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There are to pass two compulsory modules with a total of 20 ECTS-Credits and an elective module with a total of 10 ECTS-Credits.
Minor: Society and Politics (30 ECTS-Credits)
Learning Outcome: Graduates of the minor "Society and Politics" know the basic theories of political science and sociological theories, know about the influence of social and political structures and systems on human behaviour and social processes and are able to apply this knowledge to the solution of relevant problems from their field in science.
The minor 'Society and Politics' covering 30 ECTS-Credits can be selected by degree students of Bachelor's programmes at the University of Innsbruck, providing the relevant curriculum allows for the option to pass a minor.
The minor can be passed, providing the availability of places.
Students of the Bachelor's Programme in Political Science and the Bachelor's Programme in Sociology may not pass the minor 'Society and Politics'.
Minor: Media and Communication (30 ECTS-Credits)
Learning Outcome: (1) Graduates of the minor "Media and Communication" know fundamental theories and methods of media and communication research. They are able to analyse and reflect on media and communication processes in individual, social and international environments. They are able of applying their knowledge to work on relevant problems in their area of science.
(2) Graduates of the minor "Media and Communication" are able
- to understand and apply theories and models in media and communication research, - to model, analyse and reflect on media and communication processes,
- to establish media references in the context of their own field of study,
- to classify technologically and ideologically abridged views of media and communications dynamics.
The minor 'Media and Communication' covering 30 ECTS-Credits can be selected by degree students of Bachelor's programmes at the University of Innsbruck, providing the relevant curriculum allows for the option to pass a minor.
The minor can be passed, providing the availability of places.
Minor: Media Practice (30 ECTS-Credits)
Learning Outcome: (1) Graduates of the minor "Media Practice" are qualified to understand and apply basic aspects of media practice in the fields of print media, audiovisual media and social media.
(2) Graduates of the minor "Media Practice" are able
- to select and apply media and media tools,
- to understand, analyse and implement media, their forms of design and the respective output channels,
- to take up current events and implement them in the media,
- to plan and carry out practical media projects, also in the context of one's own field of study.
The minor 'Media Practice' covering 30 ECTS-Credits can be selected by degree students of Master's programmes at the University of Innsbruck, providing the relevant curriculum allows for the option to pass a minor.
The minor can be passed, providing the availability of places.There are to pass two compulsory modules with a total of 20 ECTS-Credits and an elective module with a total of 10 ECTS-Credits.
Minor: Methods of Empirical Social Research (30 ECTS-Credits)
Learning Outcome: (1) Graduates of the minor "Methods in Empirical Social Research" know the characteristics of qualitative and quantitative social research, are aware of the special features of data collection and data evaluation and are capable of understanding basic social-scientific methods (such as questionnaires, interviews, analysis of content, discourse, text and network) and statistical procedures (hypothesis tests and regression analyses) and apply them to the solution of pertinent problems from their field of research.
(2) The graduates are able
- to develop social science research designs and implement them in the context of their own field of study,
- to select and apply methods in social science in the context of their own field of study
- to collect and evaluate data independently.
The minor 'Methods of Empirical Research' covering 30 ECTS-Credits can be selected by degree students of Bachelor's programmes at the University of Innsbruck, providing the relevant curriculum allows for the option to pass a minor.
The minor can be passed, providing the availability of places.
Students of the Bachelor's Programme in Political Science and the Bachelor's Programme in Sociology may not pass the minor 'Methods of Empirical Research'.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).