Directorate of Studies 21 - Political Science

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210070 VO [ en ] BAK11: Conflicts over social and ecological restructuring: wage earners in the multiple crisis
210071 VO [ en ] BAK11: EU enlargement
210072 SE [ en ] BAK 11: Nation, State and Religion in Eastern Europe
210073 SE BAK11: UK after Brexit: Model of capitalism, regulation and organic crisis
210074 SE BAK11: Mental health as a policy field of international relations - BAK11: Power relations, psyche and mental health. Contributions for the IB

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

BAK1 Introductory and Orientation Period (15 ECTS)

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

EXAM COMM Basics of Methodology in Social Sciences
230001 VO ( STEOP ) B1 STEOP - Basics of Methodology in Social Sciences

BAK1.2 Introduction to the Subject (9 ECTS)

EXAM BAK1.2 Module Exam Introduction to the Discipline
210001 VO ( OV STEOP ) STEOP Propeadeuticum Political Science
210002 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP BAK1.2 Introduction to the Discipline

BAK2 Basics of Social Sciences (22 ECTS)

220074 VO INSOWI A: VO WITHEGI Theory and History of Science
210003 VO BAK2 Current Societal Issues and Social Science Research
210080 VO BAK13: Historical foundations
210004 VO BAK2 Basics of Social Sciences
210079 VO BAK13: Politics and economics
210078 VO BAK13: Politics and law

BAK3 Introduction to Scientific Work (5 ECTS)

210005 VU BAK3 Introduction to Scientific Work

BAK4 Methods (18 ECTS)

210006 VO BAK3 Qualitative Methods
210014 VO BAK3 Quantitative methods

BAK4 Methods of empirical social sience (18 ECTS)

210007 UE 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 BAK3 Qualitative Methods
210013 UE BAK3 Qualitative Methods
210015 UE [ en ] BAK3 Quantitative methods
210016 UE BAK3 Quantitative methods
210017 UE BAK3 Quantitative methods
210018 UE BAK3 Quantitative methods
210019 UE BAK3 Quantitative methods
210021 UE BAK3 Quantitative methods
210020 UE BAK3 Quantitative methods

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

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

210022 VO BAK4 History of Political Ideas and Political Theory
210023 PS BAK4: Power and Dominion
210024 PS [ en ] BAK4: Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Political Thought
210025 PS BAK4: Legitimation and Delegitimation of Domination in Political Theory
210026 PS BAK4: State, society and political movements. Classical and contemporary perspectives
210027 PS BAK4: Capitalism and democracy
210028 PS BAK4: Utopias in the history of political thought
210029 PS BAK4: Ecological and materialist perspectives on the classical canon

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

210030 VO BAK5 The Political System of Austria and of the EU
210031 PS [ en ] BAK5: The dynamics of political representation in Austria and the EU
210032 PS [ en ] BAK5 The Political System of Austria and of the European Union: basics, structures and processes
210033 PS [ en ] BAK5: Development, institutions and policymaking of the EU
210034 PS [ en ] BAK5: Political science analysis of high court rulings
210035 PS [ en ] BAK5: The Austrian Political System in the Context of Social and Political Transformation
210036 PS [ en ] BAK5: The political system of Austria and the EU: basics, structures and processes
210037 PS [ en ] BAK5: The EU's Neighbourhood Policy

BAK7 Comparative Analysis of Politics (9 ECTS)

210038 VO BAK6 Comparative Politics
210039 PS BAK6: Analyses of society in times of crisis: Democracy and inequality
210040 PS [ en ] BAK6: Introduction to Climate Policy
210041 PS BAK6: Analyses of society in times of crisis: Democracy and inequality
210042 PS [ en ] BAK6: Political institutions and courts
210043 PS BAK6: Key concepts
210044 PS BAK6: Politics and Crime
210045 PS BAK6: Policymaking on assisted reproductive technologies

BAK8 International Politics (9 ECTS)

210046 VO BAK7 International Politics and Globalization
210047 PS [ en ] BAK7: Navigating Global Dynamics: Imbrications and intersections in International Politics
210048 PS BAK7: Security, democracy, populism - perspectives from Latin America
210049 PS BAK7: Political Ecology and Digitalisation
210050 PS BAK 7: Feminist International Political Economy
210051 PS [ en ] BAK7: The International Political Economy of Energy
210052 PS BAK7: A continent in crisis - recent developments in Latin America
210053 PS BAK7: Theories of International Relations
210054 PS ( MIXED ) BAK7 International Politics and Globalization
210055 PS BAK7: International Relations of Africa

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

BAK9 Political Theories and Research on Theories (9 ECTS)

210056 VO BAK8 History of Political Ideas and Political Theory
210057 SE BAK8: Discourse, Power and Democracy: Fundamentals of Radical Democratic Theory
210058 SE ( REMOTE ) BAK8: Iconoclasm and the destruction of monuments
210059 SE BAK8: Theory history: canon and feminist reflections
210060 SE BAK8: Democratic Theatre and theatrical democracy

BAK10 International Politics and Development (9 ECTS)

210070 VO [ en ] BAK11: Conflicts over social and ecological restructuring: wage earners in the multiple crisis
210071 VO [ en ] BAK11: EU enlargement
210072 SE [ en ] BAK 11: Nation, State and Religion in Eastern Europe
210073 SE BAK11: UK after Brexit: Model of capitalism, regulation and organic crisis
210074 SE BAK11: Mental health as a policy field of international relations - BAK11: Power relations, psyche and mental health. Contributions for the IB

BAK11 European Union and Europeanisation (9 ECTS)

210061 VO BAK9: Austria and the EU
210062 VO BAK9: Welfare state Austria
210063 SE [ en ] BAK9:The EU’s digital foreign policy and politics
210064 SE BAK9: Analysis of the Austrian Super Election Year 2024 in European Context.
210065 SE [ en ] BAK9: EU, US, Africa: Cooperation or Conflict?

BAK12 Austrian Politics (9 ECTS)

210061 VO BAK9: Austria and the EU
210062 VO BAK9: Welfare state Austria
210063 SE [ en ] BAK9:The EU’s digital foreign policy and politics
210064 SE BAK9: Analysis of the Austrian Super Election Year 2024 in European Context.
210065 SE [ en ] BAK9: EU, US, Africa: Cooperation or Conflict?

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

210066 VO BAK10: Theories of party competition
210067 SE BAK 10: Europe-China Relations: Discourses and Policies in Beijing, Brussels, and Major Capitals
210068 SE BAK10:Right-wing actors in Southeast and Eastern Europe
210069 SE [ en ] BAK10: Comparative European Politics

BAK14 Gender and Politics (9 ECTS)

210075 VO [ en ] BAK12: Introduction to Sexuality, Gender, Power, Politics - (engl.)
210076 SE [ en ] BAK12: Horizons of Feminisms in 21st century: Theories, Discourses and Movements
210077 SE BAK12: On the concept of violence in queer and feminist theory

BAK15 East European Studies (9 ECTS)

210070 VO [ en ] BAK11: Conflicts over social and ecological restructuring: wage earners in the multiple crisis
210071 VO [ en ] BAK11: EU enlargement
210072 SE [ en ] BAK 11: Nation, State and Religion in Eastern Europe
210073 SE BAK11: UK after Brexit: Model of capitalism, regulation and organic crisis
210074 SE BAK11: Mental health as a policy field of international relations - BAK11: Power relations, psyche and mental health. Contributions for the IB

BAK16 Culture and Politics (9 ECTS)

210056 VO BAK8 History of Political Ideas and Political Theory
210057 SE BAK8: Discourse, Power and Democracy: Fundamentals of Radical Democratic Theory
210058 SE ( REMOTE ) BAK8: Iconoclasm and the destruction of monuments
210059 SE BAK8: Theory history: canon and feminist reflections
210060 SE BAK8: Democratic Theatre and theatrical democracy

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)

210081 UE BAK13: Strategies in the context of climate crisis and global inequality
210082 UE BAK13: UE on peer mentoring in political science for beginners
210083 UE BAK13: UE on peer mentoring in political science for experienced mentors
210137 UE BAK13: Discourse analysis - working at the interface of theory and practice
220088 VU INSOWI A: VU SOGES Social Sciences and Society

BAK18 Bachelorseminar and Bachelorthesis (12 ECTS)

210084 SE BAK14 Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis
210085 SE BAK14 Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis
210086 SE [ en ] BAK14 Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis
210087 SE ( MIXED ) BAK14 Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis
210088 SE [ en ] BAK14 Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis
210089 SE BAK14 Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis
210090 SE BAK14 Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis
210091 SE BAK14 Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis
210092 SE BAK14 Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis

Suggested Lectures

210134 VO [ en ] EC: Mixed Methods - The joy of research
233004 UK Körper, Wissen und Gesellschaft im Zeitalter der Genetik und KI
602001 SE [ de en ] Organisation of an Academic Conference

Master Political Science (824)

Compulsory Modules (16 ECTS)

M1 Basics of Political Science (8 ECTS)

210093 VO M1a: Basics of Political Science
210094 VO [ en ] M1b: Basics of Political Science - (engl.)

M2 Methods of Political Science (8 ECTS)

210095 UE M2: Methods of Political Science qualitativ
210096 UE [ en ] M2: Methods for Political Science qualitative
210097 UE [ en ] M2: Methods of Political Science quantitativ
210098 UE M2: Research Methods for Political Science quantitativ

Block of Elective Modules: Specialisations (44 ECTS)

M3 Political Theories and Research on Theory (22 ECTS)

210099 SE [ en ] M3: Understanding conservatism
210100 SE M3: Radical Political Imagination
210140 SE M3: Socialization and commoning as transformative practices

M4 International Politics and Development (22 ECTS)

210101 SE M4: Crisis of Globalization: The "West" and China
210102 SE [ en ] M4: The Politics of Knowledge in Global Environmental Negotiations
210136 SE [ en ] M4: Prospects and Challenges for a New International Economic Order

M5 EU and Europeanisation (22 ECTS)

210103 VO M5: European Union and Europeanisation
210104 SE M5: Formal and informal governance in EU asylum and migration policy
210105 SE M5: European Public Policy for the Digital Age
210139 SE M5: EU reform perspectives: Institutions, policies, and instruments

M6 Austrian Politics (22 ECTS)

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

210108 VO M7: Weltweite Krisenerfahrungen: Extremwetter, Gesundheit und Politik
210109 SE [ en ] M7: Political Psychology
210110 SE [ en ] M7: Party Competition and Communication Strategies
210111 SE M7: The political economy of data. Between datafied biopolitics and techno-rationality

M8 Gender and Politics (22 ECTS)

210112 VO [ en ] M8: Feminist theorizations of Social Reproduction
210113 SE M8: From tender to toxic: masculinities in the digital condition
210138 SE [ en ] M8: The Gender of Labour Struggle, Past and Present

M9 East European Studies (22 ECTS)

210114 SE M9: Illiberalism in East-Central Europe

M10 Culture and Politics (22 ECTS)

210115 VO ( REMOTE ) M10: Iconoclasm and the destruction of monuments
210116 SE M10: Thinking further, seeing further - utopian concepts in politics, literature and science

Research Utilisation (12 ECTS)

M11 Research Utilisation (12 ECTS)

210117 SE [ en ] M11: What is political representation?
210118 SE M11:Social policy legislation in Austria
210119 SE M11: The parliament as a discursive arena: use of gender in struggles over democracy
210120 SE M11: Democracy between formal equality, social inequality and exploitation
210121 SE M11: Multiscalar transformation processes in the current world order.
210141 SE M11:The state, political regimes and international relations in the MENA region

Electives Module (16 ECTs)

M12 Elective Area (16 ECTS)

210122 UE From the Idea to the Master Thesis Concept
210123 UE Manage the Master Thesis
233060 UE [ en ] Science in Society Laboratories
233062 UE [ en ] Science Communication Laboratories

Masterseminar (2 ECTS)

M13 Masterseminar (2 ECTS)

210124 SE ( MIXED ) M13: Master's Seminar
210125 SE [ en ] M13: Master's Seminar
210126 SE M13: Master's Seminar
210127 SE [ en ] M13: Master's Seminar
210128 SE M13: Master's Seminar
210129 SE M13: Master's Seminar
210130 SE M13: Master's Seminar

Extension Curriculum European Integration and Global Multi-Level Governance (212)

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

210131 SE [ en ] EC: EU institutions and decision-making
210132 SE [ en ] The EU’s regulatory policies
210133 SE [ en ] The EU and global governance

Extension Curriculum Statehood and Democracy in Change (213 [1] - Version 2013)

Statehood and Democracy in Change (15 ECTS)

210056 VO BAK8 History of Political Ideas and Political Theory
210061 VO BAK9: Austria and the EU
210062 VO BAK9: Welfare state Austria
210066 VO BAK10: Theories of party competition
210070 VO [ en ] BAK11: Conflicts over social and ecological restructuring: wage earners in the multiple crisis
210071 VO [ en ] BAK11: EU enlargement
210075 VO [ en ] BAK12: Introduction to Sexuality, Gender, Power, Politics - (engl.)

Extension Curriculum Understanding and Shaping Policy (214)

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

PM2 Shaping and Implementing Policy (9 ECTS)

210135 UE EC: The thinking of Silicon Valley. Californian ideology and technological soluzionism

Extension Curriculum Political Science I: The ABC of Politics (211 [5] - Version 2024)

Modul 1 Subject-specific Introduction to Political Science (10 ECTS)

210001 VO ( OV STEOP ) STEOP Propeadeuticum Political Science
210002 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP BAK1.2 Introduction to the Discipline

Modul 2 Core subject Political Science (5 ECTS)

210022 VO BAK4 History of Political Ideas and Political Theory
210030 VO BAK5 The Political System of Austria and of the EU
210038 VO BAK6 Comparative Politics
210046 VO BAK7 International Politics and Globalization

Extension Curriculum Political Science II: Basic Problems and Challenges of Politics (213 [3] - Version 2024)

Modul 1 Research Areas of Political Science (15 ECTS)

210022 VO BAK4 History of Political Ideas and Political Theory
210030 VO BAK5 The Political System of Austria and of the EU
210038 VO BAK6 Comparative Politics
210046 VO BAK7 International Politics and Globalization
210075 VO [ en ] BAK12: Introduction to Sexuality, Gender, Power, Politics - (engl.)

Extension Curriculum Interviews, Focus Groups and More: Understanding Society with Qualitative Methods (215)

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

210006 VO BAK3 Qualitative Methods
210134 VO [ en ] EC: Mixed Methods - The joy of research

PM2 Qualitative Comparative Research (9 ECTS)

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

Basics of Politics (15 ECTS)

210080 VO BAK13: Historical foundations
210079 VO BAK13: Politics and economics
210078 VO BAK13: Politics and law
210022 VO BAK4 History of Political Ideas and Political Theory
210030 VO BAK5 The Political System of Austria and of the EU
210038 VO BAK6 Comparative Politics
210046 VO BAK7 International Politics and Globalization

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