Teaching
The Chair of Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences offers regular courses on research design, data collection and quantitative research methods. For students in the political science B.A. Program we offer lectures that form the spine of the research methods training, Empirical Political Research and Data Analysis. These lectures are complemented by tutorials and workshops. At the postgraduate level we offer more advanced training in quantitative methods with lecture and seminar series in Multivariate Analysis, Multilevel Modeling and Maximum-Likelihood Estimation. In addition, we offer courses in research design for MA Students and doctoral candidates.
Courses in the Bachelor Programme
Course name Credits Details Term VL Data Analysis 6 ECTS Spring Semester 2025 Übung Data Analysis 2 ECTS Spring Semester 2025 Thesis Colloquium 2 ECTS Spring Semester 2025 Courses in the Master Programme
Course name Credits Details Term Advanced Quantitative Methods 6 ECTS Spring Semester 2025 Tutorial Advanced Quantitative Methods 2 ECTS Spring Semester 2025 Thesis Colloquium 2 ECTS Spring Semester 2025 Courses in the Doctoral Programmes
Course name Credits Details Term Dissertation Tutorial: Political Science 0 ECTS Spring Semester 2025 Dissertation Proposal Workshop 2 ECTS Spring Semester 2025 Advanced Quantitative Methods 6 + 2 ECTS Spring Semester 2025 English Academic Writing 3 ECTS Spring Semester 2025