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Computer Science

Complementary Studies – Teaching at Secondary Schools

Informatik, Ergänzungsstudiengang Lehramt

Description

Subject Studies
Generally speaking, Computer Science addresses the systematic processing of information on digital devices. Closely related to mathematics in its formal fundamentals, it is also an engineering discipline that has developed out of a need for fast and reliable calculations of all sorts.

Students enrolled in the programme Teaching Computer Science at Secondary Schools (Gymnasium) primarily learn about the fundamentals of the subject.

Subject-related Didactics
Throughout several semesters, the students are continuously taught the methodological fundamentals of good Informatics lessons within the modules of Subject-related Didactics.

Video: Studiying Computer Science at TU Darmstadt

Module Handbook

Semester Course and Examination Schedule / Degree Programme Guidelines/Study Regulations

Course Catalogue

Department of Computer Science

Centre for Teacher Education
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Degree “Erweiterungsprüfung” (additional examination) as per § 33 Hessisches Lehrerbildungsgesetz HLbG
Duration 4 semesters (80 CP)
Language: German
Programme Start Winter semester
Admission Applying with international qualifications (language requirements, application deadlines): International Admission.
Part-time Studies No
Special Features
  • The Practical Phase III and the 'Vernetzungsbereich' are no longer required.
  • If a subject is studied with the aim of taking the additional examination, the regulations of the respective subject-specific regulations apply accordingly.
  • The complementary course of study has no effect on the standard period of study for the First State Examination or the Bachelor of Education and Master of Education degrees.
  • The complementary course of study does not constitute an extension of the deadline.
  • It is not possible to write a thesis in the subject of supplementary studies.
  • No academic degree is awarded after successful completion of the complementary studies.
  • Online Self-Assessment
Recommendation It is recommended to take up the Complimentary Teaching Degree Programme only after you have successfully studied your regular teaching degree programme and have gained a minimum of 90 CP in it already, in both subjects and in the Grundwissenschaften (Fundamental Studies) in a maximum of 6 semesters.
To help you organizing your Complimentary Teaching Degree Programme, the Centre for Teacher Training (Advisory for Teaching Programmes) offers individual counselling.

Teachers at Secondary Schools do not only teach their subjects but work within a greater pedagogical and organisational framework. They find positions not only at grammar schools (“Gymnasien”), but in different sectors of the widespread school system.

Valid statements on the future career perspectives are not easy to be made since they depend on a variety of factors, for example the range of subjects a teacher is able to teach. Other factors include the overall demographic development, political decisions and administrative regulations.