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BA Wirtschaft-Politik/Sozialwissenschaften (Economics-Politics/Social Sciences) (Fach, Lehramt Haupt-, Real-, Sekundar- und Gesamtschulen) at Bielefeld University

Bielefeld University, Germany

Programme overview

Teacher-training subject in social sciences, the subject taught under the NRW teaching titles Wirtschaft-Politik and Wirtschaft-Politik/Sozialwissenschaften. Bielefeld studies social sciences in their full breadth rather than narrowing to economics and politics. 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 semester only  |  Location: Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Social sciences including economics, politics and sociology as a core social-science discipline; the programme meets the statutory requirements including those of the Kultusministerkonferenz and qualifies with the Master of Education for the subjects Wirtschaft-Politik and Wirtschaft-Politik/Sozialwissenschaften.

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. Bildungswissenschaften is a compulsory component of any study programme with a teaching option.

Intake: Winter semester only

Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)

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