Study profiles in the teacher training program

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Study profiles offer students the opportunity to focus on a specific subject area within their regular studies on a voluntary and independent basis. It serves to build up a personal profile and may give students an advantage when applying to schools. The study profile courses must be completed by L1, L2, L3, L4 and L5 students as part of their regular studies.

You can choose from the following study profiles:

The study profile "Cultural Practice in Schools" is aimed at student teachers of all school levels and subjects as well as interested students of other degree programs for whose career prospects the field of cultural education is important.

Scope: 10 ECTS
Application deadline: winter semester: 15 September
summer semester: 15 March
Structure: 3 seminars, professional internship (60 hours), portfolio

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The study profile imparts sound scientific knowledge regarding sexualized violence under the conditions of school and teaching in the teacher training course or BA course. It also enables students to deal responsibly and creatively with biblical texts that depict situations of (sexual) violence.

Scope: 10 ECTS
Registration: By email tostudienprofil.praev@uni-kassel.de
Structure: 3 seminars, research assignment, portfolio

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The aim of the study profile is to integrate the topics of education for sustainable development and internationalization into the teacher training course. As part of the study profile, students are given numerous opportunities to deal with the problems and challenges of sustainable development, get to know other societies, education systems and learning cultures and try out how education for sustainable development and global citizenship can be integrated into school lessons.

Scope: 10 ECTS
Registration deadline: 01 December Registration
Structure: 1 compulsory & 2 compulsory elective modules, portfolio

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The study profile imparts sound religious knowledge about other religions and aims to develop the competence for theological self-reflection on the relationship between one's own beliefs and other, competing beliefs. It also enables students to enter into an appreciative dialog with people of other faiths.

Scope: 10 ECTS
Registration deadline: By email tostudienprofil.irk@uni-kassel.de
Structure: 3 courses, practical project (30-40 hours), portfolio

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The study profile aims to raise awareness of extracurricular places of learning, encourage their integration into lessons and professionalize the way they are used. Students are given the opportunity to study extracurricular places of learning in depth, explore their didactic opportunities and try them out in practice.

Scope: 10 ECTS
Application deadline: winter semester: 15 September and summer semester: 15 March. By email toallengeschichte@uni-kassel.de
Structure: Lecture on historical culture, 2 seminars/elective courses, practical project, portfolio, final interview
Director: Prof. Dr. Christine Pflüger, Didactics of History, FB 05

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The following certificates can be obtained

Dealing with multilingualism is a cross-sectional task for teachers of all school types and subjects. The Multilingual Education Study Certificate offers student teachers the opportunity to further their education in the areas of multilingualism and German as a language of education. In five courses, a practical self-study course and an accompanying portfolio, students acquire key skills for a future-oriented and linguistically inclusive school.

Scope: 10 ECTS
Application deadline: winter semester: October 1st and summer semester: April 1st . By email todaf@uni-kassel.de
Structure: 5 courses, independent study at school, 2 compulsory elective courses, portfolio
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Graduates of the program receive a certificate of additional qualification in the field of women's and gender studies after completing their studies. In addition to knowledge of the content of women's and gender studies, they have experience in interdisciplinary cooperation and the development of interdisciplinary research questions, provided that they are enrolled as a major or minor subject in the participating subjects of Departments 01, 02 or 05.

Scope: 12 ECTS
Registration deadline: winter semester: registration via the website
Structure: 3 credits
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The ITALICUM includes the teaching of Italian-related specialist knowledge on culture, history, philosophy, literature and art as well as language courses to acquire and expand foreign language skills. The aims of this additional qualification, which was created by the Italy Network of the University of Kassel, are to promote an examination of intercultural and transcultural identities and diversities, to support international encounters and cooperation and to develop and strengthen European awareness.

Scope: 15 ECTS
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