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BSc Biologie (Biology) (Fach, Lehramt Haupt-, Real-, Sekundar- und Gesamtschulen) at Bielefeld University

Bielefeld University, Germany

Programme overview

Teacher-training subject in biology covering the diversity of life and the principles of biological systems, from molecular processes to the dynamics of ecosystems, with theory and practical lab and field work. 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

Biological foundations with laboratory and field work, experiments and explaining complex relationships; the profile phase covers teacher-specific biology didactics (planning, analysing and reflecting biology lessons).

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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