124261 KO [ en ] Critical Media Analysis - Cherchez La Femme? How Gender Fantasies shape female Action Hero Constructions in Film, TV, Games and Comic Books
• 124262 KO [ en ] Critical Media Analysis - Decoding Media: Diversity and Influence Through a Cognitive Lens
• 124263 KO [ en ] Critical Media Analysis - Activist Media Practices from Banners to the Barbie Liberation Organisation
• 124264 KO [ en ] Critical Media Analysis - The Power of Punchlines: The Politics of Humour in Media
• 124265 KO [ en ] Critical Media Analysis - Gender and Age: Representation and Stigmatization across Media

M-08 Literary Studies (16 ECTS)

• 123020 VO [ en ] Literature Survey 1
• 123030 VO [ en ] Literature Survey 2 - From Restoration Comedy to Writers of the Caribbean Diaspora
• 127011 KO [ en ] Critical Readings in Literature - Literature and Art
• 127012 KO [ en ] Critical Readings in Literature - Ecopoetics: Explorations and Experiments
• 127013 KO [ en ] Critical Readings in Literature - The Politics of Belonging: Migration and Queer Identities in Anglophone Literature

Cultural Studies (Alternative Compulsory Module) (16 ECTS)

M-09 Topics in Cultural and Media Studies 2 (16 ECTS)

• 120691 PS [ en ] Proseminar Cultural and Media Studies - Fruit, Meat, and Grains - The Cultural Politics of Food in the Age of Cannibal Capitalism

Literary Studies (Alternative Compulsory Module) (16 ECTS)

M-10 Topics in Literary Studies (16 ECTS)

• 123041 PS [ en ] PS Literary Studies - Literature and the Non-Fascist Life: Reading through Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari
• 123042 PS [ en ] PS Literary Studies - Complex Consumption - Approaching Gender, Race and Class via Food in Victorian Literature
• 123043 PS [ en ] PS Literary Studies - Fantasy Short Fiction from the 19th Century to Today
• 123044 PS [ en ] PS Literary Studies - Canadian Diasporic Literature
• 123045 PS [ en ] PS Literary Studies - Kay & Co.: Contemporary Fiction by British Writers of Colour
• 123046 PS [ en ] PS Literary Studies - Gender benders and box trees: Shakespeare's Comedies on stage and in film