BEd Hauswirtschaft/Konsum/Ernährung/Gesundheit, Lehramt HRSGe (Home Economics, Consumer Studies, Nutrition and Health teaching) at Paderborn University

Home economics is about more than cooking: teachers pass on everyday competences around nutrition, health, consumption, sustainability and household management in a practical way. Bachelor of Education teaching degree for lower secondary schools: Hauptschule, Realschule, Sekundarschule and Gesamtschule.

Faculty: Health and sport; teacher education (Lehramt)  |  Duration: 6 semesters (3 years); 60 of 180 ECTS in the degree  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught  |  Intake: Summer and winter semesters (winter semester recommended)  |  Location: Paderborn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Subject science in household science gives the social- and cultural-science knowledge needed for lower secondary school types, with the basic terms, theories and methods of household science. The 180-credit degree comprises subject content and didactics in this teaching subject (60 credits); subject content and didactics in a second teaching subject (60 credits); educational sciences (36 credits); Sekundarstufe I focus area (6 credits); German for pupils with a migration background (6 credits); bachelor's thesis (12 credits). Practical elements are an orientation and aptitude placement of 25 days and a work-field placement of at least four weeks.

Career pathways

The B.Ed. is followed by the M.Ed., which completes the first phase of teacher training and leads into school service; a non-school career is also possible, often after gaining out-of-school experience or a subject-specific master's.

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