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Nursing Education

The Bachelor’s degree program in Nursing Education has been fully accredited with the official seal of the Accreditation Council.

Program Aim

The program enables general educational professional activity in the nursing field. Specific areas of work include mainly:

  • Planning, teaching, and evaluating educational instruction at adult and pediatric nursing schools, health care schools, midwifery schools, and officially recognized geriatric care schools, as well as at institutions of further and continuing education.
  • Leading adult educational classes.
  • Diagnosing (evaluating, checking) und assisting.
  • Constructing, implementing, and evaluating curricula.
  • Organizing not only the academic but also the practical components of educational training programs (as a special feature of these educational professions).
  • Connecting theory and practice in the form of supervising trainees during the practical components of their education and advising instructors.

Program Organization and Structure

This seven-semester, full-time program is modularly structured and contains 18 modules (see either the Module Handbook from 19.12.12 and/or the Module Handbook from 20.07.09, the latter of which applies for students who began their studies up to and including Summer Semester 2010). Most modules extend over the course of two semesters. Each module concludes with a final module exam.

A six-week orientation internship is planned at the beginning of the third semester. Among other things, students prepare a research project during the fourth semester, which is then completed during the fifth semester. In the fifth semester, students do an integrated, 16-week practical semester. During the seventh semester, students write their Bachelor’s theses.

Degree

After the successful completion of the program, graduates are awarded the academic title of “Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).”

Reasons for studying nursing education at the HWG...

  •   Flexible study options
  •   Two attendance days and one online day per semester
  •   Tailored coordination of the modules
  •   Courses geared towards practical requirements 
  •   Initiation of networking and academic discourse 
  •   Access to the latest literature (analog, digital)
  •   Digital platform for communication and learning organization
  •   Family-friendly university
  •  No compulsory attendance

Bachelor's and Master's in brief.

Study objectives and professional fields of activity

The degree program qualifies students for educational activities in health and care-related fields of work.

Specific fields of activity are: 

  • Practical teaching activities at nursing schools, midwifery schools as well as further and continuing education institutions.
  • Organization of school-based and practical training components
  • Construction, implementation and evaluation of curricula
  • Accompanying trainees in the practical learning environment

In addition, the course prepares students for other fields of work in the health care sector:

  • Consulting and training
  • Activities at health insurance companies, health services/health care providers
  • Activities in nursing-related journalism
  • Project management

Pursuant to Section 9 (1) (2) of the Nursing Professions Act (PflBG), teaching theoretical courses at a nursing school requires a master's degree. According to § 9 para. 3 PflBG, the federal states can make exceptions for teachers with a Bachelor's degree until 31.12.2029. The Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences offers a consecutive master's degree program in nursing education following the bachelor's degree program.

Study organization and structure

The bachelor's degree program in nursing education is a full-time, modular course of study with a standard period of study of seven semesters.

In the fourth and fifth semesters, students conduct an independent research project under supervision. In the fifth semester, students complete a 16-week internship integrated into the program. In the seventh semester, the bachelor's thesis is written as the final project.

The Nursing Education program begins in the summer semester (March).

Contents of the study

  • Methods and techniques of scientific work
  • Teaching and learning, educational psychology and adult education
  • General didactics and subject didactics, acquisition of teaching competence
  • Nursing science & Nursing research
  • Planning and implementation of an own research project
  • Counseling in nursing, theory and practice of health promotion and prevention
  • General conditions of the health care system, professional nursing and nursing education
  • Critical examination of the professional field "nursing", ethics
  • Two practical phases in nursing educational fields of work

Conclusion

Upon successful completion of the program, graduates are awarded the academic degree "Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)".