BS Spanish Studies for Technical Education

The Bachelor's degree programme in Technical Education centres around the technologies, materials and activities of a trade or industry and the teaching of these. Students are prepared for working with adolescents facing the competing interests of the requirements of companies and the expectations of society within and outside the school environment. After completing the polyvalent Bachelor's degree, students can embark on a Master's degree programme, the completion of which is an entry requirement for the preparatory phase of teacher training at vocational schools or for a specialist Master's degree programme. At Leibniz Universit t Hannover, the Bachelor's degree programme in Technical Education comprises three areas: students choose one of the following vocational subject areas -- Site Engineering; Plant Operations and Manufacturing of Wood Products; Colour Technology and Interior Decoration; Electrical Engineering; Metals Technology; and Food Science. In addition, they take a teaching subject and the area of Key Transferable Skills, including Vocational and Business Education, and practical training at a school. Students who select Spanish as a teaching subject acquire thorough specialist knowledge of Spanish Studies (literature and cultural sciences, linguistics and teaching methodology) at the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures.