Bachelor Religious Education (Emphasis: Catholic Religious Education) (195 [9] - Version 2026)

Orientation Course

• 010148 OV ( LA-OV OV ) Catholic and Orthodox theological studies: Orientation at the start of studies - Orientation Course for first-year students of the Diploma Catholic Theology, Bachelor Religious Education (Catholic Religious Education and Orthodox Religious Education) and Bachelor Teacher Training Programme Catholic Religion

BRP 01 Education, Profession, Language and School (5 ECTS)

• 490001 VO Education, Profession, Language and School

BRP 02 Introduction to Theology (12 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP BA Religious Education: Written Module Examination – Introduction to Theology
• 010001 PVU Introduction to Theology
• 010006 VU Early Christian Reflections on Faith: Foundations, Contexts and Relevance
• 020026 VO-L ( MIXED ) STEOP: Theological Encyclopedia

BRP 03 Religious Diversity (11 ECTS)

• 010033 VO Introduction to Judaism
• 010075 VO ( MIXED ) Introduction to Comparative Religion
• 020048 VO Introduction to Islam - History of Islam from Muhammad to the epoch of the Abbasides

BRP 04krp Biblical Studies I (12 ECTS)

• 010007 VO Introduction to the Old Testament
• 010011 VO Basic Course New Testament I: Jesus of Nazareth - Historical Context and Theological Message
• 010055 VO Basic Course Old Testament I: Pentateuch
• 010071 PS Exegetical methods

BRP 05krp Fundamentals of Catholic Theology (12 ECTS)

• 010002 VO The Christian Creed
• 010004 PS Introduction to Scientific Work
• 010005 PS Introduction to Scientific Work
• 010029 SE Thinking Philosophically and Theologically - In consideration of primary level

BRP 06krp History of Philosophy (9 ECTS)

• 010107 VO Medieval philosophy
• 010132 VO Ancient Philosophy

BRP 07krp Teaching and Learning (6 ECTS)

The basics of teaching and learning

• 490002 VO Foundations of Teaching and Learning
• 490041 UE Exercise for Foundations of Teaching and Learning

Specialisation in primary education

• 010023 VU Culture-Religion-Identity
• 010062 VU ( REMOTE ) Fundamentals of elementary and primary education
• 010066 VU Learning Environment and Learning Arrangements in Primary RU
• 010073 VU Shaping learning in primary education
• 010082 UE Orthodox Religious Education (Highschool-Level)

BRP 08krp Teacher Training Placement (6 ECTS)

BRP 09krp Ethics (12 ECTS)

• 010027 VU Fundamental of Ethics for Teachers
• 010042 SE Ethical Education - In consideration of primary level

BRP 10krp Church History (6 ECTS)

• 010013 VO Church History from Antiquity to the Middle Ages

BRP 11krp Religious Education and School Practice (13 ECTS)

• 010019 SE Religious Didactics
• 010040 VU Theory of Religious Education

BRP 12krp Reflection on School and Profession (4 ECTS)

BRP 13krp Biblical Studies II (18 ECTS)

• 010010 VO Advanced Course in the Old Testament I: Historical Books
• 010012 VO Advanced Course: New Testament I

BRP 14krp Anthropology (9 ECTS)

• 010017 VO Philosophical Anthropology I

BRP 15krp Fundamentals and Forms of Being Church (9 ECTS)

• 010044 VO Fundamentals of Canon Law

BRP 16krp Metaphysics and the Doctrine of God (12 ECTS)

• 010015 VO Philosophical Theology I
• 010104 VO Metaphysics
• 010117 VO Christology

BRP 17krp Practicing Church in Schools and Public Life (10 ECTS)

• 010035 VO Theology of Sacraments I - Sacramental Celebrations

BRP 18krp Advanced Theology Module (14 ECTS)

Seminars

• 010047 SE “Magnifica Humanitas”: Church’s Social Teaching, Peace, and AI
• 010051 SE Is the New Testament anti-Jewish? An overview of the most problematic passages in the New Testament - Ein Überblick über die problematischsten Stellen des Neuen Testaments
• 010056 SE Liturgical Rites Surrounding Illness and Death
• 010059 SE Departures and Resistances: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Feminism and Religion
• 010064 SE How do we want to die? Assisted suicide and Christian ethics.
• 010065 SE Twentieth-Century Classics in Ethics
• 010067 SE Orthodox religious education in the diaspora
• 010091 SE [ en ] Liturgical Spaces and Sacral Art in the Byzantine Tradition
• 010093 SE A Renaissance of Apocalypticism? Systematic-Theological Explorations of a Controversial Field
• 010098 SE Pastoral Care and Spiritual Care
• 010105 SE Seminar on Aesthetics: The Role of the Reader (Umberto Eco)
• 010120 SE The Religious in Secular Thought
• 010122 SE Tolerance in intercultural perspective

Specialisation in primary education

• 010024 VU Individualisation, differentiation and adaptive teaching competence in RU at primary level
• 010052 SE Subject Didactics in Compulsory Schools / Adult Education
• 010061 VU Religious) development of children and adolescents
• 010085 PR Subject related traineeship in compulsory schools/Adult Education