Courses
Faculty of Business and Management
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Bachelor's Programme Management and Economics according to the Curriculum 2007 (180 ECTS-Credits, 6 semesters)
Elective Modules according to § 5 Para 4 Z. 1 - 35 (30 ECTS-Credits)
Elective Module 34: Social Sciences (7.5 ECTS-AP)
Prerequisites for registration: the registration requirements specified in the respective curriculum must be met
Learning Outcome: Acquisition of an overview knowledge in the field of sociology and/or political science.
Social Sciences
Providing the availability of places, courses corresponding to 7.5 ECTS-Credits may be selected from the offer of the Bachelor's Programme Sociology and/or the Bachelor's Programme Political Science.
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Diploma Programme International Economic and Business Studies according to the study programme of 2001 (240 ECTS-Credits, 8 semesters)
First Part of the Diploma Programme according to § 2 Para 2 and § 5 Para 1 (120 ECTS-Credits, 67 h)
Compulsory Module Support Programme 18: Social Sciences (5 ECTS-Credits)
Faculty of Social and Political Sciences
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Bachelor's Programme Political Science according to the curriculum 2007 (180 ECTS-Credits, 6 semesters)
Compulsory Modules (150 ECTS-Credits)
Compulsory Module 4: Political Theories and Political Thinking (5 ECTS-AP, 2 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.
Compulsory Module 15: Political Theory - Enhanced Level (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of compulsory modules 1 to 4
Learning Outcome: Students understand the classic and modern concepts of political theory. They recognize basic theoretical presuppositions of political theory and can contextualise key political concepts. They link historical and theoretical perspectives with current political questions and topics and are able to work on questions about them as well as explain processes of assigning political meaning.
Faculty of Economics and Statistics
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Bachelor's Programme Management and Economics according to the Curriculum 2007 (180 ECTS-Credits, 6 semesters)
Elective Modules according to § 5 Para 4 Z. 1 - 35 (30 ECTS-Credits)
Elective Module 34: Social Sciences (7.5 ECTS-AP)
Prerequisites for registration: The registration requirements specified in the respective curriculum must be met
Learning Outcome: Acquisition of an overview knowledge in the field of sociology and/or political science.
Social Sciences
Providing the availability of places, courses corresponding to 7.5 ECTSCredits may be selected from the offer of the Bachelor¿s Programme Sociology and/or the Bachelor¿s Programme Political Science.
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Minors (Complementary Subject Area)
Minors (Complementary Subject Areas) (30 ECTS-Credits)
Minors (Complementary Subject Areas) für Bachelor's Programmes at the University of Innsbruck
Minor: Society and Politics (30 ECTS-Credits)
Prerequisites for registration: 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.
Students of the Bachelor's Programme in Political Science and the Bachelor's Programme in Sociology may not pass the minor 'Society and Politics'.
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.
From the following elective modules, one module covering 10 ECTS-Credits must be selected.
Elective Modules (10 ECTS-Credits)
Elective Module 1: Political Theory and Political Institutions (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students are able to classify and explain the development of political thought over the centuries. They can provide different definitions of rule and can describe different theories of the state and different theories of democracy.
Students can name different analytical approaches to political science comparison and present and explain selected concepts of comparative government theory. Moreover, they are able to analyse and evaluate the institutional structures and the functioning of different structures of democratic government systems.