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Bachelor Sachunterricht (General Studies, Primary) (Fach, Lehramt Grundschule) at Bielefeld University

Bielefeld University, Germany

Programme overview

Teacher-training subject for primary-school Sachunterricht (general studies), an interdisciplinary programme that helps children to explore and orient themselves in their environment. The subject variant covers 40 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

Natural sciences (elective subjects biology, chemistry and physics) and social sciences (elective subjects history and social sciences), with the subject and didactic perspectives of the five sub-disciplines combined with the cross-subject, multi-perspective view of Sachunterricht; students develop, plan and reflect teaching-learning processes.

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

Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)

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