In the winter semester 2024/25, the MHL will introduce a new lateral entry Master's degree programme for the double subject of music at primary school. It is aimed at applicants who are seeking a teaching qualification for primary schools after completing an artistic or artistic-pedagogical Bachelor's degree. Courses from the fields of music education and didactics, educational science, a specialised practical course geared towards school practice as well as the Master's internship and insights into the didactics of German and mathematics prepare graduates for the preparatory service and their later varied professional activities as primary school teachers.
Key data on the degree programme and application procedure
Programme length
Standard period of study: 4 semesters (120 credits)
Admission requirements
An artistic or artistic-pedagogical Bachelor's degree and a passed aptitude test
Aptitude test components
- Group test (musical-creative design task)
- Vocal performance of 2 pieces/songs, one of which must be self-accompanied
- Performance of a text
- For exclusively artistic Bachelor's degrees: submission of an academic paper of at least 30,000 characters (including spaces)
- Colloquium
Programme content
- Specialised practice (12 ECTS/LP)
- Educational sciences, including primary school education (17 CP)
- Music education (13 CP)
- Subject didactics (18 CP)
- Fundamentals of German and Maths (10 CP each)
- Master's internship (16 CP)
- Compulsory elective module (8 CP)
- Final module with Master's thesis (16 CP)
Degree
Master of Education in the double subject of Music for the teaching profession at primary schools as a prerequisite for admission to the preparatory service.
Preparatory service
Double subject Music and certificate course German/Maths with a teaching qualification for primary schools in Music and Maths/German (non-subject-related).
