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Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Politics, Administration & International Relations | PAIR

Content & Structure 

Studienstruktur des BA-Studienprogramms PAIR
Studienstruktur des BA-Studienprogramms PAIR

Zeppelin Year

1st - 2nd Semester | to the extent of 60 ECTS-Credits


Interdisciplinary Module | Zeppelin Project

  • Professional Perspectives

  • Methods Workshop I+II
  • Project Work in Groups


Interdisciplinary Module | Introduction to Science

  • Philosophy of Science

  • Principles of Research


Methods

  • Empirical Social Research

  • Statistics

Program Module PAIR

  • Public Administration

  • Polity, Politics, Policy
  • International Relations


Interdisciplinary Perspectives (3 of 8)

  • Introduction to Issues in Communication Studies

  • Introduction to Issues in Cultural Studies

  • Cultural History

  • Introduction to Business Management
  • Introduction to Economics

  • Business Accounting

  • Foundations of Sociology
  • Fundamentals of Law

Zeppelin-Jahr
Zeppelin-Jahr

Major Phase

Mandatory Modules

3rd - 4th Semester | to the extent of 30 ECTS-Credits


  • Comparative Politics
  • Political Philosophy
  • Basics & Topics of Political Sociology
  • Global Governance
  • Public Management
Major-Phase
Major-Phase

Elective Modules

3rd - 7th Semester | 15 elective modules; to the extent of 90 ECTS-Credits

at least 11 major elective modules and max. 4 multidisciplinary elective modules

Track: International Relations


  • International Political Economics
  • International Security Policy
  • Selected Topics: International Relations
  • International Law
  • Governance and Development
  • International Organizations & Institutions
  • Governance and Law of the European Union


Track: Public Management, Public Policy & Digitalization


  • Organizational Theories
  • Sustainable Governance & Public Policy
  • Public Entrepreneurship & Corporate Governance in the Public Sector
  • Management, Leadership & Public Corporate Governance
  • Comparative Public Policy Analysis
  • Administrative Law
  • Business Informatics & Digitalization
  • Public Sector Informatics & Digitalization
  • Selected Topics: Public Management, Public Policy & Digitalization I + II

Track: Political Behavior & Institutions


  • Decision & Game Theory
  • Political Actors & Institutions
  • Political Attitudes & Political Behovior
  • Elections & Electoral Behavior
  • Social Psychology
  • Political Communication
  • Applied Data Analysis in Empirical Policy Research
  • Selected Topics: Political Behavior & Institutions I + II


Elective Modules without Track


Advanced Methods

  • Advanced Methods I
  • Advanced Methods II



Humboldt Year

6th -7th Semester  | to the extent of 30 ECTS-Credits with 2 major fields of study of which 1 major has to be elected

Core Area/Track 1


Student Research

  • Research Project
  • Research Colloquium
  • Advanced Methods I-IV


OR


Student Research

  • Research Project
  • Research Colloquium
  • Advanced Methods I+II



1 module suitable for the research project out of SPE/CCM/CME/PAIR-elective Modules

OR

1 course from the SPE/CCM/CME/PAIR elective



Core Area/Track 2


Advanced Methods

  • 1 Advanced Seminar
  • 1 Advanced Seminar

Advanced Methods

  • Advanced Methos I -IV


OR


Advanced Methods

  • 1 Advanced Seminar
  • 1 Advanced Seminar

Advanced Methods

  • Advanced Methos I+II

PAIR-Elective Module

Humboldt-Phase
Humboldt-Phase

Bachelor Phase

8th Semester | to the extent of 30 ECTS-Credits


Final Module 

  • Bachelorthesis
  • Disputation


Two Internships (at least one of them abroad) 

Bachelor-Phase
Bachelor-Phase

ZU|Plus

1st - 8th Semester | to the extent of ECTS-Credits

Optional modules, do not contribute to the final score.


  • Workshop | Creativity & Performance

  • Workshop | Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship


Program Director

Behnke, Joachim
Behnke, Joachim Prof Dr rer pol
Vice President Teaching and Learning |
Academic Program Director Politics, Administration & International Relations | PAIR
Phone:+49 7541 6009-1431
Fax:+49 7541 6009-1499
Room:Semi 0.02
Bürgin, Alexander
Bürgin, Alexander Dr
Program Director Politics, Administration & International Relations | PAIR
Phone:+49 7541 6009-1405
Room:FAB 3 | 0.71
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