Institut für Pädagogik
Bachelor Education

Bachelor Education

What the Bachelor Education is about

Education deals with the theoretical and methodical foundations of teaching, learning or acquisition processes. Educationalists research backgrounds, ways of understanding and causes of learning, upbringing and educational processes, and they make recommendations about how these processes may be organised and improved. In this context, aspects of teaching and learning are considered for all ages and living environments. That is why educationalists are employed in the most different fields and provide fundamental insights for professional life and the world of work, for adult and further education and for intercultural coexistence.

Structure of studies

Structure of the Bachelor (further information in the text)

Basic modules (BM) of educational basic studies (obligatory)

  • Basics of educational science, 1./2. semester (GM-AEW)
  • Introduction to adult education and further education, 1. semester (GM-EWB)
  • Basics of didactics, 1./2. semester (GM-BWP)
  • Introduction to methods of educational science, 1./2. semester (GM-BF)
  • Introduction to intercultural education, 1./2. semester (GM-IKP)

Basic modules (BM) of the elective minor subject during 1./2. semester (obligatory but elective)

The sessions of the basic module of the elective minor subject are attended parallel to the basic modules of basic educational studies.

  • Psychology (GM-NF-Psy)
  • Sociology (GM-NF-Soz)
  • Economics (GM-NF-WiWi)
  • English/American Studies (GM-NF-AA)
  • European Studies (GM-NF-EuSt)
  • Intercultural Communication (GM-NF-IKK)
  • Outdoor Education (GM-NF-Erl)

Advanced modules (AM) of educational basic studies during 3.-5. semesters (obligatory)

  • Basic ways of educational acting, 3./4. semester (AM-AEW)
  • Professional skills and knowledge of adult education, 2./3. semester (AM-EWB)
  • Education in the context of job and workplace, 4./5. semester (AM-BWP)
  • The practice of educational research, 3./4. semester (AM-BF)

Advanced modules (AM) of the selective minor subject during 3. and 4. semesters (obligatory but selective)

The sessions of the advanced module of the selective minor subject are attended parallel to educational basic studies. Studies in the minor subject are usually completed by the end of 4. semester

  • Psychology (AM-NF-Psy)
  • Sociology (AM-NF-Soz)
  • Economics (AM-NF-WiWi)
  • English/American Studies (AM-NF-AA)
  • European Studies (AM-NF-EuSt)
  • Intercultural Communication (AM-NF-IKK)
  • Outdoor Education (AM-NF-Erl)

Consolidation modules (CM) of an elective educational major subject (obligatory but elective)

From the following four modules, the one in the selected major subject must be taken:

  • Major subject General Educational Science (VM-AEW) – discourses and research fields of General Educational Science, 5./6. semester
  • Major subject Adult Education (VM-EWB) – action and research fields of Adult Education and Further Education, 4./5. semester
  • Major subject Methods of Educational Research (VM-BF) – the practice of empirical research and its methodology, 5./6. semester
  • Major subject Intercultural Education (VM-IKP) – the practice of empirical research and its methodology, 5./6. Semester

Completing additional modules (CAM) of the selective minor subject (4.-6. semesters)

  • Research or study project (ZM1)
  • Internship (minimum of 320 working hours) (ZM2)

Bachelor or examination thesis in the chosen major subject (BAM)

  • Parallel to studies in the 6. semester, accompaniment by way of exercises(colloquia)
  • 18 weeks, volume: ca. 50 pages

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