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First, we want to introduce you to the structure of teaching degrees at our university. So, before we focus on the Bachelor of Education English in the next tutorials, we would first like to introduce you and give you an overview of the broader context of your study program, the Bachelor of Education English.
Let’s have a look at this overview of the career path of a teacher: You've opted for a teaching degree. Now, teacher education is structured into different phases: from the pre-university phase via the while-university phase to the post-university phase. So, after you've completed your A-levels, you have decided on a teaching degree and you have applied for the corresponding degree. All of this you have already accomplished and completed in the pre-uni phase. Now, part of the application requirements is that you take an obligatory and self-evaluation questionnaire. And this is a special self-evaluation questionnaire because it is directed at aspiring teachers and it's a form of career counseling. All of this, as already indicated, you have done, you have completed, so that before-phase is completed with your enrolment. The next phase is your education at university. This phase is structured in two parts and two study programs: the Bachelor of Education; and you commence your studies in the Bachelor of Education right now. After having completed the Bachelor of Education, there is the Master of Education and in each study program you have a minimum of two majors and optionally also a third subject. In addition, then, you also have courses in educational science, and you have teacher training phases, both in the Bachelor of Education and in the Master of Education. Finally, then, with the completion of the Master of Education degree, the road to becoming a full teacher is not yet completed because there is a post-university part of your education: most importantly, the teacher training that is necessary for you to become full teachers.
At this point, let’s introduce you to the Tübingen School of Education. It is the central institution for teacher education at our university, and it connects all departments and institutes involved in teacher education. Student counseling might be of central importance to you, student counseling that does not relate to a specific subject, but to the coordination of all the subjects in your teaching degrees. And there is a central orientation meeting that is of crucial importance to you and that takes place in the official orientation weeks for new students. All information regarding that meeting is on our website.
Now, as promised, let's focus a bit more on the while-uni phase, on the university part of your career path. This part comes with two study programs, the Bachelor and the Master of Education. And let's focus specifically on the Bachelor of Education. At this point, we’re not so much interested in educational science or your second subject or your third subject, if that is the case. Let’s focus on your major English. We distinguish between subject-related areas of studies and the teaching-related area of study. You might notice all these numbers and the abbreviation CP here. It's crucial for you to understand what CP stands for. CP is an abbreviation that stands for credit points. So, let’s elaborate a bit on the significance of credit points: Credit points refer to a more general framework of what we call ECTS (European Credit Transfer System). Credit points can be compared to an academic currency. Students are granted a specific number of credit points for courses they complete successfully. So, while you pursue your studies in the Bachelor of Education, you take courses and you accumulate credit points. Your sum total is 180 ECTS if your studies include two majors. So, to earn your bachelor's degree, you have to earn those 180 credit ports. In your major, English, you're taking several courses; some fall into the domain of subject-related studies and some fall into the domain of teaching-related studies. You earn a total of 81 credit points and 72 credit points are earned in the subject-related parts of the program and 9 credits are earned in the teaching-related part of the program.