Master in Comparative Politics of Eurasia
HSE University
Key Information
Campus location
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
2 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
RUB 330,000 / per year **
Application deadline
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Introduction
Program Overview
The HSE University - St. Petersburg Master's Programme in "Comparative Politics of Eurasia" responds to the growing strategic importance of the wider Eurasian region, including the former Soviet Union and the countries of East Asia, as well as the associated need for both national and international expertise in the comparative politics of this vital region. The program provides for discipline-based professional training in Comparative Politics complemented with an advanced, specialist understanding of the unique and challenging political and social environment of the Eurasian region.
The program curriculum is developed around a core conceptual training in comparative political science and comprehensive empirical training in contemporary methods of social science research. Alongside this core, the program offers an exciting range of elective courses in two broad groups. The first group, augmenting the core training in comparative political science covers politics and society in contemporary Russia; the social and political transformations of Central Asia, China, and Vietnam; and the political economy of post-communist development. A second, the more multi-disciplinary grouping of courses includes those that cover: the international relations of Russia, Central Asia, China, and Vietnam; Russia’s energy policies and dilemmas; and Russia’s geopolitical standing in the context of the wider Arctic region.
The Programme’s location in St. Petersburg with its extraordinary cultural and historical heritage will provide students with unique opportunities for cultural enrichment, historical understanding, and the learning of the Russian language. Within the structure of the program, students can take classes in Russian Language and in the History of Russian Art and Culture.
The rigorous conceptual and methodological design of the program means that it is accessible to good students from all academic backgrounds and with different professional experiences. Through the program, students will attain the subject and disciplinary knowledge, the methodological expertise, and the professional sophistication to successfully pursue careers in the public or private sector; including in academia, think tanks, risk and business consultancies, political consultancy, the government and international organizations, NGOs, the media and journalism, and diplomacy.
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Curriculum
Curriculum
Core Theory (19 credits)
- Intro to Comparative Politics: Comparative Political Institutions (3 credits)
- Postcommunist Politics and Society (4 credits)
- Public Choice and Public Policy (4 credits)
- Media in Contemporary Politics and Society (4 credits)
Methods (11 credits)
- Research Methods in PolSci I (quantitative) (3 credits)
- Research Methods in PolSci II (qualitative) (3 credits)
- Computational Text Analysis or Social Network Analysis (5 credits)
Electives (minimum 38 credits)
- Political Economy of Post-communist Transformation (5 credits)
- Russia in World Politics (5 credits)
- Russia’s Electoral Politics: Comparative Perspective (5 credits)
- Nations and Nationalism in USSR and Russia (5 credits)
- Russia’s Civil Society: Comparative Perspective (4 credits)
- Conflict in the EU-Russia Relationship) (4 credits)
- East Asia: Politics and Society (4 credits)
- Post-Soviet Central Asia: Politics and Society (3 credits)
- Russia in Arctic Region (3 credits)
- Computational Text Analysis (3 credits)*
- Social Network Analysis (3 credits) *
Research and Practice (52 credits)
- Research/dissertation seminar (16 credits)
- Internship (12 credits)
- Master Dissertation (24 credits)
Optional **
- Russian language (5 credits)