German Studies (for advanced speakers)
Sukurta: 04 January 2021
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Faculty Faculty of Philology |
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Scope of studies and length 240 ECTS credits, 4 years |
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Qualification awarded Bachelor in Humanities |
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Application deadline* 1 May/ 1 July |
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Language German |
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Tuition fee per year EU/EFTA students can apply for a state-funded places |
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Start of studies
1 September
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City Vilnius |
The German Studies programme is open to candidates who are already proficient in German.
The programme offers students the solid written and spoken communication skills required for workplace success in German (C1鈥揅2), as well as a knowledge of the fundamentals of German linguistics, literature and the culture of the German-speaking countries. The curriculum includes a diverse range of course units that are designed to help students to develop their language skills, including the advanced writing, speaking and research skills needed to become successful. The students will also acquire a range of soft skills by cultivating their analytical and critical thinking, problem-solving and rhetorical abilities, while gaining a knowledge of culture and history, which will allow them to understand the complex modern world of today.
Programme structure
| Subjects of study | Credits |
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| Semester 1 Autumn | |
| Compulsory Courses | 30.0 |
| European Classical Tradition | 5.0 |
| German Grammar I/II p. | 5.0 |
| German Pronunciation in Theory and Practice | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to the Theory of Literature | 5.0 |
| Modern German I/IV p. | 5.0 |
| Semester 2 Spring | |
| Compulsory Courses | 15.0 |
| German Grammar II/II p. | 5.0 |
| Germans and Lithuania: Linguistic and Cultural Junctures | 5.0 |
| Modern German II/IV p. | 5.0 |
| Optional Courses | 15.0 |
| variant Culture, Media | 15.0 |
| Celtic Religion and Mythology | 5.0 |
| Culture and Multilingualism | 5.0 |
| Culture Processes and Media (the Middle Ages and the New Ages) | 5.0 |
| Digital Storytelling | 5.0 |
| Intercultural Communication | 5.0 |
| Language and Culture | 5.0 |
| Media Studies: History, Theory and Aesthetics | 5.0 |
| People and Their World in the Middle Ages | 5.0 |
| Roman Culture and Art | 5.0 |
| The Social Mirror: Reflecting Culture in Idioms | 5.0 |
| 20th-Century Drama | 5.0 |
| 20th-21st Century British Drama through the 鈥楶rgamatic鈥� Looking Glass | 5.0 |
| variant Development of Practical Skills | 15.0 |
| Editing Skills Training | 5.0 |
| Empowering Young Learners: Current Trends in Language Education | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Editing | 5.0 |
| Standard Lithuanian: Attitudes and Usage | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Advanced Courses | 15.0 |
| Baltic Languages and Cultures | 5.0 |
| Cultural Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Experimental Phonetics | 5.0 |
| Formulaicity of Contemporary Languages | 5.0 |
| Geopolitical Changes and Language | 5.0 |
| Historical Grammar of Romance Languages | 5.0 |
| Indo-European Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Language and Identity | 5.0 |
| Language and Nationalism | 5.0 |
| Language Contact and Linguistic Areas | 5.0 |
| Lexical Typology | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Text Analysis | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Variation in Indo-European Languages | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Language from the Earliest Times to the Present | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Sign Language and Gesture Studies | 5.0 |
| Mapping Linguistic Variation | 5.0 |
| Media Discourse | 5.0 |
| Mythological Vocabulary | 5.0 |
| Romance Onomastics | 5.0 |
| Textology | 5.0 |
| The Latin Language and Texts | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Introductory Courses | 15.0 |
| Introduction of Contrastive Grammar | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Applied Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Germanic Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Romance Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Typology of Languages | 5.0 |
| variant Literature | 15.0 |
| Ancient Literature | 5.0 |
| British Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults | 5.0 |
| Classical Russian Novel | 5.0 |
| Current Aspects of Lithuanian Literature | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Feminist Critical Theory | 5.0 |
| Literary Discourse Analysis | 5.0 |
| Modern Literature of Eastern and Central Europe | 5.0 |
| Polish and Russian Nobel Laureates: Authors and Ideas | 5.0 |
| Reflections of Architecture in Literature | 5.0 |
| Representations of Gender in Contemporary Lithuanian Literature and Culture | 5.0 |
| The Bible and Literature | 5.0 |
| Travel Writing | 5.0 |
| Western Literature (Middle Ages-Romanticism) | 5.0 |
| Western Literature: Realism vs. Modernism | 5.0 |
| Semester 3 Autumn | |
| Compulsory Courses | 15.0 |
| Epochs of Change in German, Austrian, and Swiss Literatures | 5.0 |
| History of Ideas of Europe | 5.0 |
| Modern German III/IV p. | 5.0 |
| Optional Courses | 5.0 |
| Content Creation in German and AI Tools | 5.0 |
| Creative German Language: Word Formation | 5.0 |
| Genres of Media Texts in German | 5.0 |
| German Grammar in Action | 5.0 |
| German in the Context of Multilingualism | 5.0 |
| German Political Language in the European Union | 5.0 |
| History of German Cinema and German Cinema Stories | 5.0 |
| Public Speaking in German | 5.0 |
| The Rhythm of Vienna: Human Triumphs and Struggles in Austrian Literature | 5.0 |
| Who Were the Goths? Exploring the Prehistory of the German Language | 5.0 |
| Course unit (module) of Individual Studies | 10.0 |
| Semester 4 Spring | |
| Compulsory Courses | 15.0 |
| Analysis of Digital Texts | 5.0 |
| Modern German IV/IV p. | 5.0 |
| On Honour and Villainy, Reason and Passion: Old German Literature and Language | 5.0 |
| Optional Courses | 5.0 |
| German Language and Mediation: Activities and Strategies | 5.0 |
| German Language for Specific Purposes: Features and Usage Patterns | 5.0 |
| German Language in Formal and Informal Settings | 5.0 |
| German Language in the World: Spread, Heritage, Contacts | 5.0 |
| German Literature and Society | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Contrastive Grammar in German | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics in German | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Text Linguistics in German | 5.0 |
| Modern German Literature | 5.0 |
| Old Writings in German | 5.0 |
| Spoken Interaction in German: Conversation, Discussion, Debate | 5.0 |
| Course unit (module) of Individual Studies | 10.0 |
| Semester 5 Autumn | |
| Compulsory Courses | 5.0 |
| Societies and Cultures of Germany, Austria and Switzerland | 5.0 |
| Optional Courses | 15.0 |
| group General Optional Subjects | 5.0 |
| variant Culture, Media | 5.0 |
| Celtic Religion and Mythology | 5.0 |
| Culture and Multilingualism | 5.0 |
| Culture Processes and Media (the Middle Ages and the New Ages) | 5.0 |
| Digital Storytelling | 5.0 |
| Intercultural Communication | 5.0 |
| Language and Culture | 5.0 |
| Media Studies: History, Theory and Aesthetics | 5.0 |
| People and Their World in the Middle Ages | 5.0 |
| Roman Culture and Art | 5.0 |
| The Social Mirror: Reflecting Culture in Idioms | 5.0 |
| 20th-Century Drama | 5.0 |
| 20th-21st Century British Drama through the 鈥楶rgamatic鈥� Looking Glass | 5.0 |
| variant Development of Practical Skills | 5.0 |
| Editing Skills Training | 5.0 |
| Empowering Young Learners: Current Trends in Language Education | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Editing | 5.0 |
| Standard Lithuanian: Attitudes and Usage | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Advanced Courses | 5.0 |
| Baltic Languages and Cultures | 5.0 |
| Cultural Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Experimental Phonetics | 5.0 |
| Formulaicity of Contemporary Languages | 5.0 |
| Geopolitical Changes and Language | 5.0 |
| Historical Grammar of Romance Languages | 5.0 |
| Indo-European Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Language and Identity | 5.0 |
| Language and Nationalism | 5.0 |
| Language Contact and Linguistic Areas | 5.0 |
| Lexical Typology | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Text Analysis | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Variation in Indo-European Languages | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Language from the Earliest Times to the Present | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Sign Language and Gesture Studies | 5.0 |
| Mapping Linguistic Variation | 5.0 |
| Media Discourse | 5.0 |
| Mythological Vocabulary | 5.0 |
| Romance Onomastics | 5.0 |
| Textology | 5.0 |
| The Latin Language and Texts | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Introductory Courses | 5.0 |
| Introduction of Contrastive Grammar | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Applied Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Germanic Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Romance Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semiotics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Typology of Languages | 5.0 |
| variant Literature | 5.0 |
| Ancient Literature | 5.0 |
| British Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults | 5.0 |
| Classical Russian Novel | 5.0 |
| Current Aspects of Lithuanian Literature | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Feminist Critical Theory | 5.0 |
| Literary Discourse Analysis | 5.0 |
| Modern Literature of Eastern and Central Europe | 5.0 |
| Polish and Russian Nobel Laureates: Authors and Ideas | 5.0 |
| Reflections of Architecture in Literature | 5.0 |
| Representations of Gender in Contemporary Lithuanian Literature and Culture | 5.0 |
| The Bible and Literature | 5.0 |
| Travel Writing | 5.0 |
| Western Literature (Middle Ages-Romanticism) | 5.0 |
| Western Literature: Realism vs. Modernism | 5.0 |
| group Specialisation Optional Subjects | 10.0 |
| Business German | 5.0 |
| Content Creation in German and AI Tools | 5.0 |
| Creative German Language: Word Formation | 5.0 |
| Genres of Media Texts in German | 5.0 |
| German in the Context of Multilingualism | 5.0 |
| German Political Language in the European Union | 5.0 |
| History of German Cinema and German Cinema Stories | 5.0 |
| Intercultural Communication | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Sociolinguistics in German | 5.0 |
| Legal German | 5.0 |
| Philosophical German | 5.0 |
| Public Speaking in German | 5.0 |
| Technical Texts in German: Their Features and Specificity of Translation | 5.0 |
| The Rhythm of Vienna: Human Triumphs and Struggles in Austrian Literature | 5.0 |
| Who Were the Goths? Exploring the Prehistory of the German Language | 5.0 |
| Course unit (module) of Individual Studies | 10.0 |
| Semester 6 Spring | |
| Compulsory Courses | 5.0 |
| German Linguistics: History and Current State | 5.0 |
| Optional Courses | 15.0 |
| group General Optional Subjects | 5.0 |
| variant Culture, Media | 5.0 |
| Celtic Religion and Mythology | 5.0 |
| Culture and Multilingualism | 5.0 |
| Culture Processes and Media (the Middle Ages and the New Ages) | 5.0 |
| Digital Storytelling | 5.0 |
| Intercultural Communication | 5.0 |
| Language and Culture | 5.0 |
| Media Studies: History, Theory and Aesthetics | 5.0 |
| People and Their World in the Middle Ages | 5.0 |
| Roman Culture and Art | 5.0 |
| The Social Mirror: Reflecting Culture in Idioms | 5.0 |
| 20th-Century Drama | 5.0 |
| 20th-21st Century British Drama through the 鈥楶rgamatic鈥� Looking Glass | 5.0 |
| variant Development of Practical Skills | 5.0 |
| Editing Skills Training | 5.0 |
| Empowering Young Learners: Current Trends in Language Education | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Editing | 5.0 |
| Standard Lithuanian: Attitudes and Usage | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Advanced Courses | 5.0 |
| Baltic Languages and Cultures | 5.0 |
| Cultural Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Experimental Phonetics | 5.0 |
| Formulaicity of Contemporary Languages | 5.0 |
| Geopolitical Changes and Language | 5.0 |
| Historical Grammar of Romance Languages | 5.0 |
| Indo-European Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Language and Identity | 5.0 |
| Language and Nationalism | 5.0 |
| Language Contact and Linguistic Areas | 5.0 |
| Lexical Typology | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Text Analysis | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Variation in Indo-European Languages | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Language from the Earliest Times to the Present | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Sign Language and Gesture Studies | 5.0 |
| Mapping Linguistic Variation | 5.0 |
| Media Discourse | 5.0 |
| Mythological Vocabulary | 5.0 |
| Romance Onomastics | 5.0 |
| Textology | 5.0 |
| The Latin Language and Texts | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Introductory Courses | 5.0 |
| Introduction of Contrastive Grammar | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Applied Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Germanic Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Romance Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semiotics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Typology of Languages | 5.0 |
| variant Literature | 5.0 |
| Ancient Literature | 5.0 |
| British Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults | 5.0 |
| Classical Russian Novel | 5.0 |
| Current Aspects of Lithuanian Literature | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Feminist Critical Theory | 5.0 |
| Literary Discourse Analysis | 5.0 |
| Modern Literature of Eastern and Central Europe | 5.0 |
| Polish and Russian Nobel Laureates: Authors and Ideas | 5.0 |
| Reflections of Architecture in Literature | 5.0 |
| Representations of Gender in Contemporary Lithuanian Literature and Culture | 5.0 |
| The Bible and Literature | 5.0 |
| Travel Writing | 5.0 |
| Western Literature (Middle Ages-Romanticism) | 5.0 |
| Western Literature: Realism vs. Modernism | 5.0 |
| group Specialisation Optional Subjects | 10.0 |
| group Other Specialty Optional Subjects | 5.0 |
| German Language and Mediation: Activities and Strategies | 5.0 |
| German Language for Specific Purposes: Features and Usage Patterns | 5.0 |
| German Language in Formal and Informal Settings | 5.0 |
| German Language in the World: Spread, Heritage, Contacts | 5.0 |
| German Literature and Society | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Contrastive Grammar in German | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics in German | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Text Linguistics in German | 5.0 |
| Modern German Literature | 5.0 |
| Old Writings in German | 5.0 |
| Spoken Interaction in German: Conversation, Discussion, Debate | 5.0 |
| group Seminar on Literature or Linguistics and Term Paper | 5.0 |
| German Grammar and the Construction of Meaning | 5.0 |
| German Text Genres | 5.0 |
| German Travel Literature | 5.0 |
| German Urban Literature | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Categories of the German Verb | 5.0 |
| The Application of Digital Tools in Investigating Language Structure | 5.0 |
| Course unit (module) of Individual Studies | 10.0 |
| Semester 7 Autumn | |
| Compulsory Courses | 5.0 |
| Bachelor's Final Thesis Seminar | 5.0 |
| Optional Courses | 5.0 |
| group General Optional Subjects | 5.0 |
| variant Culture, Media | 5.0 |
| Celtic Religion and Mythology | 5.0 |
| Culture and Multilingualism | 5.0 |
| Culture Processes and Media (the Middle Ages and the New Ages) | 5.0 |
| Digital Storytelling | 5.0 |
| Intercultural Communication | 5.0 |
| Language and Culture | 5.0 |
| Media Studies: History, Theory and Aesthetics | 5.0 |
| People and Their World in the Middle Ages | 5.0 |
| Roman Culture and Art | 5.0 |
| The Social Mirror: Reflecting Culture in Idioms | 5.0 |
| 20th-Century Drama | 5.0 |
| 20th-21st Century British Drama through the 鈥楶rgamatic鈥� Looking Glass | 5.0 |
| variant Development of Practical Skills | 5.0 |
| Editing Skills Training | 5.0 |
| Empowering Young Learners: Current Trends in Language Education | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Editing | 5.0 |
| Standard Lithuanian: Attitudes and Usage | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Advanced Courses | 5.0 |
| Baltic Languages and Cultures | 5.0 |
| Cultural Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Experimental Phonetics | 5.0 |
| Formulaicity of Contemporary Languages | 5.0 |
| Geopolitical Changes and Language | 5.0 |
| Historical Grammar of Romance Languages | 5.0 |
| Indo-European Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Language and Identity | 5.0 |
| Language and Nationalism | 5.0 |
| Language Contact and Linguistic Areas | 5.0 |
| Lexical Typology | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Text Analysis | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Variation in Indo-European Languages | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Language from the Earliest Times to the Present | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Sign Language and Gesture Studies | 5.0 |
| Mapping Linguistic Variation | 5.0 |
| Media Discourse | 5.0 |
| Mythological Vocabulary | 5.0 |
| Romance Onomastics | 5.0 |
| Textology | 5.0 |
| The Latin Language and Texts | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Introductory Courses | 5.0 |
| Introduction of Contrastive Grammar | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Applied Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Germanic Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Romance Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semiotics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Typology of Languages | 5.0 |
| variant Literature | 5.0 |
| Ancient Literature | 5.0 |
| British Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults | 5.0 |
| Classical Russian Novel | 5.0 |
| Current Aspects of Lithuanian Literature | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Feminist Critical Theory | 5.0 |
| Literary Discourse Analysis | 5.0 |
| Modern Literature of Eastern and Central Europe | 5.0 |
| Polish and Russian Nobel Laureates: Authors and Ideas | 5.0 |
| Reflections of Architecture in Literature | 5.0 |
| Representations of Gender in Contemporary Lithuanian Literature and Culture | 5.0 |
| The Bible and Literature | 5.0 |
| Travel Writing | 5.0 |
| Western Literature (Middle Ages-Romanticism) | 5.0 |
| Western Literature: Realism vs. Modernism | 5.0 |
| Course unit (module) of Individual Studies | 20.0 |
| Semester 8 Spring | |
| Compulsory Courses | 15.0 |
| Bachelor Final Thesis (Study field: Philology by language) | 15.0 |
| Optional Courses | 15.0 |
| Practical Work and Internship: German as a Foreign Language Teaching | 15.0 |
| Practical Work and Internship: Intercultural Communication | 15.0 |
| Practical Work and Internship: Translation | 15.0 |
| Research Practice | 15.0 |
* Individual study courses鈥痠nclude a list of courses students can choose from, in particular:
- 20+ languages: English, French, Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, Russian, Polish, Spanish, Italian, Latin, Ancient Greek, Modern Greek, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, Finnish, Hungarian, Slovenian, Croatian, Romanian, Turkish and Georgian;
- optional courses from the same and/or other study fields;
- General University Studies (GUS) modules covering a wide range of study fields throughout the University (for the complete list see鈥�here);
- Minor Studies in another study field.
Key Learning Outcomes
Graduates of the German Studies study programme are able to:
- Communicate in German at an advanced level (C1-C2), as well as use German for Specific Purposes and Academic German skills (writing reports, reviews, research papers and texts in other genres)
- Analyse, synthesise, summarise and discuss the main principles underlying the structure and uses of language
- Show an awareness of the different frameworks of literary and cultural theory, and apply them in the analysis of literary texts
- Interpret the historical and cultural backgrounds of German-speaking countries
- Carry out linguistic/literary research
Programme Specific Requirements
The applicants must submit:
- All applicants must submit one of the following: *TestDaF; *Goethe-Zertifikat B1; *Zertifikat Deutsch telc B1 das Deutsche Sprachdiplom; *DSD1 or other German proficiency document confirming that the applicant has achieved B1 level according to CEFR as well as documents confirming English proficiency no lower than B1 according to CEFR (IELTS Academic 4.5+, TOEFL iBT 32+, Cambridge English exam 140+, Pearson PTE Academic 43+, LanguageCert IESOL B1, Duolingo English Test 65+)
- Applicants can be exempt from providing a level confirming certificate in cases described in the General admission requirements.
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