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Compulsory Module 1: Introduction to Political Science (12.5 ECTS-Credits, 6 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students are able to explain and describe main political processes, institutions, structures and political fields and corresponding issues. They identify and critically reflect integral parts of scientific work, research literature and discuss the state of research and formulate research issues and arguments.
Compulsory Module 2: Applied Methods of Social Science (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students acquire the ability to deal with current empirical studies and to apply the first steps of aresearch process (formulation of a research issue, data collection, method reflection) autonomously in terms of quality and/or quantity or method.
Compulsory Module 3: Statistics (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students acquire basic knowledge of the statistical methods used in empirical data analyses.
Compulsory Module 4: Political Theories and Political Thinking and Gender Studies (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students acquire the ability to classify and explain the development of political thinking in the course of the centuries. They know how to present different definitions of rule and describe different theories of state as well as different theories of democracy.
Moreover, they know how to state historical genesis and cultural variability of social order. They are able to critically reflect gender coding in western intellectual and cultural history as well as in (social)scientific discourses of modern age and to autonomously evaluate political strategies of gender politics on a national, European and international level.
Compulsory Module 5: European Integration and Political Theories - Introductory Level (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of the module according to § 5 Para 1 No 1
Learning Outcome: Students acquire the ability to explain and describe the process of European integration and how the European Union works. They are able to analyse and independently answer the questions concerning the institutions, decision-making processes and policy fields in the political system of the EU and its member states.
Compulsory Module 6: Political System of Austria - Introductory Level (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of the module according to § 5 Para 1 No 1
Learning Outcome: Students know the functions and structures or relevant institutions and processes of the political system and selected policy fields. Moreover, they illustrate the most important aspects of political history of the First and Second Republic.
Compulsory Module 7: Comparative Politics - Introductory Level (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of the module according to § 5 Para 1 No 1
Learning Outcome: Students acquire the ability to name different analytical approaches of political science
comparison and to present and explain selected concepts of comparative government. Moreover, they are able to analyse and evaluate institutional structures and the functionality of the different structures of democratic governmental systems.
Compulsory Module 8: International Relations - Introductory Level (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of the module according to § 5 Para 1 No 1
Learning Outcome: Students understand the principles and connections of international relations and national foreign policy, and they are able to analyse them under supervision. Students know the Basic elements of classical international law and are able to reproduce them. Moreover, they acquire the ability to present the main historical developments in the state system of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Compulsory Module 9: Political Communication and Electoral Analysis - Introductory Level (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of the module according to § 5 Para 1 No 1
Learning Outcome: Students acquire the ability to demonstrate and explain the behaviour of voters, political parties and the media in democracies theory-driven and with empirical findings. They know how to explain the function of political communication and the logics of media-centred democracy.
Compulsory Module 10: European Integration - Enhanced Level (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of the module according to § 5 Para 1 No 1 as well as the
module according to § 5 Para 1 No 2, 3, 5
Learning Outcome: Students are able to explain the functionality and differentiation of the political system of the EU. They discuss and answer questions illustrated by individual organs and institutions of internal and institutional decision-making processes and the characteristics of individual political fields.
Compulsory Module 11: Political System of Austria - Enhanced Level (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 SSt.)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of the module according to § 5 Para 1 No 1 as well as the
module according to § 5 Para 1 No 2, 3, 6
Learning Outcome: Students are able to illustrate individual sections of the Austrian political system. They acquire in-depth knowledge in these sections and are able to individually work in other sections.
Compulsory Module 12: Comparative Politics - Enhanced Level (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of the module according to § 5 Para 1 No 1 as well as the
module according to § 5 Para 1 No 2, 3, 7
Learning Outcome: Students acquire the ability to illustrate and explain the structure and function profiles of
different democratic governmental systems. Moreover, they are able to individually analyse and evaluate complex phenomena from the field of comparative government based on relevant theoretical-conceptual approaches.
Compulsory Module 13: International Relations - Enhanced Level (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of the module according to § 5 Para 1 No 1 as well as the
module according to § 5 Para 1 No 2, 3, 8
Learning Outcome: Students are able to analyse individual section of international relations and to critically reflect their theories and methods. Thus, they know how to individually elaborate comparative theories and methods of this section.
Compulsory Module 14: Political Communication and Electoral Analysis - Enhanced Level (10 ECTS-AP, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of the module according to § 5 Para 1 No 1 as well as the
module according to § 5 Para 1 No 2, 3, 9
Learning Outcome: Students acquire the ability to list different approaches to electoral analysis and party research aswell as political communication and media research. Moreover, they know how to analyse the influence of public opinion to politics.
Compulsory Module 15: Political Education (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students understand the institutionalization and development of infrastructure in school and extracurricular political education in the German-speaking area. They deal with different main didactical concepts, contents and methodical approaches political didactics.
Notes:
- There may still be changes in the courses offered as well as room allocation and course dates.
- The course descriptions found in the English version of the course catalogue are for informational purposes only. Authoritative information can be found in the "Vorlesungsverzeichnis" (German version of the course catalogue).