Master's Programme Secondary School Teacher Training (General Education) Subject: Islamic Religion
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| Programme Coordination | LFU Innsbruck Faculty of Catholic Theology Faculty of Teacher Education |
| Duration / ECTS-Credits | 4 semesters / 120 ECTS-Credits (combination of two subjects or one subject and one specialisation) |
| Academic Degree |
Master of Education (MEd) |
| Qualification Level |
Master (Second Cycle) ISCED-11: Level 7, EQF/NQF: Level 7 |
| ISCED-F | 0114 Teacher Training with Subject Specialisation |
| Mode of Study |
Full-Time |
| Study Code |
UC 199 565 xxx | UC 199 xxx 565 |
| Curriculum | Information on the Curriculum (2018W)* |
| Language of Instruction | German |
| Admission Requirements |
Relevant bachelor's degree (at least 240 ECTS-Credits) or equivalent and Language Certificates |
| Application |
*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.
University of Innsbruck Bulletins » (Click to open all University of Innsbruck Bulletins)
- 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:
Criteria for the determination of equivalence:
Admission to the master's degree programme may also be possible if a student has completed a bachelor's degree in a relevant related field. As part of the determination of equivalence, the following core areas of the completed bachelor's degree programme will be assessed:
- At least 95 ECTS-Credits in subject-didactics and subject-didactics for Islamic Religion
- At least 40 ECTS-Credits in Educational Studies
In the event that equivalence has been established in principle but with certain qualifications missing for full equivalence, supplemental examinations may be required. These examinations must be completed during the master degree programme.
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).
Recommendations for the First Semester »
3.5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: SE Exegesis of the Quran
4.0 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: SE The Prophetic Tradition
3.0 ECTS-Credits, 1 h: VU Islamic Religious Education Didactics - Advanced
Education Studies
2.0 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: VO School Development and Professional Community
3.0 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: A course must be selected from the following subject areas: Learning Research, Teacher Education &
Professionalisation, School Research, Leadership and School Development Research
Recommendations for the Second Semester »
2.0 ECTS-Credits, 1 h: VO Philosophy of Science and Interdisciplinary Learning
3.0 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: VU Research Methods in Religious Education
3.0 ECTS-Credits, 1 h: SE Islamic Ethics and Mysticism - Advanced
3.5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: SE Cooperative Religious Didactics II
Education Studies
7.5 ECTS-Credits, 3 h: PR Research in the field of formal education and teaching experience IV
Recommendations for the Third Semester »
3.0 ECTS-Credits, 1 h: VO Socio-Political Conditions for the Emergence of Islamic Theology
Education Studies
3.5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: SE Education Laboratory – Reflection and Development in a Pedagogical Context
2.0 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: PS Advanced Study of Current Issues of the Foundations of Education Science in the School and
Education System
Recommendations for the First to the Third Semester (Education Studies) »
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
Recommendations for the Fourth Semester »
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). 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.
The Master’s Programme Secondary School Teacher Training in the subject of Islamic Religion qualifies for the professional practice as religious education teacher. It aims at advanced scientific study and profession-oriented specialisation in Islamic philosophy, theology and subject-didactics. Islamic and interdisciplinary research methods are among the key contents. The study programme is marked by a theological and multi-perspective understanding of education and didactics.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Graduates acquire advanced knowledge in subjects of philosophical, theological and Islamic studies and are able to work in an interdisciplinary way. They are able to critically reflect on current social phenomena and historic developments from a theological-religious educational perspective. They are able to conceptualise religious education processes based on theory and research and to link them.
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.Postgraduate and further Studies at the University of Innsbruck
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.
Description of the applied grading system (including the grade distribution table) »
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 |
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| 1 | EXCELLENT: Outstanding performance |
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2 |
GOOD: Generally good, but with some errors |
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| 3 | SATISFACTORY: Generally sound work with a number of substantial errors |
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| 4 | SUFFICIENT: Performance meets the minimum cirteria |
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| 5 | INSUFFICIENT: Substantial improvement necessary; requirement of further work |
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).
Information about the Programme (in German only)
Forms (in German only)
- Examination Records
- Examination Records (Basics of Educational Science)
- Application for the Master's Thesis
- To block a Thesis
- Recognition of Exams AND Supplementary Sheet
- Recognition of exams AND Supplementary Sheet (Basics of Educational Science)
(Courses out of Basics of Educational Science) - Recognition of exams AND Supplementary Sheet (Interdisciplinary Competences and Individual Choice of Specialisation)
- Declaration of Academic Honesty
- Application for Admission to the third and fourth repetition of a course examination
Contact and Information
Examination Office
Standort Innrain 52d 
Authorised representative for subject training and didactics
Mehmet Hilmi Tuna, BSc MA PhD
Dean of Studies
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martina Kraml