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Master of Education Wirtschaftswissenschaften

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M.Ed. Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Data and facts 

Academic degree Master of Education
Start of study Winter term
ECTS Points 120 ECTS
Standard period of study 4 semester
Fields of study Economics, didactics of economics, educational sciences
Event languages

As a rule, German.
Elective modules can be in German or English.

A good command of German and English is therefore an absolute prerequisite for successful study.

 

The Master of Education will be newly established for the winter semester 2018/19. As a consecutive Master's program to the polyvalent 2-major Bachelor's degree, this combination replaces the previous state examination.

The Master of Education Economics is the second part of the teacher training for the Gymnasium teaching profession. The completion of this Master's program qualifies the student to enter the preparatory service. The study of economics at the University of Freiburg prepares students for the school subject "Economics, Career and Study Orientation (WBS)" at general secondary schools. It is not a business education course of study. The degree does not give access to the preparatory service at vocational schools or to the subjects of the business profiles at vocational schools.

General information on the structure of the teacher training program, scope of study and components can be found here.

Information on courses in WS 21/22 from the PH directory can be found hier.

M.Ed. Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Study objectives and contents

 

In contrast to the polyvalent bachelor's degree, which has a high proportion of subject-related subjects, the master's degree program in teaching at the University of Freiburg focuses on educational science subjects. While this portion comprises 35 ECTS, the two subjects each have 17 ECTS for subject-specific science and 10 ECTS for subject-specific didactics.

One focus in the Master of Education in Economics is on linking the three areas of subject-specific science, subject-specific didactics and educational science. Students should experience a coherent course of study that prepares them for professional practice, which also represents a close interconnection of the three areas.
For economics, for example, this means that economic models and theories are treated controversially and that this controversiality is taken up and reflected upon in subject didactics courses. The Master of Education enables prospective teachers to address this controversy in the classroom and to engage in discourse with students.

The curriculum is based on the standards of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in Baden-Württemberg. The curriculum takes into account subject-specific scientific and didactic content as well as cross-cutting competencies such as digitalization and media literacy.

An overview of the curriculum of the Master of Education in Economics can be found in the study plan.

 

Requirements

The Master of Education in Economics is consecutive to the polyvalent two-major Bachelor with a teaching option.

Excerpt from the admission regulations:

(1) Admission to the Master of Education program for the teaching profession at the Gymnasium in the subject of economics is granted to students who


1. has obtained a first degree at a German university in a teaching profession-related bachelor's degree program for a teaching profession type of the framework agreements of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the subject of economics or in an equivalent degree program of at least three years at a German or foreign university and


2. has knowledge of the German language corresponding at least to level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.


(2) If an applicant does not have a teaching-related first degree according to paragraph 1 no. 1, he/she may exceptionally be admitted to the study program Master of Education for the teaching profession Gymnasium in the subject Economics if he/she has obtained a first degree in a Bachelor's program at a German university or in an equivalent study program of at least three years at a German or foreign university, which includes subject-specific scientific and subject-specific didactic study components in the subject Economics and another subject listed in § 6 paragraph 5 RahmenVO-KM, educational science study components and practical school studies; Any missing subject-related qualifications and practical school studies may not exceed a total of 50 ECTS credits and must be made up for by the time the student registers for the Master's thesis.


(3) The provisions of the study and examination regulations of the University of Freiburg for the Master of Education degree program for the Gymnasium teaching profession concerning the acquisition of missing competencies and the making up of courses from the Bachelor's degree program remain unaffected.

 

Application 

Applications for the Master of Education in all disciplines are submitted centrally via the Student Administration Office of the Service Center Studium (SCS). The application period is from June 1 to July 15. Unfortunately, applications received after this deadline cannot be considered. Click here to access the application form.

 

The following documents are required for the application:

 

1. an officially certified copy of the certificate of the first university degree according to § 2 paragraph 1 No. 1 or § 2 paragraph 2,

2. an officially certified copy of an informative overview of the contents of all study and examination achievements of the first university degree in accordance with § 2 Paragraph 1 No. 1 or § 2 Paragraph 2 (Transcript of Records), and


3. suitable proof of sufficient language skills according to § 2 paragraph 1 No. 2 in a certified copy.
Proof of sufficient language skills in German (sentence 3 no. 3) shall be a German certificate of general university entrance qualification or a relevant subject-related university entrance qualification. If the documents required in accordance with sentence 3 nos. 1 to 3 are not written in German, English or French, an officially certified translation in German or English is required.

 

Studying with EUCOR

Within the framework of the EUCOR network, the European Confederation of the five Upper Rhine universities (Freiburg, Basel, Strasbourg, Mulhouse, Karlsruhe), students can easily benefit from the courses offered by the other universities and complete specific modules for their studies and have them recognized.

More information about the EUCOR study program can be found here.

 

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