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Study Details: Master of Political Science, 2 years full-time, 120 ECTS
The basic aim of the programme is to equip students with skills to analyze social and political processes in a way that not only reflects their political and social realities, but which examines and cares for the human self-expression and existence manifest in these processes.
The steps to achieving the goals of the program are: analysis of social and political processes; analysis and conveyance in scholarly form of the intellectual (social, political, artistic, philosophical) traditions of various Central and Eastern European countries; teaching social and political theses formulation, essay and scientific articles writing and criticism, as well as to foster debate and dialogue amongst all the program’s participants; inducement to creative combine personal social and political experiences of students with already existing bodies of social and political criticism; conversance with trends in contemporary social, political, and economic thought and methods; development of student abilities for creative thinking, innovative expression, and original scientific research; preparation of public intellectuals and citizens capable of significant social and political contributions to society-graduates who will help guarantee the free development of democratic society; provision of teaching and research opportunities for permanent faculty and visiting professors in their respective fields of study.
The prospective students are expected to hold a Bachelor degree or its equivalent. Those applying for a Master’s degree programme, should submit the following documents enclosed to the application:
• A copy of successfully completed Bachelor Thesis in an area appropriate for the content of the Master’s degree programme;
• A motivation letter to participate in the programme;
• A certificate of English language knowledge.
2012-13: 4900 Euros
Vytautas Magnus University offers scholarships to students who are currently enrolled or planning to enrol in Master’s degree programmes taught in English at Vytautas Magnus University. Gold Award, Silver Award, Stipendium Honoris Further Details
Graduates will have a possibility to work in state, non-governmental, international and private institutions; permanent representations to international organizations; at economy units; at educational institutions.
Compulsory Courses (6)
History and Methodology of 20th Century Social and Political Criticism
Intellectuals: Dissent and Social Criticism
Political Theory and Methodology
Propaganda Criticism
Critique of Political Reason
Narratological Analysis of East/Central European Memory
Optional Courses (8)
Psychoanalysis, Politics, Society
Contemporary Issues in Social and Political Philosophy
Postcoloniality in Central and Eastern Europe
European Feminisims
Postmodernist Critique of Social Institutions
National Social Movements in Baltic region and Central East Europe
Social/Political Hermeneutics
Public Space and Communication in Eastern and Central Europe
Elites and Public Intellectuals
Moral Imagination and Social Criticism
Aesthetics and Political Criticism
Research Projects (3)
Philosophy of Social Research and Methodology
Ecological Consciousness Research and Variations
Social – Political Discourses Analysis
Master Thesis
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