Faculty of Humanities

As of the beginning of 2011 the organisation of the University of Tampere will be changed. Functions pertaining to the University's teaching and research will be organised into nine Schools, to which the present departments and faculties will be transferred. The Faculty of Humanities will be divided into the new schools as follows:

School of Education: Speech Communication and Voice Research / Vocology
School of Languages, Translation Studies and Literary Studies: Finnish Literature and Comparative Literature; all disciplines from the School of Modern Languages and Translation Studies
School of Communication, Media and Theatre: Speech Communication, Theatre and Drama Research, Department of Acting
School of Humanities and Social Sciences: Logopedics, all disciplines from the Department of History and Philosophy, and the Department of Music Anthropology

The schools’ web pages will be published 1.1.2011, and updated with all necessary information during the spring 2011. Until the updates are complete the new pages will also direct users to the old Faculty and Department web pages.

Links to the Schools' web pages

The Faculty of Humanities was founded in 1964. The task of the faculty is to engage in research in the Humanities and to provide teaching based thereon. The faculty comprises six departments. There are seventeen major subjects in the field of Humanities, and several study modules designed as minor subjects. In addition, the faculty also offers education in the field of Theatre and Dance: the four-year master's degree offered in the Department of Acting prepares graduates for the actor's profession.

There are some 3500 students in the faculty, of which the majority, approximately 3000, study for Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. In addition, there are some 300 postgraduate students and about 200 non-degree students. Every year approximately 300 new students are admitted into the faculty.

Degrees

In the Faculty of Humanities, it is possible to take the following degrees:

Bachelor of Arts (Humanististen tieteiden kandidaatti, HuK)
Master of Arts (Filosofian maisteri, FM)
Licentitate of Philosophy (Filosofian lisensiaatti)
Doctor of Philosophy (Filosofian tohtori)

Bachelor of Arts (Theatre and Drama) (Teatteritaiteen kandidaatti)
Master of Arts (Theatre and Drama) (Teatteritaiteen maisteri)
Licentiate of Arts (Theatre and Drama) (Teatteritaiteen lisensiaatti)
Doctor of Arts (Theatre and Drama) (Teatteritaiteen tohtori)

Departments

Below is the list of the departments and major subjects in the faculty. In addition to the major subjects, the departments offer subjects and multidisciplinary study modules that can be studied only as minor subjects.

More information on the curriculum and teaching can be found in the curricula guide, teaching schedules and the web pages of the departments. The curricula guides of other faculties, and the University of Tampere studies –page are also valuable sources of information.

Department of History and Philosophy
Major subjects: History, Philosophy
Minor subjects: North American Studies (NAM), History of Ideas and Learning, Economic and Social History, Latin Language and Classical Heritage, Nordic Perspective on European History

School of Modern Languages and Translation Studies
Major Subjects: English Philology, German Language and Culture, French Language, Scandinavian Languages, Russian Language and Culture, Finnish Language, Multilingual Communication and Translation (English, German, Russian)
Minor Subjects: Spanish Language, Polish Language, Czech Language, Russian Studies Programme, General Linguistics, Phonetics, Estonian Language and Culture

Department of Music Anthropology
Major subjects: Enthnomusicology
Minor subjects: Musicology, Ethnology

Department of Speech Communication and Voice Research
Major subjects: Speech Communication and Voice Research, Logopedics

Department of Literature and the Arts
Major subjects: Finnish Literature, Comparative Literature, Theatre and Drama Research

Department of Acting