Bachelor of Arts Degree Program Combinations

Each combined Bachelor of Arts program consists of 180 credit points (CP) to be earned for graduation. Out of these, 12 CP are allocated to the bachelor’s thesis at the end of the program and another 12 CP to the so-called electives, which complement the respective discipline with cross-disciplinary key competences as well as career orientation and practical training¹. Most subjects that end with a Bachelor of Arts are offered at the University of Bonn’s Faculty of Arts. However, other faculties also offer subjects that may be combined with each other or with those at the Faculty of Arts.

The University of Bonn offers the following Bachelor of Arts degree program options:

Dual-Subject Option (Major/Major)

In this option, students complete the same amount of coursework in each of the combined subjects, earning 78 CP in each.

Combinable subjects

Anthropology of the Americas²
Archaeologies³
Asian and Islamic Art History⁴
Catholic Theology⁵ ²⁾⁶
German as a Second and Foreign Language⁷¹⁾⁷
English Studies⁸
Protestant Theology and Hermeneutics⁹^{2) 7)}⁶⁹
French Studies¹⁰
German Language and Literature¹¹
History¹²
Ancient Greek Literature and its Tradition¹³
Hispanic Studies¹⁴
Italian Studies¹⁵
Comparative Literature¹⁶
Art History¹⁷
Ancient Latin Literature and its Tradition¹⁸
Media Studies¹⁹
Mongolian Studies²⁰
Musicology/Sound Studies²¹
Philosophy²²
Politics and Society²³
Scandinavian Studies²⁴
Language and Communication in the Global Media Society¹⁾²⁵
South Asian Studies²⁶
Southeast Asian Studies²⁷
Tibetan Studies²⁸
Comparative Religious Studies²⁹
Economics³⁰^{2) 7)}⁶³⁰

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Major and Minor Option

This option focuses on a major, in which students earn 120 CP (approximately 70 percent of the total program). The minor serves to complement the major and consists of modules worth 36 CP.

Majors

Archaeologies³³
Asian Studies³⁴³⁾³⁵³⁴
Catholic Theology³⁶^{2) 6)}⁶³⁶
English Studies³⁷
Protestant Theology and Hermeneutics³⁸^{2) 6) 7)}³⁹³⁸
German Language and Literature, Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies⁴⁰
History⁴¹
Art History⁴²
Latin American and Ancient American Studies⁴³⁴⁾⁴⁴⁴³
Philosophy⁴⁵
Politics and Society⁴⁶
Romance Studies⁴⁷⁵⁾⁴⁸⁴⁷

Minors

Anthropology of the Americas⁴⁹⁴⁾⁵⁰⁴⁹
Arabic⁵¹³⁾⁵²⁵¹
Bengali⁵³³⁾⁵⁴⁵³
Archaeologies⁵⁵
Chinese⁵⁶³⁾⁵⁷⁵⁶
English Studies⁵⁸
Protestant Theology and Hermeneutics⁵⁹²⁾⁶⁰⁵⁹
French Studies⁶¹⁵⁾⁶²⁶¹
Geography⁶³^{2) 6)}⁶⁴⁶³
German Language and Literature, Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies⁶⁵
History⁶⁶
Ancient Greek and Latin Literature and its Tradition⁶⁷
Hindi⁶⁸³⁾⁶⁹⁶⁸
Spanish Studies⁷⁰^{4) 5)}⁷¹⁷⁰
Indonesian⁷²³⁾⁷³⁷²
Italian Studies⁷⁴⁵⁾⁷⁵⁷⁴
Japanese⁷⁶³⁾⁷⁷⁷⁶
Catholic Theology⁷⁸²⁾⁷⁹⁷⁸
Celtic Studies⁸⁰
Korean⁸¹³⁾⁸²⁸¹
Art History⁸³
Mongolian⁸⁴³⁾⁸⁵⁸⁴
Persian⁸⁶³⁾⁸⁷⁸⁶
Philosophy⁸⁸
Politics and Society⁸⁹
Psychology⁹⁰
Law⁹¹^{2) 6}⁹²⁹¹
Tibetan⁹³³⁾⁹⁴⁹³
Turkish⁹⁵³⁾⁹⁶⁹⁵
Vietnamese⁹⁷³⁾⁹⁶⁹⁷
Economics⁹⁸^{2) 7)}⁹⁹⁹⁸

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Comments on possible combinations

Majors and minors of the same name may not be combined.

“German as a Second and Foreign Language” may not be combined with “Language and Communication in the Global Media Society”.

This subject is offered by a faculty other than the Faculty of Arts.

A major in Asian Studies must be combined with one of the following minors:

Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Persian, Tibetan, Turkish or Vietnamese

These minors may not be combined with majors other than Asian Studies.

A major in Latin American and Ancient American Studies may not be combined with a minor in Spanish Studies or Anthropology of the Americas.

A major in Romance Studies, which inherently includes two Romance language regions, may be combined with a minor in French Studies, Spanish Studies or Italian Studies if that minor comprises a different language region.

“Geography” may not be combined with “Protestant Theology and Hermeneutics” or “Catholic Theology”.

“Economics” may not be combined with “Protestant Theology and Hermeneutics”.

Single-Subject Option

This option in the Bachelor of Arts program combines two philologies into one unit through cross-disciplinary courses. By taking courses in two countries, students have the option to earn an international double degree.

German-French Studies (in cooperation with Sorbonne Université in Paris)
German-Italian Studies (in cooperation with Università degli Studi di Firenze)

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Bachelor of Arts Degree Program Combinations

Dual-Subject Option (Major/Major)

Combinable subjects

Major and Minor Option

Majors

Minors

Comments on possible combinations

Single-Subject Option

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Online Self-Assessment (OSA)

Transferring to another academic discipline or university

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