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BA Germanistik (German Studies) (Schwerpunktfach, Lehramt Grundschule) at Bielefeld University

Bielefeld University, Germany

Programme overview

Teacher-training subject in German for primary-school teachers covering linguistics and literary studies and their didactics, with a focus on aspects relevant to primary school. The subject variant covers 60 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)  |  Intake: Winter or summer semester (teaching is organised for a winter-semester start)  |  Location: Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Linguistics and literary studies and their didactics, with learning and research subjects viewed from subject-scientific and didactic perspectives and attention to pre-school and out-of-school contexts.

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. No Numerus clausus; applications still go through the published application deadlines before enrolment. 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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