21.01. Political Science

A. Bachelor

1. STEP - Studieneingangsphase

STEP I - Grundzüge der Sozialwissenschaften (a)

• 220514 VO SOWI-STEP 1 - Social Sciences and Social Change
• 220515 VO SOWI-STEP 1 -Basics of Methodology ind Social Sciences
• 230641 VO Basics of Social Theory

STEP II - Einführung in das sozialwissenschaftliche Arbeiten mit Schwerpunkt Politikwissenschaft (b)

• 210246 VO b1: Information Course
• 210247 VO b2: Methods and Elements of Thoughts and Works in Political Science
• 210249 PS b3: Methods and Elements of Thoughts and Works in Political Science
• 210250 PS b3: Methods and Elements of Thoughts and Works in Political Science
• 210251 PS b3: Methods and Elements of Thoughts and Works in Political Science
• 210254 PS b3: Methods and Elements of Thoughts and Works in Political Science

2. Pflichtmodule

2.1. Historische Grundlagen: Historische Grundlagen der Politikwissenschaft (c)

• 210248 VO B, D4, c: Historical foundations of Political Science

2.2. Methoden: Einführung in die quantitativen und qualitativen Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung (d)

• 210257 VO BA 4.2 Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• 210258 UE d2: Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research - Quantitative Methoden in der Analyse sozialer Ungleichheit
• 210259 UE d2: Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research - Quantitative Methoden, Parteien und Parteiensysteme
• 210260 UE [ en ] d2: Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research - Quantitative Methods and Implementation Research
• 210261 UE [ en ] d2: Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research - Quantitative Methods and Political Behaviour
• 210262 UE [ en ] d2: Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research - Quantitative Methods in Party Research
• 210263 UE d2: Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research - Quantitative Methoden und politische Partizipation Be Part of it. Der Einsatz quantitativer Methoden zur Erforschung politischer Partizipation
• 210264 UE d2: Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research - Quantitative Forschungsmethoden und mediale Wahlkampagnen
• 210265 UE d2: Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research - Armut und soziale Exklusion
• 210266 UE d2: Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research - Quantitative Methoden und vertikale soziale Ungleichheit, Bildung, Einkommen und Beruf
• 210267 UE [ en ] d2: Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research - Quantitative Political Inquiry: Concepts and measurement Tool for Data Description and Research Design - Strategies in Party Research

2.3. Kern der Politikwisschaft: Theoriegeschichte und Theoriedebatten (e1)

• 210268 VO e1: Political Theory and History of Ideas
• 210269 PS e1: Reading Course Politics in the Knowledge Society
• 210270 PS e1: Theories of State Formation and State Failure
• 210271 PS e1: Reading Course Internationalisation and Privatisation of Voilence - The Regime of Security in the Era of Globalisation
• 210276 PS e1: Reading Course The Field of Notion of the Forms of States
• 210277 PS e1: Reading Course The Representation of Politics in the Media
• 210279 PS e1: Reading Course Gender and Society - Relating Gender, Class, and Ethnicity - The Categorial Connection of Class, Ethnicity and Gender

2.4. Kern der Politikwisschaft: Das politische System Österreichs und die EU (e2)

• 210326 VO C2, e2: Political System of Austria and the EU
• 210050 LK e2: Reading Course The Political System of Austria and the EU
• 210280 LK e2: Reading Course The Political System of Austria and the EU
• 210282 LK e2: Reading Course The Political System of Austria and the EU
• 210283 LK e2: Reading Course The Political System of Austria and the EU
• 210287 LK e2: Reading Course The Political System of Austria and the EU
• 210116 LK e2: Reading Course The Political System of Austria and the EU

2.5. Kern der Politikwisschaft: Vergleichende Analyse von Politik (e3)

2.6. Kern der Politikwisschaft: Internationale Politik (e4)

3. Alternative Pflichtmodule: Spezialisierungsmodule

3.1. Politische Theorien und Theorieforschung (f1)

3.2. Internationale Politik und Entwicklung (f2)

3.3. Europäische Union und Europäisierung (f3)

3.4. Österreichische Politik (f4)

3.5. Staatstätigkeit, Policy- und Governanceanalysen (f5)

3.6. Geschlecht und Politik (f6)

3.7. Osteuropastudien (f7)

3.8. Kultur und Politik (f8)

4. Alternative Pflichtmodule: Praxismodule

4.1. Medien und politische Bildung (f9)

4.2. Politische Institutionen (f10)

4.3. Politikberatung und Umfrageforschung (f11)

B. Diplomstudium

• 210363 PS G5: Geschichtsaufarbeitung und Wiedergutmachung am Beispiel ehem. sozialistischer Länder Ost- und Sü

1. Introductory Phase (A)

2. Interdisciplinary Basic Courses (B)

• 210123 VO B: Politics and Economy
• 210248 VO B, D4, c: Historical foundations of Political Science

3. Core Subjects (C)

3.1. Political Theories (C1)

• 210231 VO C1: Political Theory and History of Ideas
• 210124 GK C1: Basic Course Space and Money
• 210126 GK C1: Basic Course Social In/equality
• 210127 GK C1: Basic Course Migration

3.2. Austrian Politics and EU (C2)

• 210326 VO C2, e2: Political System of Austria and the EU
• 210128 GK C2: Austrian Politics and EU
• 210129 GK C2: Basic Course Austrian Politics and EU - The Political Systems on a Local Level
• 210130 GK C2: Basic Course Austrian Politics and EU

3.3. Comparison of Political Systems (C3)

• 210132 GK C3: Basic Course Comparation of Political Systems
• 210133 GK C3: Basic Course Political Systems in Comparison
• 210134 GK C3: Basic Course Comparison of Political Systems

3.4. International Politics (C4)

• 210135 VO C4: Introduction to International Politics
• 210136 GK C4: Basic Course International Politics
• 210137 GK C4: Basic Course International Politics - Die EU im internationalen System
• 210139 GK C4: Basic Course International Politics

4. Elective Courses (D)

4.1. Women's and Gender Research in Political Science (D1)

• 140467 VO Interdisc. Lectures: Forced Freedom - Cultural Diversity, Gender Equality and Feminist Agency
• 210205 PS D1, G8, G10: Gender and Class - Categories of Critical Political and Social Science
• 210242 PS D1, G8: Feminist Theories of the Seventies and early Eighties
• 210359 VO D1, G8: Von der Frauenforschung zur Intersektionalitätsforschung?

4.2. Modern Political Theories (D2)

• 210217 VO D2, F, G9, G10: Politics and Aesthetics after Adorno
• 210141 PS D2, G10: Antonio Gramsci and his Influence on Contemporary Political Theory

4.3. Political Sociology (D3)

• 210173 VO D3, G10: Soccer - A Contribution to a Spectacle's Phenomenology
• 210216 VO D3, G9, G10: Theory and Practice of Political Education

4.4. Scientific Research and Philosophy of Science (D4)

• 210248 VO B, D4, c: Historical foundations of Political Science

4.5. Political Systems of the EU (D5)

4.6. Political Field Analysis (D6)

• 210142 PS [ en ] D6, G10: Current Trends in Antisemitism Research

5. Methods and Statistics (E)

5.1. Quantitaive Social Research (E1)

• 210143 PS E1: Short-Term Course Introduction to Quantitative Social Research
• 210144 PS E1: Short-Term Course Introduction to Quantitative Social Research
• 210147 PS E1: Long Term Course The Application of Quantitative Methods in Social and Political Sciences - Using SPSS
• 210145 PS E1: Long-Term Course Quantitative Social Research (Continuation of the Winter Term) - Introduction to Empirical Social Research: Design and Practice of Surveys

5.2. Qualitative Social Research (E2)

• 210150 PS E2: Short Term Course Qualitative Social Research - Fundamentals of Qualitative Social Research
• 210151 PS E2: Short Term Course Qualitative Social Research
• 210153 PS E2: Long-Term Course Qualitative Social Research - Methodological Fundamentals of Social Research
• 210154 PS E2: Long-Term Course Qualitative Social Research - Movies and Political Science
• 210149 PS E2: Long-Term Course Qualitative Social Research (Continuation of the Winter Term) - Qualitative Interviews and Discussions in Groups
• 210148 PS E2: Long-Term Course Qualitative Social Research (Continuation of the Winter Term) - The Politics of Meanings

6. Basics Module (F)

• 210156 VO F, G10: Theory of State
• 230570 VO How social is scientific knowledge? Introduction to social studies of science II
• 210217 VO D2, F, G9, G10: Politics and Aesthetics after Adorno
• 210117 VO F, G1: Political Mediation Structures I - Association, Association Systems and Social Movements in Europe
• 210169 PS F, G1: Political Mediation Structures II - Parties and Party Systems in Europe
• 210208 PS F, G9, G10: Dimensions of Informatization in public sector. On socio-economic Views of E-Government - Socio-economic Aspects of E-Government
• 210206 SE F, G9, G10: The Conditions of Political (Self-)Enlightenment
• 210157 SE F: The Institutions of the Modern State
• 210118 SE F, G6, G7: Postindustrial Welfare States - New Social Risks and Reform(in)ability of Welfare State Politics
• 210155 SE F: The roots of Modern Democracy
• 210245 SE F, G10: Current Theories about Power, Dominance and Hegemony
• 230573 SE [ en ] Universities as enterprises - knowledge as commodity. Analysis of a transformation
• 210253 SE F, G10: Hans Kelsen - Lecture Course
• 210186 SE F, G3, G9, Diss: Research Seminar The Historical Development of Global Capitalism - Lektüreseminar
• 210158 SE F, Diss: Research Seminar The Habsburg¿s Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire
• 210239 SE F, G8, G10, Diss: Research Seminar The Political Thought of Simone de Beauvior
• 210295 SE F, G10, Diss: Research Seminar Soccer as a Spectacle
• 210011 SE F, G10, Diss: Research Seminar Political Theories between Modernity and Postmodernity
• 210358 SE " Titel folgt ! "

7. Specialization Modules (G)

7.1. Europe and European Union (G1)

• 210170 VO G1, G4: The European Policy of Austria
• 210117 VO F, G1: Political Mediation Structures I - Association, Association Systems and Social Movements in Europe
• 210169 PS F, G1: Political Mediation Structures II - Parties and Party Systems in Europe
• 210312 PS G1: Negotiating instead of Governing? - On the Problem of Including Private Stakeholders in the Process of Setting Up Norms
• 210199 PS [ en ] G1, G5: Politics of Memory and National Identity in Eastern Europe: Ukraine, Russia, Poland
• 210171 SE G1, G4: European Educational Policy and Educational Systems - Humboldt in the Conflict between the Lisboa Strategy and the Bologna Process
• 210062 SE G1, G5: Poland - Political System and EU Membership
• 210105 SE G1, Diss: Research Seminar Practical Aspects of EU Politics - (with Dr. Wolfgang Streitenberger, Europäische Kommission; Jean Monnet Projekt)
• 210119 SE G1, G5, G10, Diss: Research Seminar Aspects of Europeanisation - Europe as an Empire?
• 210131 VO G1, G5: The New EU-Member¿s Political Systems and Cultures in Comparison
• 210358 SE " Titel folgt ! "

7.2. International Development, Peace and Conflict Research (G2)

• 210184 VO G2, G3: From Crisis and "New" Wars to Recent State- and Nationbuilding Experiments - Theoretical and Empirical Insights
• 210180 SE G2, G3: A Simulation of the Compains for Presidential Elections in the USA
• 210354 PS G2, G3: Elite- und Nationbuilding in Central Asia

7.3. International Politics (G3)

• 210184 VO G2, G3: From Crisis and "New" Wars to Recent State- and Nationbuilding Experiments - Theoretical and Empirical Insights
• 210292 VO G3, G6, G8: Critical Approaches to Politics and Economy in Globalised Capitalism
• 210187 PS G3: Internationalisation of the State
• 210188 PS [ en ] G3: Justice, Equality and Political Transformation in Conflict Societiey
• 210202 PS [ fr ] G3, G7: The Foundations of Africa's Political Systems
• 210189 PS G3: Trade Unions in the Globalisation
• 210180 SE G2, G3: A Simulation of the Compains for Presidential Elections in the USA
• 210252 SE G3, G4: The European Union's Security Policy
• 210186 SE F, G3, G9, Diss: Research Seminar The Historical Development of Global Capitalism - Lektüreseminar
• 210354 PS G2, G3: Elite- und Nationbuilding in Central Asia

7.4. Austrian Politics (G4)

• 210170 VO G1, G4: The European Policy of Austria
• 210190 SE G4: The Black-Blue/Orange Government 2000-2006 - Its Program, its Practice and its Goals
• 210192 SE G4: Austria¿s Policy on Higher Education - The Implementation of the UG 2002 in the University of Vienna
• 210193 SE G4: Austria¿s Foreign Policy
• 210296 SE G4: The Empirical Analysis of Elections
• 210023 SE G4: Political Parties
• 210012 SE G4: Austria and the EU - The Change of the Political System
• 210171 SE G1, G4: European Educational Policy and Educational Systems - Humboldt in the Conflict between the Lisboa Strategy and the Bologna Process
• 210120 SE G4: The Political System of the Nazi Regime
• 210252 SE G3, G4: The European Union's Security Policy
• 210027 SE G4, G10, Diss: Research Seminar State and Law between Theory and Practice
• 210358 SE " Titel folgt ! "

7.5. East and Middle Europe (G5)

• 290142 RV Cultures of Difference - Transformation Processes in Central Europe IV
• 210194 PS G5: Ethnic Minorities in Eastern Europe - Integration in and Exclsion of the Political Systems
• 210232 PS G5: Defects and Malfunctions in the East- and Western Europe's Political Systems
• 210195 PS G5: The Changes of Media and Democratic Transformation in Eastern Europe
• 210199 PS [ en ] G1, G5: Politics of Memory and National Identity in Eastern Europe: Ukraine, Russia, Poland
• 210057 SE G5, G10: Rise and Fall of Communism - From Socialism in a Country to the End of History
• 210297 SE G5, G10: The Dimensions of Identity and Memory in the Policy of the Amplification of the EU
• 210062 SE G1, G5: Poland - Political System and EU Membership
• 210119 SE G1, G5, G10, Diss: Research Seminar Aspects of Europeanisation - Europe as an Empire?
• 210196 SE G5, Diss: The Ways of Russian Postcommunism
• 210131 VO G1, G5: The New EU-Member¿s Political Systems and Cultures in Comparison
• 210363 PS G5: Geschichtsaufarbeitung und Wiedergutmachung am Beispiel ehem. sozialistischer Länder Ost- und Sü
• 010361 SE [ en ] Orthodox Christianity in Post-Soviet Europe: Sociological Perspectives

7.6. Policy Analysis and Political Economy (G6)

• 210255 VO G6: Policy-Analysis
• 210292 VO G3, G6, G8: Critical Approaches to Politics and Economy in Globalised Capitalism
• 210301 PS G6: Genetics and Agriculture
• 210299 PS G6, G9: Policy-Analysis and Learning
• 210298 SE G6: Political Economy of the Corporate University - Research, Evaluation of Research and Innovation
• 210300 SE G6: Research Policy in Austria and Europe
• 210320 SE G6: Comparing Welfare States - Poverty in the Welfare State
• 210118 SE F, G6, G7: Postindustrial Welfare States - New Social Risks and Reform(in)ability of Welfare State Politics
• 210162 SE [ en ] Diss, G6, FOSE: Research Practice Governance Theory Applied
• 210366 SE [ en ] G6: Interpretative Policy Analysis - Theory and Practice
• 210367 PS [ en ] G6: Policy Research Today

7.7. Extra-European Comparison of Politics (G7)

• 210203 VO G7: Pacifc Insular States in Comparative Analysis
• 210201 PS [ en ] G7: Chinese Foreign Policy in Transition
• 210202 PS [ fr ] G3, G7: The Foundations of Africa's Political Systems
• 210118 SE F, G6, G7: Postindustrial Welfare States - New Social Risks and Reform(in)ability of Welfare State Politics

7.8. Women's and Gender Research in Political Science (G8)

• 140467 VO Interdisc. Lectures: Forced Freedom - Cultural Diversity, Gender Equality and Feminist Agency
• 210292 VO G3, G6, G8: Critical Approaches to Politics and Economy in Globalised Capitalism
• 210205 PS D1, G8, G10: Gender and Class - Categories of Critical Political and Social Science
• 210242 PS D1, G8: Feminist Theories of the Seventies and early Eighties
• 210302 PS G8: Austrian Legislation against Domestic Violence
• 210239 SE F, G8, G10, Diss: Research Seminar The Political Thought of Simone de Beauvior
• 210359 VO D1, G8: Von der Frauenforschung zur Intersektionalitätsforschung?
• 210360 SE G8: Does gender matter?

7.9. Political Education (G9)

• 210216 VO D3, G9, G10: Theory and Practice of Political Education
• 210217 VO D2, F, G9, G10: Politics and Aesthetics after Adorno
• 210208 PS F, G9, G10: Dimensions of Informatization in public sector. On socio-economic Views of E-Government - Socio-economic Aspects of E-Government
• 210299 PS G6, G9: Policy-Analysis and Learning
• 210303 PS G9, G10: The Critique of Racism and Antisemitism in Politcal Education
• 210206 SE F, G9, G10: The Conditions of Political (Self-)Enlightenment
• 210186 SE F, G3, G9, Diss: Research Seminar The Historical Development of Global Capitalism - Lektüreseminar
• 210172 SE G9, G10, Diss: Research Seminar Triumph and Trauma - The "Anschluß" 1938 in a Politological and Psychoanalitical Perspective

7.10. Political Theories and Cultural Sciences (G10)

• 210173 VO D3, G10: Soccer - A Contribution to a Spectacle's Phenomenology
• 210216 VO D3, G9, G10: Theory and Practice of Political Education
• 210217 VO D2, F, G9, G10: Politics and Aesthetics after Adorno
• 210156 VO F, G10: Theory of State
• 210294 VO G10: Political Anthropology
• 210141 PS D2, G10: Antonio Gramsci and his Influence on Contemporary Political Theory
• 210205 PS D1, G8, G10: Gender and Class - Categories of Critical Political and Social Science
• 210142 PS [ en ] D6, G10: Current Trends in Antisemitism Research
• 210208 PS F, G9, G10: Dimensions of Informatization in public sector. On socio-economic Views of E-Government - Socio-economic Aspects of E-Government
• 210303 PS G9, G10: The Critique of Racism and Antisemitism in Politcal Education
• 210073 SE G10: Art between Event, Aesthetics, Science and - Nothing - (with Prof. M. Wagner, Hochschule f. Angewandte Kunst u. Prof. Chr. Ehalt, Inst. f. Anthropologie)
• 210245 SE F, G10: Current Theories about Power, Dominance and Hegemony
• 210206 SE F, G9, G10: The Conditions of Political (Self-)Enlightenment
• 210178 SE G10: Human Rights in Modern Political Thought
• 210057 SE G5, G10: Rise and Fall of Communism - From Socialism in a Country to the End of History
• 210297 SE G5, G10: The Dimensions of Identity and Memory in the Policy of the Amplification of the EU
• 210253 SE F, G10: Hans Kelsen - Lecture Course
• 210172 SE G9, G10, Diss: Research Seminar Triumph and Trauma - The "Anschluß" 1938 in a Politological and Psychoanalitical Perspective
• 210176 SE G10, Diss: Research Seminar Emotions in Neoliberalism
• 210119 SE G1, G5, G10, Diss: Research Seminar Aspects of Europeanisation - Europe as an Empire?
• 210027 SE G4, G10, Diss: Research Seminar State and Law between Theory and Practice
• 210295 SE F, G10, Diss: Research Seminar Soccer as a Spectacle
• 210239 SE F, G8, G10, Diss: Research Seminar The Political Thought of Simone de Beauvior
• 210011 SE F, G10, Diss: Research Seminar Political Theories between Modernity and Postmodernity

7.11. Research Practice (FoP)

• 210160 SE FOP: Research Practice Structure and Structural Change in the Public Administration - The Example of the Federal Ministries
• 210161 SE FOP: Research Practice Religion and Politics in Europe
• 210162 SE [ en ] Diss, G6, FOSE: Research Practice Governance Theory Applied
• 210164 SE FOP: Research Practice Public Administration on European and National Level
• 210165 SE FOP: Research Practice National Impacts of Transformation Processes on the Russian Federation
• 210293 SE FOP: Research Practice Processes of Transformation, Changes of Culture and Lifestyle
• 210163 SE FOP: Research Practice Parlamentary Control (To be continued in the Winter Term)
• 210121 SE FOP: Research Practice (Continuation of the Winter Term) - How Do International Enviromental Politics work?
• 210017 SE FOP: Research Practice The Jewish Massacre in Rechnitz 1945 (Continuation of the Winter Term 2007) - The Massacre seen under Aspects of Policy of History
• 210159 SE FOP: Research Practice The Phenomenon of Dropping out (Continuation of the Winter Term) - Reasons for Changing or Quitting Studies
• 210166 SE FOP: Research Practice Violence and Authority (Continuation of the Winter Term 2007)

8. Seminar for Diploma Candidates (H)

• 210024 SE H, Diss: Exclusive Tutorial for Graduands and Doctoral Students
• 210025 SE H, Diss: Exclusive Tutorial for Graduands and Doctoral Students
• 210099 SE H, Diss: Exclusive Tutorial for Graduands and Doctoral Students
• 210219 SE H: Seminar for Diploma Candidates
• 210221 SE H, Diss: Seminar for Diploma and Doctorate Candidates
• 210223 SE H, Diss: Seminar for Diploma and Doctoral Candidates
• 210224 SE H: Seminar fopr Diploma Candidates
• 210225 SE H, Diss: Semiar for Diploma and Doctorate Candidates
• 210226 SE H: Seminar for Diploma Candidates
• 210230 SE H: Seminar for Diploma Candidates
• 210234 SE H: Seminar for Diploma Candidates
• 210235 SE [ en ] H: Seminar for Diploma Candidates
• 210304 SE H, Diss: Seminar for Diploma and Doctoral Candidates
• 210305 SE H: Seminar for Diploma Candidates
• 210307 SE H, Diss: Semiar for Diploma and Doctorate Candidates
• 210321 SE H, Diss: Exclusive Tutorial for Graduands and Doctoral Students
• 210097 SE H: Diploma Course
• 210233 SE H, Diss: Seminar for Diploma and Doctorate Candidates
• 210356 SE H: Diploma Course - H: Diploma Course
• 210357 SE H: Diploma Course - H: Diploma Course
• 210368 SE H: DiplomandInnenseminar