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Module Exams and Finale Theses

Winter Semester 25/26 Oral Exam Dates

First round: 

  • Jun.-Prof. Dr. Judith Rauscher: Feb. 9 & 10, 2026
  • Verena Wurth: Feb 10 & 11, 2026

Second round: 

  • Jun.-Prof. Dr. Judith Rauscher: March 30 & 31, 2026
  • Verena Wurth: March 26 & 27, 2026

Summer Semester 26 Oral Exam Dates

First round: 

  • Jun.-Prof. Dr. Judith Rauscher: July, 2026
  • Verena Wurth:
    • AM 3b: July 6-10, 2026
    • BM 4b: July 13 - 17, 2026

Second round: 

  • Jun.-Prof. Dr. Judith Rauscher: September, 2026
  • Verena Wurth: /

General Information

If you plan on registering for a module exam or thesis project (B.A. or M.A.) with an instructor associated with the professorship for American Literature and Culture (JProf. Dr. Judith Rauscher), please keep in mind that you need to focus on North American literature and culture/the field of American Studies. This means that you must either choose literary and cultural texts produced by people coming from or residing in the United States and Canada (in some cases Mexico, the Caribbean or the Pacific) or literary and cultural texts produced elsewhere in the world dealing in important ways with the United States or Canada (in some cases with Mexico, the Caribbean, or the Pacific). If you want to do comparative work, at least half of your primary materials have to come from or engage with North America in significant ways.

Study Support

If you have a (learning) disability, a chronic illness, or care-taking responsibilities (for children or other family members) that keep you from participating in courses in the way you would like to or from completing some of the course readings and tasks, please do not hesitate to ask for replacement tasks or a waiving of certain course requirements. We as a team firmly believe that students have to take responsibility for their own learning, but the ultimate goal is for everyone to take away as much as possible from their studies. If we, the American Literature and Culture team, can accomodate you in any way and remove (or, at least, lower) hurdles and help students with their studies, we will try to do so. For more information on academic accomodations, see here.

Our Congratulations!

SoSe 2023

Adriane Helios wins Faculty prize for her B.A. thesis!

Adriane Helios has been awarded the Faculty prize for her B.A. thesis "Fashioning Film Space: A Closer Look at the Effect of Costume, Set Design, and Sound in Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby (2013)". Our most sincere congratulations on your achievement!


WS 2022/23

Eva Zirker wins Faculty prize for her B.A. thesis!

Eva Zirker has been awarded the Faculty prize (Focus: Gender Studies) for her B.A. thesis "'I am, I am, I am' – The Reconciliation of Discipline and Deviance in Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar". Our most sincere congratulations on your achievement!

Contact

Address: 
Englisches Seminar I
Universität zu Köln
Albertus Magnus Platz 1
50923 Köln

Office: Philosophikum | Room 1.113
Phone: Please contact me via email.
E-mail: judith.rauscher[at]uni-koeln.de

General Contact: american-studies[at]uni-koeln.de

Important Links

Department of English I
https://anglistik1.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/

Department of English II
https://anglistik2.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/en/

Institute for North American History
https://nag.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/en/

Master of Arts North American Studies
https://anglistik1.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/index.php?id=24395

North American Studies Bonn
https://www.nas.uni-bonn.de/

Gestik: Gender Studies in Cologne
https://gestik.uni-koeln.de/en/

Comparative Literature in Cologne
https://komparatistik.uni-koeln.de/en/