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Social and Political Critical Studies – (M.Sc.)
Vytautas Magnus University
Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy
| Application Deadline: | May 31 – applicants who need visa to entry Lithuania. June 30 – applicants from non-visa countries. | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 2,450 - | ||
| Location: | Kaunas / Lithuania / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
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The basic aim of the programme is to equip students with skills to analyze social and political processes in a way that not only reflects their political and social realities, but which examines and cares for the human self-expression and existence manifest in these processes.
The steps to achieving the goals of the program are: analysis of social and political processes; analysis and conveyance in scholarly form of the intellectual (social, political, artistic, philosophical) traditions of various Central and Eastern European countries; teaching social and political theses formulation, essay and scientific articles writing and criticism, as well as to foster debate and dialogue amongst all the program´s participants; inducement to creative combine personal social and political experiences of students with already existing bodies of social and political criticism; conversance with trends in contemporary social, political, and economic thought and methods; development of student abilities for creative thinking, innovative expression, and original scientific research; preparation of public intellectuals and citizens capable of significant social and political contributions to society-graduates who will help guarantee the free development of democratic society; provision of teaching and research opportunities for permanent faculty and visiting professors in their respective fields of study.
Graduates will have a possibility to work in state, non-governmental, international and private institutions; permanent representations to international organizations; at economy units; at educational institutions.
Contents
Area of Studies: Political Sciences
Faculty: Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy
Mode of Studies: Full-time studies
Length of Programme: 2 academic years (120 ECTS)
Name of Qualification: Master of Political Science
Curriculum:Compulsory Courses (6)
* History and Methodology of 20th Century Social and Political Criticism
* Intellectuals: Dissent and Social Criticism
* Political Theory and Methodology
* Propaganda Criticism
* Critique of Political Reason
* Narratological Analysis of East/Central European Memory
Optional Courses (8)
* Psychoanalysis, Politics, Society
* Contemporary Issues in Social and Political Philosophy
* Postcoloniality in Central and Eastern Europe
* European Feminisims
* Postmodernist Critique of Social Institutions
* National Social Movements in Baltic region and Central East Europe
* Social/Political Hermeneutics
* Public Space and Communication in Eastern and Central Europe
* Elites and Public Intellectuals
* Moral Imagination and Social Criticism
* Aesthetics and Political Criticism
Research Projects (3)
* Philosophy of Social Research and Methodology
* Ecological Consciuosness Research and Variations
* Social - Political Discourses Analysis
Master Thesis
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For Master Degree Programme:
The prospective students are expected to hold a Bachelor degree or its equivalent. Those applying for a Master's degree programme, should submit the following documents enclosed to the application:
* A copy of successfully completed Bachelor Thesis in an area appropriate for the content of the Master's degree programme;
* A motivation letter to participate in the programme;
* A certificate of English language knowledge.
Items to be submitted:
* Application form (you can download it form
* Bachelor / Master degree diploma and its supplement (transcript of records / mark sheet) in the original language and translated into English, and:
1) Approved by "Appostille" - for citizens of countries acceding to the 1961 Hague Convention;
2) Legalized by the Center of Quality Assessment in Higher Education (in Lithuania - for other countries citizens;o Proof of English proficiency (TOEFL, ELTC, etc.);
* Letter of motivation (300 - 500 words);
* Curriculum vitae;o Notary certified copy of your passport or other document of identification;
* Copy of document showing paid application fee 50 EUR (where the name of the applicant and the date of payment are indicated);
* 1 recent passport size photo (3 x 4 cm);
* Accommodation form (you can download it form
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
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