Faculty of Humanities

Organising the Professionalisation Area: Information for Mono-Bachelor Students

The professionalisation area envisages a (subject-specific) specialisation, while key competences serve to acquire additional qualifications and also include the option of integrating internships and voluntary work into your studies. The three mono-bachelor's degree programmes of the Faculty of Humanities have different regulations regarding the professionalisation area and the key competences.

The professionalisation area consists of 18 credits of subject-specific professionalisation with a set number of courses offered by the subjects involved in the degree programme as well as 18 credits of freely selectable key competences from the permissible range of courses.
You can find more information on subject-specific professionalisation on this page in the chapter “Structure” under the heading “Regulations and Module Directory”.


In the subject East Asian Studies/Modern Sinology, key competences amounting to at least 9 credits must be completed.
You can find more information on this page in the chapter “Structure” under the heading “Regulations and Module Directory”.


In the professionalisation area, 36 credits must be completed in two compulsory elective areas, of which at least 6 credits are allocated to key competences.
You can find more information on this page in the right-hand column under the items “Modulverzeichnis” and “Studienverlaufspläne”.


Recommendations for the Acquisition of Key Competences in the Course of Studies
At the beginning of the degree programme, courses dealing with study skills (e.g. motivation, working and learning techniques), methodological skills (e.g. writing skills) and social skills (e.g. teamwork and communication) can be helpful. In the third and fourth semesters, contents from the areas of career orientation (e.g. internships), social competences (e.g. committee work) and language competences/foreign languages are recommended. Towards the end of the degree programme, competences relevant to the profession (e.g. project management) as well as competences for entering the profession (e.g. job application competences) can be helpful.

IMPORTANT: In all three examples in the area of key competences, only modules that are designated for this purpose can be taken.