<p>Hello all,</p>
<p>i know this is primarly a US site, but I am going to be in berlin for a while, and would like to study a postgraduate course in archeology or anthropology while there. I am having trouble understaning the information as it is not in english, and wonder which universities offer something like that, with english courses, if any.</p>
<p>Thanks,
Josh</p>
<p>Could you clarify a few things for me, please?</p>
<ul>
<li><p>It has to be in Berlin?</p></li>
<li><p>What exactly do you mean with postgraduate? (Most German universities do not make a distinction between undergraduate and graduate courses, and postgraduate programs are usually aimed at people who already have a Master’s or doctoral degree in that subject.)</p></li>
<li><p>What time frame are we talking about? (The fall/winter semester runs from October until February and the spring/summer semester April through July. Do those time frames work for you?)</p></li>
<li><p>Are you looking for an entire program in English, or would you be fine if the university just taught a few single courses in English?</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Thanks for your reply,</p>
<p>yes, it must be in berlin,</p>
<p>I have a bachelors and a masters degree in areas non related to archaeology, and would not want to do a undergraduate bachelors, so would like to do a graduate certificate or something similar.</p>
<p>Something around july and through the summer would be ideal, are there any sort of summer courses, july, august and september maybe?</p>
<p>I am fine with taking a few subjects and not doing a full course, but it must be in english as I don’t understand german at all.</p>
<p>Nope, I am sorry, universities don’t offer any courses from July to September. You can only take classes in the summer (April-July) or winter (October-February) semester. In fact, semesters were shortened by 1 week a few years ago so that professors have more time for research in between semesters. Can you make either of the two terms?</p>
<p>On a different note, I am not aware of any graduate programs for students who have a degree in an unrelated subject (with the exception of MBAs). If you want to take “graduate”/postgraduate courses in archeology, you have to have a degree in archeology or at least a significant amount of coursework without a degree. And it actually makes sense, because without a significant background in the subject, what differentiates you from first-year students in archeology degree programs?</p>
<p>The German university system is a lot less flexible in these matters than the US.</p>