BA Gerontology, Health, and Care (67% weighting) at Heidelberg University

Students enrolled in the ‘Gerontology, Health and Care’ degree programme apply multidisciplinary approaches to dealing with general and specialised issues related to ageing and age.

Faculty: Faculty of Behavioural and Cultural Studies  |  Department: Institute of Gerontology  |  Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)  |  Study mode: full-time (part-time option available)  |  Intake: Winter semester only  |  Location: Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

What you will study

The teacher-training Bachelor of Arts course of studies in gerontology, health, and care is structured in modules, compromising study shares from two areas of theory and methodology, i.e., from gerontology, health, and care with a subject ratio of 67% and from a general studies minor with a subject ratio of 33%.The Bachelor’s degree programme in gerontology, health, and care can be combined with any Bachelor’s degree programme that intends for a corresponding offer of programmes at a scope of 33 % or 59 CP in its examination rules and regulations.

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