Bochum Bachelor / Master model

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In 2002, the Ruhr-Universität Bochum replaced the previous Magister reform model with a new Bachelor / Master model . This model comprises the Bachelor of Arts in two subjects, the Master of Arts in one or two subjects and the Master of Education as the equivalent of the first state examination for teaching at grammar schools . The scientific and mathematical disciplines as well as the engineering and economics also offer courses with the qualifications Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in, they do not belong to the cross-faculty model with common study and examination regulations.

Structure of the course

The course consists of a six-semester Bachelor and a four-semester Master. The Bachelor is studied in two subjects and one optional area ("General Studies") and concludes with two exams per subject and a study paper. The Master of Arts can be studied in two subjects or in one subject and concludes with two exams and the academic master's thesis. The Master of Education comprises roughly the same amount of theoretical and didactic components in both subjects, as well as the educational studies and the core internship. At the end there is also a master's thesis.

Bachelor of Arts

The bachelor's degree comprises 180 credit points according to the ECTS system. These are divided into 67 points each for the study of the two subjects plus four points for the bachelor's examination (in natural sciences and mathematics 71 points per subject, study-related examinations), 30 points for the optional area and eight points for the bachelor's thesis. In principle, all subjects can be combined with one another, but certain combinations of similar subjects (general Romance studies and Romance studies, with a focus on Italian, for example) are excluded, and a triple bachelor's degree is not provided. If a teaching profession is sought, the teaching qualification examination regulations (LPO) must be observed when selecting the combination. Some subjects can initially only be studied as related areas, for example for the subject German German Studies. Subjects that are not offered at the Ruhr-Universität, such as art or music, can be studied and introduced at other universities, provided that they can be converted to the ECTS system.

Optional area

In the humanities, social and natural sciences, the tiered courses of study at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum provide that in addition to the two subjects, courses in the optional area can also be attended in the 2-subject Bachelor course (whether and how extensive the Optional area can be used in the tiered 1-subject study programs in the natural sciences, can be found in the respective examination and study regulations). In the optional area - in addition to the scientific training in the specialist course - additional and key qualifications as well as mediation skills should be offered in a targeted manner in order to facilitate later entry into the world of work. Students also have the opportunity to deal with interdisciplinary issues, to gain insight into worlds beyond their chosen subjects and to prepare themselves more practically for European and global job markets. In the optional area, there are courses to choose from in the following six areas:

  • Area 1 foreign languages
  • Area 2 communication
  • Area 3 information technologies
  • Area 4 Interdisciplinary study units and / or study units from other subjects
  • Area 5 internship
  • Area 6 school and instructional studies

Modules from at least three of the six areas must be attended and a total of 30 CP must be acquired. The students are free to choose modules from the offer of the optional area according to their own interests. The extensive freedom of choice serves to develop a personal profile, which is of decisive importance on the further professional path. The modules in the optional area are attended from the beginning of the course, so that the knowledge and skills acquired in them can be applied and tested during the course and, if necessary, during an internship.

The trial phase of a new model for the optional area will start in the 2015 summer semester. Instead of the six areas, profiles are introduced in which students can deepen. The specialization is shown in the final documents if at least 20 CP have been achieved in a profile (25 CP for the teaching profession profile). There is no need to cover at least three out of six areas in the new model. At the same time, there will be an open profile in which a very personal combination can be achieved across the thematic profiles. Overall, the options are significantly increased, a mobility window for stays abroad is created and subject-related studies (especially in the research and liberal arts education profile) within the optional area are made easier. The profiles that can be studied from the 2015 summer semester are called:

  • Practice profile : Spend a practical semester at home or abroad, establish contacts with high-ranking practitioners, complete coaching and training courses or even found a company.
  • Teaching qualification profile : Targeted performance required by the LABG for studying the M.Ed. and deal scientifically and practically with the teaching profession.
  • Profile languages : Learn and / or consolidate lingua franca and source languages or improve reading skills in lingua franca and source languages.
  • International profile : Uncomplicated crediting of achievements from studying abroad, accompanying foreign researchers or students at RUB or dealing scientifically with topics such as internationalization, transnationalization, globalization.
  • Research profile : Get to know and apply methods and skills for your own research projects. Go through a complete research process from conception to publication.
  • Profile Liberal Arts Education : Working in interdisciplinary teams to deal scientifically with major human issues and seek solutions.
  • Open profile : individually combine from all modules in the optional area.

Master of Arts

The Master of Arts is similar to the classic Magister degree . The master’s course comprises four semesters or 120 credit points according to the ECTS standard. The master’s program builds on a bachelor’s degree (Bachelor of Arts). It can be studied in just one subject or two subjects. The subject or subjects is or are generally a subject or subjects of the bachelor's degree or parts of it (e.g. Chinese literature based on Sinology ). Certain subjects, especially science (except geography) and mathematics, do not offer a Master of Arts degree. In certain cases, however, admission to the Master of Science program is possible without major detours, for example with subject combinations such as mathematics / physics or physics / chemistry, if one of the subjects is in the social sciences or humanities, there is an A - to acquire a subject master's. The scope of study is 60 credit points for the master's thesis and examinations as well as preparatory events, a further 60 credit points, or 30 per subject, if two subjects are taken, for other events.

A bachelor's degree or an equivalent or higher academic degree in a corresponding subject or subjects is a prerequisite for admission to the master’s degree. Deviations in related subjects are possible.

The master’s degree entitles to a doctorate.

Master of Education

The State of North Rhine-Westphalia considers the Master of Education to be equivalent to the 1st state examination as part of a model experiment to reform the teaching degree . In addition, every student receives the 1st state examination after successfully passing the master’s examination.

The Master of Education consists of 31 credit points ( ECTS ) per subject, of which at least 15 must be related to subject didactics . Details are determined by the respective faculty. Further components are educational sciences , the core internship and the master's thesis. The total scope of study is 120 credit points (corresponding to 4 semesters according to the ECTS system).

In languages, history or philosophy, the language requirements ( Latinum , Graecum ) are sometimes lower than in the teaching qualification examination regulations (LPO). However, the LPO is binding on this point for recognition as a second state examination.

The prerequisite for admission to the master’s degree is a Bachelor of Arts degree in the two chosen subjects or the related subjects (German studies for the subject German, classical philology for Latin and / or Greek, etc.). In addition to other technical terms, however, further deviations are conceivable.

Since the course up to the Master of Education takes ten semesters, but the corresponding state exams can be acquired after nine semesters (theoretically), consideration is being given to whether the subsequent legal clerkship can be shortened, although this is currently not planned.

The Master of Education qualifies for a doctorate .

General information on the tiered teacher training course

In the course of the Bologna process , a graduation of all study programs into a usually three-year first and two-year second phase is planned, although the four plus one model is also permitted. This decision was made regardless of the individual courses or subjects; What a medical bachelor's degree should be good for, for example, was not part of the considerations. In principle, this also applies to teacher training courses. In Great Britain, for example, prospective teachers are trained in such a model. The organization of studies there is not comparable to that in Germany or Austria, and there is no legal clerkship .

In Germany, the Länder are in principle responsible for teacher training and have very different concepts. Accordingly, there are very different model tests in different countries, such as Rhineland-Palatinate , Berlin and Lower Saxony . In the most populous federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia , teacher training was restructured in 2001. On the one hand, the secondary school teaching posts were no longer organized according to levels, but rather according to school types; on the other hand, many universities lost their teacher training. Classical teacher training courses still exist today at the universities of Cologne , Aachen , Duisburg / Essen , Dortmund , Wuppertal , Siegen and Paderborn . At the universities of Bielefeld and Bochum, on the other hand, new model experiments for tiered teacher training have been set up. However, both of these models do not meet the framework requirements of the Standing Conference for such models, which is why recognition outside of North Rhine-Westphalia is not to be expected. In contrast to this, student teachers at the University of Münster receive the universally recognized 1st state examination at the same time as the Master of Education.

There is at least a certain similarity with the model that is to be tested in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . The bachelor phase should be structured in a similar way - two subjects with 76 credit points, 20 credits for “educational sciences” (philosophy, pedagogy, psychology, general studies, social sciences, practical school studies), bachelor thesis (eight) - and a master’s phase that is specific to the teaching post and school type (In general, 120 credit points or 120 for the grammar school teaching position and 60 for the others have been named as options). It remains to be seen whether compatibility could arise here.

Accreditation

The tiered courses of study at the Ruhr University have been accredited , some with conditions . This also applies to the tiered teacher training model. However, there is no legal entitlement to crediting the Master of Education as the first state examination. Binding regulations for this can only be issued by the responsible state ministry.

Bachelor of Science

The Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees are designed by the individual faculties and are therefore not regulated by joint examination and study regulations. One cannot speak of a Bochum model here (as is the case with the two-subject bachelors, for example); rather, each faculty has its own model. The structure and scope of the course are also formally based on the ECTS system; the master’s degree is comparable to the diploma degree . There are significant deviations from the diploma course in geosciences (a course with the basics of geology, mineralogy and geophysics) and in physics (a course similar to the diploma is possible, but a clear focus on theoretical or experimental physics already in the bachelor's degree).

In certain cases, a transition from the Bachelor of Science to the Master of Education may be possible with minor requirements. However, no precedents have yet been set. The different faculties view the possibility of a doctorate with an outstanding bachelor's degree without having previously acquired a master’s degree.

Master of Science

The Master of Science is intended to replace the diploma. In terms of content, a continuous Bachelor and Master of Science course in the same subject is therefore often quite similar to the classic diploma course. Nevertheless, there are deviations, the possibility of setting priorities significantly earlier (physics), application relevance (applied computer science) or the amalgamation of several classic fields of study in the bachelor phase (geosciences).

The admission requirement for the master’s degree is a corresponding bachelor’s degree or an equivalent or higher degree. Some programs have additional hurdles. In some cases, other bachelors can also be credited, a (two-subject) Bachelor of Arts in mathematics and physics also entitles you to a Master of Science degree in physics, a Bachelor of Arts in physics and chemistry enables admission to the Master of Science program in physics with limited editions, etc.

The Master of Science qualifies for a doctorate.

Range of subjects

  • in the bachelor's degree (BA)
    • Mathematics and natural sciences:
    • Humanities:
      • philosophy
      • Evangelical theology
      • Catholic theology
      • Pedagogy / Educational Science
      • Archaeological Sciences
      • history
      • Art history
      • General and Comparative Literature Studies (Comparative Literature)
      • German studies
      • English / American studies
      • Romance Philology (in general)
        • Romance Philology: French
        • Romance Philology: Italian
        • Romance Philology: Spanish
      • Classical Philology (Latin, Greek)
      • Slavic Philology
        • Russian
      • Islamic Studies / Oriental Philology
      • Japanology (focus on Japanese linguistics)
      • Japanology / History, Society and Culture in the Context of East Asia
      • Chinese / Sinology
      • Korean Studies
      • Politics and Economy of East Asia
      • linguistics
      • Media studies
      • Theater studies
    • Social sciences:
      • Social sciences
        • Social science / politics, economics and society
        • Social Science / Culture / Individual / Society
    • Economics:
      • Economics with a focus on business administration
      • Economics with a focus on economics
    • Others:
      • Sports Science
  • in the Master of Arts (1 subject or 2 subjects):
    • Humanities:
      • philosophy
      • Evangelical theology
      • Catholic theology
      • Pedagogy / Educational Science
      • Classical archeology
      • Prehistory and early history
      • history
      • Art history
      • General and comparative literature / comparative literature
      • German studies
      • English / American studies
      • Romance Philology (in general)
        • Romance Philology: French
        • Romance Philology: Italian
        • Romance Philology: Spanish
      • Classical Philology (Latin, Greek)
      • Slavic Philology
        • Russian language and culture
      • Islamic Studies / Oriental Philology
      • Japanese history
      • Japanese linguistics
      • Chinese philosophy and history
      • Chinese language and literature
      • Korean Studies
      • East Asian politics
      • linguistics
      • Media studies
      • Theater studies
      • Humanitarian Aid, European Degree
      • Gender Studies - Culture, Communication, Society
    • Economics and Social Sciences:
    • Social sciences
    • European culture and economy
    • Management and Economics
    • Others:
      • Sports Science
  • In the Master of Education (M.Ed.), teaching degree at grammar schools and comprehensive schools:
    • Mathematics and natural sciences:
    • Languages:
      • German
      • English
      • French
      • Spanish
      • Italian
      • Latin
      • Greek
      • Russian
    • Social Sciences:
      • philosophy
      • history
      • Social sciences / politics, economics and society
      • Geography
      • pedagogy
    • Religious teaching:
      • Roman Catholic religious instruction
      • Evangelical religious teaching
    • Others:
  • Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.):
  • Master of Science (M.Sc.):

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