Courses
Faculty of Teacher Education
Bachelor Secondary School Teacher Training Programme (General Education) according to the curriculum 2015 (240 ECTS-Credits, 8 semesters)
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Subject Catholic Religious Education
Compulsory Modules (100 ECTS-Credits)
If combined with the subject Islamic Religious Education, there are following joint compulsory modules (CM 8) corresponding to 6 ECTS-Credits. They must be compensated by courses corresponding to the same amount of credits from the offer of the School of Catholic Theology or Islamic Religious Education 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 2: (7.5 ECTS-Credits; 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Fähigkeit zum sachgerechten Einordnen und Verstehen verschiedener Sprachverwendungsweisen, Geltungsansprüche und Erkenntnisbehauptungen im wissenschaftlichen und außerwissenschaftlichen Bereich; Fähigkeit zur Einordung religiöser und religionsähnlicher Phänomene; Grundkenntnisse und sachgerechten Darstellung ausgewählter Religionen, insbesondere des Islam.
202200
VU Philosophy of Language and Epistemology (VU / 1h / 2 ECTS-AP)
Christoph Jäger
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202208
VO Theory of Science and Interdisciplinary Learning (VO / 1h / 2 ECTS-AP)
Josef Quitterer
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Compulsory Module 3: (7.5 ECTS-Credits; 5 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Grundkenntnisse und Fähigkeit zur selbständigen Orientierung im Bereich der Philosophiegeschichte; Kompetenz zur kritischen Beurteilung von Geltungsansprüchen und Argumenten im religiös-weltanschaulichen Bereich, insbesondere bezüglich des Fragens nach Gott.
202204
VU Overview of Metaphysics and Philosophical Doctrine of God (VU / 3h / 4,5 ECTS-AP)
Markus Moling
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Master's Programme Secondary School Teacher Training (General Education) according to the curriculum 2018 (120 ECTS-Credits, 4 semesters)
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Subject Islamic Religion
Compulsory Modules (25 ECTS-Credits)
The following compulsory modules corresponding to 25 ECTS-Credits must be passed. If combined with the subject Catholic Religious Education, there are the following joint compulsory modules (CM 1a, CM 3c) corresponding to 5.5 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: Philosophy of Science, Interdisciplinarity and Research Methods (5 ECTS-Credits; 3 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Graduates have an understanding of the relationship of problems of scientific theory and special topics in theological disciplines. They are able to present concepts and methods of research in religious education as well as approaches in school and education research.
202208
VO Theory of Science and Interdisciplinary Learning (VO / 1h / 2 ECTS-AP)
Josef Quitterer
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Master's Programme in Islamic Religious Education according to the Curriculum 2018 (120 ECTS-Credits, 4 Semesters)
Compulsory Modules (100 ECTS-Credits)
Compulsory Module 1: Philosophy of Science, Interdisciplinarity and Research Methods (5 ECTS-Credits; 3 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Graduates have an understanding of the interrelations of the theory of science and special issues in theological disciplines. They are able to present concepts and methods of religious-pedagogical research as well as approaches in school and educational research.
202208
VO Theory of Science and Interdisciplinary Learning (VO / 1h / 2 ECTS-AP)
Josef Quitterer
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Faculty of Catholic Theology
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Bachelor's Programme Catholic Religious Education according to the Curriculum 2021 (180 ECTS-Credits, 6 semesters)
Studies Induction and Orientation Stage (relevant course examinations)
Compulsory Modules (160 ECTS-Credits)
Compulsory Module 2: Philosophical and Historical-Theological Foundations (5 ECTS-Credits, 3 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students know different ways of using language can critically evaluate validity claims and knowledge assertions and apply important historical-theological methods independently.
202200
VU Philosophy of Language and Epistemology (VU / 1h / 2 ECTS-AP)
Christoph Jäger
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Compulsory Module 3: Philosophical Foundations (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 5 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students know the basics of the history of philosophy at a high theoretical level and can critically assess claims and arguments in the religious and ideological area, especially with regard to questions about God.
202204
VU Overview of Metaphysics and Philosophical Doctrine of God (VU / 3h / 4,5 ECTS-AP)
Markus Moling
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Compulsory Module 14: Teaching and Learning in Contexts of Plurality (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 5 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students have knowledge of human sciences and theology for group-related practical areas as well as knowledge of scientific theory, taking into account interdisciplinary and genderspecific perspectives.
202208
VO Theory of Science and Interdisciplinary Learning (VO / 1h / 2 ECTS-AP)
Josef Quitterer
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Compulsory Module 21: Exemplary Examination of a Topic (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 SSt.)
Prerequisites for registration: positive evaluation of compulsory module 1
Learning Outcome: The students can work on exemplary research questions from philosophy or theology on a high theoretical level independently and jointly and present the results of their work in a context-appropriate manner.
202040
SE Philosophy: Exemplary Examination of a Topic: The good action in Thomas Aquinas (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Bruno Niederbacher
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Bachelor's Programme Catholic Religious Education according to the Curriculum 2009 (180 ECTS-Credits, 6 semesters)
Compulsory Modules (180 ECTS-Credits)
Compulsory Module 1: Introduction to Philosopy and Theology (10 ECTS-Credits, 7 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Graduates have basic skills in independent scientific working and in the critical assessment of arguments and validity claims, in particular in the field of theology and philosophy.
202040
SE Philosophy: Exemplary Examination of a Topic: The good action in Thomas Aquinas (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Bruno Niederbacher
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202200
VU Philosophy of Language and Epistemology (VU / 1h / 2 ECTS-AP)
Christoph Jäger
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202204
VU Overview of Metaphysics and Philosophical Doctrine of God (VU / 3h / 4,5 ECTS-AP)
Markus Moling
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Compulsory Module 9: Religious and Cultural Plurality (10 ECTS-Credits, 6 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Graduates have basic knowledge of historical and contemporary religions and religious phenomena, with particular emphasis on Judaism and Islam. They are capable of dealing with dialogue and culture in a way that is sensitive to pluralism.
Compulsory Module 12: Theories and Concepts of Learning and Teaching in a Pluralistic Context (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 6 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The graduates are capable of distinguishing and reflecting basic concepts of educational and teaching science and of reflecting on educational and teaching situations. They are able to differentiate between different forms of teaching and learning, taking into account conceptual perspectives. They are competent in reflecting on previous learning experiences and possess scientific and theoretical knowledge, including interdisciplinary and gender-specific perspectives.
202208
VO Theory of Science and Interdisciplinary Learning (VO / 1h / 2 ECTS-AP)
Josef Quitterer
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Bachelor's Programme in Philosophy at the Faculty of Catholic Theology according to the Curriculum 2021 (180 ECTS-Credits, 6 semesters)
Studies induction and orientation Stage (relevant course examinations)
Compulsory Modules (150 ECTS-Credits)
Compulsory Module 1: Methodology of Philosophical Thinking (5 ECTS-Credits, 3 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students can properly apply the scientific formalities necessary for philosophical work; they can independently represent and critically evaluate claims to validity in various areas of human thought and action.
Compulsory Module 2: Fundamentals of Systematic Philosophy (10 ECTS-Credits, 6 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students have in-depth theoretical knowledge of the philosophical theory of reality with special attention to the position of humans in overall reality and the normative foundations of human life.
Compulsory Module 3: Religion in Philosophy and Empirical Sciences (10 ECTS-Credits, 5 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students can relate different scientific approaches to the religions and know their main content. They can classify validity claims in the field of religions and independently assess them critically.
202100
VO Empirical Research in Religious Studies (VO / 1h / 2 ECTS-AP)
Winfried Löffler
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Compulsory Module 4: Psychology and Ethics (10 ECTS-Credits, 5 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students can relate psychological, philosophical and theological images of man to one another; They can apply ethical forms of argumentation from the past and the present and innovatively to specific fields independently.
202052
VU Ethics - Advanced Study: Are there moral truths? (VU / 2h / 4 ECTS-AP)
Bruno Niederbacher
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Compulsory Module 5: History of Philosophy (10 ECTS-Credits, 6 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students are able to present fundamental problems of the occidental history of philosophy and its most important positions on a high theoretical level.
202015
VO History of Philosophy in Antiquity and the Middle Ages (VO / 2h / 3 ECTS-AP)
Christoph Jäger
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Compulsory Module 6: Philosophy of Knowledge and Recognition (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students know the most important epistemological terms and positions and can present them independently and in a context-appropriate manner. They are able to independently and critically examine their justifications as well as special concepts from the current epistemological discussion.
202104
UE Epistemology and Philosophy of Science - Challenges from AI (UE / 1h / 3 ECTS-AP)
Federica Malfatti
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202729
VO Special Topics in Contemporary Epistemology (VO / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Ludger Jansen
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Compulsory Module 8: Theory of Science and Interdisciplinary Learning (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students can independently and critically assess arguments and validity claims in the field of science, in particular in bordering areas and interfaces to other discourses and present them appropriately.
Compulsory Module 10: Philosophy of Mind (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students are able to independently and critically assess ¿ at a high theoretical level - various theoretical approaches to human beings as being gifted with awareness and acting and present them in a context-appropriate manner.
202122
VO Theory of Action (VO / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Katherine Nordskog Dormandy, Josef Quitterer
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Compulsory Module 12: Metaphysics and Ontology (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students can independently present current approaches to world view analysis, they can identify and analyse the implicit requirements of world views and are able to apply criteria for their assessment.
202128
VO Metaphysics and Analysis of World Views (VO / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Winfried Löffler
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202731
VO Metaphysics and Analysis of World Views (VO / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Winfried Löffler
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Compulsory Module 13: Exemplary Examination of a Topic (20 ECTS-Credits, 8 h)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of compulsory module 1
Learning Outcome: The students can work on exemplary research questions from philosophy or theology on a high theoretical level independently and jointly and present the results of their work in a context-appropriate manner.
202040
SE Philosophy: Exemplary Examination of a Topic: The good action in Thomas Aquinas (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Bruno Niederbacher
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202732
SE Philosophy: Exemplary Examination of a Topic: Virtue Epistemology (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Veronika Weidner
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Compulsory Module 14: Bachelor¿s Thesis (15 ECTS-Credits, 1 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students are able to independently write a Bachelor¿s Thesis in a self-selected sub-area of philosophy according to the applicable standards of academic writing.
202150
SE Seminar with Bachelor's Thesis (SE / 1h / 15 ECTS-AP)
Anna Findl-Ludescher, Federica Malfatti, Bruno Niederbacher, Markus Schmidt
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Individual Choice of Specialisation (10 ECTS-Credits)
Prerequisites for registration: The prerequisites specified by the respective curricula are to be met.
Freely selected modules covering altogether 10 ECTS-Credits are to be passed from the curricula of the bachelor's and or diploma programmes offered at the University of Innsbruck acc. to §54 par. 1 Universities Act.
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Interdisciplinary Skills (20 ECTS-Credits)
Prerequisites for registration: The prerequisites specified by the respective curricula are to be met.
Freely chosen courses covering altogether 20 ECTS-Credits are to be passed from the curricula of the bachelor's and/or diploma programmes offered at the University of Innsbruck acc. to §54 par. 1 Universities Act.
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Bachelor's Programme Philosophy at Faculties of Catholic Theology according to the Curriculum 2009 (180 ECTS-Credits, 6 semesters)
Compulsory Modules (152.5 ECTS-Credits)
Students must do two Bachelor Theses in the framework of a teaching unit with continuous assessment from two different compulsory modules of compulsory modules 4 to 15 and 17 to 19.
Compulsory Module 2: Foundations: Logic - Metaphysics - Philosophical Anthropology - Ethics (10 ECTS-Credits, 8 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Basic knowledge of systematic philosophy with the emphasis on topics of practical and theoretical philosophy.
Compulsory Module 3: Foundations: Psychological Anthropology - History of Philosophy - Theology (10 ECTS-Credits, 8 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Basic knowledge of systematic historical philosophy and psychology with the main emphasis on philosophical-historical, religious-philosophical and anthropological topics.
202015
VO History of Philosophy in Antiquity and the Middle Ages (VO / 2h / 3 ECTS-AP)
Christoph Jäger
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Compulsory Module 4: Epistemology (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 5 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Knowledge of the systematic and methodological building blocks of an underlying knowledge which is foundation-based and subject to strict examination postulates different from non-secured orientation signs of meaning and belief in the framework of everyday action and connected events.
202104
UE Epistemology and Philosophy of Science - Challenges from AI (UE / 1h / 3 ECTS-AP)
Federica Malfatti
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Compulsory Module 5: Hermeneutics and Theory of Knowledge and Science (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 5 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Overview of the most important scientific/theoretical movements and developments; knowledge of the conditions, possibilities and limits of scientific findings; knowledge of the conditions and norms of understanding, trusting with various scientific methods and the improvement in the ability to work on interdisciplinary affairs.
Compulsory Module 9: Psychology (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Orientation knowledge concerning the difference between psychological knowledge that is based on inter-subjectivity testable observations and findings and scientifically indefensible psychological claims.
Compulsory Module 11: Philosophical Theology - Philosophy of Religion (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of compulsory module 3 (Foundations: Psychological Anthropology - History of Philosophy - Theology).
Learning Outcome: Enhanced knowledge of classical philosophical theology and of the current form of religious philosophy with regard to today's religious philosophical issues.
202100
VO Empirical Research in Religious Studies (VO / 1h / 2 ECTS-AP)
Winfried Löffler
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202128
VO Metaphysics and Analysis of World Views (VO / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Winfried Löffler
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Compulsory Module 12: Philosophical Anthropology (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of compulsory module 2 (Foundations: Logic - Metaphysics - Philosophical Anthropology - Ethics).
Learning Outcome: Knowledge and competence for a critical encounter with traditional and current interpretations of human beings.
Compulsory Module 13: Philosophical Ethics (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of compulsory module 2 (Foundations: Logic - Metaphysics - Philosophical Anthropology - Ethics).
Learning Outcome: Understanding of and competence in a critical examination of philosophical texts about ethics from the past and the present; a competent encounter with questions of applied ethics.
202052
VU Ethics - Advanced Study: Are there moral truths? (VU / 2h / 4 ECTS-AP)
Bruno Niederbacher
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Compulsory Module 16: Christian Understanding of Human Beings and Naturalism (10 ECTS-Credits, 5 h)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of compulsory module 2 (Foundations: Logic - Metaphysics - Philosophical Anthropology - Ethics).
Learning Outcome: Ability to take part in the naturalism debate.
202040
SE Philosophy: Exemplary Examination of a Topic: The good action in Thomas Aquinas (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Bruno Niederbacher
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202122
VO Theory of Action (VO / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Katherine Nordskog Dormandy, Josef Quitterer
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Compulsory Module 18: Readings of Classical Texts concerning Theoretical Philosophy (10 ECTS-Credits, 5 h)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of compulsory module 2 (Foundations: Logic - Metaphysics - Philosophical Anthropology - Ethics).
Learning Outcome: The ability to occupy oneself with primary texts from Anthropology, Metaphysics, and Theology and Epistemology.
202040
SE Philosophy: Exemplary Examination of a Topic: The good action in Thomas Aquinas (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Bruno Niederbacher
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Compulsory Module 19: Readings of Classical Texts concerning Practical Philosophy (10 ECTS-Credits, 5 h)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of compulsory module 2 (Foundations: Logic - Metaphysics - Philosophical Anthropology - Ethics).
Learning Outcome: The ability to occupy oneself with primary texts from Anthropology, Metaphysics, and Theology and Epistemology.
202040
SE Philosophy: Exemplary Examination of a Topic: The good action in Thomas Aquinas (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Bruno Niederbacher
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202104
UE Epistemology and Philosophy of Science - Challenges from AI (UE / 1h / 3 ECTS-AP)
Federica Malfatti
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Diploma Programme Catholic Theology according to the Curriculum 2021 (300 ECTS-Credits, 10 semesters)
Studies Induction an Orientation Stage (relevant course examinations)
First Part of the study programme
Compulsory Modules (150 ECTS-Credits)
Compulsory Module 2: Knowledge and Argumentation (5 ECTS-Credits, 3 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students are able to critically evaluate validity claims and assertions of knowledge in various fields of thought and action and independently apply the main rules and methods of explaining, understanding and arguing.
Compulsory Module 3: Fundamentals of Systematic Philosophy (10 ECTS-Credits, 6 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students have in-depth theoretical knowledge of the philosophical theory of reality with special attention to the position of humans in overall reality and the normative foundations of human life.
Compulsory Module 4: History of Philosophy and Philosophical Doctrine of God (10 ECTS-Credits, 6 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students are able to present basic problems of the occidental history of philosophy as well as the possibilities and limits of philosophical questions about God independently and in a context-appropriate manner.
202015
VO History of Philosophy in Antiquity and the Middle Ages (VO / 2h / 3 ECTS-AP)
Christoph Jäger
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Compulsory Module 18: Exemplary Examination of a Topic I (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: positive evaluation of compulsory module 1 of the first part of the study
programme.
Learning Outcome: The students can independently and collectively work on exemplary research questions from philosophy, biblical studies and historical theology at a high theoretical level and present the results of their work in a context-appropriate manner.
202040
SE Philosophy: Exemplary Examination of a Topic: The good action in Thomas Aquinas (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Bruno Niederbacher
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Second Part of the study programme
Compulsory Modules (100 ECTS-Credits)
Compulsory Module 1: Psychology and Ethics (10 ECTS-Credits, 5 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students can relate psychological, philosophical and theological images of man to one another; they can apply ethical forms of argumentation from the past and the present independently and innovatively to specific fields.
202052
VU Ethics - Advanced Study: Are there moral truths? (VU / 2h / 4 ECTS-AP)
Bruno Niederbacher
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Compulsory Module 12: Advanced Exemplary Study I (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students can work on current research questions from philosophy and theology
independently and jointly in an innovative way and derive conclusions for the further
development of research.
202070
SE Philosophy: Advanced Exemplary Study: Classical texts on human-animal relations (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Claudia Paganini
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Compulsory Module 13: Advanced Exemplary Study II (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students can work on current research questions from philosophy and theology
independently and jointly in an innovative way and derive conclusions for the further
development of research.
202070
SE Philosophy: Advanced Exemplary Study: Classical texts on human-animal relations (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Claudia Paganini
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Diploma Programme Catholic Theology according to the Curriculum 2009 (300 ECTS-Credits, 10 semesters)
First Part of Studies
Compulsory Modules (152.5 ECTS-Credits)
Compulsory Module 1: Introduction to Theology and Philosophy (10 ECTS-Credits, 12 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Initial familiarity with the specifics of philosophical-theological thinking and, working together, with the beginning of the development of the ability to integrate Biblical and Church theory and scientific reflection with day-to-day human existence and behaviour The ability to work autonomously with the techniques and methods of the individual philosophical disciplines and to grasp the way individual subjects and subject groups integrate together; development of an awareness of philosophical issues and of the ability to apply suitable scientific methods and the beginning of reflection on these challenges in appropriate sociological contexts; the ability to integrate such questions with the totality of contemporary ways of seeing the world and its phenomena.
Compulsory Module 3: Philosophy I (10 ECTS-Credits, 8 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: A basic knowledge of philosophy with the main emphasis on topics of practical and theoretical philosophy.
202040
SE Philosophy: Exemplary Examination of a Topic: The good action in Thomas Aquinas (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Bruno Niederbacher
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Compulsory Module 4: Philosophy II (12.5 ECTS-Credits, 9 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: A basic knowledge of historical-systematic philosophy with the emphasis on the history of philosophy and of religion and religious topics.
202015
VO History of Philosophy in Antiquity and the Middle Ages (VO / 2h / 3 ECTS-AP)
Christoph Jäger
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Compulsory Module 17: Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (5 ECTS-Credits, 3 h)
Prerequisites for registration: Positive completion of compulsory module 1 of the first part of the study programme.
Learning Outcome: Argumentative competence in questions of epistemology and the theory of science in special consideration of the uniqueness of theological epistemology or the theology as science resp.
202040
SE Philosophy: Exemplary Examination of a Topic: The good action in Thomas Aquinas (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Bruno Niederbacher
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Second Part of Studies
Compulsory Modules (82.5 ECTS-Credits)
Compulsory Module 1: Philosophy and Religious Studies (12.5 ECTS-Credits, 8 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The ability to reflect deeply on ethical matters and on the nature of the image of man presented in the main branches of contemporary psychology; the ability to independently and critical an-alyse the history, current shape and the claims of selected religions in consideration of religious studies.
202052
VU Ethics - Advanced Study: Are there moral truths? (VU / 2h / 4 ECTS-AP)
Bruno Niederbacher
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Elective Modules (17.5 ECTS-Credits)
Students must complete two of the elective modules 1 to 3, amounting to a total of 20 ECTS-Credits, and 1 of the elective modules 4 to 6, amounting to 7.5. ECTS-Credits.
Elective Module 1: Religions in History and Present (10 ECTS-Credits, 6 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The ability to critically appreciate the importance of religions in society and imparting of interreligious competence for trying to find integrating and peace-promoting steps together.
202070
SE Philosophy: Advanced Exemplary Study: Classical texts on human-animal relations (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Claudia Paganini
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Elective Module 2: Catechetics/Pedagogics (5 ECTS-Credits, 5 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The ability to reflect on previous learning experiences: insights in various forms of teaching and learning and taking on conceptual perspectives; reflection on one's own religious development and that of others from a theological-kairological perspective.
202070
SE Philosophy: Advanced Exemplary Study: Classical texts on human-animal relations (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Claudia Paganini
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Elective Module 3: Basics of Didactics of Religion (5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Critical appreciation of and ability to practically 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.
202070
SE Philosophy: Advanced Exemplary Study: Classical texts on human-animal relations (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Claudia Paganini
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Elective Module 4: Weltanschauung and Dialogue: Philosophical and Theological Issues in Interdisciplinary Dialogue (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Developing the ability to participate in critical philosophical dialogues with particular consideration of an understanding of the unique nature of the rationality of world views in general and religious perspectives in particular.
202070
SE Philosophy: Advanced Exemplary Study: Classical texts on human-animal relations (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Claudia Paganini
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Elective Module 5: Current Issues of Pastoral Care and Education (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Meeting of current challenges in pastoral work and in the Church's educational work from a Church law and pastoral perspective: gaining of the basic competences needed for pastoral care in various life situations and religious education processes.
202070
SE Philosophy: Advanced Exemplary Study: Classical texts on human-animal relations (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Claudia Paganini
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Elective Module 6: Systematic Theology regarding the signs of the time (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Knowledge of and competence for applying the epistemology of the Second Vatican Council in the context of the scientific and challenging political demands of the present.
202070
SE Philosophy: Advanced Exemplary Study: Classical texts on human-animal relations (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Claudia Paganini
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Master's Programme Catholic Religious Education according to the Curriculum 2021 (120 ECTS-Credits, 4 semesters)
Compulsory Modules (87,5 ECTS-Credits)
Compulsory Module 1: Anthropology and Ethics (5 ECTS-Credits, 3 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students have expertise in philosophical anthropology; They can apply past and present ethical forms of reasoning independently and innovatively to specific fields.
Compulsory Module 12: Exemplary Advanced Study (5 ECTS-Credits)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students can work on current research questions from philosophy and theology independently and jointly in an innovative way and derive conclusions for the further development of research.
202070
SE Philosophy: Advanced Exemplary Study: Classical texts on human-animal relations (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Claudia Paganini
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Master's Programme Philosophy of Religion according to the Curriculum 2022 (120 ECTS-Credits, 4 Semesters)
Compulsory Modules (67.5 ECTS-Credits)
Compulsory Module 1: Foundations of Philosophy of Religion (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students have acquired specialised knowledge of the main questions in the philosophy of religion, among other things, the logical-epistemological status of religious beliefs, the justifiability of statements about the existence and attributes of God, the structure of arguments critical of religion. They have the competence to interpret classical texts in philosophy of religion independently, appropriately and methodically, to analyse them in terms of content and argumentation structures and to show the connections to their metaphysical, anthropological and other background conditions.
202550
VO The Big Questions in Philosophy of Religion (VO / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Katherine Nordskog Dormandy
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202551
SE Classical Texts in the Philosophy of Religion (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Josef Quitterer
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Compulsory Module 2: Faith and Reason (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students have the competence to correctly classify and appropriately present questions from the current epistemological and scientific-theoretical discussions about the contents, structures and justifications of religious convictions. They are able to analyse similarities and differences between religious and other forms of discourse at a high theoretical level and are able to justifiably criticise problematic claims to validity, especially in the border area between natural science and religion.
202553
SE Science and Religion: Are Science and Religion at Odds? (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Katherine Nordskog Dormandy
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Compulsory Module 5: The Philosophy of Religious Traditions (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students have the competence to present the main directions of Jewish and Islamic philosophy as well as their relations to Western philosophy and their developement in an appropriate manner. They are able to examine representative texts form other religious traditions (e.g. Buddhism, Hinduism, Daoism, Conficianism) for their philosophical background assumptions and to make methodologically correct intercultural comparisons.
202509
SE Philosophy of the Religions: The Metaphysics of Mulla Sadra (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Christian Kanzian
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Elective Modules (30 ECTS-Credits)
Elective Module 2: Religion and Ethics (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students have the competence to identify possible connections of religious and non-religious worldviews with questions of general and applied ethics and to analyse them on a high theoretical level. They are able to work out patterns of argumentation and present them in an appropriate manner, as well as independently develop reasoned opinions in these areas.
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Doctoral Programme Catholic Theology according to the Curriculum 2009 (180 ECTS-Credits, 6 Semesters)
Compulsory Modules (60 ECTS-Credits)
Compulsory Module 1: Specialization in the Subject of the Doctoral Thesis (20 ECTS-Credits)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Highly specialised knowledge in the field of the doctoral thesis and at the intersection with other contexts and fields that go beyond the scope of individual projects.
Courses in the subject area of the doctoral thesis or related to the subject area of the doctoral thesis, the selection of which is to be approved by the main supervisor, in accordance with the dissertation agreement, corresponding to 20 ECTS-Credits, two courses of which must be seminars corresponding to 4 or more ECTS-Credits.
202070
SE Philosophy: Advanced Exemplary Study: Classical texts on human-animal relations (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Claudia Paganini
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202509
SE Philosophy of the Religions: The Metaphysics of Mulla Sadra (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Christian Kanzian
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202551
SE Classical Texts in the Philosophy of Religion (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Josef Quitterer
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202553
SE Science and Religion: Are Science and Religion at Odds? (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Katherine Nordskog Dormandy
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Compulsory Module 2: Philosophy of Science (6 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Highly specialised knowledge in modern theory of science and its history; ability to critically analyse one's own scientific work and place it in an academic context, and especially to recognise uncritical applications of models and methods from other areas of science. Excellent knowledge of central conflicts in the history of theology and of systematically central questions in the theory of science of theology; ability to critically evaluate dif-ferent theological models and to reflect on their own basic theological options.
Compulsory Module 4: Extension in Further Subjects (12 ECTS-Credits)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Highly specialised knowledge of the state of research in one additional subject of the doctoral programme; expanding of the knowledge at the intersection to other subjects on a high level.
Courses from at least one further subject acc. to §7 par. 2 from the course offer of the Doctoral Programme in Catholic Theology and from the PhD-Programme at the Faculty of Catholic Theology. The courses serve the advanced study of further subjects and make it possi-ble to broaden the theological competence beyond the subject of the dissertation.
202070
SE Philosophy: Advanced Exemplary Study: Classical texts on human-animal relations (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Claudia Paganini
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202509
SE Philosophy of the Religions: The Metaphysics of Mulla Sadra (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Christian Kanzian
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202551
SE Classical Texts in the Philosophy of Religion (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Josef Quitterer
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202553
SE Science and Religion: Are Science and Religion at Odds? (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Katherine Nordskog Dormandy
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Doctor of Philosophy Programme Faculty of Theology according to the Curriculum 2009 (180 ECTS-Credits, 6 Semesters)
Compulsory Modules (30 ECTS-Credits)
Compulsory Module 1: Academic Core Competences for the Dissertation Topic (12 ECTS-Credits)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Having successfully completed the module, students have advanced specialist knowledge of the dissertation topic as well as of the methododical skills required for writing the dissertation.
Courses, as defined in the dissertation agreement, related to the subject of the dissertation covering 12 ECTS-Credits, two of which must be seminars covering a minimum of 4 ECTS-Credits each, must be passed.
202070
SE Philosophy: Advanced Exemplary Study: Classical texts on human-animal relations (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Claudia Paganini
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202509
SE Philosophy of the Religions: The Metaphysics of Mulla Sadra (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Christian Kanzian
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202551
SE Classical Texts in the Philosophy of Religion (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Josef Quitterer
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202553
SE Science and Religion: Are Science and Religion at Odds? (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Katherine Nordskog Dormandy
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Compulsory Module 2: Theory of Knowledge and Sciences and Didactics of Sciences (10 ECTS-AP, 6 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Highly specialized knowledge in the modern theory of sciences and its history; student competence to critically analyze their own scientific work and place it in an academic context, and especially to recognize uncritical applications of models and methods from other areas of science. Excellent knowledge of central conflicts in the history of theology and of systematically central questions in the theory of science of theology; students possess the competence to critically evaluate different theological
models and to reflect on their own basic theological options. Pertaining didactic knowledge and competence to teach and learn in academic institutions and to present research results to an (expert) public; long-term commitment to develop new ideas in the context of learning and giving presentations.
Interdisciplinary and additional courses
Interdisciplinary courses
Interdisciplinary courses for Bachelor's Programmes
202015
VO History of Philosophy in Antiquity and the Middle Ages (VO / 2h / 3 ECTS-AP)
Christoph Jäger
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202040
SE Philosophy: Exemplary Examination of a Topic: The good action in Thomas Aquinas (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Bruno Niederbacher
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202052
VU Ethics - Advanced Study: Are there moral truths? (VU / 2h / 4 ECTS-AP)
Bruno Niederbacher
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202100
VO Empirical Research in Religious Studies (VO / 1h / 2 ECTS-AP)
Winfried Löffler
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202104
UE Epistemology and Philosophy of Science - Challenges from AI (UE / 1h / 3 ECTS-AP)
Federica Malfatti
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202122
VO Theory of Action (VO / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Katherine Nordskog Dormandy, Josef Quitterer
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202208
VO Theory of Science and Interdisciplinary Learning (VO / 1h / 2 ECTS-AP)
Josef Quitterer
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Interdisciplinary courses for Master's Programmes
202070
SE Philosophy: Advanced Exemplary Study: Classical texts on human-animal relations (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Claudia Paganini
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202553
SE Science and Religion: Are Science and Religion at Odds? (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Katherine Nordskog Dormandy
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Generic Skills for PhD/Doctoral Programmes
202040
SE Philosophy: Exemplary Examination of a Topic: The good action in Thomas Aquinas (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Bruno Niederbacher
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Additional Courses for Incoming Students
202100
VO Empirical Research in Religious Studies (VO / 1h / 2 ECTS-AP)
Winfried Löffler
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202551
SE Classical Texts in the Philosophy of Religion (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Josef Quitterer
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202553
SE Science and Religion: Are Science and Religion at Odds? (SE / 2h / 5 ECTS-AP)
Katherine Nordskog Dormandy
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Minors (Complementary Subject Area)
Minors (Complementary Subject Areas) (30 ECTS-Credits)
Minors (Complementary Subject Areas) für Bachelor's Programmes at the University of Innsbruck
Minor: Religion - History - Christianity (30 ECTS-Credits)
Prerequisites for registration: (1) The Minor Religion - History - Christianity covering 30 ECTS-Credits may be selected by students of bachelor's programmes offered at the University of Innsbruck if the corresponding curriculum provides the opportunity to pass a minor.
(2) The individual modules and courses of the minor can be passed, providing the availability of places.
(3) Each course is either allocated to the study programme or the minor. Double allocation is not permissible. Students of the Bachelor's Programme in Catholic Religious Education, the Bachelor's Secondary School Teacher Training in the subject of Catholic Religion and the Bachelor's Programme in Philosophy at the Faculty for Catholic Theology may not pass the Minor Religion - History - Christianity in any case.
Learning Outcome: Graduates of the Minor "Religion - History - Christianity" have acquired in-depth knowledge of religious studies and in particular of Christianity with its historical, textual and ritual foundations. They are able to analyse the role of Christianity as an important culture-forming factor in human history, have thereby broadened their perspective on the complex phenomenon of human culture and are able to explain the connections between religion and culture in a manner that is appropriate with regards to the context and the situation.
Compulsory modules (30 ECTS-Credits)
The following compulsory modules covering 30 ECTS-Creidts are to be passed:
Compulsory module 1: The World of Religions (8.5 ECTS-Credits, 5 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students can explain the fundamentals of different religions. They are able to explain which religions with which intellectual-historical background are predominant in the world and can describe the motives of people to follow religious movements.
202100
VO Empirical Research in Religious Studies (VO / 1h / 2 ECTS-AP)
Winfried Löffler
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Minor: Religious perspectives in a plural society (30 ECTS-Credits)
Prerequisites for registration: (1) Das Wahlpaket kann von ordentlichen Studierenden der an der Universität Innsbruck eingerichteten Bachelorstudien gewählt werden, sofern im entsprechenden Curriculum die Möglichkeit, ein Wahlpaket zu absolvieren, vorgesehen ist.
(2) Die einzelnen Module und Lehrveranstaltungen des Wahlpakets können nach Maßgabe freier Plätze absolviert werden.
(3) Studierende können eine Lehrveranstaltung entweder dem Fachstudium oder dem Wahlpaket zuordnen. Eine doppelte Zuordnung ist nicht zulässig.
Learning Outcome: Die Absolventinnen und Absolventen des Wahlpakets "Religiöse Perspektiven in einer pluralen Gesellschaft"
- sind in der Lage, die Bedeutung von Pluralität im Kontext von Weltanschauungen und Religionen zu erkennen und zu beschreiben,
- sind in der Lage, exemplarisch die grundlegenden Merkmale und Perspektiven von Weltanschauungen und Religionen darzulegen,
- sind fähig, zentrale Elemente der christlichen und islamischen Religion als Beispiele religiöser Zugänge kontextbezogen zu verstehen und darzustellen,
- sind in der Lage, gesellschaftlich relevante Fragestellungen zu reflektieren und Bezüge zu Antwortangeboten im Bereich von Religion und Weltanschauung herzustellen,
- sind fähig, an ausgewählten Beispielen weltanschauliche und religiöse Konzepte und Symbole im pluralen Kontext zu analysieren und kritisch zu reflektieren und so ihre Auseinandersetzungs- und Diskursfähigkeit zu vertiefen.
Compulsory Modules (30 ECTS-Credits)
Compulsory Module 1:
Prerequisites for registration: keine
Learning Outcome: Die Studierenden können unterschiedliche wissenschaftliche Zugänge
zu den Religionen zueinander in Bezug setzen und kennen deren Hauptinhalte.
Sie sind in der Lage, die Entstehung, Entwicklung und Verbreitung der islamischen Philosophie sowie ihren Beitrag zur Geschichte der Philosophie und ihre Bedeutung für die Gegenwart reflektiert zu erläutern sowie zu diskutieren.
Sie kennen verschiedene Sprachverwendungsweisen, können Geltungsansprüche und Erkenntnisbehauptungen kritisch bewerten.
Courses for Bachelor's Programmes
Understanding Europe (joint program)