Culture and Technology - Educational Sciences (B.A.)

The bachelors program in Culture and Technology provides you with a comprehensive understanding of the complex interrelation between these two areas. The core subject Educational Sciences is particularly important against the backdrop of an internationally growing understanding of education as a central social innovation resource. Within this core subject, you study the interrelation of education, technology, and culture with a particular focus on questions of social diversity. You learn to analyze educational quality and justice as a central social challenge within the context of technology and culture, to confidently and methodically address educational perspectives of heterogeneity and inequality, and acquire an understanding of aspects of diversity relevant to education.

In the general component of the curriculum, you learn the technical, methodological, and social skills needed to understand the mental, social, and material dimensions of the modern world and their correlation. You learn to bridge the gap between the humanities and cultural studies and natural and technical sciences and to understand the position science holds in society from a transdisciplinary perspective.

The bachelors program teaches you all the basic principles necessary for a comprehensive understanding of the complex relationship between culture and technology. You are able to comprehend, describe, analyze, and evaluate the systematic relationship and historical development of these two fields.

The interdisciplinary nature of science and the integration of society play an important role in the study program. Depending on your area of focus in the interdisciplinary studies component, you are familiar with different approaches to nature and experience, with the relationships between perception and worldviews, and the charged relationship between text and knowledge, the modernization of the world, or the relationship between gender, knowledge, and society.

Your core subject also shapes your personal profile. Here, you acquire the skills to interpret the modern world and its historical genesis from different perspectives using specific methods. The core subject Educational Sciences specifically teaches you the relationships between education, technology, and culture with a focus on social diversity.

As a graduate you are able to understand educational quality and justice as central challenges of modern and democratic societies within the context of culture and technology. Further, you can empirically and theoretically analyze these issues and reflect on educational concepts, taking full account of diversity. You gain an understanding of theories and empirical research methods in education and teaching, and can confidently and skillfully address and present perspectives on heterogeneity and inequality in educational science using the appropriate methods. You are familiar with the history and currency of selected aspects of diversity relevant to education, such as gender, migration, social background, and disability. You are able to analyze and evaluate structures, needs, and action strategies in concrete educational spheres (for example virtual classrooms, museums, workshops) under these aspects and within the context of new technical developments (such as digitization).

Admission to every bachelors program at TU Berlin requires a university entrance qualification certificate. Generally, the Abitur serves as the university entrance qualification certificate. If you do not have a formal university entrance qualification, you may still be able to study at TU Berlin if you can provide proof of certain professional qualifications.

The Culture and Technology bachelors degree program with the core subject Educational Sciences is taught in German. If you are applying with a foreign school-leaving certificate, you must provide proof of German skills at a specific level. This is a prerequisite for admission.

Knowledge of English is useful as some courses and professional literature are in English. However, this is not a condition for admission to studies.