MA Teacher Training Program: English
♦ Program Information ♦ Exam Information ♦ MA Thesis: General information ♦ Final Exam Information
Program Information
Students of the MA Teacher Training Program: English deepen and expand their knowledge and competencies acquired in the Bachelor's program in order to become fully-fledged teachers of English. These competencies are mainly related to the areas of language practice, linguistics, literary studies, cultural studies and subject didactics. Special attention is also given to participation in academic discourse. For general information about the program, click here: MA Teacher Training Program: English
Exam Information and Dates
VO American Literature and Culture (mit Leseliste)
Please refer to the following Reading List.
VO "19th-Century American Fiction: Reading Cultures"
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Christian Quendler (WS 2024/2025)
1st exam date (WS 2024/2025): January 31st, 2025
Registration: January 22nd, 2025 till January 29th, 2025 till 12o'clock am (noon)
by mailing the registration form to amerikastudien@uibk.ac.at; (cc: christian.quendler@uibk.ac.at)
2nd exam date (WS 2024/2025): March 7th, 2025:
Registration: February 28th, 2025 till March 5th, 2025 till 12o'clock am (noon)
by mailing the registration form to amerikastudien@uibk.ac.at; (cc: christian.quendler@uibk.ac.at)
3rd exam date (WS 2024/2025): May 23rd, 2025:
Registration: May 14th, 2025 till May 21st, 2025 till 12o'clock am (noon)
by mailing the registration form to amerikastudien@uibk.ac.at; (cc: christian.quendler@uibk.ac.at)
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VO "19th-Century American Fiction: Reading Cultures"
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Christian Quendler (SS 2024)
1st exam date (SS 2024): June 28th,2024
The registration is at LFUonline, starting from 19th June to 26th June 2024 till 12:00 o'clock.
The exact exam time will be announced via email after the registration period.
2nd exam date (SS 2024): October 4th, 2024
The registration is at LFUonline, starting from 18th September to 25th September 2024 till 12:00 o'clock. The exact exam time will be announced via email after the registration period.
3rd exam date (SS 2024): November 15th, 2024
The registration is at LFUonline, starting from 6th November 2024 to 13rd November 2024 till 12:00 o'clock
The exact exam time will be announced via email after the registration period.
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MA Thesis: General Information
In order to complete your MA, you need to submit an MA thesis (22,5 ECTS-Credits). The topic of your MA thesis can be chosen from one of four areas: 1) Education Studies, 2) a teaching subject, 3) the didactics of one teaching subject, 4) a specialization. Supervisors are to be chosen from the respective areas of expertise. It is strongly recommended to select interdisciplinary topics.
If the supervisor(s) agree(s), the MA thesis can be written in a foreign language. In the teaching subjects English, French, Italian, and Spanish it must be written in the respective language.
In the module "Conception of the Master's Thesis" (5 ECTS-Credits), the topic, the scope, and the form of the MA thesis are agreed upon on the basis of a brief synopsis (exposé). This module is not a course but is done individually with the supervisor(s).
Master's Thesis - further informations from Univ.-Prof. Christian Quendler.
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Final Exam: Information
Defensio (MA)
The MA program is completed with the "Master's Thesis Defence" (2.5 ECTS-Credits), which is a 45-minute oral defense (defensio) of the MA thesis before a committee, which is comprised of three persons. At least one of them must be "habilitated" and the examiners must come from the area of your chosen MA thesis topic. Your thesis advisor is typically part of the committee.
You can only register for the defense once a positive grade of your MA thesis has been submitted. The defense can then take place three weeks after the registration at the earliest. The "Prüfungsreferat" (Examinations Office) needs this time to check the formal requirements, obtain the necessary signatures, and send out the form for the minutes of the exam.
Diploma Exam ("Lehramt alt")
More information can be found here.
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