The degree program consists of compulsory and elective modules. Compulsory modules are Introduction to Pedagogy, Historical and Systematic Foundations of Pedagogy, Pedagogical Research, Pedagogical Fields of Work, Introduction to Pedagogical Fields as well as the internship and the Bachelor’s thesis. Elective modules are Pedagogical Foundations and Pedagogical Research. After the first year of study (i.e. after the second semester), there is a foundation and orientation exam, which is considered passed if at least two modules have been successfully completed. A central element of the study program is the educationally linked thematization, analysis and reflection of social and cultural differentiations in the context of progressive social transformation processes including the associated institutions and organizations (e.g. migration and flight, digitalization, trans-nationalization, social segregation, poverty).

The focus of the degree program in Erlangen is on organizational pedagogy and cultural education.

Generally speaking, organizational pedagogy deals with how to support learning processes in and by organizations. Specifically, this involves tasks in training and further education, in personnel and organizational development, as well as in coaching and organizational consulting.

Arts education aims to enable children, young people and adults to engage with art and culture in all their diversity and thus support them in shaping their lifeworld and in participating in culture and society.

• Interest in educational, social, and labor market policy contexts
• Willingness and ability to read and write a lot (good understanding of texts and good written expression)
• Willingness and ability to deal with technical language and foreign words
• Openness to English-language texts
• Ability to deal independently with more demanding texts in a critical and reflective manner

In the consecutive Master’s degree program „Pedagogy M.A.“ you will then have the opportunity to deepen the above-mentioned questions with regard to focal points.

As a professional qualification, the degree program provides competencies for the following fields of activity, among others:

Organizational Pedagogy

• Educational management in the field of continuing education.
• In-company training and continuing education.
• In the personnel and organizational development of companies.
• In general and vocational adult education as lecturers at state or private educational institutions (e.g. adult education centers, educational organizations).
• In educational research (after the master’s degree).

Cultural Education

• In extracurricular youth education
• In cultural educational institutions (e.g. cultural centers)
• In art and cultural institutions (e.g. museums)
• In associations
• In counseling institutions

Possible combinations without overlaps

• Archaeological Sciences
• Art History
• Business and Economics
• English and American Studies
• French Studies
• German studies
• Greek Philology
• History
• Indo-European and Indo-Iranian Studies
• Islamic Religious Studies
• Italian Studies
• Japanese Studies
• Latin Philology
• Medieval Latin and Neo-Latin
• Philosophy
• Political Science
• Scandinavian Studies (BA)
• Sociology
• Theater and Media Studies

With these subject combinations, there are generally no overlaps in the timetable.

Possible overlaps in the timetable

• Book Studies
• Chinese Studies
• Computational Linguistics
• Cultural History of Christianity
• Digital Humanities and Social Sciences
• Geography: Cultural Geography as a two subject Bachelor's degree program
• Hispanic Studies
• Oriental Studies

If you combine these subjects, individual courses may overlap in your timetable. For this reason, you can only combine the following subjects with your chosen subject after a consultation. Students are responsible for ensuring that the combination can be studied and that the deadlines set out in Section 11 of the ABMStPOPhil are met. When enrolling, proof of a corresponding consultation with the Central Student Advisory Service or the Student Service Center (Faculty of Humanities, Social Studies, and Theology) must be submitted.