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Bachelor Protestant Religious Education (Teaching Degree: Primary Schools) at University of Münster

University of Münster, Germany

Programme overview

Protestant Religious Education is studied as a subject in the Bachelor for the teaching profession at primary schools (BA G) at Münster, followed by the Master of Education for primary schools.

Faculty: Faculty of Protestant Theology (Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät)  |  Department: Faculty of Protestant Theology  |  Duration: 3 years (6 semesters)  |  Intake: Winter semester only  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught; some courses in English; Lehramt (teacher-training) bachelor  |  Location: Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Compulsory basic modules: General Introduction, Biblical Theology, and Religious Studies and Intercultural Theology, Ecumenism, Judaism. Elective modules: Historical and Systematic Theology (church history or systematic theology) and Practical Theology and Religious Education (religious education/didactics or practical theology); students aiming for the Master of Education must choose the religious education/didactics module. The bachelor thesis can be written in the subject.

Career pathways

Leads to the Master of Education for primary schools, the prerequisite for the preparatory service (Referendariat).

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Application information

Entry requirements

Free admission (no Numerus clausus; no local admission restriction).

Intake: Winter Semester

Duration: 3 years (6 semesters)

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