Applicants must meet the following requirements for admission to the Master's degree program:

• professionally qualifying German or an equivalent foreign degree from a higher education institution
  a) with a degree in English Philology that is at least equivalent to the 60-credit point module in English Philology offered by the Department of Philosophy and Humanities at Freie Universität Berlin or
  b) in General and Comparative Literature (Comparative Literature), Cultural Studies, Cultural Anthropology, Cultural Sociology, Gender Studies, Film Studies, Theater and Dance Studies or in other philologies with a literary and cultural studies component in English Philology of at least 20 CP.

• Proof of English language skills (level C1 CEFR) for applicants whose degree was not obtained at an institution/university where English is generally the language of instruction across all courses in all faculties.

More information on admission requirements can be found here.

The MA programme focuses on the literatures and cultures of the Anglophone world (with the exception of North America), in the past and the present. It aims to enable students to independently analyse, historically classify and theoretically reflect on the literature, language, media and/or cultural practices of Anglophone cultures. This includes the study of national literatures and cultures as well as intercultural and transcultural encounters, transfers and influences. Students will acquire an understanding of the linguistic constitution of literary and non-literary texts as well as a differentiated knowledge of the relationship between literature and language. In addition, a sound understanding of the cultural-historical contexts, the interdependencies and interactions between language and other sign systems, and the differences and relationships between textual forms, media, and cultural discourses is conveyed.