Bachelor's Program English and American Studies

General Information

In the bachelor’s program in English and American Studies, you will develop advanced proficiency in English while studying English linguistics as well as British, American, and other Anglophone literature, culture, media, politics, and history. You will also gain transferable skills preparing you for a wide range of professional fields.

For further general information about the program, please click here (forthcoming) . You can find the curriculum here .

Course Registration

You must register via LFU:online within the designated registration period:

• Winter term: September 1 to 21
• Summer term: February 1 to 21

Please note:

• When signing up, you should ensure that you meet and have completed any required prerequisite courses. You can find information on prerequisites in the curriculum as well as on LFU:online (in the same place where you access the course details and register).
• Course acceptance is not on a first-come, first-served basis. Places are allocated only after the registration period has ended, at which point lecturers determine acceptance.

Buddy-/Mentoring Programs

The Departments of English and American Studies offer buddy and mentoring programs for students. For further information about the programs as well as how to participate, click here.

Transition from Old to New Curriculum

This information is only relevant for students who started the BA English and American Studies before winter semester 2026/27.

You will automatically be transferred to the new curricum. To support you during this transition, we have prepared this course selection guide to help you identify and choose the courses you still need to complete.

Exam Registration and Dates for Lectures (VO)

Click below on a lecture title to view the exam dates and registration procedure for the current semester.

Bachelor's Thesis

To complete your BA in English and American Studies, you need to submit one BA thesis. You need a thesis supervisor, who can be any faculty member in the Departments of English and American Studies. You need to attend the course SE Seminar mit Bachelorarbeit (Compulsory Module 16: Seminar with Bachelor Thesis). Your thesis supervisor will forward the grades of your thesis to the instructors of this course.

The length of a BA thesis is 30 to 40 pages (double-spaced, from "Introduction" to "Conclusion") and is equivalent to 7.5 ECTS-credits. They must be written in English and include the "Declaration of Academic Integrity" ("Eidesstattliche Erklärung)." 

Your thesis supervisor will assess your thesis according to the official criteria ("Kriterien für Bachelorarbeiten PhilKult"). Make sure to submit the filled-in form "Proof of BA thesis" ("Nachweis über die BA-Arbeit") along with your thesis. Your thesis supervisor will forward the form as well as the grade to the relevant course instructor. 

The thesis has to have a cover page that includes the following information: student name, student registration number, name of the course instructor, course title, semester of course attendance, name of the thesis advisor, date of submission.

For information regarding citation style, formatting, submission deadlines, etc., contact your thesis supervisor and follow their instructions precisely. 

If your supervisor assesses your thesis as insufficient (5 – Nicht Genügend), you must enroll in the same course, find a supervisor, and write and submit a new thesis.