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BA Spanisch (Spanish) (Kernfach, Lehramt Gymnasium und Gesamtschule) at Bielefeld University

Bielefeld University, Germany

Programme overview

Teacher-training core subject in Spanish at Gymnasien and Gesamtschulen, with subject didactics and a broad foundation in Hispanic studies that also covers Latin America. 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

Literature, culture and media studies, linguistics and the history of the language, plus subject didactics and practical language skills (speaking, writing, listening, reading); a stay of several months in a Spanish-speaking country is planned (study stay, internship or language assistantship).

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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Application information

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. Proof of language aptitude at CEFR level B1 (by a language test) is required for access to certain modules. 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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