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
Kursname Credits Details Zeitraum VL Empirical Political Research 6 ECTS Kursdetails Fall Semester 2026 Tutorial Empirical Political Research 0 ECTS Kursdetails Fall Semester 2026 PS Public attitudes to European integration 5 ECTS Kursdetails Fall Semester 2026 Courses in the Master Programme
Kursname Credits Details Zeitraum Quantitative Methods (formerly Multivariate Analyses) 8 ECTS Kursdetails Fall Semester 2026 Tutorial Quantitative Methods 2 ECTS Kursdetails Fall Semester 2026 Research Design 8 ECTS Kursdetails Fall Semester 2026 Courses in the Doctoral Programmes
Kursname Credits Details Zeitraum Crafting Social Science Research 6 ECTS Kursdetails Fall Semester 2026 Current Research Perspectives 2 ECTS Kursdetails Fall Semester 2026 Dissertation Tutorial Political Science 0 ECTS Kursdetails Fall Semester 2026