Courses
Courses in political science offered at the Department of Political Science cover a wide range of the discipline. There are courses in Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Democratic Theory, International Relations, European and Multi-Level Politics, qualitative and quantitative methods, Political Theory and History of Ideas, as well as other areas.
The current course catalogue is available via the KLIPS campus management system. You can browse the catalogue by faculty, institute, and so on. Alternatively, you can view available courses by study programme.
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Students also use KLIPS to register for the courses they wish to take during the second course registration period. Exam registration is done separately.
Courses summer term 26 (Department for Political Science)
Bachelor
Public Policy – Democracy and Globalization, Prof. Michael Bechtel (MESS – BM Public Policy)
Forschungslogik und Design, Friedrich Haas (SM Forschungslogik und -design)
Populism in the Twenty-First Century, Ece Özbey (SM Repräsentation und Wahlen)
Die Europäische Union und ihre Nachbarn, Prof. Burkard Steppacher (SM Politische Institutionen)
Frauen in der Europäischen Politik, Helena Heberer (SM Politische Institutionen)
The EU in the Contemporary Global Order, Wulf Reiners (SM Internationale und Mehrebenenpolitik)
Sicherheitspolitische Exkursion, Katharina Berninger (SM Internationale und Mehrebenenpolitik)
Scholz und die Zeitenwende, Prof. Thomas Jäger (SM Internationale und Mehrebenenpolitik)
Measuring Political Attitudes through Surveys, Lukas Hetzer (SM Vertiefung Politikwissenschaft)
Trump und die amerikanische Demokratie, Prof. Thomas Jäger (SM Vertiefung Politikwissenschaft)
Praktikum: Politikwissenschaft in der Praxis, Dr. Birgit Bujard (SM Praktikum)
Berufsfelder: Politikwissenschaft in der Praxis, Dr. Birgit Bujard (SM Berufsfelder)
Kolloquium Sozialwissenschaften (Bachelor): Department Politikwissenschaft, Helena Heberer (Bachelorarbeit Sozialwissenschaften)
Kolloquium Sozialwissenschaften, Prof. Thomas Jäger (Bachelorarbeit Sozialwissenschaften)
Master
Introduction to Qualitative Methods, Dr. Kristi Winters & Friedrich Haas (BM Qualitative Methods)
Research Design and Research Logic, Ece Özbey (BM Research Design)
International Relations, Prof. Klemens Fischer (BM International Relations)
Chaos? Großmachtwettbewerb, Machtmessung und die Modellierung von Ordnung, Patrick Kessler (SM Applied Theories and Methods Political Science II)
Deutsche Sicherheitspolitik vor neuen Herausforderungen, Prof. Holger Mey (SM Applied Theories and Methods Political Science II)
Strategic Models of Democratic Politics, Prof. Chitralekha Basu (SM Advanced Theory and Methods II)
Sicherheitspolitische Exkursion, Katharina Berninger (SM Special Topics Political Science II)
Climate Politics, Prof. Michael Bechtel (SM Special Topics Political Science II)
Political Science MA Research Seminar, Prof. Sven-Oliver Proksch (SM Research Seminar)
Political Science MA Research Seminar, Prof. Michael Bechtel (SM Research Seminar)
Political Science MA Research Seminar, Prof. Chitralekha Basu (SM Research Seminar)
Kolloquium Politikwissenschaft (Master): Research Questions and Research Designs in the area of International Relations, David Jacobs (SM Research Seminar)
Other Courses
Bachelor / Master
Bachelor
Einführung in die Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft: Vergleichende Politische Ökonomie (Prof. Christine Trampusch)
Die politische Ökonomie der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Dr. Michael Kemmerling)
Die politische Ökonomie der Finanzialisierung (Leonie Fernholz)
Political Economy of East Asia (Ka Chun Yung)
Big Tech & Big Brother: Current Questions in Comparative and International Political Economy (Jonas Horn, Ka Chun Yung)
Das Politische System der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Anne Puers)
Master
Research Design and Research Logic (Prof. André Kaiser)
Decentralization, Federalism, and Seperatism in Europe (Prof. André Kaiser)
Parties and Party Systems (Dr. Düzgün Arslantas)
Comparative Political Economy: Theories and Methods (Dr. Michael Kemmerling)
We Need to Go Deep: How to Study the Political and Institutional Foundations of Political Economies (Prof. Christine Trampusch)
Previous Semesters
WiSe 25/26
Bachelor
- Grundlagen der Internationalen Beziehungen (Prof. Thomas Jäger)
- Forschungslogik und Design (Paul Michel, Friedrich Haas)
- Digitalization & AI: Shaping the Future of European Politics and the Way We Study It ( Lukas Hetzer)
- Social and Welfare Policy in the US (Sarah Halpern-Meekin)
- Die Zwei-Staaten-Lösung für den Nahen Osten. Akteure und deren Darstellung in den Medien (Prof. Thomas Jäger)
- Wer könnte einen Waffenstillstand in der Ukraine verhandeln? (Prof. Thomas Jäger)
Master
- European Politics (Prof. Sven-Oliver Proksch)
- Introduction to Quantitative Methods - Lecture & Lab (Dr. Jens Wäckerle, Helene Heberer)
- Research Design and Research Logic (Nils Blossey, Ece Özbey)
- Democratic Theory and Practice (Dr. Lea Kaftan)
- Politics of Sport (Nils Ringe)
- Radical Right Parties and Coalition Politics in Europe (Prof. Sven-Oliver Proksch)
- Institutional Reform of the European Union (NRW debattiert Europa) (Prof. Sven-Oliver Proksch)
- Governing for the Long-Term: Democracy and the Politics of Major Policy Challenges (Prof. Michael Bechtel)
- Sicherheitspolitische Exkursion (Katharina Berninger)
- Applied International Relations and Geopolitics (Prof. Klemens Fischer)
- Chaos? Great Power Competition, Power Measurement and the Modelling of Order (Patrick Kessler)
- Applied Programming in Python for Political Scientists (Dr. Christopher Klamm)
- Bemühungen um die Nichtverbreitung von Massenvernichtungswaffen (Prof. Holger Mey)
SoSe 25
Bachelor
- Grundlagen der Europäischen Politik - Das politische System der Europäischen Union (Prof. Sven-Oliver Proksch)
- Einführung in die Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft: Vergleichende Politische Ökonomie (Prof. Christine Trampusch)
- Forschungslogik und Design (Nils Blossey)
- Das Politische System der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Anne Puers)
- Formelle und informelle Institutionen im Vergleich (PD Dr.habil. Elena Semenova)
- Einführung in die politikwissenschaftliche Korruptionsforschung (Dr. Anna Schwickerath)
- Populism in the 21st Century (Ece Özbey)
- Die Politische Ökonomie der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Dr. Michael Kemmerling)
- Die Politische Ökonomie der Finanzialisierung (Leonie Fernholz)
- Macht und Machtlosigkeit - Deutsche Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik in einer sich wandelnden Weltordnung (David Jacobs)
- Scholz und die Zeitenwende (Prof. Thomas Jäger)
- Im Schatten der Weltpolitik: internationale Beziehungen abseits der großen Debatten (David Jacobs)
- Trump und die amerikanische Demokratie (Prof. Thomas Jäger)
- Chip oder Geld? Political Economy of Development, Growth, and East Asia (YUNG Ka Chun)
- Current Questions in International and Comparative Political Economy (Jonas Horn, YUNG Ka Chun)
Master
- Public Policy - Democracy and Globalization (Prof. Michael Bechtel)
- Introduction to Qualitative Methods (Lecture)
- Introduction to Qualitative Methods (Laboratory, Friedrich Haas)
- Computational Text Analysis of Political Representation (Prof. Sven-Oliver Proksch)
- PROTEUS Seminar: The EU´s Strategic Agenda – Setting the path for the legislative term 2024 - 2029 (Prof. Wolfgang Wessels)
- Advanced Survey Methods and Challenges to Democracy (Lukas Hetzer, Jasmin Rath)
- Strategic Models of Democratic Politics (Jun.Prof. Chitralekha Basu)
- Climate Politics (Prof. Michael Bechtel)
- Reproductive Justice (Dr. Danielle Pullan)
- EU-UK relations after Brexit (Dr. Birgit Bujard)
- Decentralization, Federalism, and Seperatism in Europe (Prof. André Kaiser)
- Research Design and Research Logic in Comparative Politics (Prof. André Kaiser)
- Parties and Party Systems (Dr. Düzgün Arslantas)
- Comparative Political Economy (Lecture, Dr. Michael Kemmerling)
- We Need to Go Deep: How to Study the Political and Institutional Foundations of Political Economies (Prof. Christine Trampusch)
- Research Seminars