Information for Students

Student Services & General Information

• Advice and services: an overview of FAU’s various service offices
• Student Records Office: general help and advice for studying at FAU
• GOS: Classes on academic writing, study skills etc. (only available in German)
• Manage your studies online: an overview of FAU’s various online platforms (UnivIS, MeinCampus, StudOn, etc.)

Enrollment & Registration

• Class enrollment: find out more here
• OKTIS: the Language Center’s class enrollment system (in German)
• MeinCampus Info: leaflet explaining the most important functions and abbreviations of the online platform

Resources & Regulations

• OPAC: the university library’s online catalogue
• Research Databases: a selection of research databases for English and American Studies (in German)
• Written Assignments – Style Sheet: guidelines for composing written assignments (Hausarbeiten) in English and American Studies
• Basic Reading List: list of basic texts / background reading for the MA North American Studies
• Module Guide: detailed descriptions of all the MA program’s modules
• Allgemeine Prüfungsordnung: general regulations for BA and MA degree programs
• Prüfungsordnung für den MA North American Studies: examination regulations for the MA North American Studies
• Studienzeitverlängerung/Application of Extension (extension of x semesters)

Interdisciplinary Project Module

The following conferences/events are suggested for the interdisciplinary project module:

• Conference: Blackness and the Knowledge(s) of Intersectionality,  April 28-29, 2022, virtual event
• Symposium: Designs of Tomorrow: Indigenous Futurities in Literature and Culture,  May 16-17, 2022, Flensburg
• Conference: Flyover Fictions, May 27-28, 2022, Innsbruck
• Annual Conference of the German Association for American Studies: Political Education and American Studies, June 9-11, 2022, Tübingen
• Conference: Embodied Acts and American Photographs, June 30-July 2, 2022, virtual event
• Symposium: Indigenous Print Cultures, Media, and Literatures, July 6-9, 2022, Mainz
• Annual Conference of the Bavarian American Academy: Representations and Uses of the American Revolution Past and Present, July 7-9, 2022, München

Going Abroad

• Contact Dr. Katharina Gerund for information on our exchange programs and other study opportunities in the USA and Canada.
• More general information is available from FAU’s International Office.
• See also Information for Students: Going Abroad on our department website

Further Questions

If you have any questions concerning the organization of your studies which are not addressed here, please contact ma-north-american-studies@fau.de.