Requirements

Relevant bachelor's degrees at the University of Innsbruck:

• Bachelor's Programme Secondary School Teacher Training (General Education) Subject: History, Social Studies and Politcial Education

Proof of general university entrance qualification:

The general university entrance qualification for admission to a master's programme must be proven by the completion of a subject-related bachelor's programme, another subject-related programme of at least the same higher education level at a recognised domestic or foreign post-secondary educational institution, or a program defined in the curriculum of the master's programme. To compensate for significant differences in subject matter, supplementary examinations (maximum 30 ECTS credits) may be prescribed, which must be taken by the end of the master's programme.

The rectorate may determine which of these supplementary examinations are prerequisites for taking examinations provided for in the curriculum of the master's programme.

In the course of the proof of the general university entrance qualification, the completion of the following core areas within the framework of the completed bachelor's degree programme shall be examined in any case:

• At least 95 ECTS-Credits in subject-didactics and subject-didactics for History, Social Studies and Politcial Education
• At least 40 ECTS-Credits in Educational Studies

Recommended Course Sequence

The exemplary course sequence given below is recommended for full-time students beginning their study programme in the winter semester. The table shows one possible course sequence for the bachelor's programme and is not compulsory. Delays resulting from repeated examinations are not taken into account.

The standard duration of the study programme is 4 semesters or 120 ECTS-Credits, whereby according to the Universities Act of 2002, a workload of 1,500 (real) hours per academic year must be fulfilled, corresponding to 60 ECTS-Credits (one ECTS-Credit is equivalent to a workload of 25 hours).

During the Master’s Programme courses amounting to 20 ECTS-Credits must be passed in elective subjects.

Course Sequence (incl. Education Studies)

Qualification Profile and Skills

The Secondary School Teacher Training Programme (General Education) qualifies its graduates as teachers in the selected subjects of general education / specialisations for all secondary schools (Neue Mittelschule, Polytechnische Schule, Academic Secondary Schools,  Intermediate and Higher Technical and Vocational Schools). This study programme also meets the requirements for teaching in intermediate and higher schools in the South Tyrol *. In the Master’s programme the knowledge and skills acquired in the Bachelor’s programme is broadened and deepened. Graduates are able to solve problems of teaching in secondary schools in an innovative and creative way. They are able to independently deal with scientific or artistic topics resp. with regards to contents and by using appropriate methods. They are able to participate in expert discourse and to independently acquire more specialist, subject-didactical and pedagogical knowledge and to implement it in their teaching.

Graduates of the Master’s Programme Secondary School  Teacher Training (General Education) in the subject of History, Social Studies and Political Education acquire a historically founded understanding allowing a reflected, factual-analytical approach to the problems of a pluralistic society. They excel in logic-analytical, networked and problem-solution-oriented thinking.

The imparting of action and orientation knowledge as basic historic and political competences is a necessity for individual and social positioning. Lessons in History, Social Studies and Political Education are committed to knowledge about the past as an important precondition for a better understanding of the present and to the promoting of a critical awareness of perceptions of history, constructions and instrumentalisations of the past. Teachers are able to adjust their teaching to the individual needs of the learners, to assess and critically questions the effectiveness of their teaching.

* South Tyrolean teacher education students have to fulfil specific prerequisites, if they want to teach in South Tyrol. For information contact the  Office for South Tyrolean Affairs.

Expected Learning Outcomes

Graduates have a sound subject-specific knowledge and methodological competences and are able to communicate historic developments and contexts with all their political, social, economic and cultural aspects in school and professional fields outside of school. Moreover, they are able to express themselves in a scientifically correct way and to substantiate argumentations and to demonstrate their expertise by finding innovative solutions to problems in the fields of historical studies, political education and subject didactics. They are experts for promoting personal development processes, for arranging learning situations, for accompanying learning processes and for evaluating learning outcomes.

Future Prospects: Occupational Profiles and Career Opportunities

The Master’s Programme Secondary School Teacher Training (General Education) qualifies for teaching at secondary schools. Based on the Bachelor’s Programme, the graduates acquire the competences needed for teaching in a way to meet the educational requirements of a developing school and society. 

Information about examination regulations, assessment and grading

Examination regulations

The examination regulation is an integral part of the curriculum, detailed information can be found under the paragraph examination regulations.

Forms (in German only)

• Examination Records
• Examination Records (Basics of Educational Science)
• Application for the Master's Thesis
• Assesment of the module: Preparation of the Master's Thesis
• Cover Sheet for the Master's Thesis
• Declaration of Academic Honesty
• Submission of the Master's Thesis
• To block a Thesis
• Application for Admission to the third and fourth repetition of a course examination

Recognitions

Recognition of examsANDSupplementary Sheet

Basics of Educational Science
Recognition of examsANDSupplementary Sheet

Interdisciplinary Competences and Individual Choice of Specialisation
Recognition of examsANDSupplementary Sheet | Contact wahlmodule-master-la@uibk.ac.at

Contact and Information

Examination Office
Location Innrain 52d

Authorised representative for subject training and didactics
ao. Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Julia Hörmann-Thurn-U-Taxis

Dean of Studies (from 01.03.2024)
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Markus Ammann

Informations for students from South Tyrol* 
Office for South Tyrolean Affairs
*For students from South Tyrol, there are special requirements if they want to teach in South Tyrol.

Informations for students with disabilities
Disability Office

Information about the Programme

• General Information from the Faculty of Teacher Education
• Administrative Procedure - Graduation
• Guidlines for electronic submission and puplication of academic theses and Instructions from the ULB