Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Potential careers

Providing analytics and consulting to political parties, political authorities, international governmental and non-governmental organizations
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Management of non-governmental organizations from local to international level, civic activism
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Standing for election as a candidate and managing electoral campaigns
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Political journalism, blogging
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GR and political risk assessment of private companies

What you will learn

An introduction to modern political theory and the history of political thought will help you understand the key ideas underpinning contemporary politics. You'll learn to analyze and interpret various political texts, from ancient treatises to recent social media posts
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You will understand how modern political systems work and analyze current events in the domestic politics of different countries
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You will understand how power relations work outside of ‘big politics', that is outside the official structures of the state
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You will master quantitative and qualitative research methods and learn to interpret statistical and survey data
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You will be able to analyze key problems of world politics, such as respect for human rights, mass migration, etc.
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You will master the basics of political rhetoric and learn to write competently about politics
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You will learn how to organize the work of civic organizations and electoral campaigns, work as part of a project team, and negotiation skills

Providing analytics and consulting to political parties, political authorities, international governmental and non-governmental organizations
‍
Management of non-governmental organizations from local to international level, civic activism
‍
Standing for election as a candidate and managing electoral campaigns
‍
Political journalism, blogging
‍
GR and political risk assessment of private companies

An introduction to modern political theory and the history of political thought will help you understand the key ideas underpinning contemporary politics. You'll learn to analyze and interpret various political texts, from ancient treatises to recent social media posts
‍
You will understand how modern political systems work and analyze current events in the domestic politics of different countries
‍
You will understand how power relations work outside of ‘big politics', that is outside the official structures of the state
‍
You will master quantitative and qualitative research methods and learn to interpret statistical and survey data
‍
You will be able to analyze key problems of world politics, such as respect for human rights, mass migration, etc.
‍
You will master the basics of political rhetoric and learn to write competently about politics
‍
You will learn how to organize the work of civic organizations and electoral campaigns, work as part of a project team, and negotiation skills

Head of the Program

Vasily Zharkov

Expert at the Sapere Aude School of Civic Education (formerly the Moscow School of Political Studies), a guest lecturer at the European Humanities University in Vilnius, and formerly Dean of the Faculty of Political Science at the Moscow School of Social Sciences (Shaninka).

"Our program is aimed at students who do not want to accept the imperfection of the existing social order. Let us together research, design, and implement a program of global societal restructuring based on equality, peace, and solidarity of people all over the world."

Courses

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