Bachelor Teacher Training Program: English NEW
(as of WS 2026/27)

General 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 (forthcoming). Your can find the relevant parts of the curriculum here . Jump to page 61 to see all the courses you need to take in the subject English.

One important aspect of the Bachelor Teacher Training Program: English are the buddy and mentoring programs. More information can be found here.

Exam Dates for VO American Cultural Studies

Winter Semester 2026/27

Dates forthcoming.

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 Amerikastudien I
• PS Amerikastudien II
• PS Anglistische Literaturwissenschaft
• PS Anglistische Cultural Studies
• PS Der Gebrauch des Englischen als Zweit- und Drittsprache
• PS Deskriptive und angewandte englische Sprachwissenschaft

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.