Secondary Teacher Education (Gymnasium)
Would you like to become a secondary education teacher (Gymnasium)? In that case, study a combination of Bachelor's and Master's degree courses at our university!
The first milestone in your academic career marks the dual-subject Bachelor resulting in the degree "Bachelor of Arts" or "Bachelor of Science". Subsequently, you can apply for the Master of Secondary Education (Gymnasium). The successful completion of the latter opens the door to a teaching traineeship. During this final phase of your training, you will work at a school absolving the preparatory period of service prior to qualifying for the teaching profession.
The ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) is used to assess your academic achievements. This also applies in many other countries and facilitates the mutual recognition of academic achievements.
Do you have any questions?
You can easily find out who to contact regarding your request on the website of the Center for Teacher Education (ZLB) under Contact persons by subject area.
Dual-subject Bachelor
In the Bachelor's phase, you will study two subjects in six semesters. You can choose between these options:
- Core subject/core subject variant: You study two core subjects with the same number of credit points.
- Major/minor subject variant: You study one major subject and one minor subject. You must earn more credit points for the major subject than for the minor subject. Important: This ratio is reversed in the Master's phase.
The subject-specific studies are supplemented by a four-week work/social internship, a five-week Initial Teaching Practice and the core curriculum for teacher education, in which you acquire pedagogical, psychological, social science and subject-related didactic skills. You can write your Bachelor's thesis in one of the two teaching subjects (usually main or core subject). You will earn 180 credit points during your Bachelor's degree.
Bachelor: Core subject/core subject variant
| Sem. | Components of the degree program | |||||
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| 1 | Core subject - 63 CP | Core subject - 63 CP | Core curriculum for teacher education | Work/social internship - 6 CP | ||
| 2 | Initial teaching practice - 10 CP | |||||
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| 6 | Bachelor thesis - 12 LP | |||||
Bachelor: Variant major/minor
| Sem. | Components of the degree program | |||
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| 1 | Major subject - 84 LP | Minor subject - 42 CP | Core curriculum for teacher education | Work/social internship - 6 CP |
| 2 | Initial teaching practice - 10 CP | |||
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| 6 | Bachelor thesis - 12 LP | |||
Master of Secondary Education (Gymnasium) (degree: Master of Education)
After successfully completing your Bachelor's degree, you can continue with a Master's degree, for which a new application is required. The Master's degree is a prerequisite for admission to a traineeship and thus a career in the teaching profession.
You will also study two subjects during the four-semester Master's phase. If you chose the core subject / core subject option in your Bachelor's degree, you will continue to study two core subjects with the same number of credit points (30 CP each). In the case of the major/minor subject option, the focus is reversed in terms of credit points: The major subject becomes the "second subject" (12 CP), the minor subject the "first subject" (48 CP).
Your course content also includes a five-week Teaching Practice Phase I (BFP) in one of the subjects and a four-week Teaching Practice Phase II (EFP) in the other subject. You can also study a third subject, a so-called extension subject. In addition, there is the core curriculum for teacher education for teaching pedagogical, psychological, social science and didactic skills. You can write your Master's thesis in one of your subjects, in one of the subject didactics or, under certain conditions, as part of the core curriculum for teacher education. You will earn a total of 120 credit points in the Master's program.
Master's: Core subject/core subject variant
| Sem. | Components of the degree program | ||||
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| 1 | Core subject - 30 CP | Core subject - 30 CP | Core curriculum for teacher education | BFP - 8 CP | |
| 2 | EFP - 6 CP | ||||
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| 4 | Master's thesis - 20 CP & colloquium - 3 CP | ||||
Master: Variant first subject/second subject
| Sem. | Components of the degree program | ||||
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| 1 | Second subject - 12 LP (formerly major subject) | First subject - 48 LP (formerly minor subject) | Core curriculum for teacher education | BFP - 8 CP | |
| 2 | EFP - 6 CP | ||||
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| 4 | Master's thesis - 20 CP & colloquium - 3 CP | ||||
Subjects and subject combinations
As part of the teacher training course, two subjects are studied, either in the core subject/core subject variant or in the major subject/minor subject variant. Please note the valid combinations! You can find specific information on the content, possible admission restrictions, and how to apply by clicking on the respective subject.
You must study at least one of the following subjects. You can also combine two subjects from this list.
| Subject of study | Main subject | Core subject | Minor subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| English major | yes | yes | |
| French as a minor | yes | yes | |
| German | yes | yes | |
| Art | yes | yes | yes |
| Latin | yes | ||
| Mathematics | yes | yes | yes |
| Music | yes | ||
| Physics | yes | yes | yes |
| Spanish | yes | yes |
You can choose your second subject from these subjects:
| Subject of study | Main subject | Core subject | Minor subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biology (can also be combined with Chemistry) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chemistry (can also be combined with Biology) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Geography | Yes | yes | yes |
| Protestant Religion | yes | yes | yes |
| History | yes | yes | |
| Computer Science | yes | yes | |
| Islamic Religion | yes | Yes | |
| Catholic Religion | yes | yes | |
| Sports | yes | yes |
Regulations and module descriptions
Click on your subject to find the admission and examination regulations as well as module descriptions relevant to your Bachelor's or Master's degree program.
Which is which?
Subject-specific access regulations specify which requirements you must fulfil to be admitted to a Bachelor's or Master's degree program, e.g. language skills or prior knowledge of the subject. If there are no access regulations for your subject, you will find all the necessary information in the interdisciplinary requirements for a degree program.
Subject-specific admission regulations determine how places are allocated in degree programs which are subject to admission restrictions.
The examination regulations contain legally binding regulations on the timing, content and organisation of the respective degree program. These include information on program content (mandatory and mandatory elective modules) and examinations (requirements, repeatability, free attempt).
General Examination Regulations
The General Examination Regulations (PDF, 671 kB) apply to students of almost all degree programs. These contain general regulations and other regulations applicable to all degree programs.
Program-Specific Examination Regulations
Program-specific examination regulations contain regulations that only apply to one degree program. For example, they determine which degree is awarded upon graduation.
Subject-Specific Parts
For multi-subject degree programs (e.g. dual-subject Bachelor degrees), additional subject-specific sections apply for the individual subjects in addition to the general examination regulations and the program-specific examination regulations, which regulate a range of factors including the modules you must study during your degree program.
A module is a single component of a program that is a complete learning unit in terms of content and time, in which students are taught skills and knowledge in a specific subject area. It is made up of various courses (e.g. seminars, lectures, practical courses). The module descriptions contain information on the workload, coursework and grading.
The program-specific examination regulations for single-subject degree programs and the relevant subject-specific and interdisciplinary sections for multi-subject degree programs (see "Examination Regulations") set out the modules you have to complete in your subject area.