Directorate of Studies 21 - Political Science

Bachelor Political Science (624 [2] - Version 2011)

BAK1 Introductory and Orientation Period (15 ECTS)

BAK1.1 Basics of Methodology in Social Siences (6 ECTS)

• EXAM Basics of Methodology in Social Sciences
• 210001 VO ( STEOP ) BAK1.1: STEOP 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

BAK1.2 Introduction to the Subject (9 ECTS)

• EXAM BA 1.2 Foundations of Social Methods
• 210002 VO ( STEOP ) BAK1.2: STEOP Subject-specific Introduction
• 210003 VO ( STEOP ) BAK1.2: STEOP Propeadeuticum Political Science

BAK2 Basics of Social Sciences (22 ECTS)

BAK2 Basics of Social Sciences (22 ECTS)

• 210004 VO BAK2.1: VO Foundations of Social Theories
• 240004 VO Social Science and the Change in Society: Current Debates
• 230005 VO Basics of Social Theory
• 240005 VO Basics of Social Theory
• 210005 VO BAK2.2: Social sciences and social change
• 210006 VO BAK2.3: Historical basis for politics
• 210007 VO BAK2.4: Politics and Economy
• 210008 VO BAK2.5: Politics and Law

BAK3 Introduction to Scientific Work (5 ECTS)

BAK3 Introduction to Scientific Work (5 ECTS)

• 210009 PS [ en ] BAK3: Introduction to scientific work
• 210010 PS BAK3: Introduction to Scientific Work
• 210011 PS BAK3: PS Introduction to scientific work
• 210012 PS BAK3: Introduction to Scientific Work
• 210013 PS BAK3: Introduction to scientific work
• 210014 PS BAK3: Introduction to Scientific Work

BAK4 Methods (18 ECTS)

BAK4 Methods of empirical social sience (18 ECTS)

• 210015 VO BAK4.2: Quantitative methods in the empirical social sciences
• 210016 UE BAK4.2: Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210017 UE [ en ] BAK4.2: Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research - (engl.)
• 210018 UE [ en ] BAK4.2: Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research - (engl.)
• 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 BAK4.2: Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210029 UE BAK4.2: Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210147 UE BAK4.2 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210148 UE BAK4.2 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research

BAK5 - BAK8 Core Subjects of Political Science (36 ECTS)

BAK5 History of Theory and Debates on Theory (9 ECTS)

• 210030 VO BAK5: History of Theory and Debates on Theory
• 210031 LK BAK5: History of Theory and Debates on Theory
• 210032 LK BAK5: History of Theory and Debates on Theory
• 210033 LK BAK5: History of Theory and Debates on Theory
• 210034 LK BAK5: History of Theory and Debates on Theory
• 210035 LK BAK5: History of Theory and Debates on Theory
• 210036 LK BAK5: History of Theory and Debates on Theory
• 210037 LK BAK5: History of Theory and Debates on Theory
• 210154 LK BAK5 History of Theory and Debates on Theory

BAK6 The Austrian Political System and the EU (9 ECTS)

• 210038 VO 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
• 210044 LK BAK6: The Austrian Political System and the EU
• 210045 LK BAK6: The Austrian Political System and the EU
• 210152 LK BAK6 The Austrian Political System and the EU

BAK7 Comparative Analysis of Politics (9 ECTS)

• 210046 VO BAK7: Comparative Political Analysis
• 210047 LK [ en ] BAK7: Comparative Political Analysis - (engl)
• 210048 LK [ en ] BAK7: Comparative Political Analysis - Comparative Political Analysis (engl.)
• 210049 LK BAK7: Comparative Political Analysis
• 210050 LK [ en ] BAK7: Comparative Political Analysis
• 210051 LK BAK7: Comparative Political Analysis
• 210052 LK BAK7: Comparative Political Analysis
• 210053 LK BAK7: Comparative Political Analysis
• 210149 LK BAK7 Comparative Analysis of Politics

BAK8 International Politics (9 ECTS)

BAK9-BAK16 Block of Alternative Compulsory Modules: Specialisation (27 ECTS)

BAK9 Political Theories and Research on Theories (9 ECTS)

• 210054 VO BAK9: SpezialVO Political Theories and Research on Theories - Phänomene politischer Gewalt
• 210055 SE BAK9: Political Theories and Research on Theories - Chaotic, Irrational and Indecisive: Critiques of Democracy in the History of Ideas
• 210056 SE BAK9: Political Theories and Research on Theories - Radical Democracy as Municipal Movement
• 210057 SE BAK9: Political Theories and Research on Theories - Öffentlichkeit und Gegenöffentlichkeit. Demokratietheoretische Perspektiven

BAK10 International Politics and Development (9 ECTS)

• 210058 VO BAK10: SpezialVO International Politics and Development - The European Union 10 years after the crisis: development, desintegration, alternatives.
• 210059 SE BAK10: International Politics and Development - International Political Ecology
• 210060 SE BAK10: International Politics and Development - Globalisation and the Future of Capitalism
• 210061 SE [ en ] BAK10: International Politics and Development - Types of Post-colonial Rulership
• 210062 SE BAK10: International Politics and Development - Revolution, War and the State in the Middle East, State structures, societal dynamics and the consequences of international interventions

BAK11 European Union and Europeanisation (9 ECTS)

• 210063 VO BAK11: SpezialVO European Union and Europeanisation - The political system of the European Union
• 210064 SE [ en ] BAK11: European Union and Europeanisation - The EU in international relations: Mediteranean perspectives
• 210065 SE BAK11: European Union and Europeanisation - Migration and Civil Society in Europe -Theories, Actors and Current Developments
• 210066 SE BAK11: European Union and Europeanisation - Sozialpolitik: Migration und Arbeit in Europa
• 210067 SE [ en ] BAK11: European Union and Europeanisation - European Union's Politics and Power

BAK12 Austrian Politics (9 ECTS)

• 210068 VO BAK12: SpezialVO Austrian Politics - Sozialpolitik: Österreich im internationalen Vergleich
• 210069 SE BAK12: Austrian Politics - Austrias borders. Recent developments and the conflicting demands of closure, freedom of movement and exterritorialization.
• 210070 SE BAK12: Austrian Politics - The political system of National Socialism
• 210071 SE BAK12: Austrian Politics - Austrian Migration Politics as Body Politics: Critical Enquiries of Power

BAK13 State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses (9 ECTS)

• 210072 VO BAK13: SpezialVO State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Theories on Public Opinion and Electoral Behaviour
• 210073 SE BAK13: State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Policy Foresight
• 210074 SE BAK13: State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Healthcare systems in transition: Comparative analysis of policies and reforms
• 210155 SE [ en ] BAK13 State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Making policy -doing comparison

BAK14 Gender and Politics (9 ECTS)

• 210077 VO BAK14: SpezialVO Gender and Politics - The timeliness of Marx’ thinking: Critical and feminist perspectives
• 240123 VO VM7 - One out of Five - Interdisciplinary lecture series focusing on Violence on Women and Children
• 210078 SE BAK14: Gender and Politics - Participation, representation and gender. 100 years of female suffrage
• 210076 SE BAK14: Gender and Politics - Doing Gender, Emotional Labour and the Transformation of Work

BAK15 East European Studies (9 ECTS)

• 210079 VO BAK15: SpezialVO East European Studies - Introduction into the Political Science's Perspective on Eastern Europe: taking stock after 30 years
• 210080 SE BAK15: East European Studies - Civil Society and Participation in Eastern Europe
• 210081 SE BAK15: East European Studies - Gender Conflict in Eastern Europe
• 210082 SE BAK15: East European Studies - The Rise of Right-wing Populism in Eastern Europe
• 210150 SE [ en ] BAK15 East European Studies - Religion, State and Society in the former Soviet Union
• 210160 SE [ en ] BAK15 East European Studies - Ukraine, Russia and the West: Understanding the current conflict

BAK16 Culture and Politics (9 ECTS)

• 210083 VO BAK16: SpezialVO Culture and Politics - Visualität und Wissen: Zeit im Bild
• 210084 SE BAK16: Culture and Politics - Political Picture Analysis
• 210085 SE BAK16: Culture and Politics - Political psychology as a means of co-creation
• 210086 SE BAK16: Culture and Politics - On the Political Culture of the Austrian Republic, 1918 - 1920

BAK17 Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules: Consolidation (15 ECTS)

BAK17a Alternative Compulsory Module a: Consolidation (15 ECTS)

BAK17b Alternative Compulsory Module b: Consolidation (15 ECTS)

• 210087 UE BAK17b.1: Political Science in practice - PEER-Mentoring Political Science
• 210088 UE BAK17b.1: Political Science in practice - European Democracy - The role of parliaments
• 210089 UE BAK17b.1: Political Science in practice - Anti-Poverty Actions
• 210157 UE BAK17b.1 Political Science in practice - Doing Research in a Political Archive. Ghosts and Myths of Red Vienna
• 210159 UE BAK17b.1 Political Science in practice - Strategic gaming

BAK18 Bachelorseminar and Bachelorthesis (12 ECTS)

BAK18 Bachelorseminar and Bachelorthesis (12 ECTS)

• 210090 SE BAK18: Bachelor's Seminar
• 210091 SE BAK18: Bachelor's Seminar
• 210092 SE [ en ] BAK18: Bachelor's Seminar
• 210093 SE BAK18: Bachelor's Seminar
• 210094 SE BAK18: Bachelor's Seminar
• 210095 SE BAK18: Bachelor's Seminar
• 210096 SE [ en ] BAK18: Bachelor's Seminar - (engl)
• 210097 SE BAK18: Bachelor's Seminar
• 210098 SE BAK18: Bachelor's Seminar
• 210099 SE BAK18: Bachelor's Seminar

Suggested Lectures

Master Political Science (824)

Compulsory Modules (16 ECTS)

M1 Basics of Political Science (8 ECTS)

• 210100 VO M1a: Basics of Political Science
• 210101 VO M1: SpezialVO Basics of Political Science

M2 Methods of Political Science (8 ECTS)

• 210102 UE M2: Qualitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210103 UE M2: Qualitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210104 UE M2: Qualitative Methods of Empirical Social Research

Block of Elective Modules: Specialisations (44 ECTS)

M3 Political Theories and Research on Theory (22 ECTS)

• 210105 VO M3: SpezialVO Political Theories and Research on Theory - Theories of racism, antisemitism and antigypsism
• 210107 SE M3: Political Theories and Research on Theory - Socialism or Barbarism. The Relationship between Theory and Practise in Castoriadis, Lefort, and Gauchet
• 210153 SE M3: Political Theories and Research on Theory - Socialism or Barbarism. The Relationship between Theory and Practise in Castoriadis, Lefort, and Gauchet

M4 International Politics and Development (22 ECTS)

• 210108 VO M4: SpezialVO International Politics and Development - Introduction to International Political Economy: Financial markets, financial crises, and global economic relations
• 210109 SE M4: International Politics and Development - Financial crises, central bank politics and challenges for the political governance of the financial system
• 210110 SE M4: International Politics and Development - INEX Sustainability Challenge
• 210111 SE M4: International Politics and Development - Nuclear Arms Control and Nonproliferation. US Nuclear Policy and the Nuclear Dispute with North Korea and Iran
• 210112 SE M4: International Politics and Development - Kritische Theorie - Analysen der Macht bei Foucault

M5 EU and Europeanisation (22 ECTS)

• 210113 SE [ en ] M5: European Union and Europeanisation - EU Politics in Time of Crisis (engl.)
• 210114 SE M5: European Union and Europeanisation - The Internal and External Security of the European Union
• 210115 SE M5: European Union and Europeanisation - The case of "Catalonia". Between erosion of the state and new 'european regionalism'

M6 Austrian Politics (22 ECTS)

• 210116 VO M6: SpezialVO Austrian Politics - Politics of Citizenship
• 210117 SE [ en ] M6: Austrian Politics - South Tyrol in the Italian state and its relations to Austria
• 210118 SE M6: Austrian Politics - Das österreichische Parteiensystem
• 210119 SE M6: Austrian Politics - Politische Interventionen: Intellektuelle in der österreichischen Politik

M7 State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses (22 ECTS)

• 210120 VO M7: SpezialVO State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses
• 210122 SE [ en ] M7: State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Politics and Polarization
• 210123 SE M7: State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Coalition government
• 210156 SE [ en ] M7: State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Doing politics and making policy (engl.)
• 210158 SE [ en ] M7: State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Party Politics and Public Policy

M8 Gender and Politics (22 ECTS)

• 210124 SE M8: Gender and Politics - Symbolic Violence: politics and gender according to Pierre Bourdieu
• 210125 SE M8: Gender and Politics - Capitalism and its Other Aspects of an intersectional analysis of capitalism

M9 East European Studies (22 ECTS)

• 210126 VO [ en ] M9: SpezialVO East European Studies - Nation building, transitional justice and mnemonic conflicts in the post-Soviet space
• 210127 SE [ en ] M9: East European Studies - Politics and society in post-Maidan Ukraine
• 210128 SE M9: East European Studies - Democratization and Politics of the Past in CEE and SEE
• 210151 SE [ en ] M9: East European Studies - Election and Opposition: Drivers of Change and Stability in Authoritarian Regimes

M10 Culture and Politics (22 ECTS)

• 210129 SE M10: Culture and Politics - Visual Culture and the Avantgarde
• 210130 SE M10: Culture and Politics - Political Image Control
• 210131 SE M10: Culture and Politics - Contemporary political iconoclasm and its history

Research Utilisation (12 ECTS)

M11 Research Utilisation (12 ECTS)

• 210132 SE M11: FOP Research Practice - Social movements, Gender, affects and emotions
• 210133 SE M11: FOP Research Practice - Transnational Conflicts of Memory in AT, CR and IT
• 210134 SE [ en ] M11: FOP Research Practice - (engl.)
• 210135 SE M11: FOP Research Practice - Militarism and Militarization. Theoretical Concepts and Geopolitical Challenges
• 210136 SE M11: FOP Research Practice - Hegemonie, Populismus, Diskurs, Radikale Demokratie. Die Perspektive der Essex School um Ernesto Laclau und Chantal Mouffe

Electives Module (16 ECTs)

M12 Elective Area (16 ECTS)

• 010052 SE Imparting Values - Opportunity and Challenge for Society and Church
• 010088 VU Esotericism and Far-Right Extremism
• 010089 SE Political Theology in Eastern and Central Europe
• 010092 VU [ en ] Religion in the USA
• 070292 VU Lecture Series and Exercises - Reduction of excessive nationalism and prejudices in society - Interdisziplinäre Beiträge der Universität Wien
• 140038 VO History of Panafricanism
• 140076 SE Aspects of Nationalism: Africa in Global Comparison
• 140254 SE Mobilities to/within/from Africa
• 230029 VO Multiple sustainability. Interpretations, analysis and politics of sustainable development
• 230033 VO NO! Theory and practice of civil disobedience
• 233060 UE [ de en ] Science in Society Laboratories
• 240091 VO VM5 / VM6 - Introduction to Latin American Studies - People, Commodities and Ecosystems and their movement

Masterseminar (2 ECTS)

M13 Masterseminar (2 ECTS)

• 210137 SE M13: Seminar for MA
• 210138 SE M13: Seminar for MA
• 210139 SE M13: Seminar for MA
• 210142 SE M13: Seminar for MA
• 210143 SE M13: Seminar for MA

Extension Curriculum Basics of Politics (211 [3] - Version 2013)

Basics of Politics (15 ECTS)

• 210006 VO BAK2.3: Historical basis for politics
• 210007 VO BAK2.4: Politics and Economy
• 210008 VO BAK2.5: Politics and Law
• 210030 VO BAK5: History of Theory and Debates on Theory
• 210038 VO BAK6: The Austrian Political System and the EU
• 210046 VO BAK7: Comparative Political Analysis

Extension Curriculum European Integration and global multi-level governance (212)

European Integration and global multi-level governance (15 ECTS)

• 210144 SE [ en ] EC: EU institutions and decision-making
• 210145 SE [ en ] EC: The EU’s regulatory policies
• 210146 SE [ en ] EC: The EU and Global Governance

Extension Curriculum Statehood and Democracy in Change (213)

Statehood and Democracy in Change (15 ECTS)

• 210054 VO BAK9: SpezialVO Political Theories and Research on Theories - Phänomene politischer Gewalt
• 210058 VO BAK10: SpezialVO International Politics and Development - The European Union 10 years after the crisis: development, desintegration, alternatives.
• 210063 VO BAK11: SpezialVO European Union and Europeanisation - The political system of the European Union
• 210068 VO BAK12: SpezialVO Austrian Politics - Sozialpolitik: Österreich im internationalen Vergleich
• 210072 VO BAK13: SpezialVO State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Theories on Public Opinion and Electoral Behaviour
• 210077 VO BAK14: SpezialVO Gender and Politics - The timeliness of Marx’ thinking: Critical and feminist perspectives
• 210079 VO BAK15: SpezialVO East European Studies - Introduction into the Political Science's Perspective on Eastern Europe: taking stock after 30 years
• 210083 VO BAK16: SpezialVO Culture and Politics - Visualität und Wissen: Zeit im Bild