Programme Structure & Curriculum
SEMESTER I FALL 2024 Full-Term Course and Modules Classes: 2 Sep – 20 Dec, 2024 Exam week: 23 – 27 Dec 2024 | |||
N | COURSE TITLE | PROFESSOR | UNIVERSITY |
1 | Introductory IHRL and SDGs | Dr. Anja Mihr |
OSCE Academy |
2 | International Human Rights Law | Dr. Sergey Sayapin | |
3 | International Criminal Law | Dr. Claudio Pala | |
4 | Fact-Finding in International Law | Dr. Claudio Pala | |
5 | Quantitative Methods in International Relations | Dr. Baktybek Urmanbetov | |
6 | Concepts and Policies of International Relations | Dr. Eric Engle | |
7 | International Human Rights Law in Central Asia | Dr. Saniia Toktogazieva | |
8 | United Nations International Human Rights Law | Dr. Felipe Gomz Isa | |
9 | Sustainability and Society | Prof. Irina Mironova | |
10 | Concepts and Policies of Sustainability | Dr. Eric Engle | |
11 | Crises management and SDGs | Dr. Martin Kreeb | |
12 | Political Theory and Thought + Good Governance | Dr. Kemel Toktomushev | |
13 | Research Design and Qualitative Methods | Dr. Baurzhan Rakhmetov | |
Total credits: 25 ECTS | |||
SEMESTER II WINTER 2025 Classes: 8 Jan – 15 April, 2025 | |||
N | COURSE TITLE | PROFESSOR | UNIVERSITY |
1 | The OSCE module (SDG #17) | Dr. Pal Dunay | OSCE Academy |
2 | Regionalism | Dr. Sebastian Mayer | |
3 | Climate Justice in Central Asia | Dr. Sagynbek Orunbaev | |
4 | Political Regime Theory | Dr. Vincenzo Della Sala | |
5 | Sustainability and Civil Society in Central Asia | Dr. Daniela Irrera | |
6 | European Union Law and Human Rights | Prof. Kanykei Kasybekova | |
7 | Mixed Methods: Qualitative, Case Studies and Verification Research Methods | Dr. Michael Hayes | |
8 | Applied Teaching Methods | Prof. Inge Zwart | |
9 | Conflict Prevention and Resolution | Dr. Ariadna Petri | |
10 | Arts & Human Rights: Pathways to sustainability | Mr. Nick Danziger | |
11 | Democratization & Good Governance | Dr. Anja Mihr | |
12 | Gender Rights | Prof. Aigerim Kussaiyn kyzy | |
13 | Сhildren’s Rights | Mrs. Barbara Strasser Dr. Elvis Fokala | |
14 | Minority and Indigenous Rights | Dr. Francisco Romero | |
15 | Human Rights Violations as International Crimes | Dr. Rustam Atajanov | |
Total credits: 25 ECTS | |||
SEMESTER III SPRING 2025 May – August 2025 | |||
| Internship | 12 ECTS |
Internship |
| Independent Research Studies | 12 ECTS | |
| Student’s individual work | 16 ECTS | |
Total credits: 40 ECTS | |||
SEMESTER IV FALL 2025 September – December 2025 | |||
Each student is assigned to a partner university for the duration of the mobility semester | 10-12 ECTS | Mobility Semester | |
Total credits: 10-12 ECTS | |||
SEMESTER V WINTER 2026 December – February 2026 | |||
| Final state certification: State exam | 2 ECTS | Exam Period |
| Thesis | 18 ECTS | |
Total credits: 20 ECTS | |||