Bachelor's Programme Secondary School Teacher Training (General Education)

Subject: Ethics

Curriculum (2026W)

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KPH - Edith Stein . Universität Mozarteum . PH Tirol . PH Vorarlberg . LFU Innsbruck

Bachelor of Education (BEd)

Duration/ECTS-Credits
6 semesters/180 ECTS-Credits
(combination of two subjects or one subject and one specialisation)

Mode of Study
Full-Time

Language of Instruction
German

Admission Requirements
Secondary school completion certificate or equivalent and Language Certificates

Supplemental Examination
Examination to demonstrate suitable physical fitness must be completed satisfactorily before admission to the study programme.

Programme Coordination
LFU Innsbruck
Faculty of Philosophy and History
Faculty of Teacher Education

Qualification Level
Bachelor (First Cycle)
ISCED-11: Level 6, EQF/NQF: Level 6 

ISCED-F
0114 Teacher Training with Subject Sepcialisation

Study Code
UC 198 657 xxx | UC 198 xxx 657

Application
Apply ONLINEInformation about the supplementary examination (physical and motor competence)
Information about the admission procedure

Information on the Curriculum (2026W)

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

Studies Induction and Orientation Stage (STEOP) (in progress)

(1) The following exams have to be taken during the studies induction and orientation phase, which takes place in the first semester:

  1. School as an Educational Institution and Role of the Teacher, VO 2, 2 ECTS-Credits
  2. Introduction to Philosophy, SL 2, 5 ECTS-Credits

(2) Before the full completion of the introductory study and orientation phase, students can participate in courses amounting to 22 ECTS credits.

General Information

Recommended Course Sequence (in progress)

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 8 semesters or 240 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).

5.0 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: VO Introduction to Philosophy
5.0 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: VO Ethics I
5.0 ECTS-Credits, 1 h: PS Ethics I

Basics of Educational Science
2.0 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: VO School as an Educational Institution and Role of the Teacher
2.0 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: PS School as an Educational Institution and Role of the Teacher

Recommended Courses for the first semester of the other Subject.

3.0 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: VO Fundamentals of Teaching of Ethics
2.5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: PS Psychologie der Moralentwicklung
1.0 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: PS PS Grundlagen der Didaktik der Ethik

Basics of Educational Science
3.5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: PR Dealing with the Challenges as a Teacher at School - Teaching Practice I

Recommended Courses for the first semester of the other Subject.

Course Sequence (incl. Basics of Educational Science)

Qualification Profile and Skills

The Secondary School Teacher Training Programme (General Education) qualifies its graduates as teachers in the selected subjects of general education / specializations for all secondary schools (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 South Tyrol*. It consists of a Bachelor’s Programme and a subsequent Master’s Programme. It covers training in general educational science, a pedagogical-practical training and a subject-specific and subject-didactic education in the two selected teaching subjects resp. specialisation.

Graduates of the Bachelor’s Secondary School Teacher Training Programme in the subject Ethics

  • have an in-depth knowledge in all key areas of philosophical ethics and are able to prepare this specialist knowledge in a differentiated manner suitable for pupils,
  • know different methods of reflecting on ethical problems and how they can be put into practice for teaching,
  • can apply ethical theories to situations and problems in the lifeworld as well as make well-founded judgments about moral problems within the framework of these theories,
  • can connect problem areas from a wide variety of other subject areas relevant to ethics and discuss them from a common point of view,
  • know the goals and controversies of philosophy and ethics didactics and can assign the different didactic models to them,
  • are convinced of the necessity of independent knowledge acquisition in the sense of lifelong learning and are able to incorporate new results of specialist research and didactic research into their own teaching and thereby develop them further.

* 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 

The graduates have a sound knowledge in the fields of philosophical ethics relevant for teaching at secondary schools, in didactics for ethics and in school pedagogy. They have mastered the methods of scientific research, are familiar with curricula and textbooks, can critically evaluate them, and can develop subject-specific and competency-based lesson plans. They are able to foster personal development, support learning processes, and assess learning outcomes.

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.

Austrian grading scheme Definition %-age
1EXCELLENT= 100%
2GOOD
3SATISFACTORY
4SUFFICIENT
5INSUFFICIENT

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Overall classification of the qualification

Not applicable
Explanation: An overall classification (mit Auszeichnung bestanden/pass with distinction, bestanden/pass, nicht bestanden/fail) – is awarded 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).

Contact and Information

Examination Office
Location Innrain 52d

Authorised representative for pedagogical and practical school training and educational science foundations
Ass.-Prof. Mag. Ann-Kathrin Dittrich, PhD

Authorised representative for subject training and didactics
Ass.-Prof. Dr. Jonas Stefan Pfister

Dean of Studies
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Markus Ammann

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

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