Graduates are proficient in the historical method and able to work critically with research sources and literature. They have a grounding in selected political, cultural and economic milestones of European development from the

Middle Ages to the present, are proficient in the most important aspects of expert discourse and are able to explain the historical basis thereof.

Graduates are acquainted with the basic methods and knowledge of the philosophical tradition, and able to formulate fundamental questions and provide well-founded answers, in oral and written form. They have good skills in two major languages and a basic knowledge of either ancient Greek or Latin. They are skilled in critical analysis of complex texts.