Bachelor Political Science (624 [3] - Version 2024)

BAK 1 Introductory and Orientation Period (16 ECTS)

BAK 1.1 Introduction to the Methodology of the Social Sciences (6 ECTS)

• EXAM Basics of Methodology in Social Sciences
• 210001 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP BAK1.1 Introduction to the Methodology of the Social Sciences
• 230001 VO ( STEOP ) B1 STEOP - Basics of Methodology in Social Sciences
• 240002 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Basics of Methodology in Social Sciences

BAK 1.2 ntroduction to the Discipline (10 ECTS)

• EXAM ON-SITE BAK1.2 Module Exam Introduction to the Discipline
• 210002 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP Propeadeuticum Political Science
• 210003 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP BAK1.2 Introduction to the Discipline

BAK 2 Basics of Social Sciences (15 ECTS)

• 220006 VO INSOWI A: VO WITHEGI Theory and History of Science
• 210004 VO BAK2 Current Societal Issues and Social Science Research
• 210005 VO BAK2 Basics of Social Sciences

BAK 3 Academic Research and Writing (27 ECTS)

BAK 3 Academic Research and Writing (27 ECTS)

• 210006 VU BAK3 Introduction to Scientific Work

BAK 3 Academic Research and Writing (27 ECTS)

• 210007 VO BAK3 Qualitative Methods
• 210008 UE BAK3 Qualitative Methods
• 210009 UE BAK3 Qualitative Methods
• 210010 UE BAK3 Qualitative Methods
• 210011 UE BAK3 Qualitative Methods
• 210012 UE [ en ] BAK3 Qualitative Methods
• 210013 UE [ en ] BAK3 Qualitative Methods
• 210014 UE BAK3 Qualitative Methods

BAK 3 Academic Research and Writing (27 ECTS)

• 210015 VO BAK3 Quantitative methods
• 210016 UE BAK3 Quantitative methods
• 210017 UE BAK3 Quantitative methods
• 210018 UE [ en ] BAK3 Quantitative methods - BAK3 Quantitative methods
• 210019 UE BAK3 Quantitative methods
• 210020 UE BAK3 Quantitative methods
• 210021 UE BAK3 Quantitative methods
• 210022 UE BAK3 Quantitative methods

BAK 4-7 Core Subjects (44 ECTS)

BAK 4 History of Political Ideas and Political Theory (11 ECTS)

• 210023 VO BAK4 History of Political Ideas and Political Theory
• 210024 PS BAK4: Ecological and materialist perspectives on the classical canon
• 210025 PS BAK4: Domination and liberation in the (counter-)canon of political theory
• 210026 PS BAK4: : Legitimation and Delegitimation of Domination in Political Theory
• 210027 PS BAK4: Political Theory and praxis: From the French Revolution until today
• 210028 PS [ en ] BAK4: Political Theory from a Latin American Perspective
• 210029 PS BAK4: What is society?
• 210030 PS BAK4: The state in the history of political thought

BAK 5 The Political System of Austria and of the European Union (11 ECTS)

• 210031 VO BAK5 The Political System of Austria and of the EU
• 210032 PS BAK5: European Union: Institutions, processes, lines of conflict
• 210033 PS BAK5: Voting behavior in Austria
• 210034 PS BAK5: Political science analysis of high court rulings
• 210035 PS BAK5: The political system of Austrian and the EU: Foundations, structures, and processes
• 210036 PS [ en ] BAK5: The different layers of the EU's foreign policy
• 210037 PS [ en ] BAK5: EU-Africa relations - an equal partnership?
• 210038 PS BAK5: Österreichische Politik durch die Linse politischer Psychologie.

BAK 6 Comparative Politics (11 ECTS)

• 210039 VO BAK6 Comparative Politics
• 210040 PS BAK6: Politics and Crime
• 210041 PS BAK6: Policymaking on assisted reproductive technologies
• 210042 PS BAK6: Analyses of society in times of crisis: Democracy and inequality
• 210043 PS BAK6: Analyses of society in times of crisis: Democracy and inequality
• 210044 PS BAK6: Parties and Elections
• 210045 PS [ en ] BAK6: Parties and Institutions
• 210046 PS [ en ] BAK6: Parties and Institutions

BAK 7 International Politics and Globalisation (11 ECTS)

• 210047 PS [ en ] BAK7: Introduction to International Organizations
• 210048 PS BAK 7: Political Ecology and international Resource Politics
• 210049 PS BAK 7: Extractivism in Latin America
• 210050 PS BAK7: International Political Ecology, Climate Crisis and Conflicts
• 210051 PS [ en ] BAK7: International Relations and the Middle East Conflict
• 210136 PS [ en ] BAK7: Introduction to International Organizations

BAK 8-12 Group of Elective Modules: Advanced Subjects (26 ECTS out of two Modules)

BAK 8 History of Political Ideas and Political Theory (13 ECTS)

• 210052 VO BAK8: Theories of Antisemitism
• 210053 VO BAK8: Visual Politics
• 210054 SE ( REMOTE ) BAK8: Political landscape
• 210055 SE [ en ] BAK8: Capitalism, Democracy, and the Law: Re-reading Schumpeter, Hayek and Kelsen
• 210056 SE BAK8: The crisis of democratic representation
• 210057 SE BAK8 History of Political Ideas and Political Theory

BAK 9 The Political System of Austria and of the European Union (13 ECTS)

• 210058 VO BAK9: The political system of the EU
• 210059 VO BAK9: Asylum policy in Austria
• 210060 SE BAK9: The Austrian party system
• 210061 SE [ en ] BAK9: The EU's digital foreign policy and politics
• 210062 SE BAK9: Economic and digital policy in the EU

BAK 10 Comparative Politics (13 ECTS)

• 210063 VO BAK10: Political attitudes and public opinion
• 210064 SE [ en ] BAK10: Party Competition and Strategies
• 210065 SE BAK10: Political participation in Central Eastern Europe
• 210066 SE [ en ] BAK10 Humans in Politics or Politics in Humans? An Introduction to Political Psychology
• 210067 SE [ en ] BAK10: Toward more equitable education systems: Comparative policy approaches

BAK 11 International Politics and Globalisation (13 ECTS)

• 210068 VO BAK11: Introduction to Latin American Research from and for the Social Sciences
• 210069 SE BAK11: Aktuellere Theorien der Transformation von Staat und internationaler politischer Ökonomie
• 210070 SE [ en ] BAK11: How to research multilateral environmental negotiations?
• 210071 SE BAK11 Chinas geopolitical interests in the framework of a New World Order
• 210133 VO BAK11: Introduction to International Political Economy

BAK 12 Gender Studies in Political Science (13 ECTS)

• 210072 VO BAK12 Gender and Politics
• 210073 SE BAK12: Care Regimes in Europe: Contemporary Policies and Politics of Social Reproduction
• 210074 SE BAK12: Gender democracy in crisis

BAK 13 Fields of Application of Political Science (10 ECTS)

• 210075 VO BAK13 Politics and Law
• 210076 VO BAK13 Politics and Economy
• 210077 VO BAK13 theory of science and science history: basics of socioscientific thought
• 210078 UE BAK13: Political education
• 210079 UE BAK13: UE on peer mentoring in political science for beginners
• 210139 UE BAK13 Peer-Mentoring Political Science

BAK 14 Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis (12 ECTS)

• 210080 SE BAK14 Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis
• 210081 SE BAK14 Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis
• 210082 SE BAK14 Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis
• 210083 SE BAK14 Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis
• 210084 SE [ en ] BAK14 Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis
• 210085 SE [ en ] BAK14 Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis
• 210086 SE BAK14 Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis
• 210087 SE BAK14 Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis

Bachelor Political Science (624 [3] - Version 2024)

• 020053 KU Course Medicine and Nursing Ethics - Medizin- und pflegeethisches Wahlfach
• 070040 VO Further Historical Approaches - Ukraine
• 070078 VO Lecture Series: Education - Democracy - Inequality
• 141030 VO Political History, History of Ideas and Culture of the Arab-Islamic Near East - The Middle East and North Africa since 1800: a historical overview
• 150122 VU [ en ] Strategic Gaming: The South China Sea Dispute
• 160136 PS 60 years of the Austrian-Turkish labor recruitment agreement - interdisciplinary perspectives
• 233001 UK Wissenschaft, Öffentlichkeit, Demokratie - Ambivalente Beziehungen zwischen Vermittlung, Konflikt, Dialog und Zusammenarbeit
• 233002 UK Technology and Society - "vom Türschließer zur KI"
• 233003 UK Nature, Risk, Society - Science, technology and nature in the Anthropocene
• 233004 UK Values and Evaluations in Science - Werte und Bewertungen (in) der Wissenschaft. Ambivalenzen der Beziehung von Wissen und Werten
• 490400 VU PM1 Digital Transformations