Program Overview

Program Overview

The Bachelor's degree program "International Relations" at the Center for International Studies (ZIS) at TU Dresden is a genuinely interdisciplinary degree program with the three equally important (core) subjects of International Politics, International Law, and International Economics.

Program Structure

The degree program comprises a total of 180 credit points (CP) and has a modular structure. In each of the three core subjects, students must complete modules worth at least 30 CP. In addition, three interdisciplinary courses (15 CP), with three lecturers (one from each of the three core subjects), as well as additional pre-professional qualifications, such as a professional internship, are part of the curriculum. The standard period of study is six semesters. The final thesis comprises six CP.

Core Subjects

• International Politics (min. 30 CP)
  • Module number | Module name | Compulsory or compulsory elective | CP
    • BA-IB-EPS | Introduction to Political Systems | MANDATORY | 5
    • BA-IB-EIB | Introduction to International Relations | COMPULSORY | 5
    • BA-IB-TIB | Theories and Concepts of International Relations | COMPULSORY | 5
    • BA-IB-MES | Introduction to the methods of empirical social research | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
    • BA-IB-GTEa | History, theories and current issues in European politics | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
    • BA-IB-APAa | Foreign policy analysis | MANDATORY ELECTION | 5
    • BA-IB-ATPa | Current Issues in International Politics | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
    • BA-IB-INOa | International Organizations | COMPULSORY ELECTION | 5
• International Law (min. 30 LP)
  • Module number | Module name | Compulsory or compulsory elective | CP
    • BA-IB-PIL | Introduction to Public International Law | MANDATORY | 5
    • BA-IB-BVR | Special International Law | COMPULSORY | 5
    • BA-IB-EUL | Introduction to European Union Law | COMPULSORY | 5
    • BA-IB-RIO | Law of International Organizations | COMPULSORY | 5
    • BA-IB-IMS | International human rights protection | COMPULSORY | 5
    • BA-IB-FVR | Current issues of international law | CHOICE OBLIGATION | 5
    • BA-IB-CILa | Current Issues in International Law | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
• International Economics (min. 30 LP)
  • Module number | Module name | Compulsory or compulsory elective | CP
    • BA-IB-VWL | Introduction to Economics | MANDATORY | 5
    • BA-IB-MIK | Introduction to Microeconomics | MANDATORY | 5
    • BA-IB-MAK | Introduction to Macroeconomics | COMPULSORY | 5
    • BA-IB-IWP | International Economic Policy | COMPULSORY | 5
    • BA-IB-ÖEI | Economics of European Integration | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
    • BA-IB-ECG | Introduction to Economic Growth | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
    • BA-IB-TRA | International Trade: Theory and Policy | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
    • BA-IB-UÖK | Environmental Economics | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5

Interdisciplinary Compulsory Courses

• Module number | Module name | Compulsory or compulsory elective | CP
  • BA-IB-IDE | Interdisciplinary Introduction | MANDATORY | 5
  • BA-IB-AKS | Current hour - current problem areas of international relations | COMPULSORY | 5
  • BA-IB-GLR | Global Risks - Current Problems in International Relations | MANDATORY | 5

Further Compulsory Components of the Curriculum

• Module number | Module name | Compulsory or compulsory elective | CP
  • BA-IB-AQA | General Qualifications | MANDATORY | 5
  • BA-IB-PRA | Professional internship | MANDATORY | 5
  • | Final thesis | MANDATORY | 5

Supplementary Qualifications (max. 30 LP)

• Module number | Module name | Compulsory or compulsory elective | CP
  • BA-IB-EPTa | Introduction to Political Theory | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
  • BA-IB-RST | Justification of state activity | CHOICE REQUIRED | 5
  • BA-IB-DSS | Descriptive statistics for social scientists | CHOICE REQUIRED | 5
  • BA-IB-ISS | Inductive statistics for social scientists | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
  • BA-IB-IEL | International Economic Law | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
  • BA-IB-HVR | International Humanitarian Law | MANDATORY ELECTION | 5
  • BA-IB-IRE | International Jurisprudence | MANDATORY ELECTION | 5
  • BA-IB-RLC | Asylum and residence law | COMPULSORY ELECTION | 5
  • BA-IB-ÖTP | Economic theory of politics | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
  • BA-IB-SUW | Strategy and Competition | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
  • BA-IB-ÖKU | Economic Inequality | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
  • BA-IB-GUW | Money and Currency | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
  • BA-IB-GPO | Monetary Policy | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
  • BA-IB-AFG | Current issues in monetary policy | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
  • BA-IB-AWP | Applied economic policy | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
  • BA-IB-GÖK | Fundamentals of Econometrics | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
  • BA-IB-VÖK | Econometrics specialization | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
  • BA-IB-GKF | Fundamentals of Communication Research | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
  • BA-IB-WLA | Linear Algebra in the Context of Business Administration and Economics | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
  • BA-IB-WAN | Analysis in the context of Business Administration and Economics | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
  • BA-IB-NXS | Multidisciplinary Perspectives of Sustainability | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
  • BA-IB-SWE | Social Science Supplement (courses are selected from the catalog) | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
  • BA-IB-STG | General Studies (Courses are selected from the catalog) | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5

Integrated Compulsory Language Training

• Module number | Module name | Compulsory or Compulsory Elective | CP
  • BA-IB-EIR | English Academic Writing and International Negotiations | MANDATORY | 5

Second Foreign Language

A second foreign language must be chosen. All modules must be completed in the selected second foreign language.

Foreign Language French

• BA-IB-FR1 | Introduction to the professional and academic language French: text work and oral communication | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
• BA-IB-FR2 | Introduction to the professional, scientific and legal language French | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
• BA-IB-FR3 | Academic Writing French | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
• BA-IB-FR4 | International Negotiation French | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5

Foreign Language Spanish

• BA-IB-ES1 | Introduction to the professional and academic language Spanish: text work and oral communication | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
• BA-IB-ES2 | Introduction to the professional, scientific and legal language Spanish | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
• BA-IB-ES3 | Academic Writing Spanish | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
• BA-IB-ES4 | International Negotiation Spanish | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5

Foreign Language Russian

• BA-IB-RU1 | Elementary Russian | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
• BA-IB-RU2 | Extension elementary level Russian | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
• BA-IB-RU3 | Advanced level Russian | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
• BA-IB-RU4 | Intermediate Russian extension | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5
• BA-IB-RU5 | Introduction to professional and academic Russian: text work and oral communication | MANDATORY CHOICE | 5

Study Abroad

Students on the Bachelor's degree course in IB spend the fifth semester at a state-recognized university abroad.