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

Orientation Course

• 210137 OV ( OV ) Orientation Event Political Science - for new students

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 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 Propeadeuticum Political Science
• 210003 VO 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
• 220013 VO INSOWI A: VO SOFRA 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 [ en ] BAK3 Qualitative Methods
• 210010 UE BAK3 Qualitative Methods
• 210011 UE BAK3 Qualitative Methods
• 210012 UE [ en ] BAK3: Empirical Research using qualitative methods

BAK 3 Academic Research and Writing (27 ECTS)

• 210013 VO BAK3 Quantitative methods
• 210014 UE BAK3 Quantitative methods
• 210015 UE [ en ] BAK3 Quantitative methods
• 210016 UE [ en ] BAK3 Quantitative methods
• 210017 UE BAK3 Quantitative methods
• 210018 UE BAK3 Quantitative methods
• 210019 UE BAK3 Quantitative methods

BAK 4-7 Core Subjects (44 ECTS)

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

• 210020 VO BAK4 History of Political Ideas and Political Theory
• 210021 PS BAK4:Political Concepts and Gender
• 210022 PS [ en ] BAK4: Political Theory from a Latin American Perspective
• 210023 PS BAK4: Capitalism and democracy
• 210024 PS BAK4: Theories of political domination
• 210025 PS BAK4: Democracy and Digitalization

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

• 210026 VO BAK5 The Political System of Austria and of the EU
• 210027 PS BAK5: Austrian Foreign Policy within the EU: Between Neutrality and Solidarity
• 210028 PS [ en ] BAK5: The politics of welfare in democratic capitalism
• 210029 PS [ en ] BAK5: Europeanization of Politics: Austrian Political System and EU Governance.
• 210030 PS [ en ] BAK5: European Union: Polity, Politics, and Policies in a Digital Age
• 210031 PS BAK5: Gender Equality in the European Union
• 210129 PS BAK5: The Political Systems of Austria and the EU: Fundamentals, Structures, Processes

BAK 6 Comparative Politics (11 ECTS)

• 210032 VO BAK6 Comparative Politics
• 210033 PS [ en ] BAK6: Resistance and Social Movements in Contemporary World
• 210034 PS BAK6: Analyses of society in times of crisis: Democracy and inequality
• 210035 PS BAK6: Politics of Democratisation and Autocratisation
• 210036 PS [ en ] BAK6: Parliamentary politics: Conflict, Concensus, and representation
• 210037 PS [ en ] BAK6: Problems and Trends in Contemporary Democracies
• 210130 PS [ en ] BAK6: Comparative Politics: Theory, Methods and Contemporary Issues

BAK 7 International Politics and Globalisation (11 ECTS)

• 210038 PS BAK7: Technology Policy in Times of Multiple Crises: Conflicts, Contradictions, and Developments
• 210039 PS BAK7: The Federal Republic of Germany and the Middle East Conflict
• 210040 PS BAK7: International Political Economy: Current Crises and Conflicts
• 210041 PS [ en ] BAK7: Introduction to International Organizations
• 210131 PS BAK7: The Return of Great Power Rivalry in Foreign Policy

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)

• 210042 VO BAK8: Aesthetics of the Political
• 210043 SE ( REMOTE ) BAK8: Memes, Mimesis, Emblems: Historical Patterns in Contemporary Communication
• 210044 SE BAK8: Political Gatherings in Art, Activism, and Theory
• 210045 SE BAK8:Theories of Populism
• 210046 SE [ en ] BAK8: Political Ideologies

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

• 210047 VO BAK9: The political system of the EU
• 210048 SE [ en ] BAK9: EU Foreign Policy and Conflict Resolution: Institutions, Instruments, and Case Studies
• 210049 SE BAK9: EU-Asylregime: Institutionen, Prozesse und Policies
• 210050 SE The Austrian Parliament in Data and Charts. Understanding – Analyzing – Communicating

BAK 10 Comparative Politics (13 ECTS)

• 210051 VO BAK10: Political attitudes and public opinion
• 210052 SE [ en ] BAK10: What holds us together? Democracy, Solidarity and Resilience in Comparative Perspective
• 210053 SE [ en ] BAK10: Comparative Democratic Politics
• 210054 SE BAK10: Political Economy of Data. Between Datafied Biopolitics and Techno-rationality.

BAK 11 International Politics and Globalisation (13 ECTS)

• 210055 VO BAK11: Introduction to International Political Economy
• 210056 SE [ en ] BAK11: China´s Role in a multipolar World - Narratives and Realpolitik
• 210057 SE BAK11: Political Developments in Syria in a Regional Context
• 210058 SE BAK11: China and the West
• 210059 SE [ en ] BAK11: China in Global Context: Politics, Culture, and Society in the Xi Jinping Era

BAK 12 Gender Studies in Political Science (13 ECTS)

• 210060 VO [ en ] BAK12: Introduction to gender & politics
• 210061 SE BAK 12: Sports and Feminism. Sociopolitical Debates on Gender from the Fin de Siècle to the Present
• 210062 SE [ en ] BAK12: Horizons of Feminisms in the 21st Century: Theories, Discourses, and Movements

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

• 210063 VO BAK13 Politics and Law
• 210064 VO BAK13 Politics and Economy
• 210065 UE BAK13: Space, Power, Time: Fields of Application in Political Science
• 210066 UE BAK13: UE on peer mentoring in political science for beginners
• 210067 UE BAK13 UE on peer mentoring in political science for experienced mentors
• 210069 EX BAK13: The Political Ecology of Climate Change in the Global South—Study Tour to Ecuador

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

• 210068 SE BAK14 Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis
• 210070 SE BAK14 Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis
• 210071 SE BAK14 Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis
• 210072 SE BAK14 Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis
• 210073 SE BAK14 Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis
• 210074 SE [ en ] BAK14 Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis
• 210075 SE [ en ] BAK14 Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor’s Thesis

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

• 020044 SE ( MIXED ) Philosophy - Kritische Phänomenologie
• 070360 VU Introduction to Democracy Studies
• 070370 VO Lecture Series: Education - Democracy - Inequality
• 143036 KU [ en ] Language and Violence: From hurtful speech to a voice of Resistance - perspectives with a special focus on Africa
• 143077 VO My Name Should Have Been Zeenat … - 19th- and 20th-Century History in the Course of an Indian-South African-German Family
• 143089 SE Concepts of “The Public Sphere” and their Applicability in Africa-Related Historiography
• 150122 VU [ en ] Strategic Gaming: The South China Sea Dispute
• 233004 UK Körper, Wissen und Gesellschaft im Zeitalter der Genetik und KI
• 233005 UK Technology and Society - Technik im Alltag am Beispiel von Daten, Algorithmen und Künstlicher Intelligenz
• 233006 UK Werte und Bewertungen (in) der Wissenschaft
• 240064 VO Education for social justice in a global context - Emancipatory and revolutionary educational ideas and policies in the Global South
• 280299 VO [ en ] ( CIRCLE-U ) Changing Cities, Changing Societies (Circle U. course) - Lecture Series by the Environment and Climate Research Hub (ECH) in Cooperation with the City of Vienna
• 490400 VU PM1 Digital Transformations