Modeling of political future in programs of political parties

Course unit code

Political communication  41.04.04 – Political science

Course unit title

Modeling of political future in programs of political parties

Name(s), surname(s) and title of lecturer(s)

Arkadii Sentsov,

PhD, Associate Professor

Level of course

Master

Semester

2

ECTS credits

2

Working hours

Contact hours

24

lectures

seminars

24

practical classes

laboratory classes

consultations

Self-study

48

Total

72

Work placement

Seminars

Language of instruction

English

Objectives of the course

 Learning outcomes

 A student’s assessments methods

aims:

-to study the basic aspects of the political modeling;

- to study principles, methods and mechanisms of political future modeling;

- to study the basic types of modern political concepts;

- to study the specificityof formation of a program of political party

Formation of competence:

а)intercultural:

- the ability to develop cultural and professional level independently and to master new methods of research;

- the ability to get and use new knowledge independently.

b) professional:

- the ability to realize scientific research of political texts, processes and technologies, to use methods of data collection and processing;

- the ability to solve non-standard tasks in professional activities on the basis of the information and bibliographic culture;

- the ability to participate in the organization of management processes, to plan, to organize and to implement political projects

Presentations, essay and final test.

Teaching methods

Seminars, group work, delivery of individual presentations, independent study of literature, case studies, role plays, brainstorming.

Course unit content

Gained knowledge and skills:

• to know analytical and forecasting functions of modern political science;
• to be able to use categories and methods of political science as tools of political science research;
• to have skills of using of the acquired knowledge in analysis and evaluation of real political events, processes and institutions

List of Topics

Topic title

Contact (hours)

Assignments and independent study (hours)

Problems of the future in political theory and practice

4

8

Political future in temporal studies

4

8

Conceptual nature of the programs of political parties

4

8

Current problems of political modeling

4

8

Modeling of political future in the programs of Russian political parties

4

8

Modeling of political future in the programs of foreign political parties

4

8

24

48

Assessment requirements

Student’s skills in this subject will be evaluated by means of presentations in the seminars, written essay and final test.

Assessment criteria

The assessment of the presented works is carried out by the following criteria:

– compliance of the contents to a subject;

– existence of logical communication of stated information;

– compliance of registration to requirements;

– accuracy and literacy of a statement;

– work is handed over in time.

The composition of final accumulative mark

Final accumulative mark consists of: individual assignment – 20 %, written essay – 20 %, group case analysis and presentation – 30 %, final test –  30 %

Author of the course

Arkadii Sentsov