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)

• 210106 SE M6: Political corruption and corruption prevention in Austria
• 210107 SE M6: Party structures, internal party power dynamics and their effects on party behavior

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