Bachelor Teacher Training Program: English
Program Information
Students of the Bachelor 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 Bachelor Teacher Training Program: English, please click here: Bachelor Teacher Training Program
One important aspect of the Bachelor Teacher Training Program: English are the buddy and mentoring programs. More information can be found here: Buddy-/Mentoring-Program
Exam Dates
SS 2025: VO Introduction to American Literary Studies, Dr. Matthias Klestil
Exam type: written exam (without materials), 90 min., on campus. Please register for the exam via LFU:online. More information will be provided in class, via email and in OLAT.
1st exam date
Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 1.45-3.15 p.m., HS 5 3/4
Registration: June 06-20, 2025 (via LFU:online)
2nd exam date
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2025, 8:30 - 10:00 am & SR 40130
Registration: September 15-30, 2025 (via LFU:online)
3rd exam date
Thursday, October 30th, 2025, 8:30 - 10:00 am & SR 40130
Registration: October 13-27, 2025 (via LFU:online)
WS 2025/2026: VO Introduction to American Literary Studies, Prof. Mario Klarer
The exam lasts only 15 minutes and is taken in person (on Campus) but on your own laptop. Please register for the exam via LFU:online. More information will be provided in class, via email and in OLAT.
1st exam date: Monday, January 26th, 2026, 1:45-3:15 p.m., HS 6
Registration: 7th January to 19th January 2026 (via LFU:online)
2nd exam date: Monday, February 2nd , 2026, 1:45-3:15 p.m, HS 6
Registration: 14th January to 28th January 2026 (via LFU:online)
3rd exam date: Thursday, February 26nd, 2026, 1:45-3:15 p.m, room tba
Registration: 5th February to 19th February 2026 (via LFU:online)
A central part of this lecture is this reading list.
SS 2025:VO American Literature and Culture: (Hi)Stories of A Nation In-The-Making, Ass.-Prof. Dr. Mahshid Mayar
Please register for the exam via (I) LFU:online AND (II) send the filled in registration form to amerikastudien@uibk.ac.at and cc to mahshid.mayar@uibk.ac.at
Further information will be published in the lecture, via email and in OLAT.
If you have another course exam on the day of the exam, please enter the title of the course, the exact time and the room of this exam in the comments field when registering. This will be taken into account when allocating the exam time if possible. Exam conflicts communicated afterwards will not be taken into account.
1st exam date
Monday, June 23, 2025, TBD, room 40309
Registration: June 09-16, 2025 (via LFU:online)
2nd exam date
Thursday, October 09, 2025, TBD, room 40309
Registration: September 25 to October 02, 2025 (via LFU:online)
3rd exam date
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025, TBD, room 40309
Registration: October 10, 2025 - October 17, 2025 (via LFU:online)
WS 2025/2026: VO American Literature and Culture: (Hi)Stories of A Nation In-The-Making, Ass.-Prof. Dr. Mahshid Mayar
Please register for the exam via (I) LFU:online AND (II) send the filled in registration form to amerikastudien@uibk.ac.atand cc to mahshid.mayar@uibk.ac.at
Further information will be published in the lecture, via email and in OLAT.
If you have another course exam on the day of the exam, please enter the title of the course, the exact time and the room of this exam in the comments field when registering. This will be taken into account when allocating the exam time if possible. Exam conflicts communicated afterwards will not be taken into account.
1st exam date
Monday, 2nd February, 2026, TBD, room 40309
Registration: January 14-25, 2026 (via LFU:online)
2nd exam date
Thursday, 5th March, 2026, TBD, room 40309
Registration: February 16 to March 02, 2026 (via LFU:online)
3rd exam date
Thursday, March 26th, 2026, TBD, room 40309
Registration: March 06-20, 2026 (via LFU:online)
Bachelor's Thesis Guidelines
To complete the Bachelor 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 bachelor's 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 bachelor's 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 bachelor's 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 ("Kriterien für Bachelorarbeiten PhilKult") and submit a combined grade for your thesis and the course. Make sure to send the completed form "Proof of bachelor's thesis" ("Nachweis über die Bachelorarbeit") 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.