Pedagogy / Psychology

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  Profile of the study programme

  The master programme is aimed at students who have completed the bachelor's course of the same name and are considering continuing their studies to obtain a Diplôme d'enseignement pour les écoles de maturité (DEEM)/Lehrdiplom für Maturitätsschulen (LDM) (teaching diploma for baccalaureate schools and upper secondary specialised schools). Holders of a bachelor's degree in just one of these two disciplines must first of all take a pre-master's course to catch up the required level in the second discipline.

  Like the bachelor programme in Pedagogy/Psychology, this programme is divided equally between classes and seminars in psychology and teaching in educational sciences. It can be taken either as a major teaching subject (discipline d'enseignement I/Unterrichtsfach I) or minor teaching subject (discipline d'enseignement II/Unterrichtsfach II) for the DEEM/LDM diploma. Students taking this as the major field of study for their master's degree, that is as «discipline d'enseignement I/Unterrichtsfach I» of their teaching diploma, write a master's thesis encompassing both disciplines, focusing on school and the behaviour or functioning of its key players – pupils, teachers, heads and parents.

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  Designed first and foremost as a cultural course of study, this programme enriches students' knowledge of the two disciplines which go to make it up and applies it to all the fields and approaches covered by them. Strictly speaking, it therefore broadens rather than deepens the knowledge obtained during the bachelor's degree.
  This programme can be taken entirely in French or in German, or bilingually; this greatly increases students' employability as they will be capable of teaching these disciplines to French or German-speaking baccalaureate school and upper secondary specialised school pupils.

  Learning outcomes and career openings
  On completing this programme, students will be capable of presenting an overall view of both these disciplines and their specific features to baccalaureate school and upper secondary specialised school pupils to help them choose their subsequent line of study, as well as giving them a greater understanding of how the individual functions as a child, as a teenager and as an adult, and the risks associated with these different periods of life; they will also gain greater insights into the personal and social issues involved in education.
  Note that there are restrictions on the professions of psychologist or psychotherapist and this programme does not give access to them.

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Alternatives

Minor study programmes to be chosen