Teaching
Politics Department Course Offerings, Winter Semester 2020/21
Due to the measures taken by the Freie Universität Berlin to contain the spread of COVID-19, the start of classes for the winter semester has been postponed to November 2, 2020. According to the current situation all courses at the JFKI will be held using digital formats [synchronous online teaching at a designated time via webex].North American Studies Course Catalog (Winter Semester 2020)
Bachelor Program
Multi-disciplinary Studies: Lecture Series
Coping with Fear: Disaster and Disease in North America, Gienow-Hecht, Ulla Haselstein, Wednesdays, 18:00-20:00
Orientation Module
Citizen-State Relations in the US, Guido Rohmann, Mondays, 14:00-16:00,
US Foreign Policy: System, State, and Public, Lora Anne Viola, Tuesdays, 10:00-12:00
Colloqium
B.A. Colloquium, (Economics, History, Political Sciences, Sociology), David Bosold, Fridays, 10:00-12:00
Advanced Module A: Policies and Politics
Canadian Foreign and Security Policy, David Bosold, Wednesdays, 8:30-10:00
Power, globalization, and current issues in health policy, Betsy Leimbigler, Wednesdays, 14:00-16:00
Democracy, Disinformation and Deception, Curd Knüpfer, Thursdays, 12:00-14:00
Master Program
M.A. Colloqium
Mastercolloqium Political Science , Lora Anne Viola, Mondays, 10:00-12:00
Module A: Theories and Methods in Political Science
Research Design and Methods for Political Science (also for GSNAS), Lora Anne Viola, Tuesdays, 14:00-16:00
Theories of Press-State Relations and Content Analytical Research Methods, Curd Knüpfer, Thursdays, 18:00-20:00 [
Module B: Institutions, Actors and Processes
Inequalities in the Global Order, Lora Anne Viola, Tuesdays, 12:00-14:00
Constituting the Canadian State: Governance, Identity, Legitimacy, Julie Sunday, Wednesdays, 14:00-16:00 (also Module C),
Scandal, Sensation and getting it right: The Press and the U.S. Supreme Court, Lisa Matthias, Fridays, 14:00-16:00
Internet Governance: Theory and Practice, Anna Litvinenko, Tuesdays, 14:00-16:00, in cooperation with PuK.
Module C
Arab Media Systems, Carola Richter, Tuesdays, 10:00-12:00 and Thursdays, 12:00-14:00 , in cooperation with MPK and PUK
Constituting the Canadian State: Governance, Identity, Legitimacy, Julie Sunday, Wednesdays, 14:00-16:00 (also Module B),
Multi-disciplinary Studies: Lecture Series
Coping with Fear: Disaster and Disease in North America, Gienow-Hecht, Ulla Haselstein, Wednesdays, 18:00-20:00
B.A. Program
All B.A. Students are required to take Understanding North America (UNA) as part of their studies.
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Semester |
Course |
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Winter |
UNA A (History, Culture, Literature) |
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Summer |
UNA B (Politics, Economics, Sociology) |
The following B.A modules are offered by the politics department:
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Semester |
Orientation Module |
Advanced Module A (Vertiefungsmodul) Policies and Politics |
Advanced Module B (Vertiefungsmodul) State and Civil Society |
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Winter |
Seminar |
Vertiefungsseminar I+II |
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Summer |
Proseminar |
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Vertiefungsseminar I+II |
The following M.A. modules are offered by the politics department:
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Semester |
Module A Theories and Methods in Political Science |
Module B Institutions, Actors and Processes |
Module C Politics and Policies |
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Winter |
Hauptseminar + Seminar |
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Summer |
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Hauptseminar + Seminar |
Hauptseminar + Seminar |
B.A. Modules in North American Studies, Dept. of Political Science (2014-2019)
M.A. Modules in North American Studies, Dept. of Political Science (2014-2019)
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