Political studies

UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES – political studies

 

Undergraduate Political Studies at the Iustinianus Primus Law Faculty, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje last for 3 years. During that period of time students are required to take 19 mandatory courses, 8 elective courses and 3 optional courses in order to receive bachelor degree. For the full list of offered courses per year and accompanying number of credits see table below.

The language of instruction is Macedonian and English, both for domestic and foreign students.

Students can choose between two Modules:

Module: International Relations, European Integration and Diplomacy

Module: Applied Politics and Political System

 

First Year

First semester /Autumn semester

Courses	Course hours per week	EKTS
Introduction to Political Science	4	7
Political theories	4	7
Introduction to Law	4	7
Foreign Language	3	5
Elective Course (main module)	3	5

Second semester / Spring semester

Courses	Course hours per week	EKTS
Constitutionalism	4	7
Political System	4	7
Political Economy	4	7
Elective course (second module)	3	5
Optional Course	2	3

Second Year

 

Third semester / Autumn semester

Courses	Lectures per week	EKTS
Contemporary Macedonian History	4	7
Contemporary Political Theories	4	7
Political Sociology	4	7
Elective Course (main module)	3	5
Elective Course (main module)	3	5

Fourth semester / Spring semester

Courses	Lectures per week	EKTS
Civil society	4	7
Political parties and interest groups	4	7
Public administration	4	7
Elective Course (second module)	3	5
Optional Course	2	3

 

Third Year

Fifth semester / Autumn semester

Courses	Lectures per week	EKTS
Economic system and economic policy	4	7
International relations	4	7
Political Philosophy	4	7
Elective Course (main module)	3	5
Elective Course (main module)	3	5

Sixth semester / Spring semester

Courses	Lectures per week	EKTS
Public Opinion and Mass Media	4	7
Applied Politics	4	7
Contemporary political systems	4	7
Elective Course (second module)	3	5
Optional Course	2	3

Module: International Relations, European Integration and Diplomacy

(Elective Courses)

1. Theories of European Integration
2. EU Law and EU Institutions
3. Common Foreign and Security Policy of EU
4. Common EU policies
5. The Law of Internal Armed Conflicts
6. History of Diplomacy
7. International Human Rights Law
8. Peaceful Settlement of Disputes
9. Geography and Geopolitics
10. Digital Democracy
11. Foreign language

Module: Applied Politics and Political System

(Elective courses)

1. Contemporary Macedonian politics and Macedonian political system
2. Political system of the EU
3. Elections and Electoral Systems
4. Models of Democracy
5. Ethnicity, Nation and the State
6. Political Culture
7. Economics of the Public Sector
8. Human Rights in RM
9. Political Psychology
10. Digital Democracy
11. Foreign Language

Optional Courses

1. Globalisation
2. Illegal Immigration and Human Trafficking in the EU
3. Marketing
4. Multiculturalism and EU
5. Basics of Statistics
6. Political anthropology
7. Political mythology
8. Political psyhology
9. Political Systems in Southeast Europe
10. Development and human rights
11. Rhetoric
12. Sovereignty -Theory and Practice
13. Federalism, regionalism and democracy
14. Feminist Theories on Politics
15. Menagerial finance