6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 4012537FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
English
Partnership Agreement
Under agreement for exchange of courses
Faculty
Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool
Department
Political Science
Educational team
Karen Celis (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
33 contact hours Lecture
117 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

This course is an introduction to politics and to political science from an intersectional perspective. The course presents the core political concepts and theories. These are discussed and critiqued from an intersectional perspective implying  (i) a critical analysis of bias, processes of marginalization and exclusion, and mechanisms of inclusion and privileging in the functioning of politics and political institutions; (ii) a critique of the discipline that studies politics, political actors, institutions and processes. The course zooms in on the relationships of disadvantaged groups with politics and how this differs from dominant privileged groups and moves marginalized voices in political science from the margins to the centre.

Course material
Handbook (Recommended) : Political Science is for Everybody, An Introduction to Political Science, Atchison, I. (ed.), University of Toronto Press, 9781487523909, 2021
Digital course material (Required) : Additional readings, Canvas
Additional info

Not applicable.

Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

LO1: Students know and understand the core political concepts and theories
LO1: Students know and understand the core political concepts and theories about diversity in politics
LO3 Students know and understand intersectional processes of political marginalization and privileging
LO4: Students see the intersectional biases in the political science discipline, understand their causes and effects, and develop a critical approach to the disciplin

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Written Exam with a relative weight of 60 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Not applicable.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Communication Studies: Media and Culture (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Communication Studies: Media, Journalism and Politics (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Political Science: Democracy and Leadership (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Educational Sciences: Standaard traject