Bachelor's Programme Secondary School Teacher Training (General Education)

Subject: Music Education - Instruments

Curriculum (2016W)

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Bachelor of Education (BEd)

Duration/ECTS-Credits
8 semesters/240 ECTS-Credits
(combination of two subjects or one subject and one specialisation)

Mode of Study
Full-Time

Language of Instruction
German

Admission Requirements
Secondary school completion certificate or equivalent and Language Certificates

Supplemental Examination
Examination to demonstrate suitable artistic aptitude must be completed satisfactorily before admission to the study programme.

Programme Coordination
Mozarteum University (Location Innsbruck)

Qualification Level
Bachelor (First Cycle)
ISCED-11: Level 6, EQF/NQF: Level 6

ISCED-F
0114 Teacher Training with Subject Specialisation

Study Code
UC 198 464 xxx | UC 198 xxx 464

Application
Apply ONLINEInformation about the supplementary examination artistic aptitude
Information about the admission procedure


Information on the Curriculum (2016W)

The complete version of the curriculum reflects the currently valid version of the curriculum. It is for informational purposes only and is not legally binding. The legally binding version of the curriculum, including any amendments, may be found in the University of Innsbruck Bulletins.

In order to determine which version of the curriculum is applicable in your case, see the Catalogue of Studies,
available at: https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_meinestudien.studienblatt
Section: Current Curriculum version.

Studies Induction and Orientation Stage (STEOP)

(1) The following exams have to be taken during the studies induction and orientation phase, which takes place in the first semester:

  1. School as an Educational Institution and Role of the Teacher, VO 2, 2 ECTS-Credits
  2. Introduction to Music Pedagogy, SL 2, 2 ECTS-Credits
  3. Introduction to Scientific Working, SL 2, 2 ECTS-Credits
  4. Music History 1, VO 2, 2 ECTS-Credits

(2) Before the full completion of the introductory study and orientation phase, students can participate in courses amounting to 22 ECTS credits.

(1) Within the scope of the Studies and Orientation Period, which takes place in the first semester, the following course examination must be passed:

  1. School as an Educational Institution and Role of the Teacher, VO 2, 2 ECTS-Credits

(2) Successful passing of the Studies Induction and Orientation Period entitles to passing all further courses and examinations and to writing the Bachelor’s Thesis.

(3)  Before successful completion of the Studies Induction and Orientation Period courses amounting to 22 ECTS-Credits may be passed. The registration requirements listed in the curriculum must be adhered to.

General Information

Recommended Coruse 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 6 semesters or 180 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).

3.0 ECTS-AP; 2 h: KE 1. Artistic Major
3.0 ECTS-AP; 2 h: KE Artistic First Major Jazz/Pop
  1.5 ECTS-AP; 1 h: KE 1. Artistic First Major Conducting
  2.0 ECTS-AP; 2 h: VU Fundamentals of Arranging
  3.0 ECTS-AP; 2 h: KE Artistic Second Major
  3.0 ECTS-AP; 2 h: KE Artistic Second Major Jazz/Pop
  1.5 ECTS-AP; 1 h: KE Artistic Second Major Conducting
  2.0 ECTS-AP; 2 h: VU Fundamentals of Arranging
  1.0 ECTS-AP; 1 h: UE Chamber Music/Ensemble of the Artistic First Major 1
  1.0 ECTS-AP; 1 h: UE Chamber music/Ensemble of the Artistic Second Major 1
  1.0 ECTS-AP; 1 h: PS Fundamentals of Subject-Didactics for the Artistic First Major
  1.0 ECTS-AP; 1 h: PS Fundamentals of Subject-Didactics for the Artistic Second Major

Basics of Educational Science
  2.0 ECTS-AP, 2 h: VO School as Educational Institution and Role of the Teacher
  2.0 ECTS-AP, 2 h: PS School as Educational Institution and Role of the Teacher 

Recommended Courses for the second semester of the other Subject.

3.0 ECTS-AP; 2 h: KE 1. Artistic Major
3.0 ECTS-AP; 2 h: KE Artistic First Major Jazz/Pop
  1.5 ECTS-AP; 1 h: KE 1. Artistic First Major Conducting
  2.0 ECTS-AP; 2 h: VU Fundamentals of Arranging
  3.0 ECTS-AP; 2 h: KE Artistic Second Major
  3.0 ECTS-AP; 2 h: KE 2. Artistic Second Major Jazz/Pop
  1.5 ECTS-AP; 1 h: KE Artistic Second Major Conducting
  2.0 ECTS-AP; 2 h: VU Fundamentals of Arranging
  1.0 ECTS-AP; 1 h: UE Chamber Music/Ensemble of the Artistic First Major
  1.0 ECTS-AP; 1 h: UE Chamber Music of the Artistic Second Major
  1.0 ECTS-AP; 1 h: PS Subject-Didactics of Group Teaching of the Artistic First Major
  1.0 ECTS-AP; 1 h: PS Subject-Didactics of Group Teaching of the Artistic Second Major

  Basics of Educational Science
  3.5 ECTS-AP, 2 h: PR Dealing with the Challenges as a Teacher at School– Teaching Practice I

Recommended Courses for the second semester of the other Subject.

Course Sequence (incl. Basics of Educational Science)

Qualification Profile and Skills

The Secondary School Teacher Training Programme (General Education) qualifies its graduates as teachers in the selected subjects of general education / specializations 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 *. It consists of a Bachelor’s Programme and a subsequent Master’s Programme. It covers training in general education science, a pedagogical-practical training and a subject-specific and subject-didactic education in the two selected teaching subjects.

Graduates of the Bachelor’s Secondary School Teacher Training Programme (General Education) in the subject of Music Education – Instruments can

  • plan their instrumental / vocal lessons according to the curriculum and the situation in dealing with historical and systematic aspects of music.
  • can adequately present themselves in two artistic majors.
  • can convincingly represent the wide spectrum of musical styles and genres.
  • can independently develop artistic concepts, ideas and projects for class and instruct learners to express themselves musically as soloists and in an ensemble.
  • can make use of different approaches in reception and production of different types of music, their structures, principles of organisation and inherent laws under supervision
  • are able to reflect on music-cultural developments, actively design them and to inspire a critical awareness for different forms of musical expression and their different social functions.
  • can – under supervision - deal with scientific questions on instrumental/singing pedagogy, instrumental/singing didactics and other music-related disciplines by using appropriate research methods.

* 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 access to a wide range of basic artistic, perceptual and design skills relevant to instrumental or vocal teaching in secondary schools, as well as relevant musicological, theoretical and analytical knowledge. A sound knowledge of instrumental and vocal pedagogy resp. puts them in a position to design motivational learning environments in consideration of the target group and the individual musical abilities and interests of the learners and to investigate instrumental / vocal pedagogical and didactic questions resulting from practice according to scientific criteria.

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.

The grade distribution table is a statistical representation of the distribution of all successfully completed examinations in a given programme of study or subject (based on all registered students for the programme or subject). The grade distribution table is updated in regular intervals.

ABCDE
Austrian grading scheme Definition %-age
1EXCELLENT: Outstanding performance 81.8= 100%
2 GOOD: Generally good, but with some errors 14.8
3SATISFACTORY: Generally sound work with a number of substantial errors 2.9
4SUFFICIENT: Performance meets the minimum criteria 0.5
5INSUFFICIENT: Substantial improvement necessary; requirement of further work

December 2021

Overall classification of the qulification 

Not applicable
Explanation: An overall classification (mit Auszeichnung bestanden/pass with distinction, bestanden/pass, nicht bestanden/fail) – is awarded only for examinations that conclude a programme of study and consist of more than one subject (an examination of this type is not specified in the curriculum of this programme of study).

Contact and Information

General Information about Bachelor's Programme Secondary School Teacher Training
www.uibk.ac.at/fakultaeten/soe/lehramt

Andrea Staudacher
Telefon +43 512 560319-3133
E-Mail Andrea.STAUDACHER@moz.ac.at

Head of Curriculum Committee and Academic Staff Responsible for Recognitions
 Mag. Reinhard Blum
 Telefon +43 67688 122 346
 E-Mail Reinhard.BLUM@moz.ac.at

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

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