Courses

Compulsory Modules (100 ECTS-Credits)

Compulsory Modules with a total of 100 ECTS-Credits are to be taken. If combined with a the subject Catholic Religious Education, there are following joint compulsory modules (CM 10, 12) corresponding to 10 ECTS-Credits. They must be compensated by courses corresponding to the same amount of credits from the offer of Islamic Religious Education or the School of Catholic Theology resp. in equal parts. If the subjects of Islamic Religious Education and Catholic Religious Education are combined, then only the subject of one's own denomination/religion can be taught according to the legal regulations for denominational religious education.

Compulsory Module 1: Introduction to Scientific Working and to Qur' an Studies (5 ECTS-Credits, 3 h)

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: Graduates are able to objectively assess their choice of study programme. They are able to describe the formal structure and formation process of a scientific paper. They know the basic concepts, main topics and contemporary issues of Qur'an science, and they are able to present scientific-methodical concepts in a modern context.

Compulsory Module 2: Introduction to Qur´an Studies (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: Graduates are able to correctly use basic Arabic concepts (vocabulary - spoken and written) with regard to the Qur'an. They are able to classify terms and main topics of the Qur'an.

Compulsory Module 3: Islamic Theology (10 ECTS-Credits, 6 h) (no courses)

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: Graduates are capable of explaining the origins, the history and the methodology of the Islamic jurisprudence. Moreover, they are able to analyse and identify the methodology of the Islamic jurisprudence, "fiqh" science, taking into consideration different directions of Islam in history and the present. Further, graduates know the history of "fiqh" science, its ideas and starting points as well as its new developments in the modern age. They are able to understand Islamic theology based on social conditions and to establish the relation to the pupils' living environment.

Compulsory Module 4: Islamic Principles of Faith (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 5 h)

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: Graduates are able to present Islamic Religion, its origin and development. They are able to reproduce classic-Islamic academic disciplines as well as its fundamental methodological and theoretical questions.

Compulsory Module 5: Prophetic Tradition (Hadith Studies) (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: Graduates are able to describe the origins and development of Hadith studies, and they are able to explain Hadith studies as well as to critically discuss the Sunnah tradition.

Compulsory Module 6: Qur´an and Text Comprehension in Islam (10 ECTS-Credits, 6 h)

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: Graduates are able to reflect and interpret written sources of Islam methodically. Furthermore, they are capable of deducing practice support from the sources for the Muslim pupils in relation to present challenges.

Compulsory Module 7: Islamic Culture and History (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 5 h)

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: Graduates are able to professionally discuss the genesis and development of Islamic mysticism. They are able to identify the main phases of Islamic arts and cultural history as well as to describe Islamic art forms. Graduates know the different epochs of Islamic history and understand the socio-economic and political backgrounds of different theological problems.

Compulsory Module 8: Schools of Law and Islamic Ethics (10 ECTS-Credits, 6 h)

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: Graduates are able to describe the historical origin and content-related development of the different confessions in Islam and to explain their meaning for everyday life. They are able to recognise the significance of Islamic ethics for the present intercultural and interreligious dialogue. The graduates are able to recognise and implement their ethical responsibility in the present world. They are able to describe the development and importance of philosophy in the Islamic cultural circle and the contribution to the history of philosophy and to represent their importance for the present time.

Compulsory Module 9: Islamic Religious Education (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: Graduates are able to describe the origin and important stages of the development of Islamic religious education. They are able to discuss the tasks and goals of Islamic upbringing education in a differentiated way. They are able to differentiate the different concepts of Islamic religious education and to elaborate the economic, cultural and political conditions.

Compulsory Module 10: Foundations of Teaching Inter-Religious Studies (5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: Graduates are able to distinguish and explain concepts, criteria and reasons for the complex and gender-sensitive occurrence of religious and interreligious teaching and learning in the context of schools, adult education and communities. They are able to properly use the Innsbruck model of religion didactics as a basis of religious-didactic action in different fields..

Compulsory Module 11: Subject Didactics (5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h) (no courses)

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: Graduates know the framework of religious education at the respective school types (also with regard to disability, cultural aspects, gender, social inequality, interreligiosity). They have subject-didactical competences in competence-oriented planning, guidance and evaluation of school-related teaching and learning processes.

Compulsory Module 12: Teaching Inter-Religious Studies (5 ECTS-Credits, 3 h)

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: Graduates have basic competences in dealing with topics from a didactic and subject-specific as well as interreligious perspective. They are able to understand and present the fundamentals of religious and subject-didactic concepts.

Compulsory Module 13: Subject-Related Practical Course (5 ECTS-Credits, 1 h)

Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of Compulsory Module 10

Learning Outcome: Graduates are able to plan and implement subject-specific teaching observations under supervision. They are able to operationalize and reflect the competences acquired in order to plan, implement and evaluate teaching and learning processes in practical teaching.

Compulsory Module 14: Bachelor's Thesis (5 ECTS-Credits, 1 h)

Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of Compulsory Module 1

Learning Outcome: Graduates are able to deal with the topic of the Bachelor's Thesis in methodical and content-related terms and to present the result verbally and in writing in an understandable manner.

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).

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