Courses of Study at Justus Liebig University GiessenIncludes all International Study Programmes

Courses of Study

Courses of StudyJustus Liebig University Giessen

Degree Programmes taught in English:

• Germany’sfirstInternationalMasterProgrammeinAgrobiotechnology

•MasterProgrammeinTransitionManagement

•MasterinComparativeChildLaw(incooperationwiththeNorth-West-UniversityPotchefstroom/SouthAfrica)

Structured International Study Programmes Leading to a Doctorate:

• Germany’sfirst-evergraduateschoolforthehumanities:theGiessenGraduateSchoolfortheHumanities(GGK)

• JLUGiessen’saward-winningInternationalGraduateCenterfortheStudyofCulture(GCSC)

• EuropeanPhDnet“LiteraryandCulturalStudies”

• TheInternationalPHDProgramme“Literary-andCulturalStudies”(IPP)

• TheInternationalGiessenGraduateSchoolfortheLifeSciences(GGL)

• DoctoralProgrammeforAgriculturalEconomicsStudentsfromDevelopingCountries

• InterdisciplinaryInternationalGraduateProgrammeMolecularBiologyandtheMedicineoftheLung

• InternationalQualityNetwork“BiochemistryofNucleidAcids”

• InternationalResearchTrainingSchoolTranscriptionalControlinDevelopmentalProcesses

• Ph.D.-ProgrammeinMedicine/VeterinaryMedicine

Other International Programmes of Study:

• GermanasaForeignLanguage(inthecontextoftheMaster’sProgramme“Language,Literature,Culture”)

•MasterinLanguageTechnologyandForeignLanguageLearningandTeaching(inGerman/English/French)

• TheMagisterJurisInternationalis(“InternationalEuropeanandComparativeLaw”)

•MagisterLegum(MasterinGermanLawforJuristswithaForeignDegree)

•Masterdegreecourse“InterdisciplinaryStudiesonEasternEurope”

Summer Schools & Summer Universities:

• TheInternationalUniversitySummerCourseatJustusLiebigUniversityhasanestablishedreputationastheideallaunching-padforentryintocoursesofstudyatGiessen.Theprogrammecoversintensivecoursesforlearningorbrushing-upyourGerman,alongwithstimulatingworkshopsandexcursions.Findoutmoreon:www.uni-giessen.de/auslandsamt/en/hsk

• GiessenUniversity’sInternationalSummerUniversityoffersaninterdisciplinaryandpracticallyorientedprogrammeofstudyfocussingontopicsrelatedtolaw,businessandbiotechnology.ItincludesspecialseminarsandGerman-languagecourses(allofferingECTScertification)aswellasarangeofculturalexcursionsandactivities.Findoutmoreon:www.uni-giessen.de/isu

• TheUS-GermanSummerSessioninInternationalandComparativeLawbringstogetherstudentsfromallovertheworldtostudycomparativeandinternationallawforaone-monthsessioninJulyandAugust.TheprogrammeisorganizedjointlybyMarquetteUniversity,theUniversityofWisconsin,andtheUniversityofGiessenatJLUGiessen’scampus.Findoutmoreon:http://www.uni-giessen.de/summerlaw

All Modules and Classes taught in English:

www.uni-giessen.de/cms/ce

Further Online Resources:

• Thisinformationsheetonline:www.uni-giessen.de/cms/coursesofstudy

• JLUGiessen–International:www.uni-giessen.de/cms/internationales

• Fordetailsonallcoursesofstudy:www.uni-giessen.de/cms/study

International Study Programmes

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Faculties:

01 Law

02 BusinessAdministrationandEconomics

03 SocialSciencesandCulturalStudies

04 HistoryandCulturalStudies

05 Language,Literature,Culture

06 PsychologyandSportsScience

07 MathematicsandComputerScience,Physics,Geography

08 BiologyandChemistry

09 AgriculturalSciences,NutritionalSciencesandEnvironmentalManagement

10 VeterinaryMedicine

11 Medicine

Selected Research Facilities:

GCSC/GGK InternationalGraduateCentrefortheStudyofCulture/GiessenGraduateSchoolfortheHumanities

GGL InternationalGiessenGraduateSchoolfortheLifeSciences

ECCPS ExcellenceClusterCardio-PulmonarySystem

IFZ ResearchCentreforBiosystems,LandUseandNutrition

GiZo GiessenCentreforEasternEuropeanStudies

ZEU CentreforInternationalDevelopmentandEnvironmentalResearch

ZMI CentreforMediaandInteractivity

ZFP CentreforPhilosophyandtheFundamentalsofScience

ZfL CentreforTeacherTraining

ZfbK CentreforCompetenceDevelopment

Justus Liebig University

JustusLiebigUniversitywasfoundedin1607.400yearslateritoffersanexceptionallybroadrangeofsubjectsandexcellenttransdisciplinarylearningatundergraduateand(post)graduatelevel.

Bachelor of Arts:

• BusinessAdministration

• Economics

• SocialSciences

• EarlyChildhoodEducation

• Adult&ContinuingEducation,ExtracurricularEducation

• VocationalEducationandTraining

•MusicEducation

•Musicology

• TheCultureoftheAncientWorld[degreetitle:Baccalaurea/BaccalaureusArtium]

• HistoryandCulture–combinedcourseofstudy*:History;JournalismandPublicHistory;EasternEuropeanHistory,ClassicalArchaeology;ClassicalPhilology(Greek,Latin);HistoryofArt;ArtEducation;MusicEducation;Musicology;ProtestantTheology;CatholicTheology;Philosophy;TurkicLanguagesandLiteratures;Education;PoliticalScience;Sociology;EnglishLanguage,LiteraturesandCultures;GermanStudies(GermanLinguistics,GermanLiterature);RomanceLanguages,CulturesandLiteratures*(French,Spanish,Portuguese);SlavonicLanguages,CulturesandLiteratures*(RussianStudies,BohemianStudies,PolishStudies,Croatian/SerbianStudies)

• Language,Literature,Culture–combinedcourseofstudy*:EnglishLanguage,LiteraturesandCultures;GermanStudies(GermanLinguistics,GermanLiterature);RomanceLanguages,CulturesandLiteratures*(French,Spanish,Portuguese);SlavonicLanguages,CulturesandLiteratures*(RussianStudies,BohemianStudies,PolishStudies,Croatian/SerbianStudies);TurkicLanguagesandLiteratures;History;EasternEuropeanHistory,ClassicalArchaeology;ClassicalPhilology(Greek,Latin);HistoryofArt;ArtEducation;MusicEducation;Musicology;ProtestantTheology;CatholicTheology;Philosophy

•ModernLanguages,CulturesandBusinessStudies*:EnglishLanguage,LiteraturesandCultures;RomanceLanguagesandLiteraturesFrench,Spanish,andPortuguese;RussianStudies;BohemianStudies;PolishStudies;BusinessAdministration;Economics

•ModernLanguagesandLanguageTeaching*:English;French;Spanish;Portuguese;SubjectDidactics:English;SubjectDidactics:RomanceLanguages

• AppliedTheaterStudies

* Some subjects can only be studied as minors. For combinations (major/minor subjects) please see www.uni-giessen.de/cms/studkomb

Bachelor of Science:

• Biology

• Chemistry

• Physics

•Mathematics

• Geography

• AdvancedMaterials

• AgriculturalScience

• EnvironmentalManagement

• NutritionalScience

• NutritionalScienceandHomeEconomics

• NutritionChemistry

• PhysicalActivityandHealth

• Psychology

Master of Arts:

• BusinessAdministration

• Economics

• AppliedMusicology

• VocationalEducationandTraining

• EducationalScience:AdultandContinuingEducation,ExtracurricularEducation

• DemocracyandCooperation

•ModernSocietiesandCultures

• Religion–Media–Culture

• ElementaryandIntegrativeEducation

• HistoricandPresentVisualCultures:ClassicalArchaeology/HistoryofArt

• LiteraturesoftheAncientWorld(Greek,LatinPhilology)

• GermanLiteratureandCultureinEasternEurope

• ArtEducation

• History

• HistoryandCulture–combinedcourseofstudy*:History;EasternEuropeanHistory,ClassicalArchaeology;ClassicalPhilology(Greek,Latin);HistoryofArt;ArtEducation;MusicEducation;Musicology;ProtestantTheology;CatholicTheology;Philosophy;Education;Sociology;EnglishLanguage,LiteraturesandCultures;GermanStudies(GermanLinguistics,GermanLiterature);RomanceLanguages,CulturesandLiteratures*(French,Spanish,Portuguese);SlavonicLanguages,CulturesandLiteratures*(RussianStudies,BohemianStudies,PolishStudies,Croatian/SerbianStudies)

• Language,Literature,andCulture–combinedcourseofstudy*:EnglishLinguistics;EnglishCulturalStudies;English

LiteraryStudies;GermanLinguistics;GermanLiteraryStudies;GermanasaForeignLanguage;ComputationalLinguisticsandTextTechnology;ComparativeStudies;RomanceLanguages,CulturesandLiteratures*(French,Spanish,Portuguese);SlavonicLanguages,CulturesandLiteratures(Russian,Bohemian,Polish,Croatian,Serbian)*

•ModernLanguages,CulturesandBusinessStudies*:EnglishLanguage,LiteraturesandCultures;RomanceLanguagesandLiteraturesFrench;RomanceLanguagesandLiteratures/Spanish;RussianStudies;BohemianStudies;PolishStudies;PortugueseStudies;BusinessAdministration;Economics

•ModernLanguagesandLanguageTeaching*:English;French;Spanish;Portuguese;SubjectDidactics:English;SubjectDidactics:RomanceLanguages

• LanguageTechnologyandForeignLanguageTeaching

•ModernLanguagesandLinguistics

• InterdisciplinaryStudiesonEasternEurope

• AppliedTheatreStudies

• ChoreographyandPerformance

* Some subjects can only be studied as minor subjects or elements of study. For combinations (major/minor subjects, elements of study) please see www.uni-giessen.de/cms/studkomb

Master of Science:

• Biology

• Chemistry

• Physics

•Mathematics

• AdvancedMaterials

• TransitionManagement(inEnglish)

• Agrobiotechnology(inEnglish)

• NutritionalScience

• NutritionChemistry

• FoodEconomics

• HouseholdScience

• CropScience

• FarmAnimalScience

• AgriculturalEconomicsandFarmManagement

• EnvironmentalandResourceManagement

• Oenology

• ViniculturalEconomics

• BeverageTechnology

• Biomechanics-MotorSkill-HumanMotionAnalysis

• ClinicalSportPhysiologyandSportTherapy

• Psychology

State Examination:

• Law

• TeachingDegrees(alltypesofschools)

• VeterinaryMedicine

• HumanMedicine

• Dentistry

Magister Juris Internationalis:

• TheMagisterJurisInternationalis(“InternationalEuropeanandComparativeLaw”)isacourseofstudythatcanalsobestudiedasasecondMaster’sDegree.

Supplementary Courses of Study/Second Master’s Degrees:

• ComparativeChildLaw(LL.M.,incooperationwiththeNorth-West-UniversityPotchefstroom/SouthAfrica;inEnglish)

•MagisterLegum(MasterinGermanLawforJuristswithaForeignDegree;SupplementaryCourseofStudy)

• PsychologicalPsychotherapy

• FundamentalsofAppliedInformationTechnologyandAppliedMathematics(certificate)

Doctorate/Ph.D.:

• AllfacultiesofJLUawardadoctorateintherespectivefield.

Courses of Study at Justus Liebig University Giessen

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