Politics and Economics (M.Ed.)

Course description

The Department of Political Science participates in the Master of Education degree programme with specialised didactic and scientific modules. The following political modules must be taken for students to earn credentials for teaching politics and economics at secondary schools:

Specialised didactics: Theory and practice of political education
Special area of study: European multi-level system

Course Structure

Specialised didactics: Theory and practice of political education
Special area of study: Democracy Today (a research and communication-oriented module)

Research foci

The research foci at Göttingen include political theory and the intellectual history, comparative politics and political economy, political parties and political culture research, didactics of politics and the European multilevel system, as well as regional research.

Language recommendation

A very good knowledge of English is recommended.