Your goal: to teach physics at secondary school
The study prepares for the activity as physics teacher at secondary schools.
On the basis of in-depth specialist knowledge teachers organize the learning processes of their pupils. In addition to physics, you study another subject (mathematics or computer science), the two subject didactics and general educational science. The program ends after 7 semesters with the Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.). You will receive the admission to the first state examination and grades from the studies will be included in the grade of the state examination. An overview is given in the information brochure „Lehramt Ralschule in Bayreuth studieren“ (German only).
Study Course
No matter if you combine physics with mathematics or computer science, the contents of the subject and subject didactics are the same. You deal with classical experimental physics (mechanics, electricity, heat, optics) as well as the basic calculation methods of physics. Labs and exercises help to apply and deepen the learned content. In the third year, you receive an overview of modern physics, i.e., the physics of atoms, molecules, solids and elementary particles. In the didactics of physics you deal with the question of how physics lessons can be conceived, which methods and media are used, how experiments are presented, and how concrete teaching projects can be planned and analyzed.
Proposal for the course of the study
- Physics in combination with mathematics or computer science
Details about the individual lectures can be found in the module handbook
Laboratories and Internships
In addition to the experimental physics laboratories that take place at the university, you also complete internships outside the university during your studies, some of them ideally before starting you studies. All information can be found on the pages of educational science.
Electives
n the elective area you can choose an lecture worth at least 3 credit points from the subject areas of physics. The following lectures are recommended: Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics, Programming Languages, Biophysics A, Technical Physics A: Measurement Methods, Modern Optics, Process Computers and Electronics, Computation, Crystallography.
Study counseling
contact: lehramt.physik@uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Markus Lippitz
Experimental physics, Programme advisor
Room: 3.0.04 (BGI)
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-3800
Email: markus.lippitz@uni-bayreuth.de
Prof. Dr. Axel Enders
Head of Physics Didactics and member of the examination board
Room: 2.1.02.663 (NW II, 2. OG)
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-3330
Email: axel.enders@uni-bayreuth.de
Dr. Christoph Reihl
Faculty advisor for teaching and learning
Service unit PULS
Room: 3.2.00.345 (building NW II)
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-3224
Email: puls.mpi@uni-bayreuth.de
Further counseling services
Further Information
- Module handbook for teaching-oriented study programs in physics (as of 04/15/2020)
- Examination and Study Regulations for teaching-related study programs
- Information of the department education science
- Website of the Bavarian Ministry for Education and Culture
- Lehramtsprüfungsordnung I (LPO I)
- Regular dates of course lectures in physics
For all pupils who are interested in studying physics, the German Physical Society offers free access to an Online Mathematics Bridges Course OMB+.
| Characteristics of the program | |
|---|---|
| Degree | Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) |
| Start | winter term |
| Duration | 7 semester |
| Language | German |
| Admission requirements | General or subject-specific higher education entrance qualification or professional qualification Language skills: German B2 |
| Admission restrictions | none |
| Enrollment | April to October here |