Courses



Elective Modules (15 ECTS-Credits)
Students must complete elective modules amounting to a total of 15 ECTS-Credits, either elective modules 1, 2 and 3 or two of the elective modules 4 to 11.
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Elective Module 2: Basics of Didactics of Religion (5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Taking critical note of and the practical ability to differentiate between the concepts, criteria and reasons for the complex and gender-sensitive reality of teaching and learning in the contexts of school, adult education and community; discussion of the "Innsbruck Model" of religious education as the basis of religious-didactical action in various fields.
Elective Module 3: Developmental Psychology (5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Basic knowledge on the development and social-psychology of children and young people.
Elective Module 4: Methodological Foundations for Philosophizing and Theologizing (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 10 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Initial familiarity with the specifics of philosophical-theological thinking and working and the beginnings of the development of the integration potential of Biblical Church teaching, philosophical-theological personal experience and scientific reflection on the daily human existence and behaviour, the ability to deal with the technologies and methods of the individual philosophical/theological discipline and grasp the integrational connections of the individual subjects and subject groups; the development of an awareness of philosophical/theological problem issues and the ability to apply suitable scientific methods to the initial reflection on these challenges in an appropriate sociological context; the ability to integrate such questions in the totality of present-day views of the world and its phenomena.
Elective Module 5: Philosophical and Theological Excursion (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 8 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: A better and more lively understanding of the specific content through an expertly-led and prepared viewing on the spot of materials and phenomena not otherwise so easy to appreciate authentically.
Elective Module 6: The People of God in the World Today - Practical Ecclesiology (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 5 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Enhanced insights into ecclesiastical issues focused on current demands in view of global connections.
Elective Module 7: The Identity of the Church in History and Present Times (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 5 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Reflection on the dichotomy between "my being" and "other beings" of Christian identity, diachronically and synchronically developed self-confidence in conflict with "the other" both in the inner-Christian space and various other Churches and towards the outside, especially towards Judaism and Islam.
Elective Module 8: Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Knowledge of the concepts, methods, problem issues areas of aesthetics and the philosophy of art, the ability to analyse these contents, to join them together to question independently and to develop further.

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).