Study programmes

Graduates of the Bachelor’s degree programme History with a Focus on Education acquire fundamental disciplinary, didactic and pedagogical foundations that prepare them for further study in a follow-up Master’s programme in teacher education and for their future professional development in the fields of education, culture, and work with historical knowledge. The programme provides a solid introduction to history while systematically developing skills and competencies essential for the teaching profession.

Disciplinary Profile of the Graduate

In the disciplinary component of the programme, graduates gain a basic orientation in key historical topics and historiographical approaches to the study of the past. The curriculum places emphasis on understanding the interpretative nature of historical knowledge, on working with historical sources and scholarly literature, and on comprehending the role of historiographical concepts in the interpretation of history. Graduates become familiar with selected earlier and contemporary historiographical approaches and understand their development and broader interdisciplinary contexts.

Graduates learn to critically work with various types of sources, including digital ones, and develop the ability to formulate historical arguments and to communicate in a cultivated manner both orally and in

writing. The knowledge and skills acquired enable graduates to reflect on historical topics in their social and cultural contexts and sensitively relate them to current issues and public debates.

Subject-Didactic and Pedagogical Profile of the Graduate

The programme contributes to the development of basic subject-didactic competencies related to the teaching of history and other educational subjects with a significant historical component. Graduates are guided to didactically transform historical topics and concepts for the purposes of school education, to take into account their students’ educational needs, and to foster the development of historical thinking, historical literacy, and a critical approach to the past.

As part of the introductory teacher education component and teaching practice, graduates gain basic experience in lesson planning, teaching and reflection, in creating a safe and supportive learning environment, and in providing feedback to students. The programme also develops graduates’ capacity for self-reflection and the gradual formation of their professional identity as history teachers.

Professional Prospects of the Graduate

Graduates of the programme are prepared to continue their studies in a follow-up Master’s programme in the teaching of history, where they can further deepen their disciplinary, didactic and pedagogical competencies. At the same time, they acquire transferable skills (such as critical work with information, analytical thinking, argumentation and communication) that are applicable not only in education but also in museum and memory education, the popularisation of history, cultural and educational institutions, and the media.