Bachelor
history
Short info about the course of study
| Restricted admission | Standard period of study | Start of studies |
| no | 6 semesters 12 semesters (part-time) | Winter semester |
Authorisation procedure
The degree program is admission-free, you can enroll directly without an application.
Enrolment deadline
29.07.2024 – 30.08.2024
Extension until 11.10.2024
completion
Bachelor of Arts
Further information about the degree programme
You have to prove foreign language skills (more information below)
Language of instruction
German
The course of study
Discover the reasons for the social conditions and their changes in the present and future in the history of Siegen, in which you learn to deal with the past critically and from a scientific perspective.
The degree programme offers you a basic education in history. You will learn about history from antiquity to modern societies. Complex problems are considered with a methodical approach. You can choose specializations according to your own interests, expand your foreign language skills or combine history with other subjects individually.
Through excursions or historical projects, you can already gain practical experience during your studies, which is in demand in a variety of professional fields.
5 reasons to study history in Siegen
✓ professional handling of social conditions and their change
✓ comprehensive access to European history and more
✓ dedicated and dedicated teachers
✓ individualized design of the study
✓ the Siegen BA History thrives on methodological approaches to a wide variety of topics
Career prospects
The Bachelor's degree program qualifies through individual specializations as well as combinations to a variety of different professional fields. During your studies, you will be able to understand and present complex relationships in their historical contexts. This means that you are perfectly prepared, for example, for jobs in archives, museums, foundations, politics, publishing houses or in press, radio and publishing houses.
Admission requirements
The B.A. History programme always begins in the winter semester. Requirements for access are the general university entrance qualification, the subject-specific university entrance qualification or the technical college entrance qualification. Applicants with a subject-specific university entrance qualification or a technical college entrance qualification must meet certain entry requirements: Information on application and enrolment
By the end of the third semester, knowledge of classical Latin at the level of the small Latinum must be proven in the Advanced Core Subject and Core Subject History. Knowledge of two modern foreign languages at level B2 according to CEFR is recommended.
Study structure
In the subject bachelor's degree program of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, you can combine different subjects in a variety of ways:
| compartments | 1-subject course of study | Studyable as Advanced core subject | Core subject | Complementary subject |
| Christian Theologies from an Ecumenical Perspective | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Digital Media and Technologies (1) | ✓ | |||
| European business communication | ✓ | |||
| Film studies (1) | ✓ | |||
| history | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| History of Art (Faculty II) | ✓ | |||
| Literature, culture, media | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Media Management (Faculty III) (2) | ✓ | |||
| Media studies | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| philosophy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Play and Games Studies (1) | ✓ | |||
| sociology | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Social Sciences in Europe | ✓ | |||
| Language and communication | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Economics (Faculty III) | ✓ | |||
2: Media management can only be studied in combination with media studies as a (extended) core subject.
Advice and contact
Make an appointment now at:
info.studienberatung@zsb.uni-siegen.de
or by phone at: 0271 740-2712
(Mon – Thu: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. / Fri: 9 a.m. – 12 noon)
Master programmes
- History of modernity
- History (supplementary subject)
- Culture, history, society
- Roads to Democracies – Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Politics and Culture
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