Art as subject in the Bachelor's degree programme in Special Needs Education
(Bachelor of Arts)
German HZB: none
International application: German C1
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The proof of a special educational internship or equivalent practical work in educational work with people with disadvantages or disabilities is compulsory.
For the subject Art, an entrance exam is necessary to determine the qualification to study.
Stay abroad possible, but not obligatory.
Short Description
- For the second subject Art in the Bachelor's degree programme in Special Needs Education the enrollment at Leibniz University Hannover is suspended for the winter semester 2023/24. -
Art is offered as a second subject (or supplementary teaching subject) within the bachelor's programme Special Needs Education. As first subject Special Needs Education is studied. The first two semesters are reserved for the contents of the first subject. The courses of the second subject will be added by the third semester.
At Leibniz Universität Hannover, the subject of Art is located in the educational context at the Faculty of Humanities and is of an artistic/academic nature. Theory and practice are explicitly related to each other. Comprehending art as a process of realisation and design, the subject involves exploring and combining the specific features of perception, thought and creative activity. It mainly concerns the recognition of aesthetic and transdisciplinary interrelations and the cultural constitution of reality, the tension between artistic subjectivity and scientific methodology or the significance of materials and media. Areas of specialisation include artistic practice, perception-oriented art history and art, and aesthetic teaching. Creative work is intertwined with theoretical issues from the areas of art, art history and art, philosophy, media and history, as well as with aspects of aesthetic teaching and creative exhibition practice. Teaching takes place in small seminar groups, meaning that students receive a high level of individual supervision. The institute’s artistic/experimental workshop provides a wide variety of media and materials for creative activities. Painting, print graphics, drawing, photography, video, installation and performance follow the basic idea of “art across media”.
Areas of Focus
- Aesthetic learning and educational processes in children and young people
- Dealing with heterogeneity and inclusion
- Dealing with original works of art in educational processes
- Development of visual and design skills
- Foundations of art education and the mediation of art
- Introduction to artistic techniques
- Introduction to art history and art
- Project work
- Reflected artistic experimentation
- Transcultural aspects
A distinctive feature of the subject, which constitutes the basis of the course structure, is the close connection between aesthetic/artistic practice and academic reflection. On the basis of students’ aesthetic experience, the course focuses on intensive perception training and experimental work, which are awarded double weighting. Students acquire their reflected and academically grounded practical knowledge by completing projects with different areas of emphasis. In the analysis of works of art, own artistic processes and their potential in interactions between theory and practice, students develop fundamental perception and design skills as well as the power of visual evaluation (visual, three-dimensional and media/intermedia). With regard to the potential fields of work after completing the degree programme, students are taught non-verbal possibilities of expression and the handling and use of image languages in different contexts.
Semester | Module BA 1 Reflected Artistic Experimentation I | Module BA 2 Art History and Art | Module BA 3 Aesthetic Teaching | Module BA 4 Reflected Artistic Experimentation II |
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3 | Module BA 1.1 (6 CP)
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4 | Module BA 1.2 (3 CP)
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5 | Module BA 2.2 (3 CP)
| Module BA 3.1 (3 CP)
| Module BA 4.1 (3 CP)
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| Module BA 3.2 (3 CP)
| Module BA 4.2 (6 CP)
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Sensitivity to perception and openness to experimentation
- Non-school-based education (children and adults)
- Requirement for admission to the Master’s degree programme in Special Needs Education for Schools
Admission Requirements
The Bachelor’s degree programme in special needs education generally is admission restricted.
As second subject some subjects in the Bachelor’s degree programme in special needs education are restricted (Applied Linguistics (non-school-based), German Studies (school subject: German), History, Arts, Music, Social Studies and Science ("Sachkunde") and Sports (school subject: Physical Education) and others are admission-free (Protestant Theology (school subject: Protestant Religious Education), Catholic Theology (school subject: Catholic Religious Education) and Mathematics).
The exact admission requirements can be found in the admission regulations:
Application Deadlines
For the second subject Art in the Bachelor's degree programme in Special Needs Education the enrollment at Leibniz University Hannover is suspended for the winter semester 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24.
This means that an application for the first semester in Art as subject in the Bachelor's degree programme in Special Needs Education is currently not possible. However, the second subject Art in the Master’s degree programme Special Needs Education for Schools is not affected by this regulation, and an application is still possible.
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