• understand how different media function within and beyond literature, music, performance, the visual arts, and digital media;
• grasp the interplay of multiple media within a single work of art (such as a graphic novel or a film) as well as across genre boundaries (as in adaptations);
• obtain ‘media literacy’—that is, to evolve from merely consuming mediated content to understanding how different arts and media construct meaning; 
• critically engage with intermediality theory and apply it in practice (through research, creative work, and the option of an internship);
• gain a new perspective on your main field of study through the lens of intermediality theory;
• develop workplace skills that will be beneficial in various academic and professional environments, including creative and teaching professions.

The certificate comprises 21 ECTS and is divided into two compulsory modules: basic (one lecture and two proseminars = 9 ECTS; offered every winter semester) and advanced (two seminars plus an internship; or three seminars = 12 ECTS; offered every summer semester).

The broad range of intermediality theory and practice offers you numerous options for interdisciplinary research and collaboration. For instance, students enrolled in literary and cultural studies programs can exchange ideas with others who are interested in areas such as creative writing, music, the visual arts, theater, and education.

• Winter Semester 2025/26:
   
  • 500.003: Fakultätsweites Basismodul: Making Meanings across Arts and Media: An Introduction to Intermediality Theory, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Nassim W. Balestrini
  • ENL.04465UB: Topics in Anglophone Literary Studies: When Art Meets Art in Graphic Novels, Video Games, Films and More: An Introduction to Intermediality Theory, Jonatan Horvat, BA MA
  • ENL.04464UB: Topics in Anglophone Literary Studies: Articulations of ‘The Female’ in Nineteenth-Century Regionalist Short Fiction, Dr. Marie Dücker
  • ENM.03532UB: Topics in American Cultural Studies: Documentary Film and Photography, Ao.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Klaus Rieser
  • 512.224: Specialized Topics in Anglophone Literary Studies: Staging Crises for “Emancipated Spectators”: Aesthetics and Audience Appeal in Contemporary American and Canadian Plays, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Nassim W. Balestrini
  • 512.322: Specialized Topics in Cultural Studies: Graphic Novels and Animation Film, Ao.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Klaus Rieser
     
• Summer Semester 2026:
   
  • ENL.04468UB: Topics in Anglophone Literary Studies: From Graphic Novel to Graphic Narrative: Contemporary Comics Studies as Literary Studies, Dr. Marie Dücker
  • 512.225: Specialized Topics in Anglophone Literary Studies: Transnational Indigenous Poetry: Joy Harjo’s Living Nations, Living Words, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Nassim W. Balestrini