The aim of the course is to provide students with basic knowledge on the one hand in the core areas of German studies and on the other hand of the German-speaking minority in Hungary
Overview
Students specializing in German as a minority language also get to know the history, language usage, folk culture, and literature of the Hungarian Germans. A completed BA degree opens up numerous career prospects in various areas, e.g. in national and international companies, and entitles you to access a master’s degree.
Syllabus
1st semester: Einführung in die Minderheitenkunde, Sprache und Kultur der germanischen Völker.
2nd semester: Geschichte der Ungarndeutschen, Landeskunde deutschsprachiger Länder.
3rd semester: Materielle Kultur der Ungarndeutschen, Flexionsmorphologie, Deutsche Literatur und Kultur von der Frühen Neuzeit bis zur Klassik.
4th semester: Sprache der Ungarndeutschen, Lexikologie, Deutsche Literatur und Kultur von der Romantik bis zur Realismus.
5th semester: Syntax, Deutsche Sprachinseln in Ungarn, Deutsche Literatur und Kultur vom Naturalismus bis zur Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts.
6th semester: Literatur der Ungarndeutschen nach 1945, Sprachtypologie und kontrastive Linguistik.
Required Documents
Certified and translated (if originals are not in English) copies of school transcripts showing satisfactory completion of senior high school.
Europass CV in English
Motivation letter (introduction plus field of interest, etc.) in 3000 to 3500 characters.
Copy of valid passport or national ID
A medical certificate, (please fill out the document and attach the serologic test results)
Vaccination card (showing that you are immunized against HEP B)
HEP A/B/C test*
HIV test*
Chest X-ray: Please attach the chest’s X-ray result (not the film!) in English/Hungarian! (not older than 3 months)
Transfer receipt of the EUR 140 application fee
Official copy of the following language exam certificates: