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 ON-SITE Basics of Methodology in Social Sciences
• 230001 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: VO Basics of Methodology in Social Sciences

BAK1.2 Introduction to the Subject (9 ECTS)

• EXAM ON-SITE COMM BA 1.2 Foundations of Social Methods
• 210001 VO BAK1.2: STEOP Political Science. An Introduction
• 210002 VO BAK 1.2: STEOP Propeadeuticum Political Science

BAK2 Basics of Social Sciences (22 ECTS)

BAK2 Basics of Social Sciences (22 ECTS)

• 210003 VO BAK2 Current Societal Issues and Social Science Research
• 210004 VO BAK 2 subject area Historical basis for politics
• 210005 VO BAK 2 subject area Politics and Economy Politics and Economy
• 210006 VO BAK 2 subject area Politics and Law
• 220074 VO INSOWI A: VO WITHEGI Theory and History of Science

BAK3 Introduction to Scientific Work (5 ECTS)

BAK3 Introduction to Scientific Work (5 ECTS)

• 210007 PS BAK3: Introduction to Scientific Work
• 210008 PS BAK3: Introduction to Scientific Work
• 210009 PS BAK3: Introduction to Scientific Work
• 210010 PS BAK3: Introduction to Scientific Work
• 210011 PS [ en ] BAK3: Introduction to Scientific Work
• 210169 PS BAK3 Introduction to scientific work
• 210176 PS ( REMOTE ) BAK3 Introduction to scientific work

BAK4 Methods (18 ECTS)

BAK4 Methods of empirical social sience (18 ECTS)

• 210012 VO BAK4: Subject area qualitative methods in the empirical social sciences
• 210013 UE BAK4: Empirical research using qualitative methods
• 210014 UE BAK4: Empirical research using qualitative methods
• 210015 UE BAK4: Empirical research using qualitative methods
• 210016 UE BAK4: Empirical research using qualitative methods
• 210017 UE ( REMOTE ) BAK4: Empirical research using qualitative methods
• 210018 UE BAK4: Empirical research using qualitative methods
• 210019 UE [ en ] BAK4: Empirical research using qualitative methods
• 210020 UE [ en ] BAK4: Empirical research using qualitative methods
• 210021 UE BAK4: Empirical research using qualitative methods
• 210022 UE BAK4: Empirical research using qualitative methods
• 210023 UE BAK4: Empirical research using qualitative methods
• 210024 UE ( REMOTE ) BAK4: Empirical research using qualitative methods
• 210025 UE BAK4: Empirical research using qualitative methods
• 210026 UE BAK4: Empirical research using qualitative methods
• 210163 UE BAK4.1 Qualitative Methods of Empirical Social Research

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

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

• 210027 VO BAK5: History of Theory and Debates on Theory
• 210028 LK [ en ] BAK5: History of Theory and Debates on Theory - (engl.)
• 210029 LK BAK5: History of Theory and Debates on Theory
• 210030 LK 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

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

• 210034 VO BAK6: The Austrian Political System and the EU
• 210035 LK [ en ] BAK6: The Austrian Political System and the EU - (engl.)
• 210036 LK [ en ] BAK6: The Austrian Political System and the EU - (engl.)
• 210037 LK 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

BAK7 Comparative Analysis of Politics (9 ECTS)

• 210042 VO BAK7: Comparative Politics
• 210043 LK BAK7: Comparative Politics
• 210044 LK BAK7: Comparative Politics
• 210045 LK [ en ] BAK7: Comparative Politics - (engl.)
• 210046 LK [ en ] BAK7: Comparative Politics
• 210047 LK BAK7: Comparative Politics
• 210048 LK BAK7: Comparative Politics

BAK8 International Politics (9 ECTS)

• 210049 VO BAK8: International Politics
• 210050 LK BAK8: International Politics
• 210051 LK BAK8: International Politics
• 210052 LK BAK8: International Politics
• 210053 LK BAK8: International Politics
• 210054 LK BAK8: International Politics
• 210055 LK BAK8: International Politics
• 210056 LK BAK8: International Politics
• 210057 LK BAK8: International Politics
• 210058 LK BAK8: International Politics
• 210059 LK [ en ] BAK8: International Politics - (engl.)
• 210060 LK BAK8 International Politics
• 210061 LK [ en ] BAK8: International Politics - (engl.)

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

BAK9 Political Theories and Research on Theories (9 ECTS)

• 210062 VO BAK9: SpezialVO Political Theories and Research on Theories - Politics of the Performative: Void Event Alterity in Butler, Derrida, Badiou, Levinas et al.
• 210063 SE BAK9: Political Theories and Research on Theories - Classical contract theories put to the test. Critique of the legitimation of power from feminist, anti-racist and subaltern perspectives
• 210064 SE [ en ] BAK9: Political Theories and Research on Theories - Assembly and body politics
• 210065 SE BAK9: Political Theories and Research on Theories - Institutions and counter-institutions: Political structures and democratic alternatives

BAK10 International Politics and Development (9 ECTS)

• 210066 VO BAK10: SpezialVO International Politics and Development - Sustainable production & consumption: transformation and conflicts
• 210067 SE BAK10: International Politics and Development - International Political Economy: Current Dynamics of the USA and the UK
• 210068 SE BAK10: International Politics and Development - Gender justice and equality in international comparison
• 210069 SE BAK10: International Politics and Development - Introduction to peace and conflict research
• 210070 SE BAK10: International Politics and Development - Political ecology of resource policy - climate, conflicts, alternatives
• 210071 SE BAK10 International Politics and Development - Introduction to International Political Economy: Globalization and its Crises
• 210116 SE BAK10 International Politics and Development - Development strategy in the Global South: Rent- and commodity-based development models and their alternatives
• 210172 SE [ en ] BAK10 International Politics and Development: War, Memory and Politics in East Asia - (engl.)

BAK11 European Union and Europeanisation (9 ECTS)

• 210072 VO BAK11: SpezialVO European Union and Europeanisation - Austria and the EU
• 210073 SE BAK11: European Union and Europeanisation - EU market and economy in the digital age
• 210074 SE [ en ] BAK11: European Union and Europeanisation - The EU external relations in the Mediterranean
• 210075 SE BAK11: European Union and Europeanisation - Actors and interests in European politics
• 210173 SE [ en ] BAK11 European Union and Europeanisation - EU-China Relations - Discourses and Policies in Brussels and Beijing

BAK12 Austrian Politics (9 ECTS)

• 210076 VO BAK12: SpezialVO Austrian Politics - Vienna Urban Politics
• 210077 SE BAK12: Austrian Politics - Party financing in Austria
• 210078 SE BAK12: Austrian Politics - (Coalition) governments in Austria
• 210079 SE BAK12: Austrian Politics - Austrian Asylum and Border Politics
• 210174 SE BAK12 Austrian Politics - Austria's 2024 National Council elections and the 2024 European Parliament elections: Quality of democracy and its prospects.

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

• 210080 VO BAK13: SpezialVO State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses: Theories of Party Competition
• 210081 SE [ en ] BAK13: State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Coalition Governments: Formation, Governance, Termination.
• 210082 SE [ en ] BAK13: State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Political Participation
• 210083 SE BAK13: State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses: Technocracy and party government
• 210166 SE BAK13 State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Police and Visual Technologies - Police Accountability and Oversight as topics of Social and Political Science

BAK14 Gender and Politics (9 ECTS)

• 210084 VO [ en ] BAK14: Spezial VO Gender and Politics - Introduction to Gender and Politics
• 210085 SE BAK14: Gender and Politics: Feminisms and political science in Europe - Feminismen und Politikwissenschaft in Europa
• 210086 SE BAK14: Gender and Politics: Violence and knowledge: decolonial and queer feminist reflections

BAK15 East European Studies (9 ECTS)

• 210087 VO [ en ] BAK15: SpezialVO East European Studies: Eastern Europe in the Global Economy
• 210088 SE [ en ] BAK15: East European Studies (Un)civil society in South Eastern Europe
• 210089 SE BAK15: East European - Welfare states and gender regimes. Theoretical Fundamentals and Transformation in Eastern Europe
• 210170 SE BAK15 East European Studies - The EU Easter expansion 2.0

BAK16 Culture and Politics (9 ECTS)

• 210090 VO BAK16: SpezialVO Culture and Politics: Politics and Popular Culture
• 210091 SE BAK16: Culture and Politics - Austrianization. On the popular cultural production of national identity
• 210092 SE BAK16: Culture and Politics: Urban Studies as Power Studies
• 210093 SE BAK16: Culture and Politics: Political storytelling

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)

• 210094 UE BAK17b.1: Political Science in practice: Peer-Mentoring in Political Science
• 210095 UE BAK17b.1: Political Science in practice - Strategies in the context of climate crisis and global inequality: How can social movements and NGOs make their voices heard?
• 210097 UE BAK17b.1 Political Science in practice: Political education
• 220088 VU INSOWI A: VU SOGES Social Sciences and Society

BAK18 Bachelorseminar and Bachelorthesis (12 ECTS)

BAK18 Bachelorseminar and Bachelorthesis (12 ECTS)

• 210098 SE BAK18: Bachelor's Seminar
• 210099 SE BAK18: Bachelor's Seminar
• 210100 SE BAK18: Bachelor's Seminar
• 210101 SE BAK18: Bachelor's Seminar
• 210102 SE BAK18: Bachelor's Seminar
• 210103 SE BAK18: Bachelor's Seminar
• 210104 SE BAK18: Bachelor's Seminar
• 210105 SE BAK18: Bachelor's Seminar
• 210106 SE [ en ] BAK18 Bachelor's Seminar - (engl.)
• 210107 SE [ en ] BAK18 Bachelor's Seminar - (engl.)
• 210108 SE [ en ] BAK18 Bachelor's Seminar - (engl.)
• 210109 SE [ en ] BAK18 Bachelor's Seminar - (engl.)

Suggested Lectures

• 010017 VO Politics and Religion in Austria and the European Union
• 060021 VO Storytelling
• 210161 VO [ en ] EC: Mixed Methods: Alternating subjects - (engl.)
• 233002 UK Wie sozial ist wissenschaftliches Wissen? - Soziale Dynamiken und gesellschaftliche Anforderungen