Der „European Master in Adult Education“. Transnationale Studiengänge als Frucht des Bologna-Prozesses

The ”European Master in Adult Education”. Transnational courses of study as the fruit of the Bologna process Proceeding from the documents of the Bologna process, the contribution directs its gaze at the European dimension in study programmes at European universities. In the area of adult education a joint study programme of eight universities and the German Institute for Adult Education has a pioneering role. The ”European Master in Adult Education” (EMAE), developed in the context of an Erasmus project, coordinated by the University of Duisburg-Essen, has the aim of supporting the transparency of adult education courses of study, mobility of pedagogy students as well as the European discourse in adult education. The master study carried out in English and enriched with online modules, comprises a joint European ”Core Curriculum” (70 ECTS) as well as a ”University Specific Offer” (50 ECTS) with nationally orientated contents. The course of study has been successfully accredited in the mean time and will start in the winter semester 2007/2008.