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BA Philosophie (Philosophy) (Kernfach, Lehramt Gymnasium und Gesamtschule) at Bielefeld University

Bielefeld University, Germany

Programme overview

Teacher-training subject in philosophy covering fundamental questions such as the good life, free will and the limits of science, with attention to teaching these questions to pupils. 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)  |  Intake: Winter or summer semester (teaching is organised for a winter-semester start)  |  Location: Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Systematic and historical study of philosophical questions, reading and understanding texts, writing and presenting philosophical work, own focus areas after a guided start, and didactics for the school subjects Philosophie and Praktische Philosophie.

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. For the Master of Education for Gymnasien and Gesamtschulen, Latin knowledge at the level of the Kleines Latinum or the Graecum is required for completing the Master up to and including the winter semester 2028/29, and from the summer semester 2029 already for 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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