Master Political Science (824)

Compulsory Modules (16 ECTS)

M1 Basics of Political Science (8 ECTS)

• 210110 VO [ en ] M1a: Introduction into Political Science
• 210111 VO [ en ] M1b: Introduction into Political Science - (engl.)

M2 Methods of Political Science (8 ECTS)

• 210112 UE [ en ] M2: Research Methods for Political Science - (engl.)
• 210113 UE M2: Research Methods for Political Science
• 210114 UE [ en ] M2: Methods of Political Science
• 210115 UE M2: Research Methods for Political Science

Block of Elective Modules: Specialisations (44 ECTS)

M3 Political Theories and Research on Theory (22 ECTS)

• 210117 SE M3: Political Theories and Research on Theory - Posthumanism and radical democracy: Braidotti and Mouffe on affects and political subjectivity
• 210118 SE M3: Political Theories and Research on Theory - Activating the demos. Popular sovereignty, populism, constituent power
• 210119 SE M3: Political Theories and Research on Theory - Critical theory and coloniality: from Adorno to Echeverría

M4 International Politics and Development (22 ECTS)

• 210120 SE M4: International Politics and Development - Crisis and global socio-ecological transformation
• 210121 SE [ en ] M4: International Politics and Development - International policy-making & cooperation in times of institutional complexity
• 210122 SE [ en ] M4: International Politics and Development: - Exploring Globalisation, Global Value Chains, and Labour Dynamics in the Contemporary Landscape
• 210123 SE M4: International Politics and Development - The political economy of global financial relations.
• 210124 SE [ en ] M4: International Politics and Development - Development versus Sustainability: Global South Debates on the ‘Just’ Transition

M5 EU and Europeanisation (22 ECTS)

• 210125 VO M5: SpezialVO EU and Europeanisation - The Europeanization of the Member States of the EU and its External Dimension
• 210126 SE [ en ] M5: European Union and Europeanisation - Law and Politics in the European Union. A Practical Research Seminar with R
• 210127 SE M5: EU and Europeanisation:Formal and informal Governance in EU border, asylum and migration policy - Formelles und informelles Regieren in der EU-Grenz-, Asyl- und Migrationspolitik
• 210128 SE [ en ] M5: EU and Europeanisation: The Politics and Ideology of Digital Capitalism - Europe and beyond - The Politics and Ideology of Digital Capitalism - Europe and beyond (engl.)

M6 Austrian Politics (22 ECTS)

• 210129 SE M6: Austrian Politics - Party structures, internal party power dynamics and their effects on party behavior
• 210130 SE M6: Austrian Politics: Democracy in Austria. Present and future
• 210131 SE M6: Austrian Politics - Politics and inequality: Austria in comparison

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

• 210132 SE M7: State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses: Coalition governments
• 210133 SE [ en ] M7: State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Education, Housing, and Intercultural Possibilities: The Impact of Public Policy & Design on Social Integration
• 210134 SE M7: State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses - Internet Governance. A political and spatial theoretical perspective on internet infrastructures
• 210168 SE [ en ] M7: State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses: The Rise of Opposition to the European Union

M8 Gender and Politics (22 ECTS)

• 210135 VO [ en ] M8: SpezialVO Gender and Politics - Gender, Illiberalism, Neoliberalism
• 210136 SE M8: Gender and Politics - Contested affect and care policies
• 210137 SE M8: Gender and Politics

M9 East European Studies (22 ECTS)

• 210138 SE [ en ] M9: Eastern European Studies: Methodological Approaches to Comparative Area Studies
• 210139 SE [ en ] M9: Eastern European Studies;Populism and Democratic Backsliding in Eastern Europe
• 210171 SE M9: East European Studies - The 2024 EU elections in the eastern members

M10 Culture and Politics (22 ECTS)

• 210140 VO ( REMOTE ) M10: SpezialVO Culture and Politics: Political representation - portrait and image
• 210141 SE M10: Culture and Politics - Raymond Williams as a political cultural theorist
• 210142 SE ( REMOTE ) M10: Culture and Politics: Political iconography: The visual conception of the modern state

Research Utilisation (12 ECTS)

M11 Research Utilisation (12 ECTS)

• 210143 SE [ en ] M11: Research Practice - Political Socialization
• 210144 SE [ en ] M11: Research Practice: Understanding De-Democratization
• 210145 SE M11: Research Practice: The Austrian parliament in the light of quantitative data
• 210146 SE [ en ] M11: Research Practice - Conducting Research on Global Environmental Agreement-Making
• 210147 SE [ en ] M11: Research Practice - What is political representation?
• 210148 SE M11: Research Practice:Political masculinity(ies) in times of multiple crises
• 210149 SE M11: Research Practice - The Politics of Health and Health Care

Electives Module (16 ECTs)

M12 Elective Area (16 ECTS)

• 020040 SE Seminar: Medicine and Nursing Ethics - Patient:innensicherheit und Empowerment
• 210164 UE M12: Manage the Master Thesis
• 210165 UE M12: From the Idea to the Master Thesis Concept
• 210167 AK Master Student Guide (MSG) Mentoring
• 233060 UE [ en ] Science in Society Laboratories
• 233061 UE [ en ] Science in Society Laboratories
• 233062 UE [ en ] Science Communication Laboratories

Masterseminar (2 ECTS)

M13 Masterseminar (2 ECTS)

• 210150 SE M13: Seminar for MA
• 210151 SE M13: Seminar for MA
• 210152 SE M13: Seminar for MA
• 210153 SE M13: Master's Seminar
• 210154 SE M13: Seminar for MA
• 210155 SE M13: Seminar for MA
• 210156 SE M13: Master's Seminar