Curriculum

Program

The Studien- and Prüfungsordnung list all credit and examination required to study Comparative Literature at Freie Universität. A list of all programs at Freie Universität Berlin and the associated regulations of examination is found at http://www.fu-berlin.de/studium/pruefung/stud-pruef-ordnungen.html.
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Bachelor

General tips to the Bachelor program in fall term 2004.

• Studien- und Prüfungsordung (pdf).

Magister

Enrollment for the first semester is not possible anymore since the Magister-Program is being disestablished. Note: the Magister-Program is not to be confused with a Master-Program associated to the Bachelor.

• Studienordnung (pdf).
• Studienordnung (html).
• Prüfungsordnung (pdf).

Study Advice

Study Advice for Comparative Literature:

You can have Studienfachberatung (i.e. personal advice for studying Comparative Literature) from October 18, 2004 on. Every faculty member is available as your advisor. (The office hours are on the faculty-site).

For general advice concerning studies at Freie Universität, go to Zentraleinrichtung Studienberatung und Psychologische Beratung der Freien Universität Berlin (Center for Study and Psychological Advice of Freie Universität Berlin).

BaföG (German state grants for students):

Please visit the professors Irene Albers, Joachim Küpper, Gert Mattenklott, Winfried Menninghaus or Georg Witte if you need formal statements concerning a BaföG grant.

Credit and grade transfer from other universities:

To transfer credits and grades from other universities in Germany or abroad, you can ask Markus Edler.

Prüfungsbüro (examination office) for Magisterprüfungen (M.A. exams) and Promotionen (Ph.D. degrees):

• Dep. 1, Habelschwerdter Allee 45,
• Room: JK 29/136 and JK 29/137
• Phone: ++ 49 - 30 - 838 540 07
• Phone: ++ 49 - 30 - 838 540 09
• Fax: ++ 49 - 30 - 838 541 66
• E-Mail: pruefungsbuero@germanistik.fu-berlin.de
• Opening hours: Mon, Tue, Fri 10-12.30 a.m., Wen 3-5 p.m.
  (in holidays: Mon, Tue 10-12.30 a.m., Wen 3-5 p.m.)

International Exchange Programs

In the European ERASMUS/SOKRATES program, we offer student exchange programs for the following universities:

Please note that, beyond the ERASMUS/SOKRATES program, the Counseling for Study Abroad of Freie Universität Berlin and several national educational programs such as the Fulbright Commission and the German Service for Academic Exchange (DAAD), offer student grants for studying abroad.

European Credit Transfer System:

Since fall term 1998, the Department of Comparative Literature participates in the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). ECTS points are given according to the following table:

Abbreviations:
LN     Taken for credit („Leistungsnachweis“),
TN     Taken for audit („Teilnahmenachweis“),
SWS  Hours a week („Semesterwochenstunden“)

In case a course has a different number of hours a week, the credits given change accordingly.

Alumni

The Foundational meeting was on Friday, June 27, 2003, 3 p.m. s.t. in Hüttenweg 9, Großer Seminarraum.

Further information to Alumni-Vereinigung

Founding of an ‚Alumni-Verein‘ – spring 2003

Literary Links

Link sites:

General literary directories:

• Voice of the Shuttle
• Literary Resources on the Net

Directories concerning specific national literatures:

• English Literatures
  • Düsseldorfer Virtuelle Bibliothek, Anglistik
  • Also refer to Voice of the Shuttle and Literary Resources on the Net
• German Literature
  • German Literature links of the FU university library
  • Germanistik im Internet – Erlanger Liste
• Romance Literatures
  • romanistik.de
  • Romanistik im Internet, Romance Literature links of the Konstanz university library
• Slavic Literatures
  • Slavistik im Internet, Slavic Literature links of the Konstanz university library
• Classics
  • Electronic Resources for Classicists
  • Düsseldorfer Virtuelle Bibliothek, Altertumswissenschaften / Klassische Philologie

Discussion forums and conferences:

• Literary Listservs
• PennEnglish: Calls for Papers

Search Engines and Databases:

The most important international bibliographical database for the study of literature is being collected by the Modern Language Association (MLA) and available only for the sale on CD-ROM. On the public terminal of our library you can access the MLA bibliography and all other CD-ROM databases of the university library.

Literary resources:

• Modern Language Association
• Encyclopedia Britannica
• The UC Irvine Critical Theory Resource

Library OPACs:

• OPAC of FU Berlin
  
• KOBV – Kooperativer Bibliotheksverbund Berlin-Brandenburg
• StaBiKat – Online-Catalog of Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
• Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog
  Meta-OPAC for German libraries.
• Library of Congress Home Page

Web Search Engines:

• Google
• AltaVista: Advanced Search
• Paperball Homepage

Books in Print:

• Verzeichnis lieferbarer Bücher
• Zentrales Verzeichnis Antiquarischer Bücher (ZVAB-HOME)

Online Publications:

Electronic Libraries:

• E-Text Collections and Archives

Literary Theory:

• Opening Screen, The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism

Studying Comparative Literature:

• Der kleine Komparatist
  Study guide of the comparative literature department at LMU Munich

Misc.

• Anagramm-Generator in deutscher Sprache
• Postmodern Thesis Generator