M. A. Educational Science, 1-subject model

This Master’s degree programme offers a sound theoretical and methodological training in Educational Science. In the first semester, two overview modules on the theories and methods of Educational Science facilitate entry into this consecutive Master's programme. The innovative focus of the programme is on digitality and learning in non-formal and informal teaching and learning settings. 

During the course of study, you can develop individual interests and focal points through the compulsory in-depth modules, by choosing from a range of supplementary elective courses, as well as in the design of the 6-week internship.

Teaching and learning take place exclusively in seminars and tutorials, mostly in small groups. This provides a good working atmosphere and promotes intensive exchange between students and lecturers. In some modules it is possible to choose the format of the end of module examination yourself.

The Master's degree programme takes up current topics of teaching and learning in extracurricular settings and links them to questions of growing up with digitality. From the perspective of pedagogical forms of action, the innovative profile focuses on non-formal and informal learning in the knowledge society that takes place, for example, in other places of learning such as museums, on nature trails or in the workplace across the entire lifespan.

It is possible to tailor your individual specialisation during the course of your study by selecting a combination of theory and research methods modules. You will select one theory module from a choice of educational theory, history of education, psychology or sociology, which is then linked to a quantitative, qualitative or text-analytical method module within the context of a research workshop. 

The Master of Arts degree programme in Educational Science, 1-subject model prepares students to plan, design, implement, and evaluate educational programmes and offerings in a variety of teaching and learning settings. In addition to jobs in educational institutions and organisations, in social services, foundations, or in business, there are also attractive employment opportunities in university and non-university research, as well as the potential to pursue a doctorate at the Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Science.