What will I learn?
The Master’s course in Literary and Cultural Studies, which was first introduced at the University of Salzburg in the winter semester 2016/2017, aims at taking a closer look on the diversity of regional, national and transnational literary and cultural phenomena from the unified perspective of theories and methods combining all philologies. In the general interdisciplinary module as well as in the specialization module (English and American Studies, German Studies, Classical Philology, Comparative Literature, Romance Studies, Slavonic Studies), cultural processes are analysed and critically evaluated regarding their historical genesis. In addition, texts and text fragments are analysed with a view to literatures of other epochs and their cultures.

What makes Salzburg so special as a place to study?
The Master’s programme at the Department of German Studies is characterised by an outstanding mentoring situation and offers excellent education. We focus on combining current research and teaching, while striving for a strong practical orientation at the same time, for example, via the cooperation with cultural institutions in Salzburg, a city of world-class cultural history.

Which career opportunities do I have?
The MA degree course in Literary and Cultural Studies with a specialization in German Studies qualifies students to work in public and private educational institutions, in the cultural and media sector and in research and teaching. Graduates are able to work in the following job fields: literary mediation, publishing, press and public relations, online and print media, libraries and archives, theatres and museums, exhibition planning and organisation, art and culture management, research and science in the university and non-university sector, advertising, translation and language mediation, tourism.

DR. PHIL. UTA DEGNER
Department of German Studies

Erzabt-Klotz-Straße 1, 5020 Salzburg

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