Do you like working with young people, adults and groups? Would you like to bring children and young people closer to the Christian faith? Would you like to become a Religion teacher?

You will find here exactly what you are looking for!

Religious Education and Social Work open a variety of professional opportunities for you.

With the help of this Bachelor Degree you learn how to professionally apply religious education and social work in the following areas:

• Parish social or welfare work and parish education
• Programs for children and youth
• Religious instruction
• Adult training in church institutions
  

The main focus of your studies will be the human being. How do individual lives and communities develop? How can life become more meaningful?

The first semesters will help you develop and extend your experiences and abilities.

Through lectures, seminars and assignments you acquire

• Orientation, planning and practical capabilities
• Theoretical and research competences
• Theological and ethical authority
• Ecumenical and inter-religious understanding
• Problem solution and planning skills
• Aesthetic-cultural and media experience
• Self reflection and evaluation abilities

Higher semesters will address more specific professional questions about parish social and welfare service, parish education, children and youth religious instruction, as well as adult training in Church institutions. In addition, a practical term and involvement in a supervised project will be part of the curriculum.

The full study course usually takes seven semesters. The fifth term is a practice semester. It leads to the Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A.) in Religious Education. Those who follow on with two further semesters can obtain a Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A.) in Social Work. Studying takes place in small groups and includes intensive support and personal supervison by experienced faculty members. As a University of Applied Sciences we aim to integrate theory and practice to give the broadest basis for your professional future.

Are you interested to go further after five semesters? Do you want to extend and deepen your studies after you have obtained a B.A. degree in Religious Education?

You have now the possibility to acquire an additional B.A. degree in Social Work after completing two further semesters.
 

After eight semesters of study and one practice term you can be ordained as a Deacon at the regional Church of Württemberg. With this double qualification you can work for church institutions or parishes, as well as enter the civil service in state sponsored fields of social work.

We study, celebrate and live together - that is our slogan at the Protestant University University of Applied Sciences.

Besides academic studies, everyday life takes place in shared apartments at student hostels. There are possibilities for campus sports, parties, gatherings for special events and weekend outdoor activities such as climbing, kayaking, sailing and hiking. The BBK is a student pub that opens regularly during the week.

The Hochschulgemeinde (University Parish) invites everyone to a shared spiritual life. There are church services at the beginning and at the end of each semester. Prayer services are held every Wednesday. Additional discussion circles are organized around special themes.

Do you have a desire to study Religious Education or become a pastoral counsellor?

Then you should continue to read on. You can be admitted in this protestant university if you fulfil the following conditions:

1. University entrance qualification or its equivalent
2. Proof of one year practical experience in a profession
3. Proof of at least one year voluntary service in a parish, in a church social welfare institution, or in a church-supported youth program
4. Membership to the Protestant Church
5. If possible, not to be over thirty years of age