Subject: Religious Education - Catholic – University of Innsbruck

Master's Programme Secondary School Teacher Training (General Education) Subject: Catholic Religious Education

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

Programme Coordination	LFU Innsbruck Faculty of Catholic Theology Faculty of Teacher Education
Duration / ECTS-Credits	4 semesters / 120ECTS-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 199 567 xxx \| UC 199 xxx 567
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
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*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)

English version of the Curriculum (from October 1^st 2021)
University of Innsbruck Bulletin August 4^th 2021, Issue 99, No. 959 (equivalence list)
University of Innsbruck Bulletin June 30^th 2021, Issue 89, No. 898 (modification of the curriculum)
University of Innsbruck Bulletin June 17^th 2020, Issue 39, No. 412 (amendment of the curriculum)
English version of the Curriculum (from October 1^st 2019)
University of Innsbruck Bulletin August 8^th 2019, Issue 73, No. 675 (equivalence list)
University of Innsbruck Bulletin May 23^rd 2019, Issue 47, No. 470 (modification of the curriculum)
English version of the Curriculum
University of Innsbruck Bulletin June 29^th 2016, Issue 46, No. 490

Requirements

Relevant bachelor's degrees at the University of Innsbruck:

Bachlor's Programme Secondary School Teacher Training (General Education)
Subject: Religious Education - Catholic

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 Religious Education - Catholic
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).

Recommendations for the First Semester »

3.0 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: VO Social Teaching of the Church
2.0 ECTS-Credits, 1 h: VO Fundamentals of Ecumenical Theology
2.5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: VO Theological Topics in the Present of the whole Bible
2.5 ECTS-Credits, 1 h: VU Biblical Exegesis of Key Texts

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 »

3.5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: SE Interreligious Cooperative Religious Didactics
2.0 ECTS-Credits, 1 h: VU Analysing the Present with Special Consideration of Gender-Specific Aspects
2.5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: VO Special Topics in Dogmatic Theology
2.0 ECTS-Credits, 1 h: VO Special Topics in Church History

Education Studies

7.5 ECTS-Credits, 3 h: PR Research in the field of Formal Education and Teaching Practice IV

Recommendations for the Third Semester »

3.0 ECTS-Credits, 2 h: VU Advanced Religious Didactics
2.0 ECTS-Credits, 1 h: SE Theological Reflection of Educational Processes

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

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). 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.

The Master’s Programme Secondary School Teacher Training (General Education) in the subject Catholic Religious Education qualifies for the professional practice as a religion teacher in secondary schools. It aims at an advanced scientific study and profession-oriented specialisation with regard to subject-science and subject-didactics. Theological analysis of the present, interdisciplinary learning and the reflection of education processes from a theological perspective are foci of the Master’s Programme, which is marked by a theological and multi-perspective understanding of education.

* 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 https://www.uibk.ac.at/suedtirolagenden.

Expected Learning Outcomes

Graduates acquire advanced theological and religious-didactical knowledge and are trained to pursue critical examination and interdisciplinary working. They are competent in evaluating current social phenomena and developments in a theological-critical way and are able to link subject-specific, subject-didactic and pedagogical contents. They are able to conceptualise religious education processes based on theory and in a competence-oriented way.

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 Study at the University of Innsbruck

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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	%-age
1	EXCELLENT: Outstanding performance	83.3	=100 %
2	GOOD: Generally good, but with some errors	14.3
3	SATISFACTORY: Generally sound work with a number of substantial errors	2.4
4	SUFFICIENT: Performance meets the minimum cirteria
5	INSUFFICIENT: Substantial improvement necessary; requirement of further work

December 2021

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).