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of Philosophy, Sociology and Political Science

Educational Program

Head of Project Group (Guarantee of Educational Program)

A.M. Mishchenko, PhD in Philosophical Sciences,

Associate Professor of the Department of Philosophic and Social Sciences

  1. Educational Program is specialty 052 «Political Science»

(in specialty  «Political Science of International Relations »

1 – General Information

Full name of IHE and structural unit

State University of Trade and Economics, Faculty of International Trade and Law

Department of Philosophic and Social Sciences

Academic degree and qualification title in the original

Academic degree: Bachelor’s ’s degree

Specialty «Political Science»

Specialization «Political Science of International Relations»

Educational Program Title

«Political Science of International Relations»

Qualification Title (Degree), program credits and duration

Diploma type – individual.

240 ECTS credits,

Training Schedule – 3 years and 10 months.

Accreditation

Primary accreditation is planned for 2023

Cycle/ Level

EQF of Ukraine – 6 level, FQ-EHEA- first cycle,

EQF-LLL- 6 level

Academic Background

Availability of a complete general secondary education. Admissions to the program are regulated by the Admission policies to SUTE.

Language(s) of instruction

Ukrainian

Program duration

3 years and 10 months

Educational Program Link

https:// knute.edu.ua

2 – Educational program aim

To provide basic knowledge, abilities and skills, that form and develop programmatic competence that is necessary for further studies and professional activity in the field of International relations.

To form the professional world view of political scientist who is able to decide intricate theoretical and practical problems and problems in the field of International relations and foreign policy; to analyse International cooperation between the states, International organizations and non-state actors, that envisages application of International relations theories, foreign policy and international communications; obtaining the competence of political analysis realization of International relations and foreign policy of the states, and also for effective work in the spheres of foreign policy and International cooperation.

The feature of the educationally professional program is its interdisciplinary character, namely synthesis of International relations knowledge, foreign policy, and International safety. This educationally professional program combines theoretical and practical preparation of students with application of modern educational technologies, implementation of scientifically searching tasks. Corresponding forms, methods and receptions of studies, powerful resources of university (material and technical, skilled, informative, organizational, financial resources and others), provide the achievements of the following aim.

3 – Educational program general information

Subject area (Field of study, speciality, and specialization) (as available) 

Field of study 05 « Social and behavioral sciences»

Specialty 05 «Political Science»

Specialization «Political Science of International Relations»

Educational program orientation

Educationally professional program of bachelor has the applied orientation. The program is oriented to the preparation of graduating student to professional activity in the field of International relations, that envisages ability to carry out interdisciplinary complex approach in educed and description of different aspects of International relations, trends progress of countries in their ethno national, cultural and historical, social and political and social economic measuring.

Educational program and specialization goals and objectives

Professional preparation of political scientist in the field of International relations is oriented to the study of foreign-policy processes (collaboration, integration, international conflicts) and foreign policy of the states, is oriented to the in-applied and professional bachelors’ preparation that comes true with bringing in of structural subdivisions of public authorities, that is responsible for forming and realization of foreign policy of the country, foreign diplomatic representative offices, International organizations and others; knowledge of foreign languages. Keywords: political science, International relations, foreign policy, International organizations, integration processes, diplomacy.

Specific requirements

Interdisciplinary preparation of specialists in area of International relations, historically and cultural, social and political, ethno national and socio-economic development of the world countries, with the study of foreign languages.

Productive and political science practices provide preparation of specialists in the real environment of future professional activity. The newest research and practice accomplishments, approach of the systems will be realized in forming of maintenance of the profile-oriented educational disciplines are used in educational process

4 – Career opportunities and further learning

Career opportunities

The political scientists prepared within the limits of the program in the field of International relations have the opportunity to work after the speciality:

­ in the organs of public administration of Ukraine (public and local self-government authorities), and also on the enterprises, in establishments and organizations both especially of political aspiration and those that function in the various spheres of social and political life and International relations;

­ in academic and research organizations of Ukraine and foreign countries related to the political science and range of problems, as independent research workers, and in project groups;

­ in government and management bodies, in intergovernmental and ungovernmental International organizations, Mass media, as employees, with possibility of participating in development and realization of decisions and projects;

­ in political parties, in International and Ukrainian public organizations that carry out a project (consulting, consultative, research and analytical), and also informative activity in the field of politics and International relations, as employees, with possibility of development and realization of decisions and projects.

   Political scientist in the field of International relations, capable to execute the professional work marked (according to National classification of Ukraine “Occupational Classification SС 003:2010»):

Further learning

A Bachelor can continue education at the second (Master's degree) level of Political Science and allied subjects, to promote qualification and get additional after graduation education.

5 – Training and assessment

Teaching and learning

There are student-centred studies, self-training, problem-oriented studies, individualized, creative approach through productive practices. The system of studies methods is based on the principles of purposefulness, binariness - active direct participating in educational process of teacher and student. The basic approaches are humanism, systematicity, manufacturability, discreteness at teaching process. Lectures, seminars, individual study, tutorials with teachers, course-works writing and projects development, and practical training.

Assessment

The cumulative grade-rating system that envisages the students’ assessment for all types of educational activity is sent to the capture of the educational loading from the educational program: current, module, final control in form of writing examinations, essays, digests, projects, practices, term papers, Final Qualifying exam.

Assessment is protected under the “Act about the assessment of training results of students and postgraduate students” and “Act about the organisation of students’ educational process”.

6 – Program competences

Integral competence

Ability to solve complex specialized and practical problems in the field of political, international relations and foreign policy or in the process of studies, to carry out the analysis of international cooperation between the states, international organizations and non-state members, that envisages the application of certain theories of international relations, foreign policy and international communications that are characterized by complexity and vagueness of terms, with application of theories and methods of political science.

General competence (GC)

GC01. To operate the knowledge of studying and understanding of professional activity.

GC02. Ability to communicate foreign language.

GC03. Ability to criticise and be criticised.

GC04. Ability to communicate with representatives of other spheres of activity and groups of different levels (with experts from different branches of economic activities).  

GC05. Ability to use information and communication technologies.

GC06. Ability to realise the rights and duties as the member of community, to realize the value of civil (free democratic) society and necessity of its steady development, supremacies of law, rights and freedoms of the person and citizen in Ukraine.

GC07. Ability to keep and increase moral, cultural, scientific value and achievements of society on the basis of understanding history and principles of subject development, its place in the general system of knowledge about the nature and society and in the development of society, technique and technologies, to use different kinds and forms of motive activity for active rest and keep healthy way of life.

Professional competence (PC)

PC01. Ability to use the categorical and analytically-research apparatus of modern political science.

PC02. Ability to apply the political science thinking for solving theoretical and practical problems in political sphere on the basis of classic and modern political idea.

PC03. Ability to describe, to explain and estimate political processes and phenomena in different historical, social, cultural and ideological contexts.

PC04. Ability to apply the instruments of normative and empiric political theory, political methodology, comparative and applied political science, international and global studios in professional activity.

PC05. Ability to analyse cooperation of political members and institutes, government and management, political systems and modes, political behavior in the different contexts of their functioning.

PC06. Ability to analyse public politics at local, national, European and global level.

PC07. Ability to apply theories and methods of applied political science, political communication, special political science disciplines in professional activity.

PC08. Ability to construct design, to develop the program and execute political science researches with the use of modern methods, technologies and instruments of political analysis.

PC09. Ability to present the results of theoretical and applied researches for specialists and non-specialists.

PC10. Ability to understand international relations in different contexts, in particular political, safety, legal, economic, public, cultural and informative.

PC11. Ability to understand bases of modern international law, its influence on the dynamics of international relations and foreign policy of the countries.

PC12. Ability to analyse international integration processes on European continent and place of Ukraine in these processes.

PC13. Ability to understand bases of geopolitics and geostrategy subjects of international relations.

PC14. Ability to analyse the processes of worldwide policy and global problems of contemporaneity.

7 – Program learning outcomes (PLO)

PLO1. Knowledge of leading concepts, ethical and legal principles in professional activity;

РL02. Ability to communicate national and foreign languages in professional and scientific communities;

РL03. Have the ability to think critically in professional scientific communities;

РL04. Have the abilities to communicate in professional scientific communities;

РL05. Have the ability to use information and communicative technologies in professional activities;

РL06. To know the rights and duties as the member of democratic society and to use them in professional activity.

РL07. To understand history, regularities and stages of subject development in the sphere of political science, to know its value and achievements.

РL08. Able to use the base of categorically-conceptual and analytically-research apparatus of modern political science;

РL09. Able to apply the political science thinking for the decision of theoretical and practical problems in the political sphere on the basis of classic and modern political idea.

РL10. Able to describe, to explain and estimate political processes and phenomena in different historical, social, cultural and ideological contexts.

РL11. To apply the instruments of normative and empiric political theory, political methodology, comparative and applied political science, international and global studios in professional activity.

РL12. Able to analyse cooperation of political members and institutes, government and management, political systems and regimes, political behavior in different contexts of their functioning.

РL13. Able to analyse public politics at local, national, European and global level.

PL14. To apply theories and methods of the applied political science, political communications, special political science disciplines in professional activity.

РL15. To construct design, develop the program and execute political science researches with the use of modern methods, technologies and instruments of political analysis.

PL16. To present the results of theoretical and applied researches to the specialists and wide audience, mass media, experts on other areas of knowledge.

РL17. To analyse and estimate international situation, taking into account different information sources about international and foreign-policy events and processes.

РL18. To determine political, diplomatic, safety, public, legal, economic and other risks in the field of international relations and global processes.

РL19. To participate in professional discussions from the problems of international relations and foreign policy, to respect opponents and their the points of view.

РL20. To determine features and apply the abilities to estimate influences of international environment on states’ functioning, international organizations and other members, establish the connection between their activity.

8 – Resource support for program implementation

Academic staff

Professionals who realise the training of students in specialty, suitable to licensed terms of educational activity realization at first (Bachelor) level of higher education. 100% of staff involved in teaching of professionally-oriented disciplines, have scientific degrees in corresponding specialities.

Facilities

Logistical support allows providing educational process during all cycle of preparation by the educational program. The state of classrooms is validified by technical passports that conform to  operating normative acts. In educational process computer classes are used with powerful computers and modern software. Computer-assisted workplaces in the Scientific library of the university give possibility to use the Internet and local network of both library and university on the whole. Students have the opportunity to use their own PC with free possibility of access to the Internet through Wi - Fi.

Informational, teaching and learning materials

Official web-site https://knute.edu.ua/ contains information about educational programs, scientific activity, structural subdivisions, rules of entering of the university, contacts;

  • unlimited access to the Internet;
  • scientific library, reading-rooms;
  • virtual educational environment Moodle;
  • educational and course plans;
  • graphic charts of educational process;
  • educational and methodical complexes of disciplines;
  • didactic materials for independent and individual work of students from disciplines, course practices;
  • methodical recommendations in relation to implementation of term papers (projects), preparation to Final Qualification exam and others like that.

9 – Academic mobility

National credit mobility

National credit mobility is carried out according to concluded agreements about academic mobility, about double certification and so on.

International credit mobility

International credit mobility is realised as a result of conclusion of agreements about international academic mobility (Erasmus+ К1), about double certification, about longtime international projects that provide training of foreign students and receiving dual degree and so on.

Training of foreign students

Requirements and particularities of education program in the case of foreign citizens’ training are Ukrainian and English languages knowledge on the level no less than B1.


2. List of educational program components and their logical order

2.1. List of educational program components

Educational Program Components

Total credits

Compulsory Educational Program Components

CC 1

Foreign language for specific purposes

24

CC 2

History of political doctrines

6

CC 3

Theory of State and Law

6

CC 4

Philosophy

6

CC 5

Theory of Politics

6

CC 6

Theory of International Relations

6

CC7

Information systems in Professional Activity

6

CC 8

Political systems of the world

6

CC 8.1

Course work on Political Systems and Regime of the Countries of the World

CC 9

Political Regional Science

6

CC10

Foreign Political Science of ХХ-ХХІ centuries

6

CC 11

Partology

9

CC 12

International Relations and World Policy

6

CC 13

Political conflict management and negotiation theory

6

CC 14

Foreign Policy of Ukraine

6

CC 15

International Public Law

6

CC16

Political government relations

6

CC 17

International organizations

6

CC 18

Decision making theory in International Relations

6

CC 19

International Economic Relations

6

CC 20

Political Analyst and Forecasting

6

CC 21

Political Communication

6

CC 22

National interests in the world  geopolitics and geo-economics

6

CC22.1

Course work on  National interests in the world  geopolitics and geo-economics

CC 23

Electoral Policy

4,5

CC 24

Political Management and Marketing

4,5

Total credits for compulsory components

162

Selective Educational Program Components

SC 1

Life safety

6

SC 2

Public organisations

6

SC 3

Humanitarian policy of the state

6

SC 4

Diplomatic and Consular service

6

SC 5

Diplomatic and business etiquette

6

SC 6

Second foreign language

6

SC 7

Ecological Policy of the Country

6

SC 8

Economic theory

6

SC 9

Ethno Political Science

6

SC 10

European integration

6

SC 11

Imageology

6

SC 12

Information Wars

6

SC 13

Ukrainian society history

6

SC 14

History of Ukrainian culture

6

SC 15

Competitive policy of the state

6

SC 16

Critical Thinking

6

SC 17

Logic

6

SC 18

Mass communication

6

SC 19

Media planning

6

SC 20

Elocution

6

SC 21

Political elite and leadership

6

SC 22

Political Ethic  

6

SC 23

Political culture and ideology

6

SC 24

World Culture

6

SC 25

Social leadership

6

SC 26

Sociology

6

SC 27

Sociology of social thought

6

SC 28

Sociology  of International

6

SC 29

Policy sociology

6

SC 30

Statistics

6

SC 31

Theory of public relations

6

SC 32

Theory and practice of democracy

6

SC 33

Terrorism and Politics

6

SC 34

The Ukrainian language for specific purposes

6

SC 35

Philosophy of Politics

6

Total credits for compulsory components

60

Practical Training

Practical Training 1

3

Practical Training 2

6

Total

9

Assessment

Final exam preparation and defense

6

Assessment preparation

3

Total

9

TOTAL

240

            * The final assessment for all educational program components is exam.



  1. Structural and logical scheme of Educational Program

І course

1 семестр

ІІ course

3 семестр

ІІІ course

5 семестр

ІV course

7 семестр

IV semester

8 семестр

ІІІ course

6 семестр

ІІ course

4 семестр

І course

2 семестр


ІІІ

CC1 Foreign language for specific purposes

CC1 Foreign language for specific purposes

CC1 Foreign language for specific purposes

CC1 Foreign language for specific purposes

CC12 International Relations and World Policy

CC16 Political government relations

CC20 Political Analyst and Forecasting

CC23 Electoral Policy

CC2 History of political doctrines

CC3 Theory of State and Law

CC4 Philosophy

CC5 Theory of Politics

CC6 Theory of International Relations

CC7 Information systems in Professional Activity

CC8 Political Systems and Regime of the Countries of the World

CC8.1 Course work on Political Systems and Regime of the Countries of the World світу

CC9 Political Regional Science

CC10 Foreign Political Science of ХХ-ХХІ centuries

CC11 Partology

CC13 Political conflict management and negotiation theory

CC14 Foreign Policy of Ukraine

CC15 International Public Law

CC17 International organisations

CC18 Decision making theory in International Relations відносинах

CC19 International Economic Relations

CC22.1 Course work on  National interests in the world  geopolitics and geo-economics

CC21 Political Communication

CC22 National interests in the world  geopolitics and geo-economics

CC24 Political Management and Marketing

Practical Training 1

Final exam preparation and defense

Assessment preparation

Practical Training 2

  1. Final Assessment

Assessment is carried out openly and publicly of Graduation thesis.

Graduation thesis has to involve the complex problem solving or problems in the sphere of management that expect for researches and/ or innovations and is characterised by complexity and uncertainty conditions, with the use of theories and methods of economic science.

Graduation thesis cannot involve academic plagiary, adulteration, fabrication.

Graduation thesis must be released to the public in the official website of Higher educational establishment or its subdivision or its repository.

4.1. Program Competences and EP Components Matrix

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Компетентності

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4.2. Program Competences and EP Components Matrix

Компоненти /

Компетентності

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ВК23

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ВК25

ВК26

ВК27

ВК28

ВК29

ВК30

ВК31

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ВК33

ВК34

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СК6

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СК7

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СК9

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СК10

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5.1. Program Competences and EP Components Matrix

Компоненти /

Програмні Результати навчання

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ОК2

ОК3

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ОК5

ОК6

ОК7

ОК8

ОК9

ОК10

ОК11

ОК12

ОК13

ОК14

ОК15

ОК16

ОК17

ОК18

ОК19

ОК20

ОК21

ОК22

ОК23

ОК24

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РН4

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РН7

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РН9

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РН10

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РН11

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РН13

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РН15

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РН17

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5. 2. Program Competences and EP Components Matrix

Компоненти /

Програмні   результати навчання

ВК1

ВК2

ВК3

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ВК5

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ВК8

ВК9

ВК10

ВК11

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ВК22

ВК23

ВК24

ВК25

ВК26

ВК27

ВК28

ВК29

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ВК31

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ВК33

ВК34

ВК35

РН1

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РН7

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РН8

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РН9

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РН10

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РН11

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РН12

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РН13

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РН14

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РН15

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РН16

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РН17

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РН18

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