The University Of Georgia
| Program name: | Political Sciences |
| Study Level: | Undergraduate |
| Program leader: | Shalva Dzebisashvili |
| Study language: | Georgian |
| Qualification: | BA of Political Science |
| Program capacity: | 240 |
| Program permission: | National Exams |
| Program goals: | A |
| Methods for Attaining Learning Outcomes: | . |
| Learning outcomes: | |
| Date of approval: | 01-09-2006 |
| Approval protocol number: | 03-06 |
| Date of program update: | |
| Update protocol number: | 48-18 |
| 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 |
| BUSN1210 | Basics of Business and Economics | 6 | შემოდგომა/გაზაფხული |
| HIST1119 | Introduction to World History I | 6 | შემოდგომა/გაზაფხული |
| HIST1219 | Introduction to The World History II | 6 | შემოდგომა/გაზაფხული |
| KART1220 | Academic Writing | 6 | შემოდგომა/გაზაფხული |
| Credits sum: | 24 | ||
School Core
| Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
| MATH1414 | Analytical and Quantitative Reasoning | 6 | შემოდგომა/გაზაფხული |
| ENGL2217 | English language IV (B1/2) | 6 | შემოდგომა/გაზაფხული |
| ENGL3149 | English Language V (B2/1) | 6 | შემოდგომა/გაზაფხული |
| ENGL3213 | English Language VI (B2/2) | 6 | შემოდგომა/გაზაფხული |
| Credits sum: | 24 | ||
School Electives
| Code | Subject | ECTS | |
| ENGL1147 | English Language I (A1) | 6 | |
| ENGL1247 | English Language II (A2) | 6 | |
| ENGL2147 | English Language III (B1/1) | 6 | |
| FRAN1147 | French Language I (A1) | 6 | |
| GERM1118 | German Language A/1 | 6 | |
| ITAL1147 | Italian Language I (A1) | 6 | |
| SPAN1147 | Spanish Language I (A1) | 6 | |
| FRAN1247 | French Language II (A2) | 6 | |
| GERM1218 | German Language A/2 | 6 | |
| ITAL1247 | Italian language II (A2) | 6 | |
| SPAN1247 | Spanish language II (A2) | 6 | |
| FRAN2147 | French Language III (B1/1) | 6 | |
| GERM2147 | German Language III (B1/1) | 6 | |
| ITAL2147 | Italian Language III (B1/1) | 6 | |
| SPAN2147 | Spanish language III (B1/1) | 6 | |
| FRAN2247 | French Language IV (B1/2) | 6 | |
| GERM2247 | German Language IV (B1/2) | 6 | |
| ITAL2247 | Italian Language IV (B1/2) | 6 | |
| SPAN2247 | Spanish language IV ( B1/2) | 6 | |
| Credits sum: | 114 | ||
Program Core
| Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
| IREL1335 | EU Policies and Institutions | 6 | შემოდგომა |
| IREL2225 | Geopolitics | 6 | შემოდგომა |
| POLI1145 | Georgian Government and Politics | 6 | შემოდგომა |
| POLI1220 | Introduction to Politics | 6 | შემოდგომა/გაზაფხული |
| POLI1225 | Introduction to Politics - Political process, culture and institutions | 6 | გაზაფხული/შემოდგომა |
| POLI2120 | Introduction to International Relations | 6 | გაზაფხული |
| POLI2210 | Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict | 6 | გაზაფხული |
| POLI2220 | World Politics | 6 | შემოდგომა |
| POLI2230 | Political Sociology | 6 | გაზაფხული |
| POLI2240 | Political Ideologies | 6 | შემოდგომა |
| POLI3105 | Qualitative Research Methods in Politics | 6 | შემოდგომა |
| POLI3145 | EU enlargement and integration issues and challenges: on the example of the Visegrad countries. | 6 | გაზაფხული |
| POLI3205 | South Caucasus Comparative Politics | 6 | გაზაფხული |
| POLI3230 | Introduction to Comparative Politics | 6 | გაზაფხული |
| POLI4105 | Democracy, Elections and Electoral Systems | 6 | შემოდგომა |
| POLI4110 | Religion and politics | 6 | შემოდგომა |
| POLI4228 | Bachelor Thesis in Politics | 18 | შემოდგომა/გაზაფხული |
| PSYC1488 | Basics of Social Psychology | 6 | შემოდგომა/გაზაფხული |
| Credits sum: | 120 | ||
Program Elective
| Code | Subject | ECTS | |
| IREL1233 | Introduction to International Law | 6 | |
| IREL3262 | Collective Memory and Its Impact on Georgian Politics and International Relations | 6 | |
| IREL3264 | Basics of Cyber-security Strategy | 6 | |
| ANTH3130 | Basics of Cultural Anthropology | 6 | |
| COMM4120 | Introduction to Public Relations | 6 | |
| HIST1230 | Introduction to the History of Georgia | 6 | |
| INFO1115 | MS Office | 6 | |
| IREL1225 | World Politics II: Cold War | 6 | |
| IREL1230 | Research Design | 6 | |
| IREL1315 | Politics and Government of Turkey | 6 | |
| IREL1320 | Russian Politics and Government | 6 | |
| JMMB3120 | Media and Politics | 6 | |
| JMMB3140 | Mass Media and Society | 6 | |
| MGMT2110 | Basics of Management | 6 | |
| POLI3110 | International Organizations | 6 | |
| POLI3215 | US - Foreign and Defense Policy | 6 | |
| POLI3250 | Political Parties and Party Systems | 6 | |
| POLI3251 | Introduction to Statistics for Politics and International Relations | 6 | |
| POLI4111 | Democracy and Populism | 6 | |
| POLI4112 | Machiavelli, More, Hobbes | 6 | |
| PUBL4110 | Introduction to the Public Policy Analysis | 6 | |
| SOCL2525 | Democracy and Citizenship | 6 | |
| Credits sum: | 132 | ||
Matrix Of Privequisites
Evaluation system
Weekly review |
36 point / 36%; |
Research Paper |
10 point/ 10%; |
Midterm exams |
24 point / 24%; |
Final exam |
30 point / 30% |
| 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 | |