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Directorate of Studies 21 - Political Science

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

210144 UE [ en ] BAK3 Qualitative Methods

BAK 1 Introductory and Orientation Period (16 ECTS)

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

210070 SE BAK11: Current theories of the transformation of the state and international political economy

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

210051 VO BAK8: Democracy after the end of democracy. Perspectives on radical democratic theory.
210053 SE BAK8: Art/m(M)eight/Politics Reflections on the role of Fine Arts in the political sphere
210054 SE BAK8: Hegemony Contingency Conflict. Theories of Radical Democracy
210055 SE BAK8: Rethinking Democratic Representation
210056 SE BAK8: Theories of populism

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

210057 VO BAK9: The political system of the EU
210058 VO BAK9: Austrian foreign policy - background, trends and current challenges
210059 SE BAK9: EU Foreign Policy and Conflict Resolution: Institutions, Instruments, and Case Studies
210060 SE [ en ] BAK9: The EU's and Member States' digital foreign policies - Mutual reinforcement or restricting contradictions?
210061 SE BAK9: Austria's super election year 2024 and coalition building in the European context context

BAK 10 Comparative Politics (13 ECTS)

210062 VO BAK10: Political attitudes and public opinion
210063 SE [ en ] BAK10: Introduction to Political Psychology
210064 SE [ en ] BAK10: Comparative Democratic Politics
210065 SE [ en ] BAK10: What holds us together? Democracy, Solidarity and Resilience in Comparative Perspective

BAK 11 International Politics and Globalisation (13 ECTS)

210066 VO BAK11: Introduction to International Political Economy
210067 VO BAK11: Current Debates in European Political
210069 SE BAK11: Political ecology, extractivism and socio-ecological conflicts
210070 SE BAK11: Current theories of the transformation of the state and international political economy
210071 SE [ en ] BAK11: Introduction to International Organizations
210140 SE [ en ] BAK11: War, Memory and Politics in East Asia

BAK 12 Gender Studies in Political Science (13 ECTS)

210072 VO BAK11: Introduction to International Organizations
210073 SE [ en ] BAK12: Studying feminism: tensions and (re)appropriations
210074 SE BAK12: Save the World with Queerfeminism: Intersectional Approaches in Queer Theory

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

210075 VO BAK13 Politics and Law
210076 VO BAK13 Politics and Economy
210078 UE BAK13: Political education
210079 UE BAK13: UE on peer mentoring in political science for beginners
210080 UE BAK13 UE on peer mentoring in political science for experienced mentors

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

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
210088 SE [ en ] BAK14 Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis

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

150122 VU [ en ] Strategic Gaming: The South China Sea Dispute
233001 UK Wissenschaft, Öffentlichkeit, Demokratie
233002 UK Nature, Risk, Society - Science, technology and nature in the Anthropocene
233003 UK Values and Evaluations in Science - Werte und Bewertungen (in) der Wissenschaft. Ambivalenzen der Beziehung von Wissen und Werten
490400 VU PM1 Digital Transformations

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

210144 UE [ en ] BAK3 Qualitative Methods

BAK1 Introductory and Orientation Period (15 ECTS)

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

EXAM Basics of Methodology in Social Sciences
210001 VO 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

BAK1.2 Introduction to the Subject (9 ECTS)

210002 VO STEOP Propeadeuticum Political Science
210003 VO STEOP BAK1.2 Introduction to the Discipline

BAK2 Basics of Social Sciences (22 ECTS)

210075 VO BAK13 Politics and Law
210076 VO BAK13 Politics and Economy
220006 VO INSOWI A: VO WITHEGI Theory and History of Science

BAK3 Introduction to Scientific Work (5 ECTS)

210006 VU BAK3 Introduction to Scientific Work

BAK4 Methods (18 ECTS)

210007 VO BAK3 Qualitative Methods
210014 VO BAK3 Quantitative methods
210144 UE [ en ] BAK3 Qualitative Methods

BAK4 Methods of empirical social sience (18 ECTS)

210008 UE BAK3 Qualitative Methods
210009 UE BAK3 Qualitative Methods
210010 UE BAK3 Qualitative Methods
210011 UE BAK3 Qualitative Methods
210012 UE [ en ] BAK3: Empirical Research using qualitative methods
210013 UE BAK3 Qualitative Methods
210015 UE BAK3 Quantitative methods
210016 UE BAK3 Quantitative methods
210017 UE [ en ] BAK3 Quantitative methods - BAK3 Quantitative methods
210018 UE BAK3 Quantitative methods
210019 UE BAK3 Quantitative methods
210020 UE [ en ] BAK3 Quantitative methods
210144 UE [ en ] BAK3 Qualitative Methods

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

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

210021 VO BAK4 History of Political Ideas and Political Theory
210022 PS BAK 4: Body and gender in political theory and the history of ideas
210023 PS [ en ] BAK4: The Political and the Moral: Unity and Difference
210024 PS [ en ] BAK4: Political Theory from a Latin American Perspective
210025 PS BAK4: Capitalism and democracy
210026 PS BAK4: Democracy and Ecology
210027 PS BAK4: Theories of Political Violence
210028 PS BAK4: Political history of ideas of domination and critique of domination.

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

210029 VO BAK5 The Political System of Austria and of the EU
210030 PS BAK5: European integration and Austria's role
210031 PS BAK5: Gender equality in the European Union
210032 PS [ en ] BAK5: The EU and Regulatory Power: Food, Health, Trade
210034 PS BAK5: Politics of inequality: Austria in the European context
210035 PS BAK5: Political Representation in Austria and the EU
210036 PS BAK5: The Austrian Political System and the EU: Basics, Structures and Processes

BAK7 Comparative Analysis of Politics (9 ECTS)

210037 VO BAK6 Comparative Politics
210038 PS BAK6: Welfare states and gender regimes: Theoretical foundations and change in comparison
210039 PS BAK6: Politics of Democratisation and Autocratisation
210040 PS BAK6: Analyses of society in times of crisis: Democracy and inequality
210041 PS BAK6: Comparative political science of health policy
210042 PS [ en ] BAK6: Comparative Politics
210043 PS [ en ] BAK6: Comparative Environmental and Climate Politics
210044 PS [ en ] BAK6: Parties and Institutions

BAK8 International Politics (9 ECTS)

210045 PS [ en ] BAK7:
210046 PS BAK7: Global raw materials policy in times of multiple crises
210047 PS BAK7: Transformation processes in the current world order
210049 PS [ en ] BAK7: International Relations and the Middle East Conflict
210050 PS BAK7: International politics and challenges for peace in times of multiple crises

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

BAK9 Political Theories and Research on Theories (9 ECTS)

210051 VO BAK8: Democracy after the end of democracy. Perspectives on radical democratic theory.
210053 SE BAK8: Art/m(M)eight/Politics Reflections on the role of Fine Arts in the political sphere
210054 SE BAK8: Hegemony Contingency Conflict. Theories of Radical Democracy
210055 SE BAK8: Rethinking Democratic Representation
210056 SE BAK8: Theories of populism

BAK10 International Politics and Development (9 ECTS)

210066 VO BAK11: Introduction to International Political Economy
210067 VO BAK11: Current Debates in European Political
210069 SE BAK11: Political ecology, extractivism and socio-ecological conflicts
210070 SE BAK11: Current theories of the transformation of the state and international political economy
210071 SE [ en ] BAK11: Introduction to International Organizations
210140 SE [ en ] BAK11: War, Memory and Politics in East Asia

BAK11 European Union and Europeanisation (9 ECTS)

210057 VO BAK9: The political system of the EU
210058 VO BAK9: Austrian foreign policy - background, trends and current challenges
210059 SE BAK9: EU Foreign Policy and Conflict Resolution: Institutions, Instruments, and Case Studies
210060 SE [ en ] BAK9: The EU's and Member States' digital foreign policies - Mutual reinforcement or restricting contradictions?
210061 SE BAK9: Austria's super election year 2024 and coalition building in the European context context

BAK12 Austrian Politics (9 ECTS)

210057 VO BAK9: The political system of the EU
210058 VO BAK9: Austrian foreign policy - background, trends and current challenges
210059 SE BAK9: EU Foreign Policy and Conflict Resolution: Institutions, Instruments, and Case Studies
210060 SE [ en ] BAK9: The EU's and Member States' digital foreign policies - Mutual reinforcement or restricting contradictions?
210061 SE BAK9: Austria's super election year 2024 and coalition building in the European context context

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

210062 VO BAK10: Political attitudes and public opinion
210063 SE [ en ] BAK10: Introduction to Political Psychology
210064 SE [ en ] BAK10: Comparative Democratic Politics
210065 SE [ en ] BAK10: What holds us together? Democracy, Solidarity and Resilience in Comparative Perspective

BAK14 Gender and Politics (9 ECTS)

210072 VO BAK11: Introduction to International Organizations
210073 SE [ en ] BAK12: Studying feminism: tensions and (re)appropriations
210074 SE BAK12: Save the World with Queerfeminism: Intersectional Approaches in Queer Theory

BAK15 East European Studies (9 ECTS)

210066 VO BAK11: Introduction to International Political Economy
210067 VO BAK11: Current Debates in European Political
210069 SE BAK11: Political ecology, extractivism and socio-ecological conflicts

BAK16 Culture and Politics (9 ECTS)

210051 VO BAK8: Democracy after the end of democracy. Perspectives on radical democratic theory.
210053 SE BAK8: Art/m(M)eight/Politics Reflections on the role of Fine Arts in the political sphere
210054 SE BAK8: Hegemony Contingency Conflict. Theories of Radical Democracy
210055 SE BAK8: Rethinking Democratic Representation
210056 SE BAK8: Theories of populism

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)

210078 UE BAK13: Political education
210079 UE BAK13: UE on peer mentoring in political science for beginners

BAK18 Bachelorseminar and Bachelorthesis (12 ECTS)

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
210088 SE [ en ] BAK14 Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis

Suggested Lectures

150122 VU [ en ] Strategic Gaming: The South China Sea Dispute
233001 UK Wissenschaft, Öffentlichkeit, Demokratie
233002 UK Nature, Risk, Society - Science, technology and nature in the Anthropocene
233003 UK Values and Evaluations in Science - Werte und Bewertungen (in) der Wissenschaft. Ambivalenzen der Beziehung von Wissen und Werten
490400 VU PM1 Digital Transformations

Master Political Science (824)

Compulsory Modules (16 ECTS)

M1 Basics of Political Science (8 ECTS)

210090 VO [ en ] M1b: SpezialVO Basics of Political Science

M2 Methods of Political Science (8 ECTS)

210091 UE [ en ] M2: Critical and Participatory Research Methods - Theory and Action
210092 UE M2: Research Methods for Political Science qualitativ
210093 UE M2: Methods of Political Science
210094 UE [ en ] M2: Quantitative Methods of Political Science

Block of Elective Modules: Specialisations (44 ECTS)

M3 Political Theories and Research on Theory (22 ECTS)

210095 VO M3: Counter-institutions
210096 SE [ en ] M3: Capitalism, democracy and the law: Re-reading Kelsen, Schumpeter and Hayek
210097 SE M3: Aesthetics of Democracy. Imagination, representation, performance

M4 International Politics and Development (22 ECTS)

210098 VO [ en ] M4: International Biodiversity Politics: Institutions, Actors, Power Relations
210099 SE [ en ] M4: New Feminisms in the Global South(s)
210100 SE M4: History and transformations of the global monetary and financial order
210101 SE M4: Political developments in Syria in a regional context

M5 EU and Europeanisation (22 ECTS)

210102 SE [ en ] M5: The EU’s Decision Traps: Comparing Policies
210103 SE M5: M5: Austria in the Economic and Monetary Union
210104 SE [ en ] M5: European Security: Internal and External Aspects

M6 Austrian Politics (22 ECTS)

210105 VO M6: Political parties between state and society
210106 SE M6: : Party organization and party competition: Austria in the European context
210107 SE M6: Austrian social democracy in transition

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

210108 VO [ en ] M7: Public Opinion and Political Behaviour
210109 SE [ en ] M7: Political Psychology
210110 SE M7: Coalition governments
210111 SE [ en ] M7: Democratic Resilience: How Democracies Survive
210112 SE [ en ] M7: Technology, Power, and Governance: Comparative Perspectives

M8 Gender and Politics (22 ECTS)

210113 VO [ en ] M8: Gender, neoliberalism
210114 SE M8: Gender and biopolitics in 'postliberalism'
210115 SE M8: Gender, welfare, state: feminist perspectives on a tense relationship

M9 East European Studies (22 ECTS)

210116 VO [ en ] M9: Eastern Europe´s Great Transformations
210117 SE [ en ] M9: States market and democracy in turbulent times: insights from Southeastern Europe
210118 SE M9: Right Wing and Gender: Transformations and Current Perspectives from East Central Europe

M10 Culture and Politics (22 ECTS)

Research Utilisation (12 ECTS)

M11 Research Utilisation (12 ECTS)

210121 SE [ en ] M11: Contemporary debates in European political economy
210122 SE [ en ] M11: FOP Research Practice
210123 SE M11: neopatriarchal patterns of politics: gender relations in authoritarian populism
210124 SE M11: Policies around social transformations

Electives Module (16 ECTs)

M12 Elective Area (16 ECTS)

210132 UE Manage the Master Thesis
210133 UE From the Idea to the Master Thesis Concept - Wie ich meine MA-Arbeit plane
210143 AK Master Student Guide (MSG) Mentoring
233060 UE [ en ] Science in Society Laboratories

Masterseminar (2 ECTS)

M13 Masterseminar (2 ECTS)

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

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

210134 SE [ en ] EC: The EU and Global Governance - (engl.)
210136 SE [ en ] EC: EU institutions and decision-making - (engl.)

Extension Curriculum Understanding and Shaping Policy (214)

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

210138 VO [ en ] EC: Policy Analysis in the Real World
210139 VO Public Policy: Global crisis experiences - Extreme weather, health and politics

PM2 Shaping and Implementing Policy (9 ECTS)

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

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

210002 VO STEOP Propeadeuticum Political Science
210003 VO STEOP BAK1.2 Introduction to the Discipline

Modul 2 Core subject Political Science (5 ECTS)

210021 VO BAK4 History of Political Ideas and Political Theory
210029 VO BAK5 The Political System of Austria and of the EU
210037 VO BAK6 Comparative Politics

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

Modul 1 Research Areas of Political Science (15 ECTS)

210021 VO BAK4 History of Political Ideas and Political Theory
210029 VO BAK5 The Political System of Austria and of the EU
210037 VO BAK6 Comparative Politics
210072 VO BAK11: Introduction to International Organizations

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

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

PM2 Qualitative Comparative Research (9 ECTS)

210137 UE [ en ] EC: Qualitative Comparative Research - An exploration of classical, critical, and creative qualitative methods

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