Directorate of Studies 21 - Political Science

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

BAK1 Introductory and Orientation Period (15 ECTS)

• EXAM REMOTE Basics of Methodology in Social Sciences

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

• 210001 VO ( MIXED ) STEOP: BA1.1. Foundations of Social Methods
• 230001 VO ( MIXED STEOP ) STEOP - VO Basics of Methodology in Social Sciences
• 240001 VO ( MIXED STEOP ) STEOP: Basics of Methodology in Social Sciences

BAK1.2 Introduction to the Subject (9 ECTS)

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

BAK2 Basics of Social Sciences (22 ECTS)

BAK2 Basics of Social Sciences (22 ECTS)

• 220006 VO ( REMOTE ) INSOWI A: VO WITHEGI Theory and History of Science
• 210004 VO ( MIXED ) BAK2 Current Societal Issues and Social Science Research
• 210005 VO ( REMOTE ) BAK2 Historical Basics of Policy
• 210006 VO ( MIXED ) BAK2 Policy and Economy
• 210007 VO ( MIXED ) BAK2 Policy and Law

BAK3 Introduction to Scientific Work (5 ECTS)

BAK3 Introduction to Scientific Work (5 ECTS)

• 210008 PS [ en ] ( REMOTE ) BAK3: Introduction to scientific work - (engl.)
• 210009 PS ( MIXED ) BAK3: Introduction to Scientific Work
• 210010 PS ( REMOTE ) BAK3: Introduction to Scientific Work
• 210011 PS [ en ] ( REMOTE ) BAK3: Introduction to Scientific Work - (engl.)
• 210012 PS ( MIXED ) BAK3: Introduction to Scientific Work
• 210013 PS ( MIXED ) BAK3: Introduction to Scientific Work

BAK4 Methods (18 ECTS)

BAK4 Methods of empirical social sience (18 ECTS)

• 210014 VO ( MIXED ) BAK 4 Quantitative methods in the empirical social sciences
• 210015 UE [ en ] ( MIXED ) BAK 4 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research - (engl.)
• 210016 UE [ en ] ( MIXED ) BAK 4 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research - (engl.)
• 210017 UE ( REMOTE ) BAK 4 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210018 UE ( REMOTE ) BAK 4 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210019 UE ( REMOTE ) BAK 4 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210020 UE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) BAK 4 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research - (engl.)
• 210021 UE ( REMOTE ) BAK 4 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210022 UE ( MIXED ) BAK 4 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210023 UE ( REMOTE ) BAK 4 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210024 UE ( MIXED ) BAK 4 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210025 UE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) BAK 4 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research - (engl.)
• 210026 UE ( REMOTE ) BAK 4 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210027 UE [ en ] ( MIXED ) BAK 4 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research - (engl.)
• 210028 UE ( REMOTE ) BAK 4 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210169 UE ( REMOTE ) BAK 4 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)

• 210029 VO ( REMOTE ) BAK5: History of Theory and Debates on Theory
• 210030 LK ( MIXED ) BAK5: History of Theory and Debates on Theory
• 210031 LK ( MIXED ) BAK5: History of Theory and Debates on Theory
• 210032 LK ( MIXED ) BAK5: History of Theory and Debates on Theory
• 210033 LK ( MIXED ) BAK5: History of Theory and Debates on Theory
• 210034 LK [ en ] ( REMOTE ) BAK5: History of Theory and Debates on Theory - (engl)
• 210035 LK ( MIXED ) BAK5: History of Theory and Debates on Theory
• 210036 LK ( MIXED ) BAK5 History of Theory and Debates on Theory
• 210170 LK ( ON-SITE ) BAK5 History of Theory and Debates on Theory

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

• 210037 VO ( MIXED ) BAK6: The Austrian Political System and the EU
• 210038 LK ( MIXED ) BAK6: The Austrian Political System and the EU
• 210039 LK ( MIXED ) BAK6: The Austrian Political System and the EU
• 210040 LK [ en ] ( REMOTE ) BAK6: The Austrian Political System and the EU - (engl.)
• 210041 LK [ en ] ( REMOTE ) BAK6: The Austrian Political System and the EU - (engl.)
• 210042 LK ( MIXED ) BAK6: The Austrian Political System and the EU
• 210043 LK ( ON-SITE ) BAK6: The Austrian Political System and the EU
• 210044 LK ( ON-SITE ) BAK6: The Austrian Political System and the EU
• 210155 LK ( MIXED ) BAK6 The Austrian Political System and the EU

BAK7 Comparative Analysis of Politics (9 ECTS)

• 210045 VO ( MIXED ) BAK7: Comparative Political Analysis
• 210046 LK ( REMOTE ) BAK7: Comparative Political Analysis
• 210047 LK ( REMOTE ) BAK7: Comparative Political Analysis
• 210048 LK ( REMOTE ) BAK7: Comparative Political Analysis
• 210049 LK [ en ] ( MIXED ) BAK7: Comparative Political Analysis
• 210050 LK [ en ] ( REMOTE ) BAK7: Comparative Political Analysis - (engl.)
• 210051 LK ( ON-SITE ) BAK7: Comparative Political Analysis
• 210052 LK [ en ] ( REMOTE ) BAK7: Comparative Political Analysis - (engl.)

BAK8 International Politics (9 ECTS)

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

BAK9 Political Theories and Research on Theories (9 ECTS)

• 210053 VO ( MIXED ) BAK9: SpezialVO Political Theories and Research on Theories - TERRORISM and other forms of political violence
• 210054 SE ( REMOTE ) BAK9: Political Theories and Research on Theories - What to do with the question What to do?"Problematizations of Normativity in Political Theory
• 210055 SE ( MIXED ) BAK9: Political Theories and Research on Theories - Democracy between belief in progress and regression
• 210056 SE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) BAK9: Political Theories and Research on Theories - Ambiguities of Resistance
• 210163 SE ( MIXED ) BAK9 Political Theories and Research on Theories - Introduction to the Political Thought of Anarchism

BAK10 International Politics and Development (9 ECTS)

• 210057 VO ( REMOTE ) BAK10: SpezialVO International Politics and Development - Postcolonial Theor
• 210058 SE [ en ] ( MIXED ) BAK10: International Politics and Development - (Sustainable) transport policy at EU level - critical perspectives on structures, actors and strategies
• 210059 SE ( MIXED ) BAK10: International Politics and Development - Political Ecology and Resource Politics
• 210060 SE ( REMOTE ) BAK10: International Politics and Development - Keys to empowerment. The struggle for gender justice and women's rights in comparative perspective
• 210061 SE ( MIXED ) BAK10: International Politics and Development - Introduction to International Political Economy
• 210157 SE ( MIXED ) BAK10 International Politics and Development - Talking back. Critical Geopolitics from a Global South perspective
• 210171 SE ( ON-SITE ) BAK10: International Politics and Development - Internationalization of the state

BAK11 European Union and Europeanisation (9 ECTS)

• 210062 VO ( ON-SITE ) BAK11: SpezialVO European Union and Europeanisation - The political system of the EU
• 210063 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) BAK11: European Union and Europeanisation - Illiberal democracy in the EU
• 210064 SE ( MIXED ) BAK11: European Union and Europeanisation - European crisis governance - Conceptualizing crises, exceptionalism, and management
• 210065 SE [ en ] ( MIXED ) BAK11: European Union and Europeanisation - The Internal Security of the European Union: Challenges and Policies

BAK12 Austrian Politics (9 ECTS)

• 210066 VO ( REMOTE ) BAK12: SpezialVO Austrian Politics - Austrian Parties History Organisation Politics
• 210067 SE ( MIXED ) BAK12: Austrian Politics - Religious Policy and Islam
• 210068 SE ( MIXED ) BAK12: Austrian Politics - Media.Corona.Gender-based Violence
• 210069 SE ( MIXED ) BAK12: Austrian Politics - ÖPS - between theory and practice

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

• 210070 VO ( REMOTE ) BAK13: SpezialVO State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Theories of party competition
• 210071 SE ( ON-SITE ) BAK13: State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Governing (non-)citizens through health and social policies
• 210072 SE ( REMOTE ) BAK13: State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Party financing in a European comparison
• 210073 SE ( ON-SITE ) BAK13: State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Social classes: What do they have to do with politics?
• 210149 SE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) BAK13 State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Inter-election politics

BAK14 Gender and Politics (9 ECTS)

• 210074 VO ( MIXED ) BAK14: SpezialVO Gender and Politics
• 240107 VO ( ON-SITE ) VM7 - One out of Five - Interdisciplinary lecture series focusing on Violence on Women and Children
• 210075 SE ( MIXED ) BAK14: Gender and Politics - Feminist Perspective on the Transformation of Labour and the Welfare State
• 210077 SE ( MIXED ) BAK14: Gender and Politics - Feminisms in the Global South. Intersectional impacts of gender and (post)coloniality
• 210076 SE ( MIXED ) BAK14: Gender and Politics - Who cares? A (queer)feminist perspective on care work and social reproduction

BAK15 East European Studies (9 ECTS)

• 210078 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) BAK15: SpezialVO East European Studies - Thirty years after the fall of the Soviet Union
• 210079 SE ( MIXED ) BAK15: East European Studies - (De-) Democratization in Central and Eastern Europe since 1989
• 210080 SE ( MIXED ) BAK15: East European Studies - Civil society in the eastern EU member states
• 210154 SE ( REMOTE ) BAK18 Bachelor's Seminar

BAK16 Culture and Politics (9 ECTS)

• 210081 VO ( REMOTE ) BAK16: SpezialVO Culture and Politics - Visual politics
• 210082 SE ( REMOTE ) BAK16: Culture and Politics - Political storytelling
• 210083 SE ( ON-SITE ) BAK16: Culture and Politics - Law and Political Culture in the First Republic: From the Fire of the Palace of Justice to the Elimination of Parliament (1927-1933)
• 210084 SE ( MIXED ) BAK16: Culture and Politics - Rethinking the City. Power and Resistance in Public Space
• 210168 SE ( MIXED ) BAK16 Culture and Politics - Visual Culture & Avant-Garde

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)

• 210085 UE ( MIXED ) BAK17b.1: Political Science in practice - PEER-Mentoring Political Science
• 210086 UE [ en ] ( MIXED ) BAK17b.1: Political Science in practice - Political Challenges in Humanitarian Crisis
• 210087 UE ( MIXED ) BAK17b.1: Political Science in practice - Labour Market Policies: Concepts and Instruments
• 220101 VU ( MIXED ) INSOWI A: VU SOGES Social Sciences and Society

BAK18 Bachelorseminar and Bachelorthesis (12 ECTS)

BAK18 Bachelorseminar and Bachelorthesis (12 ECTS)

• 210088 SE ( ON-SITE ) BAK18: Bachelor's Seminar
• 210089 SE ( ON-SITE ) BAK18: Bachelor's Seminar
• 210090 SE ( MIXED ) BAK18: Bachelor's Seminar
• 210091 SE ( MIXED ) BAK18: Bachelor's Seminar
• 210092 SE ( ON-SITE ) BAK18: Bachelor's Seminar
• 210093 SE ( REMOTE ) BAK18: Bachelor's Seminar
• 210094 SE ( MIXED ) BAK18: Bachelor's Seminar
• 210095 SE ( REMOTE ) BAK18: Bachelor's Seminar
• 210154 SE ( REMOTE ) BAK18 Bachelor's Seminar
• 210158 SE ( MIXED ) BAK18 Bachelor's Seminar
• 210165 SE ( ON-SITE ) BAK18 Bachelor's Seminar

Suggested Lectures

• 143219 PS ( ON-SITE ) Racism, Positionality, History: Approaches of James Baldwin and Toni Morrison
• 150122 VU [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Strategic Gaming in the South China Sea
• 233002 UK ( MIXED ) How social is scientific knowledge?
• 233003 UK ( MIXED ) "Genetics, genomics, post-genomics?" - Bodies, knowledge and society in the era of genetics
• 233004 UK ( MIXED ) Knowledge and Science Cultures
• 233005 UK ( MIXED ) Nature, Risk, Society - Science, technology and nature in the Anthropocene
• 490400 VU ( MIXED ) PM1 Digital Transformations

Master Political Science (824)

Compulsory Modules (16 ECTS)

M1 Basics of Political Science (8 ECTS)

• 210096 VO ( MIXED ) M1a: Basics of Political Science
• 210097 VO ( MIXED ) M1: SpezialVO Basics of Political Science

M2 Methods of Political Science (8 ECTS)

• 210098 UE ( REMOTE ) M2: Qualitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210099 UE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) M2: Qualitative Methods of Empirical Social Research - (engl.)
• 210100 UE ( REMOTE ) M2: Qualitative Methods of Empirical Social Research

Block of Elective Modules: Specialisations (44 ECTS)

M3 Political Theories and Research on Theory (22 ECTS)

• 210101 VO ( REMOTE ) M3: SpezialVO Political Theories and Research on Theory - Democratic principles: freedom, equality, solidarity, popular sovereignty
• 210102 SE ( MIXED ) M3: Political Theories and Research on Theory - Democracy as a way of life
• 210103 SE ( REMOTE ) M3: Political Theories and Research on Theory - The fear of the demos. Criticism of populism theories
• 210104 SE ( REMOTE ) M3: Political Theories and Research on Theory - Hegemony or micropolitics? Laclau/Mouffe vs. Deleuze/Guattari
• 210162 SE ( MIXED ) M3: Political Theories and Research on Theory - Critical Theory and Utopia

M4 International Politics and Development (22 ECTS)

• 210105 VO ( MIXED ) M4: SpezialVO International Politics and Development - Introduction to social science research in Latin America
• 210106 SE [ en ] ( MIXED ) M4: International Politics and Development - State sponsored militias in the Middle East
• 210107 SE ( MIXED ) M4: International Politics and Development - Social Movements in Latin America
• 210108 SE ( REMOTE ) M4: International Politics and Development - World Order(s), cultural practice and intersectional critique of power
• 210153 SE [ en ] ( MIXED ) M4: International Politics and Development - International Disaster Politics in the Context of Climate Change
• 210167 SE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) M4: International Politics and Development - Talking back. Critical Geopolitics from a Global South perspective

M5 EU and Europeanisation (22 ECTS)

• 210109 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) M5: European Union and Europeanisation - The external dimension of theEU migration policy: actors and processes
• 210110 SE [ en ] ( MIXED ) M5: European Union and Europeanisation - EU Foreign Policy and Conflict Resolution: Institutions, Instruments, and Case Studies
• 210111 SE ( ON-SITE ) M5: European Union and Europeanisation - Hybrid Forms of Governing in the European multi-tier-system

M6 Austrian Politics (22 ECTS)

• 210112 VO ( REMOTE ) M6: SpezialVO Austrian Politics - Shoah. The Political Process of the Extermination of jews
• 210113 SE ( REMOTE ) M6: Austrian Politics - Migration management, borders and citizenship in the European context
• 210114 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) M6: Austrian Politics - Migration, Race and Ethnicity, Critical Approaches
• 210115 SE ( ON-SITE ) M6: Austrian Politics - Pandemic policy: political and institutional responses

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

• 210116 VO [ en ] ( MIXED ) M7: SpezialVO State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Governing Algorithms: The Politics of Data and Decision-Making
• 210117 SE ( REMOTE ) M7: State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - The unconditional basic income (BGE) as a policy instrument in an international comparison
• 210118 SE ( MIXED ) M7: State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Mining and resource governance: Global and local perspectives in policy analysis
• 210119 SE [ en ] ( MIXED ) M7: State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Political Representation
• 210150 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) M7: State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Comparative health policy , health reform in Austria and internationally
• 210151 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) M7: State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Current Debates in Political Behavior

M8 Gender and Politics (22 ECTS)

• 210120 SE ( ON-SITE ) M8: Gender and Politics - State power and gender
• 210121 SE ( MIXED ) M8: Gender and Politics - Temporality, Gender and Postcolonialism

M9 East European Studies (22 ECTS)

• 210122 VO [ en ] ( MIXED ) M9: SpezialVO East European Studies - Eastern Europe's Great Tranformations
• 210123 SE ( MIXED ) M9: East European Studies - Protest and activism in Central and Eastern Europe
• 210124 SE [ en ] ( MIXED ) M9: East European Studies - Comparative Capitalism: Eastern Europe in Comparative Perspective

M10 Culture and Politics (22 ECTS)

• 210125 SE ( REMOTE ) M10: Culture and Politics - Monument fall and picture tower
• 210126 SE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) M10: Culture and Politics - Climate Visuals: The Visual Construction of the Climate Crisis
• 210127 SE ( ON-SITE ) M10: Culture and Politics - Cultural Studies as a Political-Theoretical Project

Research Utilisation (12 ECTS)

M11 Research Utilisation (12 ECTS)

• 210128 SE ( MIXED ) M11: FOP Research Practice - Pandemics, Politics, Gender
• 210129 SE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) M11: FOP Research Practice - Europe and the Digital Revolution
• 210130 SE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) M11: FOP Research Practice - Global inequalities in the making of a new marine biodiversity agreement
• 210131 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) M11: FOP Research Practice - Representation and Inequality
• 210132 SE ( ON-SITE ) M11: Research Practice - Comparison of constitutional policies

Electives Module (16 ECTs)

M12 Elective Area (16 ECTS)

• 090052 UE [ en ] ( MIXED ) The Objects of Thinking: Literature, Philosophy, Materiality
• 090054 PS [ de en ] ( MIXED ) Greek film narratives during the Cold War
• 090056 SE [ de en ] ( MIXED ) The refugee question in Greece after 1923
• 210145 UE ( ON-SITE ) From the Idea to the Master Thesis Concept
• 210147 UE ( MIXED ) Manage the Master Thesis
• 210146 UE ( REMOTE ) From the Idea to the Master Thesis Concept - Wie ich meine MA-Arbeit plane
• 210166 AK ( MIXED ) Master Student Guide (MSG) Mentoring
• 210148 UE ( MIXED ) Manage the Master Thesis - Theorie, Forschungsdesign und Methodeneinsatz
• 233060 UE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Science in Society Laboratories
• 240096 VO ( MIXED ) VM3 / VM4 - Introduction to Latin American Studies - Schwerpunkt auf soziale, globale Ungleichheit in Verbindung mit Bildung und Entwicklung
• 400028 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) A critical appropriation of big data: Political economy at the crossroads of new methods - SE Methods for Doctoral Canditates

Masterseminar (2 ECTS)

M13 Masterseminar (2 ECTS)

• 210134 SE ( MIXED ) M13: Seminar for MA
• 210135 SE ( ON-SITE ) M13: Seminar for MA
• 210136 SE ( REMOTE ) M13: Seminar for MA
• 210137 SE ( MIXED ) M13: Seminar for MA
• 210138 SE ( ON-SITE ) M13: Master's Seminar
• 210161 SE ( ON-SITE ) M13: Master's Seminar
• 210162 SE ( MIXED ) M3: Political Theories and Research on Theory - Critical Theory and Utopia

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

Basics of Politics (15 ECTS)

• 210005 VO ( REMOTE ) BAK2 Historical Basics of Policy
• 210006 VO ( MIXED ) BAK2 Policy and Economy
• 210007 VO ( MIXED ) BAK2 Policy and Law
• 210029 VO ( REMOTE ) BAK5: History of Theory and Debates on Theory
• 210037 VO ( MIXED ) BAK6: The Austrian Political System and the EU
• 210045 VO ( MIXED ) BAK7: Comparative Political Analysis

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

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

• 210139 SE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) EC: EU institutions and decision-making - (engl.)
• 210140 SE [ en ] ( MIXED ) EC: The EU’s regulatory policies - (engl.)
• 210141 SE [ en ] ( MIXED ) EC: The EU and Global Governance - (engl.)

Extension Curriculum Statehood and Democracy in Change (213)

Statehood and Democracy in Change (15 ECTS)

• 210053 VO ( MIXED ) BAK9: SpezialVO Political Theories and Research on Theories - TERRORISM and other forms of political violence
• 210057 VO ( REMOTE ) BAK10: SpezialVO International Politics and Development - Postcolonial Theor
• 210062 VO ( ON-SITE ) BAK11: SpezialVO European Union and Europeanisation - The political system of the EU
• 210066 VO ( REMOTE ) BAK12: SpezialVO Austrian Politics - Austrian Parties History Organisation Politics
• 210070 VO ( REMOTE ) BAK13: SpezialVO State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Theories of party competition
• 210074 VO ( MIXED ) BAK14: SpezialVO Gender and Politics
• 210078 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) BAK15: SpezialVO East European Studies - Thirty years after the fall of the Soviet Union
• 210081 VO ( REMOTE ) BAK16: SpezialVO Culture and Politics - Visual politics

Extension Curriculum Understanding and Shaping Policy (214)

PM1 Comparative Policy Analysis in the Context of Current Societal Problems (6 ECTS)

• 210143 VO ( MIXED ) Comparative Policy Analysis in the context of current societal challenges: - The future of work
• 210144 VO ( ON-SITE ) Public Policy - Environmental and Natural Resource Policy.

PM2 Shaping and Implementing Policy (9 ECTS)

Extension Curriculum Qualitative Methods in Empirical Research (215)

PM1 Introduction to Qualitative and Multi-Method Research (6 ECTS)

PM2 Qualitative Comparative Research (9 ECTS)

• 210142 UE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Qualitative Comparative Research - (engl.)