Professional Skills Development in Dual-Subject Bachelor

To achieve the first qualified degree (Bachelor), students must acquire 180 credit points (CP), 28 of which must be in the professional skills development area. This involves the acquisition of subject-related and interdisciplinary key competencies. Information on the professional skills development area in the dual-subject Bachelor's degree course can be found in our  information brochure (PDF, 1.62 MB), for example.

Students who, after completing their Bachelor's degree, either wish to pursue a Master's degree in a subject or enter the profession, must acquire 28 CP in the professional skills development area or in the area of key competencies.
The 4 Steps + model specifies the areas in which at least 10 CP of these credit points must be earned and where further CP can be earned. You can find more information at the top of this page.

1. Under "Browse the course catalog" on Stud.IP, click on "For students on the Dual-Subject Bachelor's degree program" under "Study area".
2. Then click on the sub-item "Professional skills development area/key competencies".
3. A window will open that also contains information on the professional skills development area. To access the courses for the interdisciplinary key competencies, please click on "Interdisciplinary key competencies".
4. The courses are divided into the categories "Courses offered by the subjects for students from other subjects", "Language acquisition courses" and "Interdisciplinary workshops and courses".

You can also find further pictorial instructions in our  information brochure (PDF, 1.62 MB).

Since the winter semester 2012/2013, there has been a uniform certificate that you can use for all interdisciplinary key competencies. It is already possible to register for many courses via HISinOne. In these cases, it is no longer necessary to fill out certificates.

Download:  Certificate for the acquisition of key competencies in the dual-subject Bachelor's degree program (PDF, 102 kB)

Instructions for use:

• The template can be used to certify key competencies (subject-specific, steps 1-4, interdisciplinary).
• The template should be signed by the lecturer after the course and sealed by the Examination Office.
• Steps 1-4 and additional subject-related key competencies are recorded in HISinOne by the relevant Examination Office.
• Interdisciplinary key competencies are recorded in HISinOne by KoPro/PATMOS.

In principle, no grade is required for the successful completion of the professional skills development area. However, the decisive factor is whether a graded examination is prescribed for a specific course or module in one or both of the examination regulations for your subjects. If so, a graded performance must be completed and is included in the overall grade for the professional skills development area with the amount of your credit points.
If you have made a grade in the professional skills development area, then this grade is also included in the Bachelor's grade with the weight of the graded credit points. If, for example, 10 LP out of 28 LP are graded with a 1.7, then the 1.7 is included in the calculation of the overall Bachelor's grade with a weighting of 10/180.

In principle, internships cannot be credited for the area of interdisciplinary key competencies.

The internships are organized and administered by the subjects for non-teacher education students and by the  Center for Teacher Education for students with the career goal of Teacher Education.

The courses from the KCL can be credited up to a maximum of 14 CP for the area of interdisciplinary key competencies.

According to §2 (5) and §3 (4) "Interdisciplinary part of the degree-specific examination regulations for the 2-subject Bachelor's degree program", courses from Profile 1 KCL can be credited with up to 14 CP in Profile 2 or Profile 3. The crediting applies to the "4 steps +" model (not for the subject-specific specialization) and is carried out by the Professional Skills Development Office.

14 CP must be acquired in the subject specialization.
The distribution of credit points between the subjects depends on the subject combination. In the case of a major/minor subject combination, 14 CP must be studied in the major subject.
In the examination regulations (from 2010), the 14 CP can be divided as desired between the two subjects in the case of a core subject-core subject combination.
When selecting courses and modules, the admission requirements of the intended Master's degree programs must be taken into account; coordination with the subject advisors is strongly recommended.

Note in advance: As the organizer, the  Language Center is your contact for registration and access to the events.

However, the following information may help you with your planning:

• Language courses with level A1, A2, B1 can only be attended if the participant has no previous knowledge (level A1) or no school knowledge (A2, B1) of the target language. Please note that an entrance test is usually required for courses above level A1.

The same conditions apply to the crediting of language courses in the professional skills development area:

• English courses at level A1 and A2 can only be credited for the area of interdisciplinary key competencies in cases where you did not have English at school or do not have a German Abitur and English is not your native language.
• The procedure is similar for other languages such as French, Spanish, Italian, etc. In order to determine the correct level and to provide you with appropriate support, the Language Center will carry out placement tests.
• If you are studying a language, language courses in this language cannot be counted towards general key competencies.

If you have any questions about this or are unsure whether this regulation applies to you, please contact the Professional Skills Development Office.

Credits are booked centrally at the end of the semester. Please do not contact us regarding credit transfer until you see the language course in your transcript of records.