MA PROGRAMS
Entry Requirements
Students seeking admission to the Political Science Department’s MA program must meet the general CEU admissions requirements. Successful applicants usually hold a first degree in economics, history, law, political science or sociology, although other degrees will be given equal consideration. Candidates for the one-year MA program must have at least four-years university education prior to CEU, candidates with three-year BA degrees should apply to the two-year MA program offered by the department.
Application Deadlines:
January 25, 2012 - General Application Deadline.
Admission decisions for the MA programs will be sent out starting April 5, 2012.
How to apply:
University-wide information for AY 2012-2013, Online Application, Scholarships and Financial Aid
For more information please check the main admissions pages
Degree Requirements
One year MA program in Political Science
Courses generally earn 4 credits, students are required to earn 32 credits over the two semesters. The non-credit Academic Writing course is mandatory for all students.
Some of the courses offered have the status of core courses. They cover the analytical and empirical foundations of the MA program. The core courses are organized in four groups. At least 16 out of 32 credits should be earned by attending and completing core courses, one each in four fields: quantitative research methods, political economy, comparative politics and social-and political theory. Within this constraint, each student decides for herself/himself how many core courses to take within one semester.
Exemption from the requirement of taking a core course can be granted to those who have already studied the given subjects. The claimant should pass a written test on the basics of the subject. If the exemption is accorded, the student is free to ignore the core group to which the course in question belongs to and choose any four-credit course instead, whether it belongs to the core or not. Besides the MA courses offered by the Political Science Department, students can choose among MA courses offered by other CEU departments and programs, provided that those courses are cross-listed with the Political Science Department. MA students are allowed to take one course per academic year from Political Science PhD courses.Students have to submit and defend an approx. 15,000 words MA thesis, worth 8 credits.
See the MA Handbook for further details by clicking here.
Two year MA program in Political Science
Courses generally earn 4 or 8 ECTS, students are required to earn 100 ECTS over the two years. The non-credit Academic Writing course is mandatory for all students, as well as the Thesis Writing courses.
Students must complete all mandatory course within the program, no exemption is possible from these classes.
Those students that lack a political science background will be required to take remediary classes in their first year in order to gain a basic understanding of the discipline.
Students should also register for elective courses that can come from the MA or PhD courses offered by the Political Science Department. Besides the MA courses offered by the department, students can choose among MA courses offered by other CEU departments and programs, provided that those courses are cross-listed with the Political Science Department.Students have to submit and defend an approx. 18,000 words MA thesis, worth 20 ECTS. The program concludes with a comprehensive oral examination.
See the MA Handbook for further details by clicking here.
To find out more about the expected learning outcomes of our MA programs click here.