Program Overview

Introduction to the Master of Education in Chemistry

The Master of Education in Chemistry is a degree program designed to prepare students for a future teaching job. This program builds on the Bachelor's degree program in Chemistry with a teaching degree option, expanding and strengthening specialized knowledge in chemistry.

Facts and Formalities

• Degree: Master of Education
• Type of program: Consecutive
• Start of program: Winter and summer semester
• Standard period of study: 4 semesters
• Fees and contributions: 161.10 € / Semester
• Application procedure: Application for Master of Education
• Application deadlines: Information about deadlines can be obtained after putting together a degree program.

Course Content

The program focuses on specialized didactics and chemistry experiments to be used in schools. Graduates will have gained competencies that include:

• Possession of practicable specialist knowledge in chemistry that allows them to comprehend current research in chemistry.
• The ability to record and evaluate information about chemistry in the context of its application and the interrelationships that exist within chemistry.
• The ability to identify key issues that allow them to structure the different areas of chemistry, to use crosslinking to connect these areas, and to make these relevant for school chemistry and its development.
• Knowledge of essential working and information-gathering methods in chemistry and guidelines for safe experimentation.
• Possession of practicable didactic knowledge of chemistry on the basis of up-to-date research, especially fundamental knowledge of the findings from chemistry-related teaching-learning research.
• The ability, on the basis of their specialized knowledge, to design and evaluate curriculum concepts and media in the area of chemistry.
• Possession of practicable specialized and didactic knowledge of chemistry that enables them, as educators, to design teaching, learning, and educational processes in chemistry.

Course Structure

The degree program component in Chemistry includes in-depth lectures and courses in the areas of:

• Inorganic Chemistry
• Biochemistry
• Organic Chemistry
• Physical Chemistry From a large number of lecture cycles, two lectures may be selected, according to students’ individual interests, that will allow them to acquire in-depth knowledge of research-related chemistry topics. In two modules, a combination of specialized didactics will be provided, including specialized topics and practical work in the areas of Inorganic Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. During the practical semester, the emphasis will be on digital teaching-learning formats. In the blended modules and during the practical semester, there is close collaboration between the Chemistry Department and upper-level secondary school (‘Gymnasium’) teachers, the State Seminar for Didactics and Teacher Training, and the Heidelberg University of Education.

Additional Degrees

• Bachelor 50%
• Bachelor 100%
• Master, consecutive
• Master of Education Extension Subject