Islamic Religious Education (Teaching degree)
Certificate and extension studies for elementary, middle, secondary and grammar schools
After completion of this teaching degree program, students are qualified to teach the subject “Islamic Religious Education” at Bavarian schools. You can study this degree program as part of your teaching degree, or if you have completed degree programs related to Islam.
Fact Sheet
- Degree
- Teaching degree
- Admission
- No Admissions Restrictions
- Duration of studies
- 3-6 semesters
- Teaching language
- completely in German
- Faculty
- Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology
- Start of degree program
- Summer semester, Winter semester
- Number of students
- 50-150
- Special features
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The Program is open to all those interested, regardless of their own personal faith. Permission to teach Islamic religious education, which usually requires the teacher to be a practicing Muslim, may only be granted by an authorized body for the subject. The educational authority responsible/the Bavarian Ministry of Education is responsible for employing teaching staff for Islamic Religious Education in schools.
Program overview
What is the degree program about?
The additional subject Islamic Religious Education prepares teachers to complete the subject “Islamic Religious Education” with the State Examination for primary schools, and secondary schools (Mittelschule, Realschule) and to teach at state-run schools.
A certificate program is offered for the teaching profession at “Gymnasium” secondary schools.
The content of the supplementary program covers Islamic religious texts, traditions, historical ideological developments, key theological questions, selected Islamic cultural areas, non-Islamic religions, Islamic religious education and the teaching methodology of Islam.
The additional subject “Islamic Religious Education” is interdisciplinary. By attending lectures and seminars offered by related disciplines (Islamic Studies, non-Islamic theologies and religious education, religious studies, philosophy), students become familiar with the change of perspective in each subject. The ability to integrate such multi-layered approaches in a meaningful way is a prerequisite for teaching Islamic religion. The focus here is on keeping questions alive and paths of knowledge open, which are to be explored by the adolescents as they develop their own faith. Teaching should accompany them in this process and enable them to position themselves freely, but with personal responsibility with regard to Islam as a religion and a way of life. The study of Islamic religious education imparts the basic and in-depth knowledge of Islam required for teaching. Emphasis is placed on the practical aspects of life and teaching, but also on the overall social and global context. In this context, the program also has a decidedly Islamic theological profile that goes beyond that of religious education.
Module 1: Systematics of Islam
- General introduction to Islam as a doctrine of faith, norms and methods
- Selected religious education aspects of Islam
Module 2: The Qu’ran as the primary source of Islam
- Introduction to the structure and topics of the Qu’ran
- Overview of the genesis and exegesis of the Qu’ran as the central scripture of Islam
- Religious education aspects, ethical and social aspects of the Qu’ran
Module 3: Hadith/Sunnah
- Introduction to the genesis and exegesis of the Hadith as the central scripture of Islam
- Selected aspects of the Hadith
- Religious education significance of the prophetic way of life (Sunna) for the Muslim way of life in the present day
Module 4: Islamic language
- Fundamental terms in Islam
- Processes of religious conceptualization and communication skills, language-related interdisciplinary references
Module 5: Islam and Society
- Overview of Islam as a historical, cultural and social phenomenon
- Foundation features of Jewish and Christian religious teachings
- Muslim life under intercultural and interreligious conditions
- Selected aspects of Islam, as regards to the tension between historicality and actuality and topicality and social discourses on guiding principles
Module 6: Education and teaching methodology of Islam
- Islam from a educational and teaching methodology perspective
- Skills-oriented education and subject-related teaching
- Inter-religious teaching and learning
This supplementary program is aimed at:
- Students studying teaching degrees (Lehramt) for state-run schools in Bavaria at FAU
- Students studying other degree programs at FAU who would like to complete modules related to Islam as elective modules or learn more about the subject
- Students studying teaching degrees (Lehramt) at other universities or universities of applied sciences or completing teaching training, or who would like to complete modules related to Islam as elective modules or learn more about the subject
- Guest students enrolled at FAU, providing the individual lectures and seminars are open to guest students
- Teachers in the education system who would like to complete the certificate for “Islamic Religious Education” alongside their work
Application for a Degree Program
Admission Requirements and Application
Admission
- 1st semester: No Admissions Restrictions
Application deadline
- Winter semester: 30.09.
- Summer semester: 30.03.
Language skills
- German language skills for international applicants: DSH 2 (written 2 / oral 1) or equivalent
Details and notes
The application deadline for international applicants is July 15 for the winter semester and January 15 for the summer semester.
