MEd Spanisch, Lehramt HRSGe (Spanish teaching) at Paderborn University

Scientific study of the Spanish language, Spanish-speaking cultures and literatures and how to teach them: students analyse Spanish, discover other cultures, read literature, perfect their language skills and learn to lead pupils to intercultural communication. Master of Education teaching degree for lower secondary schools: Hauptschule, Realschule, Sekundarschule and Gesamtschule.

Faculty: Language, literature, culture; teacher education (Lehramt)  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years); 18 of 120 ECTS in the degree  |  Study mode: full-time; taught in German and Spanish  |  Intake: Summer and winter semesters  |  Location: Paderborn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

The 120-credit degree comprises subject content and didactics in this teaching subject (18 credits); subject content and didactics in a second teaching subject (18 credits); educational sciences (23 credits); Sekundarstufe I focus area (18 credits); master's thesis (18 credits). The school placement semester is normally taken in the second master's semester, covers one school half-year and consists of a school-based part and accompanying university courses.

Career pathways

The M.Ed. completes the first phase of teacher training; after the eighteen-month Vorbereitungsdienst (Referendariat) graduates can work as teachers.

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