Master’s Programme European Ethnology

Graduates possess highly specialised knowledge in the fields of cultural studies and their methods. They are able to apply their knowledge in the field of cultural studies and at the intersections of cultural and social science occupational fields by independently formulate and substantiate scientific arguments and to find innovative solutions to problems.

The Master's Programme European Ethnology serves as education and consolidation in the discipline of European Cultural Anthropology and preparation for work with a focus on cultural sciences after other bachelor's programmes in the fields of humanities or social sciences.

The Master’s Programme European Ethnology provides the following general skills: a systematic approach to complex tasks; experienced scientific research; a creative approach to and critical handling of different and new kinds of sources (empirical and historical work). Moreover, students learn to present and explain elaborated findings autonomously, get acquainted with new topics specialised and precise proficiency in written and oral form, get knowledge in terms of elaborating different types of scientific texts.

Subject-specific skills include comprehensive knowledge of the discipline's history and the development of European Ethnology/Folklore/Cultural Anthropology; reflexivity in terms of the methodology of exploring one’s own culture; sensitisation for cultural contacts, cultural conflicts and cultural transfer; advanced knowledge if cultural processes and the impact of globalisation and Europeanization, pluralisation and modernisation.

The objective of the master’s programme is to prepare graduates for a wide range of occupational and vocational fields. They include:

• scientific discipline
• cultural adult and advanced education
• documentation, museums, exhibitions
• libraries
• public relations
• cultural journalism and publishing
• cultural tourism
• cultural politics and administration, e.g. in public service, non-governmental as well as international cultural organizations and institutions
• (in combination with post-graduate preparatory training:) mediation, intercultural social work and cultural management

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