Majors

General and Comparative Literary Studies: Literary studies researches literary processes in their historical and global manifestations,
often in connection with aesthetics, rhetoric and narratology.
Communication Science: Communication science is interested in the emergence and impact of media-mediated communication. The focus of research is therefore on mass communication through the mass media.
Computer Science: Computer science is the science of the systematic processing of information with a focus on its automatic processing with the help of computer systems.
History: Historians attempt to research the past and thereby better understand the present. The central basis of historical scholarship is historical sources, i.e. any kind of representational, written, media and, in rare cases, oral tradition.
Philosophy: Philosophy asks about things that are unquestioningly assumed in everyday life. Typical philosophical questions include under which conditions someone possesses knowledge, whether these conditions can be fulfilled at all and what justifies the claim to validity of moral prohibitions.
Sociology: Sociology is about how people live together in society. Sociologists study human actions and behavior, the relationships between people and their social positions.

Geography: Geography deals with the surface of the earth, with regions and landscapes, with population developments, with locations and with the material and spiritual environment of people.
Statistics: Statistics and data science are applied disciplines whose main task is to develop models and methods for data analysis. These lead to reliable findings in various areas of empirical research and enable forecasts to be made.

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