As of the winter semester of 2019/20, a new module overview will come into effect in the study regulations for the professionalisation component of the Two-Subject Bachelor’s degree (teacher education profile) (2FBA) and the Master of Education (M.Ed.) on 1 October 2019. The changes are intended to further develop teacher education programmes in line with current education policy requirements (e.g. digitalisation and inclusion). They primarily affect the educational sciences component of teacher education programmes and introduce an elective component in the Master of Education programme.

Information on the details of the new study regulations, as well as guidance on when it may be advisable to switch to the new module overview and how to submit the corresponding application, is provided in the FAQ: New Study Regulations from Winter Semester 2019/20

The Two-Subject Bachelor’s degree (teacher education profile) comprises a total of 180 credit points, with the main emphasis on subject-specific academic training in the two chosen subjects. Therefore, the largest share of the academic work (attending courses and independent study) in this six-semester programme must be completed as part of the subject-specific studies, accounting for 132 C (66 C per subject).

A smaller part of the programme, amounting to 36 C, is allocated to the professionalisation component. This consists of subject-didactic foundations in both subjects (3 C in non-school-related teaching skills and 3 C in school-related teaching skills per subject), educational sciences, including a school placement and an orientation placement (20 C in total), and the optional component (10 C), which allows students to acquire transferable skills or take additional courses, for example through the Lehramt PluS teacher education certificate programme.

A workload of 12 C is allocated to the subject-specific Bachelor’s thesis, which must be completed at the end of the Bachelor’s programme.

The focus of the Master of Education (Teaching at Grammar Schools) programme is on subject didactics and educational sciences. Of the programme’s total of 120 C, only 28 C are allocated to advanced subject-specific studies (14 C per subject). The intensive training in subject didactics, amounting to 30 C in total, includes a subject-specific or research placement in each subject.

Educational sciences account for 33 C and are divided thematically into modules. Four of these modules address the core competencies of teachers as defined by the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK) as standards for teacher education. In addition, a module on educational research is offered to familiarise students with theories and methods of empirical teaching and school research and to help them develop a research-oriented and diagnostic approach.

In the newly developed elective component (6 C), students can choose courses that help them develop a profile in practice-oriented skills or deepen their educational science, subject-didactic or subject-specific competencies.

The Master’s programme concludes with the Master’s thesis module (23 C), within which the Master’s thesis can be written in a subject-specific academic discipline, subject didactics or educational sciences.

The supplementary degree programme “Third Teaching Subject” is available as an additional qualification to students who are enrolled in the Master of Education programme or have already completed the Master’s degree. The following subjects can be studied as a third teaching subject: Chinese, Protestant Religion, French, Greek, Computer Science, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, Russian, Spanish, Latin and Italian. Italian is an exception, as it is offered only as an additional subject and cannot be selected in the Two-Subject Bachelor’s degree programme with the teacher education profile. Students pursuing a third teaching subject must complete a total of 98 C, comprising the subject-specific and subject-didactic study requirements for one subject in the Bachelor’s programme (66 C + 3 C) and the Master of Education programme (29 C). Completing the third-subject programme entitles students to choose this subject as one of their two teaching subjects during the teacher traineeship (Referendariat).