German Language and Literature,
Department
Fachbereich 05: Philosophie und Philologie at the Uni Mainz
Deutsches Institut
- Jakob-Welder-Weg 18
- 55099 Mainz
- Phone: +49 6131 39-22260




Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses
Degree courses with details
- German Language and Literature (B.A., core subject)
- German Language and Literature/Allemand (German and French course of study) (B.A.)
- German as a Foreign Language / Second Language (M.A.)
- German Language and Literature - Focus on German literary studies (M.A.)
- German Language and Literature - Focus on German linguistics (M.A.)
- German Studies/Études germaniques (German/French course, M.A.)
- (International) Joint Master Degree „Transnational German Studies“ - Talc_eu (M.A.)
- Medieval and Early Modern Studies (in planning) (MA)
Further information provided by the department
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Special features regarding teachingWide range of courses in all subject areas: Complete and Differentiated Historical and Descriptive Linguistics, Modern and Old German Literature (including Medieval, Baroque, Media and Cultural Studies). Own platforms: Modern German Literature (NDL) E-Learning by way of introduction to Modern German Literature, ‘Active Middle High German’, ‘Diachronic German’ and ‘Blended Learning Course in Language History’ (online modules on Historical Linguistics); collegial coaching in teaching (ZQ) (Centre for Quality Assurance and Development); Research- and project-oriented course offers
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Special features regarding the international orientationResearch cooperation/exchange for students & staff. Coordination/leadership of the EU-funded ERASMUS + Strategic Partnership "Textual & Literary Cultures in Medieval Europe" (TALC_eu); European Network "Reading Violence" (Mainz/Sassari/Coimbra/Valencia); bi- and tri-national course Mainz-Dijon-Bologna; Middlebury College Mainz; German Studies. Institute partnerships (DAAD) with Uzbekistan & Bydgoszcz; cooperation agreements: Univ. de São Paulo (Brazil), Chongqing Univ. (China), Univ. Ust. Kamenogorsk (Kazakhstan), Hacettepe Univ. Ankara (Turkey); Univ. of Zadar (Croatia); Univ. Helsinki
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Special features regarding the equipmentWorkplace for literary film practice (own editing, production, reviewing facilities, extensive film and media archive, supervised service facility for acquisition of media practice skills); "Centre text-oriented media" (TeM), in the research and teaching fields of transmediality, digital networks and media criticism; digital research and editions platform at the F. Schlegel office (KFSA); Mainz database of first names, surnames and place names; Mainz corpus of Early New High German.
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Special features regarding research activitiesDFG Projects: ‘W headings in German’, ‘Gender-related practices in personal references’, ‘Edition of the correspondence of Frank Wedekind as an online full-text database’; Editions: ‘Expressivity in German’, ‘Independence of Sentences’; Middle High German dictionary; census manuscripts; FSP media convergence; TeM (Text-oriented Media); SFB ‘Human Differentiation’; Research position F. Wedekind; F. and D. Schlegel; (Historical-critical) Editions: C. Brentano, F. Schlegel, G. Büchner, H. Mann, A. Seghers; Academic proj. ‘Digital Surname Dictionary of Germany (DFD)’; IGL; Grammar in schools
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Other special featuresLiterary Studies and Linguistics are represented in full with both an historical and systematic focus in research and teaching; Large range of subjects, also for minor/additional subjects; DaF/DaZ focus; the possibility of an integrated course at Universität Mainz and the Universities of Dijon and Bologna. JGU participates in the diversity audit "Creating Diversity" of The Donors' Association for the Promotion of Science and Humanities in Germany. The university also promotes supportive measures which acknowledge the social background of its students and thereby compensate for existing disadvantages.
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Further information about study entry phasehttps://www.germanistik.uni-mainz.de/studienanfaenger/




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