Teaching Degree (Lehramt, Staatsexamen): Geography at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)

Programme overview

Elementary school, middle school, secondary school, grammar school The study of geography for a teaching degree, and thus also school geography, deals with diverse social developments and natural processes. Although the study contents are determined by the Ministry of Education, students can choose between seminars of regional geography, terrain seminars and much more in the so-called „free area“. Geography didactics teaches knowledge transfer appropriate for students.

Faculty: Faculty of Sciences | Duration: 6 semesters (3 years) | Study mode: full-time; German-taught; Staatsexamen (teaching degree) | Intake: Winter semester | Location: Erlangen, Bayern, Germany

What you will study

Various examination regulations form the basis of the teaching degree program (and the study planning): In addition to the Teacher Examination Regulations (LPO I) and the Study and Examination Regulations for the First Teacher Examination at FAU (LAPO), these are the „Subject Study and Examination Regulations for the Subject of Geography in the Teacher Training Program at FAU“. In the teaching degree program, too, the Fundamentals and Orientation Examination must be proven after the first year of study, at the latest after the third semester. A total of 40 ECTS credits must be proven.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Application deadline: Winter semester: 30.09.; Summer semester: not possible. Language: No language skills or certificates need to be proven, but a good command of the standard German language, both written and spoken, is required. The application deadline for the winter semester for international applicants is July 15th. As a school requirement, you need the Abitur or a BOS/FOS13 degree to study at FAU. However, you can also start studying with us with an intermediate diploma or 90 ECTS credits from a university of applied sciences. Since a change in the Bavarian Higher Education Act in the summer of 2009, however, vocationally qualified students without an Abitur may also study at FAU. In addition to the general qualification for university entrance (Abitur), there are other access options for studying at FAU. Our bach

Intake: Winter semester

Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)

Apply through the official page: https://www.campo.fau.de/qisserver/pages/cs/sys/portal/hisinoneStartPage.faces?sessionlanguage=en&page=Applicants

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