MA North American Studies: Culture and Literature

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) · Nuremberg, Germany

Level
Master's
Award
Master of Arts
Language
English
Duration
4 semesters
Study mode
full-time part-time (study alongside work)
Campus
Erlangen
Apply by
Register by 15 July 2027
Starts
Winter semester

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) does not publish a fee for this programme on its own. Its published rate for master's programmes is €0 a year for international students.

Entry requirements and how to apply

Entry requirements
BA or equivalent, usually in American Studies or English (transcript of records must show that a significant percentage of the undergraduate degree included content related to American studies). overall grade of the prior degree: minimum 2.5 (on a scale from 1 to 4); if between 2.51 and 3.5: individual application interview applicants must submit a 1,000-1,500-word essay as a writing sample (see programme website for essay questions)
English language requirement
C1 required, please provide an official language certificate, e.g.: TOEFL iBT (since 2026): 5 Reading: 5 Listening: 5 Speaking: 5 Writing: 5 TOEIC: 945 Reading: 455 Listening: 490 Speaking: 180 Writing: 180 IELTS Academic: 7 Cambridge English Qualifications Business (BEC) : C1 Business Higher Cambridge English Qualifications: C1 Advanced UNIcert® English: UNIcert® III
German language requirement
No minimum language level required
Application period
The following is valid for applicants from: all countries For the winter semester: 15 February - 15 July
Apply through
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About this programme

In the Master's degree programme in "North American Studies: Culture and Literature" at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, students study the cultures and literatures of the USA, Canada, and the Caribbean in an inter-American context and from a transatlantic perspective. The programme consists of survey and focus courses in cultural and literary studies, including classes on popular culture, cultural and literary history, and general literary and cultural theory. The MA "North American Studies: Culture and Literature" is a research-oriented programme in which cultural phenomena and literary texts, past and present, in the US, Canada, and the anglophone Caribbean are analysed, encompasses the fields of cultural studies and literary studies, offers cultural and literary study courses on a broad range of topics from both a synchronic and a diachronic perspective, includes a language module to foster academic language skills in speaking and writing, provides the formal requirements for a doctoral degree programme in American or English Studies, and concludes with an MA thesis, written during the final semester (within six months), which focuses on an individualised research project in cultural or literary studies.

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