North American Studies (M.A.)

Brief Outline of the Program

The master’s degree program will deal with the complex literatures and cultures of North America (USA and Canada) as well as their interdependence and correlation with Latin America and the Caribbean. It will offer prospective students interdisciplinary teaching and the latest academic research. Above all, the program will focus on the multi-facetted interculturality of the respective countries by incorporating recently developed research methods and approaches, also in a transnational perspective. Moreover, students will obtain additional comprehensive knowledge and can specialize in the fields of Gender Studies, Popular Cultures and Technologies of Cultures.

Students can enroll in the program at the beginning of each winter semester only. Applications must be submitted by July 15 to Philipps-Universität Marburg. For applicants with a foreign-university entrance qualification, the terms of application may slightly differ; see also the information on admission below. Admission to the master degree’s program is not restricted.

Applications must have reached Philipps-Universität Marburg by July 15th for winter semester, by January 14th for summer semester.

Applications coming in later may be taken into consideration, if there are openings left and the organization of the admission procedure allows for it. Conditions of application may be different for applicants with foreign qualifications. For further information cf. below.
The M.Sc. is accredited.

For further information: our Programme homepage / short information (PDF)

Coordinators of the study program

Prof. Dr. Carmen Birkle
Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Wilhelm-Röpke-Straße 6 F
Room: Block F, 110
35032 Marburg, Germany
Phone: 0049-6421-2824345
Fax: 0049-6421-2824343
E-Mail: birkle@staff.uni-marburg.de
Office hours: Thu 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., and by arrangement

Prof. Dr. Martin Kuester
Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Wilhelm-Röpke-Straße 6 D
Room: Block D, 119
35032 Marburg, Germany
Phone: 0049-6421-2824762
Fax: 0049-6421-2824516
E-Mail: kuesterm@staff.uni-marburg.de
Office hours: Thu 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., and by arrangement

Admission requirements

Required university degree	A university or college degree with a final grade of at least “good” (B, German “2.5”), specifically either a Bachelor of Arts in Anglophone Studies, awarded by Philipps-Universität Marburg, or a university degree in a literary and culturally oriented study program, acquired at a German university, or an equivalent university degree acquired abroad, both in which at least 30 credit points or equivalent achievements in a non-modularized study program were gained with a focus on North American issues.¹
Knowledge and skills specific to the study program, to be verified before admission	Certificate of English language skills: level C1 of the “Common European Framework of Reference for Languages by the council of Europe”.
Mode of admission	Direct admission in case of complete fulfillment of the admission requirements

¹ If the requirements stated above are not met, the examination board will decide on a case-by-case basis. The examination board can require the subsequent completion of additional subject-specific modules of up to 12 credit points.

Deadline for application

Admission only in the winter term; application by July 15

Please apply early!

Information about Application procedures

Admission standards and form