Educational Sciences (Bachelor of Arts, B.A.)
The Educational Sciences study programme focuses on educational, training, and learning processes, as well as how these evolve over time and in response to social change. The programme opens up a wide range of career opportunities in education, consulting, research, and organisational roles within educational and social service settings.
Please choose
- Major Field of Study
- Minor Field of Study
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At a glance
Course structure and content
The B.A. in Education Studies focuses on the theoretical an empirical analysis of Education, Bildung and Learning in historical and contemporary contexts, also over the lifespan. In ten modules, students aquire a broad and integrated knowledge of the scientific principles as well as a critical understanding of important topics, concepts, theories and methods in the field of Education Studies.
They gain thorough insights into the current state of the discipline and learn how to deal with both its scope and its limitations. Thus, students are able to reflect the basis, the effects and the challenges of the particular kind of knowledge generated in the discipline.
Philosophy and Theory of Education, Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods, Comparative and International Education, History of Education, Adult Education/Continuing Education and Education across the Lifespan, Educational Women's and Gender studies and Educational Psychology are firmly anchored in the courses.
The program’s overarching perspectives include e.g. difference in educational settings, power and violence, social inequality, interculturality, transculturality and gender as well as other educationally current topics.
On this basis, students are capable of developing science-based positions and adequate problem solutions. They possess essential qualifications to enter various occupations in both pedagogic and non-pedagogic fields in the context of a modern knowledge-based society.
Minor field of study (60 CP)
Mandatory Modules (40 CP)
| Module no. | Title | Size |
|---|---|---|
| BA EW 1 | Basic Concepts, Theories and Research Approaches | 10 CP |
| BA EW 4 | Education in World Society | 10 CP |
| BA EW 6 | Education across the Lifespan with a Focus on Adult and Continuing Education | 10 CP |
| BA EW 8 | Gender and Generation | 10 CP |
Mandatory elective modules (30 CP)
Select 1 of the following modules:
| Module no. | Title | Size |
|---|---|---|
| BA EW 5.1 | Institutions of Education Past and Present (Focus: Emergence and Institutionalization) | 10 CP |
| BA EW 5.2 | Institutions of Education Past and Present (Focus: Problems of Institutions) | 10 CP |
Select 1 of the following modules:
| Module no. | Title | Size |
|---|---|---|
| BA EW 7.1 | General Educational Sciences | 10 CP |
| BA EW 7.2 | Historical and Cultural Studies on Education | 10 CP |
| BA EW 7.3 | Adult and Continuing Education: Counselling in Learning, Work and Employment | 10 CP |
| BA EW 7.4 | Selected topics in Educational Psychology | 10 CP |
Please note:
Students with Education Studies as a minor field of study who intend to apply for the MA in Educational Sciences at Humboldt-Universität after finishing their BA are advised to complete module BA EW 2 of the BA in Educational Sciences – “Empirical Research and Methodology I” – as one of their major subject's general elective modules (ÜWP).
Special features
The Department offers research-based and profession-oriented research, teaching and continuing education on education and learning along the course of life. It considers its research to be education and educational sciences that are social-science-based and humanities-based, as well as interdisciplinary and internationally oriented, with the following cross-sectional topics: basic questions of educational science, pedagogical organisations, the professionalisation of pedagogical staff in all types of schools and all other areas of the education system, pedagogical action, teaching, lecturing and learning in general and vocational education along the course of life, participation, diversity, inequality and inclusion research as well as dealing with digitisation in educational contexts.
- Interest in understanding and analysing the scientific, social, and practical contexts of education, learning, and teaching; reflecting on educational theories and critically evaluating their theses.
- Enthusiasm for researching educational foundations, historical and international comparative issues, as well as questions of gender, generation, and lifelong learning, with regard to social, gender, and cultural heterogeneity.
- Enjoyment of conducting empirical research on educational contexts, as well as intensive reading, discussion, and writing.
- Confident command of the German language, strong communication skills, and the ability to work and conduct research independently.
Subject-specific admission and enrolment rules
Career opportunities & prospects
Upon completion of the Bachelor's degree programme in Educational Sciences, you can apply to the following Master's degree programmes at HU: M.A. Educational Sciences or M.A. Adult Education/Lifelong Learning.
Find out more in the overview of HU study programmes and nationwide via the database Hochschulkompass.
Successful completion of the program qualifies students for a broad range of occupations. These include education, teaching, consultancy and transfer as well as research, evaluation, conceptual and organizational work in all areas of the education system as well as in other educationally relevant contexts. Moreover, the program also enables students to pursue further academic qualifications.
More information on career prospects and alternatives can be found in the Berufenet database.
Contact information for the faculty
Department of Education Studies
Institutsgebäude, Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 7, 10117 Berlin