Structure
The Master’s Program Democracy Science is fully modularized and designed for a study period of four semesters. This Master’s program offers a wide range of courses, ensuring comprehensive education in the core fields of democracy science. At the same time, there are many possibilities for individual focus to specialize in individual fields or topics.
Through practice-oriented exercises and an obligatory internship, students should gain initial experience in professional practice and complement their academic knowledge of democracy science.
In addition, the master's degree in Democracy allows students to sharpen their own profile in the open model. Students can freely choose courses offered by the Institute of Political Science. However, it is also possible within this module to take a look beyond the field and attend courses from other disciplines. Finally, students can extend their language and IT-skills within the open module. The Open Module expects 10 credit points (CP). Students that want to do more than that are free to do so! The Master'rs Program offers students the possibility to get up to 10 additional credit points for voluntary academic achievements (Voluntary Module).
Detailed information about the individual modules and the examination regulations can be found in the important documents section (in German).
Overview
Introductory Module |
| Introduction to Democracy Studies |
| Introduction to Research Methods of Democracy Studies |
Core Module:Courses from one of five subdisciplines |
| Political Philosophy |
| Western Political Regimes |
| Democracy and Authoritarianism in Central and Eastern Europe |
| International Politics |
| Empirical Democracy and Autocracy Research |
Supplementary Modules |
| Supplementary Modules from two subdisciplines |
Profile Module |
| Research seminar and practical tutorial |
Practical Module |
| Internship and practical tutorial |
Open Module |
| Supplementary courses |
Voluntary Module |
| Voluntary supplementary courses (up to 10 credit points) |
Final Module: Master's Thesis |
Curriculum
Modules(credit points) | Courses(credit points) | |
| Introductory Module (10 CP) | Introduction to Democracy Studies Übung (5 CP) | Research Methods of Democracy Studies Übung (5 CP) |
| Core Module (15 CP) | Advanced grad seminar and tutorial from one of five subdisciplines Advanced Grad Seminar (10 CP), Tutorial (5 CP) | |
| Supplementary Module (30 CP)
| Supplementary Module I (15 CP)
| Supplementary Module II (15 CP) |
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Profile Modul (15 CP) | Advanced grad seminar and tutorial from one of five subdisciplines Advanced Grad Seminar (10 CP), Tutorial (5 CP) | Advanced grad seminar and tutorial from one of five subdisciplines Advanced Grad Seminar (10 CP), Tutorial (5 CP) |
| Research Seminar (10 CP) | Practical Tutorial I (5 CP) | |
| Practical Module (15 CP) | Internship (min. 8 weeks) (10 CP) | Practical Tutorial II (5 CP) |
| Open Module (10 CP) | Supplementary courses (10 CP) | |
| Voluntary Module (10 CP) | Voluntary supplementary courses (up to 10 credit points) | |
| Master's Thesis (25 CP) | ||
Summary Democracy Studies: 120 CP(+ up to 10 voluntary CP) | ||
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