Syllabus
CURRICULUM WINTER 0 Introductory Session; Academic Orientation 1-2 What is Politics? 3-4 Governments, Systems and Regimes 5-6 Political Ideologies 7-8 Representation, Election and Voting 9-10 Parties and Party Systems 11-12 Mass Media and Political Communication
Annotation
This course assigns a central role to interaction with English authentic texts (relevant to prospective political scientists) in English. The topics dealt with week by week (concerning e.g. governments, systems and regimes, political ideologies, state, nations and nationalism, global politics, political culture, mass media and political communication, representation, elections and voting, parties and party systems, etc.) will be explored in group discussions and/or workshop activities.
At the same time, the course introduces students to aspects of studying academic English, with special attention being given to the language used in academic speech and writing.