BA Teacher Training Program: English
Program Information ♦ Exam Dates: Introduction to American Literary Studies; VO American Literature and Culture ♦ BA Thesis Guidelines
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 Degree is the newly implemented Buddy-/Mentoring-Program. More information can be found here: Buddy-/Mentoring-Program
Exam Dates
VO Introduction to American Literary Studies
Prof. Mario Klarer
The exams takes place in lecture hall 6 and you have to be there in person. You have to use your own laptop, because the exams will be held on OLAT. We’ll send you further information via E-Mail.
- 2nd exam date Winter Term 2022/23
Monday, February 27, 2023, 14.00-14.15 pm.
Registration: 01.02.2023 - 22.02.2023 via LFU online
You will receive further information via email.
- 3rd exam date Winter Term 2022/23 and 1st exam date Summer Term 2023
Monday, June 26, 2023, 14.00-14.15 pm.
Registration: 01.06.2023 - 21.06.2023 via LFU online
You will receive further information via email.
- 2nd exam date Summer Term 2023
Thursday, September 28, 2023, 14.00-14.15 pm.
Registration: 01.09.2023 - 20.09.2023 via LFU online
You will receive further information via email.
- 3rd exam date Summer Term 2023 and 1st exam date Winter Term 2023/24
Monday, January 29, 2024, 14.00-14.15 pm.
Registration: 01.01.2024 - 25.01.2024 via LFU online
You will receive further information via email.
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VO American Literature and Culture
Please refer to the following Reading List
VO "Survey of American Literature after 1900"
Prof. Sascha Pöhlmann
- 3rd exam date for the winter term of 2022/23 and 1st exam date for the summer term of 2023: June 26-30, 2023
Please register for the exam by submitting the form below by e-mail (sascha.poehlmann@uibk.ac.at) along with your reading list, specifying especially which texts you choose among the optional ones (if applicable). Send your registration e-mail on June 16, 2023, before 12 noon.
- 2nd exam date for the summer term of 2023: October 2-6, 2023
Please register for the exam by submitting the form below by e-mail (sascha.poehlmann@uibk.ac.at) along with your reading list, specifying especially which texts you choose among the optional ones (if applicable). Send your registration e-mail on September 22, 2023, before 12 noon.
- 3rd exam date for the summer term of 2023 and 1st exam date for the winter term of 2023/24: January 29- February 2, 2024
Please register for the exam by submitting the form below by e-mail (sascha.poehlmann@uibk.ac.at) along with your reading list, specifying especially which texts you choose among the optional ones (if applicable). Send your registration e-mail on January 19, 2024, before 12 noon.
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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.
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