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[ 528EPOLGDPK21 ] VU Introduction to Political Science

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Workload Education level Study areas Responsible person Hours per week Coordinating university
6 ECTS B1 - Bachelor's programme 1. year Social Science Margitta Mätzke 3 hpw Johannes Kepler University Linz
Detailed information
Pre-requisites (*)keine
Original study plan Bachelor's programme Social Economics 2025W
Learning Outcomes
Competences
  • Students can describe and categorise fundamental concepts, core ideas, and analytical frameworks of political science.
  • They can understand and explain organisational forms, institutions, and the components of political systems, as well as mechanisms of interest representation in democratic societies.
  • They can identify key theoretical and empirical approaches to analysing political systems and processes and assess their relevance to social science research.
Skills Knowledge
  • Define and apply fundamental political science terms and concepts in their own words. (k3)
  • Analyse institutions, organisational forms, and mechanisms of political interest representation in democratic systems. (k4)
  • Integrate theoretical frameworks and empirical findings from lectures into fundamental questions of political analysis. (k4)
  • Recognise and assess differences and similarities between key theoretical approaches. (k5)
  • Present relevant political science theories and arguments clearly in written and oral form. (k4)
  • Fundamental concepts and key terms of political science analysis, such as democracy, interest representation, and institutions.
  • Organisational forms, institutions, and political processes in political systems.
  • Important theoretical and empirical approaches in political science research and their methodological applications.
  • The diversity of topics in social sciences and methods for analysing political structures and processes.
Criteria for evaluation (*)Abschlussklausur und kleinere schriftliche Leistungen (Exposé, Leseverständnistest(s), Textkommentar, etc.) während des Semesters.
Methods (*)Vorlesung mit interaktiven Elementen.
Language German
Study material (*)Die Literatur wird von den Lehrenden zu Beginn der LVA bekanntgegeben.
Changing subject? No
Corresponding lecture (*)528EPOLGDPK20: KS Grundbegriffe und Grundzüge der Politik (6 ECTS)
On-site course
Maximum number of participants 200
Assignment procedure Assignment according to priority