BA Teacher Training Program: English
Program Information
Students of the BA Teacher Training Program: English obtain all necessary competencies to teach English at a Secondary School. It covers training in general education science, a pedagogical-practical training and a subject-specific and subject-didactic education in the the context of English and American Studies. For general information about the BA Teacher Training Program: English, please click here: BA Teacher Training Program
One important aspect of the BA English and American Studies is the newly implemented Buddy-/Mentoring-Program. More information can be found here: Buddy-/Mentoring-Program
Exam Dates
SS 2025: VO Introduction to American Literary Studies, Dr. Matthias Klestil
Exam type: written exam (without materials), 90 min., on campus. Please register for the exam via LFU:online. More information will be provided in class, via email and in OLAT.
1st exam date
Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 1.45-3.15 p.m., HS 5 3/4
Registration: June 06-20, 2025 (via LFU:online)
2nd exam date
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2025, time & room tba
Registration: September 15-30, 2025 (via LFU:online)
3rd exam date
Thursday, January 15, 2026, time & room tba
Registration: December 29, 2025 - January 12,2026 (via LFU:online)
WS 2024/2025: VO Introduction to American Literary Studies, Dr. Matthias Klestil
Exam type: written exam (without materials), 90 min., on campus. Please register for the exam via LFU:online. More information will be provided in class, via email and in OLAT.
1st exam date: Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 3.30-5 p.m., HS 7
Registration: January 10-24, 2025 (via LFU:online)
2nd exam date: Thursday, March 6, 2025, time & room tba
Registration: February 17-March 3, 2025 (via LFU:online)
3rd exam date: Thursday, May 22, 2025, time & room tba
Registration: May 5-19, 2025 (via LFU:online)
A central part of this lecture is this reading list.
SS 2025.VO American Literature and Culture: (Hi)Stories of A Nation In-The-Making, Dr. Mahshid Mayar
Please register for the exam via LFU:online.
Further information will be published in the lecture, via email and in OLAT.
If you have another course exam on the day of the exam, please enter the title of the course, the exact time and the room of this exam in the comments field when registering. This will be taken into account when allocating the exam time if possible. Exam conflicts communicated afterwards will not be taken into account.
1st exam date
Monday, June 23, 2025, TBD, room 40309
Registration: June 09-16, 2025 (via LFU:online)
2nd exam date
Thursday, October 09, 2025, TBD, room 40309
Registration: September 25 to October 02, 2025 (via LFU:online)
3rd exam date
Tuesday, November 11, 2025, TBD, room 40309
Registration: October 28, 2025 - November 2, 2025 (via LFU:online)
WS 2024/2025: VO "American Literature and Culture: Survey of American Literature after 1900", Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mag. Christian Quendler
1st exam date (WS 2024/2025): 31st January 2025
Please register for the exam by submitting the form below by e-mail to amerikastudien@uibk.ac.at and cc to christian.quendler@uibk.ac.at along with your reading list, specifying which optional texts you choose.
Send your registration e-mail between January, 22nd , 2025 to January 29th, 2025 till 12 o'clock am.
2nd exam date (WS 2024/2025) March 7th, 2025
Please register for the exam by submitting the form below by e-mail to amerikastudien@uibk.ac.at and cc to christian.quendler@uibk.ac.at along with your reading list, specifying which optional texts you choose.
Send your registration e-mail between February 28th, 2025 to March 5th, 2025 till 12 o'clock am.
3rd exam date (WS 2024/2025): May 23rd, 2025
Please register for the exam by submitting the form below by e-mail to amerikastudien@uibk.ac.at and cc to christian.quendler@uibk.ac.at along with your reading list, specifying which optional texts you choose.
Send your registration e-mail between May 14th, 2025 and May 21st, 2025 till 12 o'clock am.
BA Thesis Guidelines
To complete the BA of the Teacher Training program, a bachelor's thesis must be written in each teaching subject and/or specialization. This means that, if one of your subjects is English, you need to write one BA thesis in English. This thesis is written as part of a course but nonetheless in addition to all the other course work and the course instructor is also your thesis supervisor.
Please note: It is important to ask the course instructors whether they can supervise your thesis. Ideally you should do this via email before the semester starts or, at the latest, during the first course session.
Courses
You can choose to write your BA thesis in one the following courses:
- PS American Literature
- PS Critical Area Studies: American Cultures
- PS Cultural Studies: American Cultures
- PS British and/or Postcolonial Literature
- PS Critical Area Studies: British and Anglophone Cultures
- PS Cultural Studies: British and Anglophone Cultures
- PS The Acquisition of English in a Multilingual Context
- PS Systemic and/or Applied English Linguistics
- PS Learning/Teaching Languages
- SE Learning/Teaching Languages
- VU Introduction to Testing and Assessing in Teaching Foreign Languages
- UE Language-Specific Course for Testing and Assessing English
- VU Selected Aspects for Advanced Study of the Introduction to Testing and Assessing in Foreign Language Teaching
Guidelines
A BA thesis is 20 to 27 pages (double-spaced, from "Introduction" to "Conclusion") in length and is equivalent to 5 ECTS-credits. Theses must be written in English and include the "Declaration of Academic Integrity" ("Eidesstattliche Erklärung)."
The thesis supervisor will assess your thesis according to the official criteria and submit a combined grade for your thesis and the course. Make sure to send the completed form "Proof of BA thesis" ("Nachweis über die BA-Arbeit") along with your thesis, which your thesis supervisor will submit to the 'Prüfungsreferat.'
The thesis has to have a cover page that includes the following information: student name, student registration number, name of the course instructor, course title, semester of course attendance, and date of submission.
For information regarding citation style, formatting, submission deadlines, and the like, contact your thesis supervisor and follow their instructions precisely.