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Compulsory Module 1: Introduction to Geography and Economics (12.5 ECTS-Credits, 7 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The graduates understand spatial structures and processes in terms of sustainable development; they have a basic understanding of political economics and regional politics as well as an overview of theoretical and practical fundamentals of teaching geography and economics.
Compulsory Module 2: General Geography and Economics 1 (12.5 ECTS-Credits, 8 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The graduates are able to derive human and physical geographic theories, methods and issues from the development of human and physical geographic subdisciplines and to apply them to specific spatial issues. Moreover, they acquire fundamental knowledge in the field of microeconomy.
Compulsory Module 3: General Geography and Economics 2 (12.5 ECTS-Credits, 8 h)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of Compulsory Modules 1 and 2
Learning Outcome: The graduates understand fundamental processes of the natural sphere and resulting phenomena. They are able to derive human geographic theories, methods and issues from the development of subdisciplines of human geography and apply the results from the two main disciplines in terms of man-environment-understanding to specific spatial issues. Moreover, they acquire fundamental knowledge in the field of microeconomy.
Compulsory Module 4: Subject-Didactics (5 ECTS-Credits, 5 h)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of Compulsory Modules 1 and 2
Learning Outcome: The graduates are familiar with fundamental methods of subject-didactical analysis of teaching, know scientific approaches and research topics of subject-didactics and develop competences for independently planning and preparing lessons. In this context, individual life situations and subjective pre-concepts of the pupils are considered.
Compulsory Module 5: Proseminars in Geography and Subject Didactics (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 6 h)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of Compulsory Modules 1 and 2
Learning Outcome: The graduates are able to develop general-geographic as well as subject-didactical theories, methods, approaches and issues from the current research state. They are familiar with the methods of scientific working and are able to position themselves in scientific theory.
Compulsory Module 6: Deepening of Scientific Knowledge 1 (5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of Compulsory Modules 1 and 2
Learning Outcome: The graduates have in-depth knowledge in the field of general geography and microeconomics. The module leads the graduates to the respective state-of-the-art.
Compulsory Module 7: Cartographic Presentations (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 6 h)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of Compulsory Modules 1 and 2
Learning Outcome: The graduates are familiar with the fundamentals of cartography and geographic information systems. They are able to critically interpret and create maps and cartographic presentations and have the theoretical and practical knowledge required for teaching this applications in class.
Compulsory Module 8: Deepening of Scientific Knowledge 2 (5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of Compulsory Modules 1 and 2
Learning Outcome: The graduates have in-depth knowledge of future challenges and strategies of sustainable development. Moreover, they have advanced skills in the transfer of concepts of ESD in school lessons.
Compulsory Module 9: Regional Geography and Teaching Skills (7,5 ECTS-Credits, 6 h)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of Compulsory Module 5
Learning Outcome: The graduates are able to recognize landscapes, spatial structures, spatial processes and effects in unknown regions in the man-environment-network; they can assess landscape potential for use for different economic goals, make regionalizations, identify spatial issues and propose solutions. Moreover, they have the ability to critically reflect on regional geographic depictions in science and school and have also acquired fundamentals of mediation processes of nature and cultural landscape.
Compulsory Module 10: Deepening of Scientific Knowledge 3 (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of Compulsory Module 5
Learning Outcome: The graduates have in-depth knowledge in the field of general and regional geography. Moreover, they are able to discursively develop and critically reflect on general geographic models, methods, approaches and issues of the current state of research.
Compulsory Module 11: Subject Related Practical Course (5 ECTS-Credits, 1 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of Compulsory Module 5
Learning Outcome: The graduates are able to operationalize their competences acquired in science and subject-didactics for planning, implementing and evaluating teaching and learning processes in practical teaching and for subject-didactical reflection.
Compulsory Module 12: Regional Geography (5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of Compulsory Module 5
Learning Outcome: The graduates have knowledge of the typical structures and processes from a space-differentiated perspective and are able to evaluate regionally adapted solutions for spatial issues.
Compulsory Module 13: Bachelor's Thesis (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 1 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of Compulsory Module 5
Learning Outcome: Processing and contextualisation of information (research literature, statistics, maps and own surveys) according to scientific rules; skills in writing geographic essays (formulating, reasoning and defending arguments) on a selected topic from the different geographical subdisciplines or based on a geographical-integrative approach; presentation of the newly acquired knowledge.
Notes:
- There may still be changes in the courses offered as well as room allocation and course dates.
- The course descriptions found in the English version of the course catalogue are for informational purposes only. Authoritative information can be found in the "Vorlesungsverzeichnis" (German version of the course catalogue).