Master Political Science (824)

Compulsory Modules (16 ECTS)

M1 Basics of Political Science (8 ECTS)

• 210096 VO ( ON-SITE ) M1a: Basics of Political Science
• 210097 VO ( ON-SITE ) M1: SpezialVO Basics of Political Science

M2 Methods of Political Science (8 ECTS)

• 210099 UE ( ON-SITE ) M2: Qualitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210100 UE ( ON-SITE ) M2: Qualitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210154 UE ( ON-SITE ) M2: Methods of Political Science
• 210155 UE ( ON-SITE ) M2: Methods of Political Science

Block of Elective Modules: Specialisations (44 ECTS)

M3 Political Theories and Research on Theory (22 ECTS)

• 210101 VO ( ON-SITE ) M3: SpezialVO Political Theories and Research on Theory - Politics of the performative. Void Event Alterity
• 210102 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) M3: Political Theories and Research on Theory - The Modern Revolutionary Tradition and its Lost Treasure: Hopes, Disappointments, Unfulfilled Promises.
• 210103 SE ( ON-SITE ) M3: Political Theories and Research on Theory - The Imaginary in Politics: Marx, Arendt, Castoriadis
• 210104 SE ( ON-SITE ) M3: Political Theories and Research on Theory - Democracy between belief in progress and regression

M4 International Politics and Development (22 ECTS)

• 210105 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) M4: SpezialVO International Politics and Development - International Biodiversity Politics: Institutions, Actors, Power Relations
• 210106 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) M4: International Politics and Development - The Political Economy of War and Peace in the Age of Globalization
• 210107 SE ( ON-SITE ) M4: International Politics and Development - Crisis experiences in different world regions: How do people cope with health and environmental crises, and their intersections?
• 210108 SE ( ON-SITE ) M4: International Politics and Development - Decarbonization, climate engineering and international climate policy

M5 EU and Europeanisation (22 ECTS)

• 210109 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) M5: European Union and Europeanisation - European migration governance in times of uncertainty
• 210110 SE ( ON-SITE ) M5: European Union and Europeanisation - Hybrid Governance in the EU’s multilevel system
• 210111 SE ( ON-SITE ) M5: European Union and Europeanisation - EU single market and euro: everything digital?

M6 Austrian Politics (22 ECTS)

• 210112 VO ( ON-SITE ) M6: SpezialVO Austrian Politics - Religion, Politics and Society in Transformation: Concepts, Theories and Findings
• 210113 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) M6: Austrian Politics - Refugee Politics
• 210114 SE ( ON-SITE ) M6: Austrian Politics - Domestic Violence: Tasks and role of the political system
• 210163 SE ( ON-SITE ) M6: Austrian Politics - Austrian Politics: Asylum and Borders in Times of The Ukraine War.

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

• 210116 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) M7: SpezialVO State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Practicing Democracy in the Digital Age
• 210117 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) M7: State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Coalition governments in a comparative perspective
• 210118 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) M7: State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Political Psychology
• 210119 SE ( ON-SITE ) M7: State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Resource politics in times of green transition
• 210159 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) M7: State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - The Politics of Organized Political Actors

M8 Gender and Politics (22 ECTS)

• 210120 SE ( ON-SITE ) M8: Gender and Politics - Anti-feminism and Women's Movements in Europe: Political Debates on Gender and Equality
• 210121 SE ( ON-SITE ) M8: Gender and Politics - Feminist State Theories

M9 East European Studies (22 ECTS)

• 210122 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) M9: SpezialVO East European Studies - Eastern Europe's Great Tranformations
• 210123 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) M9: East European Studies - Rethinking Economic Dependency in the European context
• 210124 SE ( ON-SITE ) M9: East European Studies - Comparative Capitalism: Eastern Europe in Comparative Perspective
• 210161 SE ( ON-SITE ) M9: East European Studies - Energy, Dependance, Conflicts. The Importance of (Fossil) Energy Sources in the Post-Soviet Space

M10 Culture and Politics (22 ECTS)

• 210125 SE ( ON-SITE ) M10: Culture and Politics - Political Culture of European Modernity: Republic of Venice
• 210126 SE ( REMOTE ) M10: Culture and Politics - The foods of power: nutrition and symbolic politics
• 210127 SE ( REMOTE ) M10: Culture and Politics - The political portrait

Research Utilisation (12 ECTS)

M11 Research Utilisation (12 ECTS)

• 210128 SE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) M11: FOP Research Practice - Studying EU Decision-Making in Practice
• 210129 SE ( ON-SITE ) M11: FOP Research Practice - Male-Bond and Politics: policy analyses according to Eva Kreisky
• 210130 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) M11: FOP Research Practice - Anti-Corona Measures as Morality Politics: Challenges to Democratic Politics
• 210131 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) M11: FOP Research Practice - Multiple Crisis in Eastern Europe
• 210132 SE ( REMOTE ) M11: Research Practice - News coverage of election results in multi-party systems

Electives Module (16 ECTs)

M12 Elective Area (16 ECTS)

• 010097 SE Titel
• 020019 SE Seminar: Medicine and Nursing Ethics
• 210145 UE ( ON-SITE ) From the Idea to the Master Thesis Concept
• 210146 UE ( ON-SITE ) From the Idea to the Master Thesis Concept - Wie ich meine MA-Arbeit plane
• 210147 UE ( ON-SITE ) Manage the Master Thesis
• 210148 UE ( ON-SITE ) Manage the Master Thesis - Theorie, Forschungsdesign und Methodeneinsatz
• 210166 AK Master Student Guide (MSG) Mentoring
• 233060 UE [ en ] Science in Society Laboratories

Masterseminar (2 ECTS)

M13 Masterseminar (2 ECTS)

• 210133 SE ( REMOTE ) M13: Seminar for MA
• 210134 SE ( ON-SITE ) M13: Seminar for MA
• 210135 SE ( ON-SITE ) M13: Seminar for MA
• 210136 SE ( ON-SITE ) M13: Seminar for MA
• 210137 SE ( ON-SITE ) M13: Seminar for MA
• 210138 SE ( ON-SITE ) M13: Master's Seminar