Bachelor's degree

General information on the BA Political Science and MA Democracy Studies programmes can be found under Studies and Teaching (external link, opens in a new window). Information on the Bachelor's degree programme can be found under Bachelor of Arts (external link, opens in a new window).

In the Bachelor's degree programme, the Examination Regulations stipulate that if you are studying political science as your first major subject, you must take a core module POL-BA-11 from the sub-area of political philosophy, theory and history of ideas. The module consists of a lecture (4 CPs in total), which is completed with a written exam, and a basic course (6 CPs), which requires regular, active participation, a division and the preparation of a term paper (25,000 characters of text, incl. spaces, excl. appendix/literature). The grade for the module is based 100% on the grade of the term paper.
You can also take the advanced module POL-BA-21a (advanced seminar, 10 CPs and lecture, 4 CPs) in the sub-area of political philosophy, theory and history of ideas. Here, too, the grade for the module is based 100% on the grade for the advanced seminar (usually term paper, 35,000 characters of text, incl. spaces, excl. appendix/literature). You can write your bachelor's thesis (10 CPs) in this section (please note that attending the research seminar is compulsory if you would like to write your bachelor's thesis at the chair and follow the instructions for theses at the chair in the corresponding guidelines). Alternatively, you can take courses on political philosophy, theory and the history of ideas as part of the additional module POL-BA-26 (lecture, 4 CPs and two exercises of 5 CPs each), which you can put together individually and in which you cover the other subject areas that you are not studying as a specialisation in the advanced module.

For other subject combinations, please consult the relevant information on the Bachelor's degree programme. If you have general questions about the programme structure, please contact the Academic Advising (external link, opens in a new window) Office.
You can find further information and aids for studying Political Philosophy, Theory and History of Ideas in the Chair's guidelines.