The University Of Georgia
| Program name: | Political Sciences |
| Study Level: | Undergraduate |
| Program leader: | Shalva Dzebisashvili |
| Study language: | Georgian |
| Qualification: | BA of Social Sciences in Political Sciences |
| Program capacity: | 240 |
| Program permission: | National Exams |
| Program goals: | A |
| Methods for Attaining Learning Outcomes: | . |
| Learning outcomes: | Knowledge and understanding . . Skills . . . . . . Responsibility and autonomy . . . . |
| Date of approval: | 09-01-2006 |
| Approval protocol number: | 3 |
| Date of program update: | 09-12-2015 |
| Update protocol number: | 25-15 |
| Program details: | . |
| Teaching Process Characteristics: | The length for undergraduate studies is defined as 4 years or 8 terms. University Study Day is divided in lectures (lessons).The lecture consists of several (two, three or four) parts (theoretical part, practical – seminar, lab), each of length - 60 minutes. At the University groups (classes) are formed as from 25 or 50 students. The minimum number of students per group is 10. If during the registration less than 10 students registered, the University reserves the right not to open the group. |
University Core
| Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
| HIST1115 | Introduction to World History I | 3 | 1 |
| KART1220 | Academic Writing | 6 | 1 |
| BUSN1210 | Basics of Business and Economics | 6 | 2 |
| HIST1215 | Introduction to World History II | 3 | 2 |
| HIST1230 | Introduction to the History of Georgia | 6 | 3 |
| Credits sum: | 24 | ||
School Core
| Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
| ENGL2145 | English Language III (B1/1) | 3 | 1 |
| MATH1214 | Fundamentals of quantitative research methods | 6 | 1 |
| ENGL2215 | English language IV (B1/2) | 3 | 2 |
| ENGL3115 | English language V (B2/1) | 3 | 3 |
| ENGL3215 | English language VI (B2/2) | 3 | 4 |
| Credits sum: | 18 | ||
School Core
| Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
| ENGL2145 | English Language III (B1/1) | 3 | 1 |
| MATH1214 | Fundamentals of quantitative research methods | 6 | 1 |
| ENGL2215 | English language IV (B1/2) | 3 | 2 |
| ENGL3115 | English language V (B2/1) | 3 | 3 |
| ENGL3215 | English language VI (B2/2) | 3 | 4 |
| Credits sum: | 18 | ||
School Electives
| Code | Subject | ECTS | |
| FRAN1142 | French Language I (A1) | 3 | |
| GERM1142 | German language I (A1) | 3 | |
| ITAL1142 | Italian language I (A1) | 3 | |
| SPAN1142 | Spanish Language I | 3 | |
| FRAN1242 | French Language II (A2) | 3 | |
| GERM1242 | German Language II (A2) | 3 | |
| ITAL1242 | Italian Language II (A2) | 3 | |
| SPAN1242 | Spanish Language II | 3 | |
| FRAN2142 | French Language III (B1/1) | 3 | |
| GERM2142 | German Language III (B1/1) | 3 | |
| ITAL2142 | Italian Language III (B1/1) | 3 | |
| SPAN2142 | Spanish Language III (B1/1) | 3 | |
| FRAN2242 | French Language IV (B1/2) | 3 | |
| GERM2242 | German Language IV (B1/2) | 3 | |
| ITAL2242 | Italian Language IV (B1/2) | 3 | |
| SPAN2242 | Spanish Language IV (B1/2) | 3 | |
| Credits sum: | 48 | ||
Program Core
| Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
| POLI1220 | Introduction to Politics | 6 | 1 |
| PSYC1211 | Basics of Social Psychology | 3 | 1 |
| POLI1145 | Georgian Government and Politics | 6 | 2 |
| POLI1225 | Introduction to Politics - Political process, culture and institutions | 6 | 2 |
| POLI2120 | Introduction to International Relations | 6 | 2 |
| POLI2220 | World Politics | 6 | 2 |
| POLI1221 | Geopolitics and strategic research | 6 | 3 |
| POLI2240 | Political Ideologies | 6 | 3 |
| POLI3145 | EU enlargement and integration issues and challenges: on the example of the Visegrad countries. | 6 | 3 |
| POLI3105 | Qualitative Research Methods in Politics | 6 | 4 |
| POLI3230 | Introduction to Comparative Politics | 6 | 4 |
| POLI2230 | Political Sociology | 6 | 5 |
| POLI3205 | South Caucasus Comparative Politics | 6 | 5 |
| POLI2210 | Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict | 6 | 6 |
| IREL1230 | Research Design | 6 | 7 |
| POLI4110 | Religion and politics | 6 | 7 |
| POLI4105 | Democracy, Elections and Electoral Systems | 6 | 8 |
| POLI4220 | Bachelor's Thesis in Politics | 12 | 8 |
| Credits sum: | 111 | ||
Program Elective
| Code | Subject | ECTS | |
| INFO1113 | MS Office | 3 | |
| SOCL2525 | Democracy and Citizenship | 6 | |
| COMM4120 | Introduction to Public Relations | 6 | |
| POLI4111 | Democracy and Populism | 6 | |
| POLI4112 | Machiavelli, More, Hobbes | 6 | |
| IREL1225 | World Politics II: Cold War | 6 | |
| JMMB3120 | Media and Politics | 6 | |
| POLI3110 | International Organizations | 6 | |
| POLI3130 | European policy | 6 | |
| POLI3215 | US - Foreign and Defense Policy | 6 | |
| POLI3250 | Political Parties and Party Systems | 6 | |
| MGMT2110 | Basics of Management | 6 | |
| POLI3251 | Introduction to Statistics for Politics and International Relations | 6 | |
| PUBL4110 | Introduction to the Public Policy Analysis | 6 | |
| IREL1230 | Research Design | 6 | |
| ANTH3130 | Basics of Cultural Anthropology | 6 | |
| HIST2220 | Geography and Historical Geography of Georgia and the Caucasus | 6 | |
| IREL1315 | Politics and Government of Turkey | 6 | |
| IREL1320 | Russian Politics and Government | 6 | |
| JMMB3140 | Mass Media and Society | 6 | |
| LAWB4360 | History of Georgian Law | 3 | |
| POLI4235 | Practice in International Relations | 9 | |
| Credits sum: | 129 | ||
Matrix Of Privequisites
| Point | GPA | The university assessment | The general assessment in Georgia | |
| 97-100 | 4,00 | A+ | A | Excellent |
| 94-96 | 3,75 | A | ||
| 91-93 | 3,50 | A- | ||
| 87-90 | 3,25 | B+ | Very good | |
| 84-86 | 3,00 | B | B | |
| 81-83 | 2,75 | B- | ||
| 77-80 | 2,50 | C+ | C | good |
| 74-76 | 2,25 | C | ||
| 71-73 | 2,00 | C- | ||
| 67-70 | 1,75 | D+ | D | Satisfactory |
| 64-66 | 1,50 | D | ||
| 61-63 | 1,25 | D- | ||
| 51-60 | 1,00 | E | E | Sufficient |
| Not passed | ||||
| 41-50 | FX | FX | Insufficient | |
| <40 | F | F | Failed | |