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[ 905GLOMGUPS23 ] SE Global Studies: Society and Politics

Versionsauswahl
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Workload Education level Study areas Responsible person Hours per week Coordinating university
6 ECTS M - Master's programme Social Science Veronika Wittmann 2 hpw Johannes Kepler University Linz
Detailed information
Pre-requisites (*)Zulassung zum Masterstudium Soziologie bzw. zum Masterstudium Politische Bildung
Original study plan Master's programme Sociology 2025W
Learning Outcomes
Competences
+ Students understand social science and IR theories and concepts.

+ Students know how to analyse and critically evaluate global social systems, institutions and processes.

+ Students are able to analyse global trends and look beyond the European horizon.

Skills Knowledge
+ Students are able to compare and analyse different social science and IR theories.

+ Students are able to analyze institutions and social systems and assess their efficacy and function.

+ Students are able to evaluate and comprehend international political processes and decision-making systems.

+ Students are able to think critically about global political issues and events and make informed judgements.

+ Students know how to develop empirical methods that can be used to understand global processes.

+ Students know and understand concepts and theories of social science, as well as the foundations of international relations.

+ Students have knowledge on selected areas of social science research on global trends: World Society, Global Politics, Cultural Transformation Processes in the Global Age and the North-South Dimension

Criteria for evaluation (*)eigenständiges Literaturstudium, Verfassen und Präsentieren einer Seminararbeit
Methods (*)Vortrag durch Lehrveranstaltungsleitung, Präsentationen durch Studierende, Diskussionen

Language German/English
Study material (*)Es wird eine Literaturliste im Seminar zur Verfügung gestellt. Darüber wird eine eigenständige Literaturrecherche erwartet.
Changing subject? No
On-site course
Maximum number of participants 25
Assignment procedure Assignment according to priority