Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Psychology, Economics & Politics | PEP
Structure & Content
The Zeppelin Year
1st - 2nd Semester | to the extent of 60 ECTS-Credits
Interdisciplinary Module | Zeppelin Project
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Disciplinary Perspectives
- Methods Workshop I+II
- Project Work in Groups
Introduction to Science
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Philosophy of Science
Introduction to Academic Research
Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Foundation of Methods
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Empirical Social Research
- Statistics
Program module PEP
- Social Psychology
- Introduction to Economics
- Polity, Politics, Policy
Interdisciplinary Perspectives (3 out of 8)
- Introduction to Business Management
- Public Administration
- Fundamentals of Law
- International Relations
- Introduction to communication science issues
- Introduction to cultural studies issues
- Cultural history
- History of problems in sociology
- Business accounting
The Major Phase
Semesters 3-7
Compulsory modules with a total of 82 ECTS credits
- Applied Data Analysis
- Research practice
- Advanced Methods I-II
Psychology
- Psychology of Decisions
- Cognition, language & perception
- Emotion, Motivation & Action
Politics
- Comparative political science
- Political Philosophy
- Global governance
Economics
- Microeconomics
- Macroeconomics
- Theoretical history of economics
Practical experience
- Professional practice | Internship at home or abroad or
- Professional practice | own business start-up
Compulsory elective modules worth 60 ECTS credits
Of which PEP compulsory elective modules worth at least 42 ECTS credits and multidisciplinary compulsory elective modules from other ZU Bachelor's degree programs worth a maximum of 18 ECTS credits.
You also have the innovative opportunity, e.g. during a semester abroad, to deepen your knowledge of economics topics that we do not offer at ZU and to have these credited as a specialization in the compulsory elective area.
- Theories of democracy & the state
- Politics of the European Union
- Governance and law of the European Union
- Decision theory & game theory
- Social movements and political protest
- Electoral systems & voting behavior
- Political actors & institutions
- Political communication & the public sphere
- Strategies of political communication
- Political attitudes & political behavior
- Basics & Topics of Political Sociology
- Behavioral Business Ethics
- Socio-psychological aspects of communication
- Human Decisionmaking
- Determinants of Honesty
- Psychology of Environment and Climate Change
- Political Psychology
- Behavioral Economics
- Political Economy
- Corporate Responsibility & Leadership
- Theory of the Firm
- Money and capital
- Capitalism - idea, development, future
- Business informatics & digitalization
- Administrative informatics & digitalization
- Sustainable governance & public policy
- Public Entrepreneurship & Public Corporate Governance
- Selected topics I - IV
The Humboldt Year
Semesters 6-7 | 2 specializations worth 30 ECTS, one of which must be chosen
Focus: Student research
- Own research project in combination with other courses
Focus: Specialist specialization
- Advanced seminars in combination with other courses
The Bachelor Phase
Semester 8 | in the scope of 30 ECTS credits
Final module
- Bachelor's thesis
- defense
Two internships (1 in Germany, 1 abroad; to be completed in the course of the degree program)
ZU|Plus
Semester 1-8 | to the extent of 2 ECTS-Credits
Optional modules, do not contribute to the final score.
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Workshop | Creativity & Performance
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Workshop | Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship
Program responsibility | Academic contacts
Program Director I Psychology, Economics & Politics I PEP
| Phone: | +497541 6009-2232 |
| Room: | FAB 3 | 0.73 |
| Phone: | +49 7541 6009-1431 |
| Room: | Semi 0.02 |