Admission requirements

• Completion of a professionally qualifying university degree with 210 ECTS (Diploma, Bachelor) in social sciences, health sciences, nursing, law, economics, psychology or a related discipline (e.g. Demography, geography, education, humanities, cultural studies, media/communication studies) or proof of equivalent study and examination achievements in a related state or state-recognized degree course in conjunction with:
  - At least one year of professional experience related to older people or in an equivalent field of work  

• Completion of a subject-related course of study amounting to 180 ECTS points in state or state-recognized courses of study in conjunction with: 
  - An aptitude test in which relevant subject-related additional qualifications:
  a) Special features of the life situation of older people and
  b) Elderly care structures for the care of elderly people in need of help or
  - as an alternative to the aptitude test: at least two years of professional activity related to elderly people  or in an equivalent field of work

• A professional activity (including voluntary work) related to older people or a related professional field in parallel to the part-time degree course of at least 15 hours per week. Individual solutions are possible in exceptional cases.

Corresponding applications for participation in the aptitude test or corresponding proof must be submitted with the application documents at the latest. The Examination Board decides on a case-by-case basis on the recognition of the work still to be completed or the work already completed and the associated awarding of ECTS credits.

eLearning:
In order to participate in e-learning-supported courses, such as the OPAL learning platform or tele-teaching, students must meet the following PC requirements:
- current Flash plug-in,
- headset (loudspeakers, hands-free systems reduce sound transmission),
- webcam (if image transmission is desired; increases the intensity of participation and is recommended).

Detailed technical requirements for using the eLearning software can be foundat here.

The OPAL learning platform is used for (self-)organization of studies: http://opal.sachsen.de/. Students register there using the login they receive from the university upon enrolment. In OPAL, students can find, among other things, teaching materials provided by the lecturers. They can also use the platform to create their own working groups and exchange and work on learning material with other students. The Center for eLearning (Zfe) at Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences will be happy to answer any questions you may have about OPAL and e-learning.