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BA Anglistik: British and American Studies (Kernfach, Lehramt Gymnasium und Gesamtschule) at Bielefeld University

Bielefeld University, Germany

Programme overview

Teacher-training core subject for English at Gymnasien and Gesamtschulen, preparing future teachers to take pupils through to the Abitur. A wide range of English-language works from literature and popular culture is analysed and discussed. The subject variant covers 90 credit points within the Bachelor teacher-training structure and leads to the Master of Education.

Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; teaching degree (Lehramtsoption); Numerus clausus  |  Intake: Winter or summer semester (teaching is organised for a winter-semester start)  |  Location: Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

English-language literature, culture and media, language and didactics, with the Bachelor core subject (90 credit points) taking a larger share than the minor subject; two integrated practice phases.

Career pathways

Graduates normally continue with the Master of Education. Chances of appointment are good especially in Haupt-, Real-, Sekundar- and Gesamtschulen, in primary schools and in integrated special-needs education; the Bachelor also opens other educational fields of work.

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Entry requirements

Higher education entrance qualification (for example the Abitur); special rules apply to applicants with a foreign educational qualification and to those qualified through vocational education. Local admission restriction (Numerus clausus); apply within the published application deadlines and enrol after receiving an admission notice. Bildungswissenschaften is a compulsory component of any study programme with a teaching option.

Intake: Winter or summer semester (teaching is organised for a winter-semester start)

Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)

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