From one to three postgraduate degrees are awarded each year. Master s degrees taken at the Department provide the student with the resources to perform teaching, advisory, expert and research tasks in his or her field at different educational levels and in different kinds of communities. Back to the Top Basic Degree Education for home economics and craft science and textiles teachers emphasises a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary approach, allows research in the student s own academic field and encourages the application of knowledge to teaching. The studies combine competence in the theoretical and practical aspects of the subject with teaching skills. The basic degree consists of courses at three levels.
Teaching is based on lectures, seminars and independent study.
The courses may include an examination, an essay, an illustrated portfolio, practical work, creating a product or writing a thesis. During the first three years students mainly follow a planned schedule. As the major subject and choice of minor subjects progress, the scope for choosing different options broadens. Either home economics or craft science is studied in conjunction with education science during the whole degree program. Integration between subject and pedagogical knowledge Learning to be a teacher and an educator is a long-term process whose basic skills are acquired during the program.