{"id":1864,"date":"2024-03-20T07:46:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T06:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karlshochschule.de\/?p=1864"},"modified":"2025-05-06T11:49:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T09:49:31","slug":"politics-b-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/en\/bachelor-programs\/politics-b-a.html","title":{"rendered":"Politics (B.A.)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading nachh1\">Bachelor&#8217;s degree program<\/h2>\n\n<p>For you, politics is more than just what happens in the news. You don&#8217;t just want to understand the society you live in, you also want to change it. Because for you, politics is not something that politicians shape, but something that happens from below. You want to develop ideas, convince people and turn projects into reality.<\/p>\n\n<p>In this degree program, you will learn to understand all facets of political science (political philosophy, international relations and comparative political systems) in a way that enables you to develop critical thinking to drive change. You can specialize in civil society activism, political communication or sustainable development. During a <a href=\"https:\/\/karlshochschule.de\/de\/unileben\/auslandssemester.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/karlshochschule.de\/de\/unileben\/auslandssemester.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">semester abroad <\/a>, you can deepen your skills at one of our partner universities.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Career options<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Advisor for public affairs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Head of NGOS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research assistant for politicians <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And more, depending on the specialization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Politics (B.A.) degree program &#8211; three specializations<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/karlshochschule.de\/en\/bachelor-programs\/politics-political-communication-b-a.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1158\">Political Communication<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/karlshochschule.de\/en\/bachelor-programs\/politics-activism-and-political-change-b-a.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"235\">Activism and Political Change<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/karlshochschule.de\/de\/bachelor\/politics-sustainable-development.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/karlshochschule.de\/de\/bachelor\/politics-sustainable-development.html\">Sustainable Development<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Head of degree program<\/h3>\n\n<p><strong><strong>Prof. Dr. Nadja Meisterhans<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bachelorgroup\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Politics (B.A.) &#8211; Everything at a glance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Application deadline<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>EU: Sept. 1, non-EU: July 15 or later, depending on the visa process of the home country<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Start of studies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>End of September<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Duration of study<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>6 semesters<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tuition fee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>EU: \u20ac 550 \/ month from winter semester 2025\/26<br\/>Non-EU: \u20ac 750 \/ month from winter semester 2025\/26<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ECTS points<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>180<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teaching language<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>English + other language courses<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Practice<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Company projects, practical semester and semester abroad<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lectures<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Mondays to Fridays (and block seminars)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"\/?page_id=2063\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">Request information<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/application.karlshochschule.de\/en\/index.php\" style=\"border-radius:0px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apply here!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politics (B.A.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2025,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bachelor-programs","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karlshochschule.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}