Master's Programme Secondary School Teacher Training (General Education)
Subject: Art Education
Curriculum (2018W)
KPH - Edith Stein . Universität Mozarteum . PH Tirol . PH Vorarlberg . LFU Innsbruck
Master of Education (MEd)
Duration/ECTS-Credits
4 semesters/120 ECTS-Credits
(combination of two subjects or one subject and one specialisation)
Mode of Study
Full-Time
Language of Instruction
German
Admission Requirements
Relevant bachelor's degree (at least 240 ECTS-Credits) or equivalent and Language Certificates
Programme Coordination
Mozarteum University (Location Innsbruck)
Qualification Level
Master (Second Cycle)
ISCED-11: Level 7, EQF/NQF: Level 7
ISCED-F
0114 Teacher Training with Subject Specialisation
Study Code
UC 199 553 xxx | UC 199 xxx 553
ApplicationApply ONLINE
Information on the Curriculum (2018W)
The complete version of the curriculum reflects the currently valid version of the curriculum. It is for informational purposes only and is not legally binding. The legally binding version of the curriculum, including any amendments, may be found in the University of Innsbruck Bulletins.
In order to determine which version of the curriculum is applicable in your case, see the Catalogue of Studies,
available at: https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_meinestudien.studienblatt
Section: Current Curriculum version.
- English version of the Curriculum (from October 1st 2021)
- University of Innsbruck Bulletin August 4th 2021, Issue 99, No. 959 (equivalence list)
- University of Innsbruck Bulletin June 30th 2021, Issue 89, No. 898 (modification of the curriculum)
- University of Innsbruck Bulletin June 17th 2020, Issue 39, No. 412 (amendment of the curriculum)
- English version of the Curriculum (from October 1st 2019)
- University of Innsbruck Bulletin August 8th 2019, Issue 73, No. 675 (equivalence list)
- University of Innsbruck Bulletin May 23rd 2019, Issue 47, No. 470 (modification of the curriculum)
- English version of the Curriculum
- University of Innsbruck Bulletin June 29th 2016, Issue 46, No. 490
Requirements
Relevant bachelor's degrees at the University of Innsbruck:
Proof of general university entrance qualification:
The general university entrance qualification for admission to a master's programme must be proven by the completion of a subject-related bachelor's programme, another subject-related programme of at least the same higher education level at a recognised domestic or foreign post-secondary educational institution, or a program defined in the curriculum of the master's programme. To compensate for significant differences in subject matter, supplementary examinations (maximum 30 ECTS credits) may be prescribed, which must be taken by the end of the master's programme.
The rectorate may determine which of these supplementary examinations are prerequisites for taking examinations provided for in the curriculum of the master's programme.
In the course of the proof of the general university entrance qualification, the completion of the following core areas within the framework of the completed bachelor's degree programme shall be examined in any case:
- At least 95 ECTS-Credits in subject-didactics and subject-didactics for Art Education
- At least 40 ECTS-Credits in Educational Studies
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 4 semesters or 120 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).
3.5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: SE Visual Media Theory Seminar
3.0 ECTS-Credits, 1 h: KE Independent Artistic Project I
Education Studies
2.0 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: VO School Development and Professional Community
3.0 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: VU A course must be selected from the following subject areas: Learning Research, Teacher Education &
Professionalisation, School Research, Leadership and School Development Research
3.5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: SE Science of Art Seminar
3.0 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: UE Practice of Visual Culture in the Classroom
3.0 ECTS-Credits, 1 h: KE Independent Artistic Project II
Education Studies
7.5 ECTS-Credits, 3 h: PR Research in the Field of Formal Education and Teaching Practice IV
4.0 ECTS-Credits, 1 h: KE Independent Artistic Project III
5.0 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: SE Teaching and Diagnosing or Teaching Research in Art Education
Education Studies
3.0 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: SE Education Laboratory – Reflection and Development in a Pedagogical Context
2.0 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: Courses for advanced study issues, problems and topical areas in education science from the
correspondingly marked course programme.
2.5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: One advanced course corresponding to 2.5 ECTS-Credits is to be freely chosen from the following topical
areas: Gender Sensitivity in the School and Education Sytem II, Inclusion and Heterogeneity in the School
and Education System II, Everyday-Life-Related Multilingualism and Interculturality in the School and
Education System II, Plurality of Worldviews II
27.5 ECTS-Credits: Master's Thesis
2.5 ECTS-Credits: Master's Thesis Defence
During the Master’s Programme courses amounting to 20 ECTS-Credits must be passed in elective subjects.
Course Sequence (incl. Education Studies)
Qualification Profile and Skills
The Secondary School Teacher Training Programme (General Education) qualifies its graduates as teachers in the selected subjects of general education / specialisations 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 *. In the Master’s programme the knowledge and skills acquired in the Bachelor’s programme is broadened and deepened. Graduates are able to solve problems of teaching in secondary schools in an innovative and creative way. They are able to independently deal with scientific or artistic topics resp. with regards to contents and by using appropriate methods. They are able to participate in expert discourse and to independently acquire more specialist, subject-didactical and pedagogical knowledge and to implement it in their teaching.
Graduates of Art Education are able to design and hold artistic-practical and theoretical-reflected lessons in the fields of visual design, visual arts, environmental design and aesthetics of everyday life. Their teaching offers the pupils orientation and shows them possibilities of action in visual culture.
* 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 aware of developments in arts, culture and society and contribute to them. The acquired competences qualify them for working in fields outside of school such as upbringing of youths, adult education, culture and media work, arts, culture and museum education, leisure education, arts mediation in museums and other public cultural institutions.
Future Prospects: Occupational Profiles and Career Opportunities
The Master’s Programme Secondary School Teacher Training (General Education) qualifies for teaching at secondary schools. Based on the Bachelor’s Programme, the graduates acquire the competences needed for teaching in a way to meet the educational requirements of a developing school and society.
With the qualifications acquired during the Master’s Programme, further job opportunities in the fields of the respective study programme and in the field of education, such as social and youth work or adult education, open up.
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.
The grade distribution table is a statistical representation of the distribution of all successfully completed examinations in a given programme of study or subject (based on all registered students for the programme or subject). The grade distribution table is updated in regular intervals.
| A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austrian grading scheme | Definition | %-age | ||
| 1 | EXCELLENT: Outstanding performance | 68.6 | = 100% | |
| 2 | GOOD: Generally good, but with some errors | 18.8 | ||
| 3 | SATISFACTORY: Generally sound work with a number of substantial errors | 6.3 | ||
| 4 | SUFFICIENT: Performance meets the minimum cirteria | 6.3 | ||
| 5 | INSUFFICIENT: Substantial improvement necessary; requirement of further work |
December 2021
Overall classification of the qulification
Not applicable
Explanation: An overall classification (mit Auszeichnung bestanden/pass with distinction, bestanden/pass, nicht bestanden/fail) – is awarded, in accordance with § 73 Para 3 UA, only for examinations that conclude a programme of study and consist of more than one subject (an examination of this type is not specified in the curriculum of this programme of study).
Forms (in German only)
- Examination Records
- Examination Records (Basics of Educational Science)
- Application for the Master's Thesis
- Submission of the Master's Thesis
- To block a Thesis
- Application for Admission to the third and fourth repetition of a course examination
Recognitions
Enquiries and information on recognition
anerkennung@moz.ac.at
Interdisciplinary Competences and Individual Choice of Specialisation
Recognition of examsANDSupplementary Sheet | Contact wahlmodule-master-la@uibk.ac.at
Basics of Educational Science
Recognition of examsANDSupplementary Sheet
Contact and Information
General Information about Master's Programme Secondary School Teacher Training
www.uibk.ac.at/fakultaeten/soe/lehramt
Verena Wintersteller
Telefon +43 512 560319 3137
Mobil +43 (0) 676 881 224 41
E-Mail: verena.wintersteller@moz.ac.at
Academic staff responsible for recognitions
Prof. Dr. Jan Grünwald, MA
E-Mail: Jan_Guido.GRUENWALD@moz.ac.at
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
- Guidlines for electronic submission and puplication of academic theses and Instructions from the ULB