After successfully completing his/her studies the graduate is able to:

• apply different teaching approaches, assess the appropriateness of the teaching methods and justify their use, evaluate students' learning outcomes and possess the skills of Christian education teachers at lower-secondary schools
• work as a Christian education teacher at primary and lower secondary school and the corresponding level of extended grammar schools
• work in other institutions (e.g. free-time clubs)

Graduates are fully qualified to work as Christian education teachers at primary and lower secondary schools and at the corresponding level of extended grammar schools. They are also qualified to work in institutions other than schools (such as free-time institutions). They are prepared with a foundation for their professional activity based on well-structured knowledge and skills in the field of theology. The effectiveness of their professional work is conditional to their didactic skills and knowledge.

The standard duration of the studies is 2 years.

To take the final state examination, students must obtain a total of 120 credits in required, selective and elective subjects. Required subjects form the basis of the specialist profiling subjects in the field. Selective subjects are chosen by students according to their own interests and their future professional orientation. All students are obliged to take at least one subject in English from those offered by the department for the given study level. During the course of their studies, students will be guided by the study catalogue for their matriculation year.

Teaching practice is a compulsory part of these studies in semesters 1, 2 and 3, for 2 consecutive days in a week in semesters 1 and 2 and 1 continuous month in semester 3.

This entails sitting in on classes and taking classes on an elective basis in semester 1, taking classes 3–6 times in semester 2, and taking classes 10–15 times in semester 3.

In the follow-on Master’s studies in Teaching Christian Education, graduates of the study field display a wide-ranging knowledge of the academic fields of their subject qualification and their comprehension of these fields, the principles of their structure, and relationships within and beyond the academic fields of their qualification. They display a profound knowledge of branch didactics and curriculum theory, and interpret and assess forms and methods of Christian education teaching. The final state examination is an oral examination. The purpose of this examination is to prove that the graduate is capable of holding a debate at an expert level. The aim of the final state examination is to demonstrate a general overview of the basic concepts and results in individual disciplines and the broader connections between them. Students will receive two questions in the oral examination on Christian education and the didactics of Christian education. The final state examination is a public examination held before a committee comprised of a chairperson and experts approved by the academic council of the faculty and, in the case of the defence of Master’s theses, with the participation of the supervisors of theses and external examiners. The presentation of the principal points of the thesis by the student, the presentation of reviews, responses to the comments of reviewers and a discussion are all standard parts of the defence of a Master’s thesis. During this defence, the students show their ability to formulate new ideas and present conclusions providing new knowledge of the subject considered.

Graduates of subsequent Master’s studies may (after meeting the acceptance conditions) continue with doctoral studies in Christian education at Sts Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology, Palacký University Olomouc.