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. Fundamentals of the Study Programme, VO 1, 2.5 ECTS-Credits
   
3. Culture and History of Eastern Europe, VO 2, 2.5 ECTS-Credits
   

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

General Information

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 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).

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.

For the Bachelor’s Secondary School Teacher Programme in the subject of Russian, the beginners of the programme must either have language skills in Russian at A2 level or acquire these skills in the first semester within the scope of an integrative and action-orientated language training at the university. In the field of linguistics and literary and cultural studies, the students acquire the fundamentals future teachers need for their work at schools. Courses in these fields familiarise the students with the Russian language system, scientific working techniques, methodological and theoretical approaches as well as the literature and culture of the country (including film and media).

In subject didactics the students acquire the required know-how for the internship and their future lesson planning and holding as well as for designing tasks and tests.

* 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 are experts for promoting personal development processes, for arranging of learning situations, for accompanying learning processes and for evaluating learning outcomes.

They have a sound knowledge in the fields of linguistics, literary studies, cultural studies and language didactics. They meet educational and teaching standards as well as methodological-didactical requirements and are able to design their classes in consideration of the age-specific requirements of their pupils and of the educational aims of the respective school types.

Future Prospects: Occupational Profiles and Career Opportunities

Graduates of the Bachelor’s Programme Secondary School Teacher Training (General Education) are admitted to the corresponding Master’s Programme and can provisionally start their teaching service in the chosen general education subjects in secondary schools to complete the Induction and Orientation Phase.

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)

• Evidence of the Bachelor's Thesis according to the Curriculum
• Assessment criteria for Bachelor Theses
• Examination Records
• Record "Basics of Educational Science"
• Recognition of examsANDSupplementary Sheet
  (for Didactics and Training in the Selected Subjects)
• Recognition of examsANDSupplementary Sheet (Basics of Educational Science)
  (Courses out of Basics of Educational Science)
• Declaration of Academic Honesty (optional)
• Cover Sheet Bachelor's Thesis
• Application for Admission to the third and fourth repetition of a course examination

Contact and Information

Examination Office
Location Innrain 52d

Authorised representative for subject training and didactics
Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Magdalena Kaltseis, MA

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