Bridging Programme on Comparative and European Politics SP-VEP 2009-2010  Title Semester Theory (hours) Practice/Exercises (hours) Credits Professor(s) Discipline-specific courses Introduction to Political Science 1st semester 45,00 6 Stefaan Walgrave Comparative Politics 1st semester 45,00 6 L. De Winter Political Sciences Seminar 2nd semester 45,00 6 Wouter Van Dooren Steven Van Hecke Political sociology: classics and trends 1st semester 45,00 6 Petra Meier Issues in Comparative Politics 2nd semester 45,00 6 L. De Winter European Integration 2nd semester 45,00 6 Peter Bursens Methods Quantitative Research Methods 1st and 2nd semester 45,00 6 Luc Goossens Herman Meulemans Liesbeth Adriaenssens Statistics I 1st and 2nd semester 60,00 20,00 6 Peter Thijssen Qualitative Research Methods 1st semester 45,00 6 Dimitri Mortelmans Olivier Chandesais Statistics 2 1st and 2nd semester 50,00 30,00 6 Cornelius Van den Bosch Master of Comparative and European Politics 1MVEP 2009-2010  Title Semester Theory (hours) Practice/Exercises (hours) Credits Professor(s) Stem courses (compulsory) Research Design of the Master Thesis 1st semester 30,00 15,00 6 Dirk De Bièvre Comparative Political Institutions 1st semester 40,00 5,00 6 Jan Beyers The European Union as a political system 1st semester 40,00 5,00 6 Peter Bursens Optional courses: 4 to choose from the list below Reprensentativity in comparative perspective 1st semester 30,00 15,00 6 Petra Meier Peter Thijssen Political parties and elections 2nd semester 30,00 15,00 6 Irina Stefuriuc Economical analysis of the public sector 1st semester 45,00 6 Bruno Heyndels Europeanisation 2nd semester 25,00 20,00 6 Peter Bursens Interest Groups 2nd semester 30,00 15,00 6 Jan Beyers Caelesta Poppelaars International Political Economy 2nd semester 30,00 15,00 6 Dirk De Bièvre Conflict Resolution and European Policy 1st semester 30,00 15,00 6 Jacobus Delwaide European negotiation seminar 1st semester 45,00 6 Peter Bursens Research module (choose 1) Quantitave data analysis 2nd semester 8,00 15,00 3 Jan Beyers Measuring political attitudes 2nd semester 8,00 15,00 3 Peter Thijssen Comparatives methods 2nd semester 8,00 15,00 3 Jan Beyers Discourse analysis (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) 2nd semester 8,00 15,00 3 Patricia Vanden Eeckhout Policy analysis (Vrije Universteit Brussel) 2nd semester 8,00 15,00 3 Dimokritos Kavadias Measuring institutions: classifications and typologies (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) 2nd semester 8,00 15,00 3 Kris Deschouwer Master projects - 15 credits (compulsory) Masterthesis 1st and 2nd semester 15 N.