Creditable Language Courses

Major students in linguistics must attend two semesters (at least 8 ETCS) of a language course in a language that is structurally far enough away from the Western European standard. Below is a list of suitable language courses. There is no guarantee of completeness -- if other language courses are found, please discuss creditability with the head of studies.

Language courses offered by ISW

  • Russisch (paid)
  • Georgisch (paid)
  • Neugriechisch (paid)
  • Japanisch (paid)
  • Modern Chinese
  • Bislama

Language courses offered by institutes

The following courses are offered regularly by other institutes and meet the above criteria for credit transfer in the ‘ELV Language’ module. It is possible that other courses not listed here may be eligible for credit transfer, or that courses listed here may not be offered.

  • Offered by the Institute of Classical Philology
    • Old Greek
      (Please note: as the course is usually only worth 3 ECTS credits, courses I-III must be attended.)
  • Offered by the Institute of Archeology
    • Akkadian
    • Sumerian
  • Offered by the Institute of Slavic Languages and Literatures
    • Russian
    • Ukrainian
    • Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian
      (Please note: as the course is usually only worth 3 ECTS credits, courses I-III must be attended.)
  • Offered by the Faculty of Theology
    • Biblical Hebrew
    • Modern Hebrew/Iwrit
    • New Testament Greek
    Offered by the Institute Middle East and Muslim Societies
    • Arabic
    • Egyptian Arabic
    • Persian
    • Turkish