Romance Languages and Literatures (expiring degree programme)
Bachelor of Arts (Major subject)

Important! Please be aware that all our study programmes require good previous language skills in one Romance language (level B1 for the Bachelor degree's programme, Level C1 for the Master's degree programmes). In addition, we strongly recommend a near native speaker proficiency of German. 

Multilingual communication – French, Italian, Spanish

Building bridges with languages – in order to achieve this goal you need a sound language training. Language knowledge and skills that students develop in the courses of the department of Romance Studies in Gelsenkirchen will increase their individual range of communication to a considerable extent: more than 510 million people all over the planet speak French, Italian or Spanish. In the Bachelor’s program Romance Studies the students acquire in-depth knowledge, skills, and expertise in one of the Romance languages and cultures (Spanish, French, Italian) offered.

It is possible to combine two Romance languages as major subject (e.g. Spanish) and a minor subject (e.g. French). In addition, one more Romance language at beginner's level can be selected as part of the option modules.

The degree programmes in Romance studies prepare for careers in the following areas:

• Multilingual information-, knowledge- and cultural management
• New Media (digital media technology, communication technology)
• Journalism and publishing
• European and international organizations, enterprises and educational institutions
• Composing texts in foreign languages, international public relations agencies
• Culturally specific education and training for enterprises, the „new language industries“ (e.g. web portals, development of digitial dictionaries and encyclopaedias, creation of educational software)
• Foreign language teaching at schools or in adult education
• Adademic research and teaching