Directorate of Studies 21 - Political Science

21.01. Bachelor Degree Programme Political Science (624)

BAK1 STEOP - Orientation Period

• EXAM BA 1.2 Foundations of Social Methods
• EXAM Basics of Methodology in Social Sciences
• 210001 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: BA1.2 Foundations of Social Methods
• 230001 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: VO Basics of Methodology in Social Sciences
• 240001 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Basics of Methodology in Social Sciences
• 210003 VO ( STEOP ) BAK1.2 VO STEOP Propeadeuticum Political Science
• 210002 VO ( STEOP ) BA 1.2 Foundations of Social Methods - Fachspezifische Einführung

BAK2 Basic of Social Sciences

• 210004 VO BAK2.1 Foundations of Social Theories
• 210005 VO BAK2.2 Social sciences and social change - Sozialwissenschaften und gesellschaftlicher Wandel: aktuelle Debatten
• 210006 VO BAK2.3 Historical Basics
• 210007 VO BAK2.4 Policy and Economy
• 210008 VO BAK2.5 Policy and Law

BAK 3 Introduction to Scientific Work

• 210009 PS BAK 3 Introduction to scientific work
• 210010 PS BAK3 Introduction to scientific work
• 210011 PS [ en ] BAK3 Introduction to scientific work - Introduction to scientific work (engl)
• 210012 PS BAK3 Introduction to scientific work
• 210013 PS BAK3 PS Introduction to scientific work
• 210014 PS BAK3 Introduction to scientific work

BAK4 Methods

• 210015 VO BAK4.2 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210016 UE [ en ] BAK4.2 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210017 UE BAK4.2 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210018 UE BAK4.2 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210019 UE BAK4.2 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210020 UE BAK4.2 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210021 UE BAK4.2 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210022 UE BAK4.2 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210023 UE BAK4.2 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210024 UE BAK4.2 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210025 UE BAK4.2 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210026 UE BAK4.2 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210027 UE BAK4.2 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210028 UE [ en ] BAK4.2 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210029 UE BAK4.2 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research

Required Modules

BAK5 - Core Area of Political Science: History of Theory and Debates on Theory

• 210030 VO BAK5 History of Theory and Debates on Theory
• 210031 LK BAK5 History of Theory and Debates on Theory - Post-structuralist Perspectives on Politics and the Political
• 210032 LK BAK5 History of Theory and Debates on Theory - Political theory on migration
• 210033 LK BAK5 History of Theory and Debates on Theory - Introduction to the History of Theory of Political Philosophy
• 210034 LK BAK5 History of Theory and Debates on Theory - Modernity, Revolution, Subjectivity: Canon and Countercanon in Political Theory
• 210035 LK BAK5 History of Theory and Debates on Theory
• 210036 LK BAK5 History of Theory and Debates on Theory

BAK6 - Core Area of Political Science: The Austrian Political System and the EU

• 210037 VO BAK6 The Austrian Political System and the EU
• 210038 LK BAK6 The Austrian Political System and the EU
• 210039 LK BAK6 The Austrian Political System and the EU
• 210040 LK BAK6 The Austrian Political System and the EU
• 210041 LK BAK6 The Austrian Political System and the EU
• 210042 LK BAK6 The Austrian Political System and the EU
• 210043 LK BAK6 The Austrian Political System and the EU

BAK7 - Core Area of Political Science: Comparative Analysis of Politics

• 210044 VO BAK7 Comparative Analysis of Politics
• 210045 LK BAK7: LK Comparative Analysis of Politics
• 210046 LK [ en ] BAK7 Comparative Analysis of Politics
• 210047 LK BAK7 Comparative Analysis of Politics
• 210048 LK BAK7 Comparative Analysis of Politics
• 210049 LK BAK7 Comparative Analysis of Politics
• 210050 LK BAK7 Comparative Analysis of Politics

BAK8 - Core Area of Political Science: International Politics

Specialisation Modules (Alternative Required Modules)

BAK9 - Political Theories and Research on Theories

• 210051 VO BAK9 Political Theories and Research on Theories - SpezialVO: Der Krieg als politisches Phänomen - Transformation, Akteure und internationale Schutzmechanismen
• 210053 SE BAK9 Political Theories and Research on Theories - Right Wing Populism in Europe
• 210059 SE BAK9 Political Theories and Research on Theories - Introduction to Critical Theory
• 210060 SE BAK9 Political Theories and Research on Theories - Right Wing Populism in Europe

BAK10 - International Politics and Development

• 210054 SE BAK10 International Politics and Development - The Internationalization of the State
• 210055 SE BAK10 International Politics and Development - The UN as an actor of international politics
• 210056 SE BAK10 International Politics and Development - The UN as an actor of international politics
• 210057 SE [ en ] BAK10 International Politics and Development - Turkish Foreign and Security Policies

BAK11 - European Union and Europeanisation

• 210052 SE [ en ] BAK11 European Union and Europeanisation - Hitting beyond the borders: decision-making in EU policies towards third-countries
• 210058 VO BAK11 European Union and Europeanisation - The political system of the European Union
• 210061 SE [ en ] BAK11 European Union and Europeanisation - The Political Discourse in Austria about current EU Topics
• 210062 SE BAK11 European Union and Europeanisation - Mazedonien - Politisches System und Beitrittsprozess zur Europäischen Union

BAK12 - Austrian Politics

• 210063 VO BAK12 Austrian Politics - SpezialVO Electoral behaviour and political representation.
• 210064 SE BAK12 Austrian Politics - SE Political Parties
• 210065 SE BAK12 Austrian Politics - SE Political Parties
• 210066 SE BAK12 Austrian Politics - SE Poverty and social exclusion in Austria

BAK13 - State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses

• 210067 SE BAK13 State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Homelessness
• 210068 SE BAK13 State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Democracies and Autocracies. Concepts, approaches, typologies
• 210069 SE BAK13 State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Citizenship as an Instrument of Social Inclusion and Exclusion

BAK14 - Gender and Politics

• 140444 VO RTV / VM7 - One out of Five - Interdisciplinary lecture series focusing on Violence on Women and Children
• 210070 VO BAK14 Gender and Politics - (SpezialVO) Contemporary Debates
• 210071 SE BAK14 Gender and Politics - Precarization and Gender
• 210072 SE BAK14 Gender and Politics - SE Feminist Security Studies

BAK15 - East European Studies

• 210073 SE [ en ] BAK15 East European Studies - Welfare state and Democracy in Southeastern Europe
• 210074 SE [ en ] BAK15 East European Studies - Civil Society in a Changing World (engl.)
• 210075 SE BAK15 East European Studies - Ukraine after the Maidan. Westward Shift or Failed Transformation?

BAK16 - Culture and Politics

• 210076 SE BAK16 Culture and Politics - Digital Politics: Social Media in the 2016 US Presidential Elections
• 210077 SE BAK16 Culture and Politics - Secret Services and the Cultural Sphere
• 210078 SE BAK16 Culture and Politics - Cultural Policy and Urban Development

BAK17 Consolidation

• 210079 UE BAK17b.1 Political Science in practice - UE Peer Mentoring Political Science
• 210081 UE BAK17b.1 Political Science in practice - Divided Memories in Central Europe
• 210082 UE BAK17b.1 Political Science in practice - Art as a Field of Politics

BAK18 Bachelorseminar

• 210083 SE BAK18 Bachelor's Seminar
• 210085 SE BAK18 Bachelor's Seminar
• 210086 SE BAK18 Bachelor's Seminar
• 210087 SE [ en ] BAK18 Bachelor's Seminar - (engl.)
• 210088 SE BAK18 Bachelor's Seminar
• 210089 SE BAK18 Bachelor's Seminar

21.02. Master Degree Programme in Political Science (824)

1. Required Modules

M01 Basics of Political Science

• 210090 VO M1a: VO Basics of Political Science
• 210091 VO M1b: SpezialVo Basics of Political Science - Crisis and Crisis Management

M02 Methods of Political Science

• 210092 UE M2: UE Methods of Political Science
• 210093 UE M2: UE Methods of Political Science
• 210094 UE M2: UE Methods of Political Science - Qualitativ

Group of Elective Modules - Specialisations

M03 Political Theories and Research on Theory - Introduction and Advanced Studies

• 210095 VO M3 a: SpezialVO Political Theories and Research on Theory - Theorien radikaler Demokratie
• 210096 SE [ en ] M3 b: SpezialisierungsSE Political Theories and Research on Theory - Human Rights in Armed Conflicts
• 210097 SE M3 a: Political Theories and Research on Theory - VertiefungsSE
• 210098 SE M3 a: VertiefungsSE Political Theories and Research on Theory - Why Not Leave Everything As It Is? The Political Theory of Conservatism

M04 International Politics and Development - Introduction and Advanced Studies

• 210099 VO M4 : SpezialVO International Politics and Development - End of a cycle in Latin America?
• 210100 SE M4 a: VertiefungsSE International Politics and Development - State and statehood in the Middle East
• 210101 SE M4 a: VertiefungsSE International Politics and Development - Conflicts and Stateness in Kurdistan
• 210147 SE M4 a: VertiefungsSE International Politics and Development - Global Politics in Transition
• 210149 SE M4 b: International Politics and Development - Natur und Arbeit in Theorie und globaler Gewerkschaftspraxis
• 210102 SE M4 a: VertiefungsSE International Politics and Development - Political Ecology of Environmental Conflicts

M05 EU and Europeanisation - Introduction and Advanced Studies

• 210104 SE [ en ] M5 a: VertiefungsSE European Union and Europeanisation - Contemporary Policies of the European Union
• 210105 SE M5 a: VertiefungsSE European Union and Europeanisation - Do non-deported persons have rights? How processes and actors shape access to social membership
• 210106 SE M5 a: VertiefungsSE European Union and Europeanisation - European Asylum Politics
• 210107 SE [ en ] M5 b: SpezialisierungsSE European Union and Europeanisation - EU and Europeanization: Europeanization in theory and practice

M06 Austrian Politics - Introduction and Advanced Studies

• 210108 VO M6 a: SpezialVO Austrian Politics - The political working up of National Socialism and Holocaust in Austria
• 210109 SE M6 a: VertiefungsSE Austrian Politics - Education policy-politics in Austria: comparative perspectives
• 210110 SE [ en ] M6 a: VertiefungsSE Austrian Politics - Global Migration Politics (engl.)
• 210111 SE M6 a: VertiefungsSE Austrian Politics - Socialpartnership in Austria
• 210112 SE M6 b: SpezialisierungsSE Austrian Politics - Austrian Foreign, Security and Peace Politics

M07 State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Introduction and Advanced Studies

• 210113 VO M7 : SpezialVOState Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Policy of the Executive
• 210114 SE M7 a: VertiefungsSE State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Political Psychology
• 210115 SE [ en ] M7 a: VertiefungsSE State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Local policies and global health: comparing health policy across time and space
• 210116 SE M7 a: VertiefungsSE State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Critical Policy Decisions
• 210148 SE M7 b : SpezialisierungsSE State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Transitional Justice in Comparative Perspective

M08 Gender and Politics - Introduction and Advanced Studies

• 210117 SE M8 a: VertiefungsSE Gender and Politics - Anti-genderism. A comparative perspective on Austria
• 210118 SE M8 b: SpezialisierungsSE Gender and Politics - Affective Politics

M09 East European Studies - Introduction and Advanced Studies

• 210119 VO M9: SpezialVO East European Studies - Transformations in recent Eastern Europe
• 210120 SE M9 a: VertiefungsSE East European Studies - Conflicts about the nation - Struggles about identities and ideas in East and Southeast Europe
• 210121 SE [ en ] M9 a: VertiefungsSE East European Studies - The EU Neighbourhood Policy towards Eastern Europe
• 210122 SE M9 b: SpezialisierungsSE East European Studies - Poland since 1989: Between Neoliberal Reform Policies and National Conservatism.

M10 Culture and Politics - Introduction and Advanced Studies

• 210123 SE M10 a: VertiefungsSE Culture and Politics - Food and the representation of power
• 210124 SE M10 a: VertiefungsSE Culture and Politics - Visual Politics: Portrait and Image
• 210125 SE M10 b: Culture and Politics - Cultural Studies as a political-theoretical project

M11 Research Utilisation

• 210126 SE M11: Research Practice - FOP International environmental politics in times of the crisis of globalization
• 210127 SE M11: Research Practice - FOP Vergangenheitspolitik
• 210128 SE [ en ] M11: Research Practice - FOP Electoral Behaviour in Europe: Representation and Inequality
• 210129 SE M11: Research Practice - FOP Utopia and Dytopia in East- and Western Europe

M12 Elective Area

• 230035 VO The ecological crisis from an multidisciplinary perspective

M13 Masterseminar

• 210130 SE M13: Master's Seminar - Diss alt
• 210131 SE M13: Master's Seminar - Diss alt
• 210132 SE M13: Master's Seminar - Diss alt
• 210133 SE M13: Master's Seminar - Diss alt
• 210134 SE M13: Master's Seminar - Diss alt
• 210135 SE M13: Master's Seminar - Diss alt
• 210136 SE M13: Master's Seminar - Diss alt
• 210137 SE M13: Master's Seminar - Diss alt
• 210138 SE M13: Master's Seminar - Diss alt
• 210139 SE M13: Master's Seminar - Diss alt
• 210140 SE M13: Master's Seminar - Diss alt
• 210141 SE M13: Master's Seminar - Diss alt
• 210142 SE M13: Master's Seminar - Diss alt

21.03. Doctoral Programme Philosophy (Dr. phil.) / Dissertation Subject Area: Political Science (092)

21.04 Erweiterungscurricula Politikwissenschaft

21.05. EC Basics of Politics (211-3)

• 210006 VO BAK2.3 Historical Basics
• 210007 VO BAK2.4 Policy and Economy
• 210008 VO BAK2.5 Policy and Law
• 210030 VO BAK5 History of Theory and Debates on Theory
• 210037 VO BAK6 The Austrian Political System and the EU
• 210044 VO BAK7 Comparative Analysis of Politics

21.04.02 EC Staatlichkeit und Demokratie im Wandel (213)

• 210051 VO BAK9 Political Theories and Research on Theories - SpezialVO: Der Krieg als politisches Phänomen - Transformation, Akteure und internationale Schutzmechanismen
• 210058 VO BAK11 European Union and Europeanisation - The political system of the European Union
• 210063 VO BAK12 Austrian Politics - SpezialVO Electoral behaviour and political representation.
• 210070 VO BAK14 Gender and Politics - (SpezialVO) Contemporary Debates

21.04. EC European Integration (212)

• 210144 SE [ en ] EU institutions and decision-making - EU institutions and decision-making (engl.)
• 210145 SE [ en ] The EU’s regulatory policies - EC: The EU's regulatory politics Social Regulation in the Single Market
• 210146 SE [ en ] The EU and global governance - EC: The EU's regulatory politics the EU and world regions