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BEd Lehramt an Förderschulen (Special-Needs Schools) at RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau

RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany

Programme overview

Six-semester Bachelor of Education at RPTU Landau for teaching at special-needs schools. It alone does not qualify for school service.

Department: Lehramt an Förderschulen (LAFöS), Landau  |  Duration: 6 semesters (180 ECTS)  |  Intake: Winter and summer semester  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught  |  Location: Kaiserslautern und Landau, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

What you will study

First four semesters: two general teaching subjects (40 ECTS each) and educational sciences (34 ECTS), studied across school types. From semester five: Grundlagen sonderpädagogischer Förderung (46 ECTS) with educational and sociological foundations, an overview of special-needs support areas and supplementary studies, plus placements (10 ECTS) and bachelor thesis (10 ECTS).

Career pathways

Leads to the M.Ed. in which two special-needs support areas are chosen, then the Vorbereitungsdienst.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Bachelor of Education: German Hochschulzugangsberechtigung (e.g. Abitur) or equivalent qualification. Subjects (Landau) are open-admission (no Numerus clausus). Applicants with a non-German school qualification must prove sufficient German; at Landau this is required at the time of admission. Subjects with an aptitude test before applying: Sport and Bildende Kunst. Application deadlines (open-admission): 15 Sept (winter), 15 March (summer); non-EU applicants to Landau 15 June / 15 December. Subject combination: one subject from German, Mathematics, Economics and Work plus a second from Art, Biology, Chemistry, German, English, Ethics, Protestant Religion, French, Geography, Catholic Religion, Mathematics, Physics, Social Studies, Sport, Economics and Work.

Requirements published at program group level.

Intake: Winter and summer semester

Duration: 6 semesters (3 years); 180 ECTS

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