EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME DEGREE OF BACHELOR 2019
MAJOR: POLITICAL SCIENCES
CODE: 72310201
(Regulated under Decision 4433/QD-DHQGHN, November 27
th 2015, by Rector of VNU - USSH)
PART I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION
- General information
- Name of major
+ Vietnamese: Chinh tri hoc
+ English: Politics
- Code of Major: 72310201
- Degree: Bachelor
- Length of programme: 04 years
- Name of Degree:
+ Vietnamese: Cu nhan nganh Chinh tri hoc
+ English: The Degree of Bachelor in Politics
- Education Provider: Faculty of Political Science, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, HNVNU
- Purposes of the Programme
This programme is designed to help students master the worldview, Marxist-Leninist methodology, Ho Chi Minh's thought, the Vietnamese Communist Party's line, the fundamental knowledge system of the social sciences associations and humanities, especially in the fields close to Politics, on that basis, have the ability to apply the theory, method and professional skills of the Political branch in the relevant fields of activity related to social life; have professional ethics, civic ethics, actively participate in the cause of national defense, construction and development.
- Admissions details
- Method of admissions: regulations by HNVNU.
PART II. EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES
- ELO on knowledge:
1.1. General knowledge
- Applying political science knowledge into professional and researching progresses;
- Applying English at Level B1, equivalent to Level 03 of 6-level-Foreign Language Capability Measurement in Vietnam (including grammar and 04 basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing).
1.2. Field’s knowledge
- - Applying social science and humanities research methods, practicing documents, searching, managing information in learning and research;
- Applying basic knowledge of Social Sciences and Humanities into learning and research;
- Applying knowledge of natural science to analyze and evaluate social science documents, adapting to the industrial age 4.0.
1.3. Discipline knowledge
- Applying knowledge and methods in approaching and researching political science.
1.4. Inter-Discipline knowledge
- Applying knowledge system and methods of organizational and administrative research, methods of collecting and processing information to serve political and policy processes;
- Analyzing and evaluating the relationship between politics and Vietnam's public policy, the role of politics and policy in social development.
1.5. Major’s knowledge
- Applying knowledge and methods of Politics branch to solve contemporary political problems; - Have a practical understanding of agencies, organizations and fields of activities related to Politics that students will work after graduation.
- ELO on skills
2.1. Professional skills
2.1.1. Master and be able to apply the skills of reasoning activities
- Skills and capacity to think about political theory;
- Skills to collect and process political information;
- Political research, writing, presentation, teaching skills; - Skills to practice political writing.
2.1.2. Mastering and being able to apply practical operation skills
- Skills to approach and handle political situations.
- Skills in policy analysis, policy planning and implementation, policy evaluation and adjustment;
- Skills in researching, evaluating media and exploiting media in politics;
- Skills of analyzing and commenting on politics in the mass media;
- Operational skills when participating in political - social activities.
2.2. Additional skills
2.2.1. Teamwork
- Team building;
- Team leading;
- Team functioning.
2.2.2. Leadership and management
- Applying leadership, management, decentralization methods (hard power, soft power, vertical decentralization, horizontal decentralization ...).
2.2.3. Communication skill
- Conducting work with basic standards;
- Mastering social communication skills in general and communication skills in relationships.
- Moral characteristics
- Patriot;
- Respect and strictly abide by the Constitution and laws;
- Having a sense of community service;
- Self-integrity;
- Actively participating in firmly defending the national independence and national sovereignty, building a rich country, a strong country, a democratic, fair and civilized society.
- Self-determinationa and responsibility
- Scientific objectivity;
- Active, self-conscious and responsible at work, have an organizational sense, discipline, respect and protect the interests of the organization;
- Ability to adapt to the rapidly increasing volatility of the labor market.
- The positions learners can take on after graduation
- Doing the work of consulting, advising in the Party and State policy-making agencies;
- Doing consulting work, advising in agencies and organizations of the political system, socio-economic organizations;
- Doing research in political theory agencies;
- To be a reporter, editor of news and political commentary at central and local newspapers and radio stations;
- Doing political research and teaching positions in the Party school system, universities, colleges and professional high schools and vocational schools.
- Ability to study and improve after graduation
After graduation, the Bachelor of Politics can continue to study at postgraduate level (master's and doctoral) with two majors in Politics and Ho Chi Minh study (and some other political sciences. will be built: Political relations and international media ...); can take extra classes to get a two, double university degree in some related fields: Policy Science, Journalism - Communication, International Relations...
PART III. EDUCATION PROGRAMME
- Requirement summary
Total of credits: 130 credits, including:
- General knowledge in HNVNU
(not including Physical Education and National Defense Education) |
16 credits |
- Field’s general knowledge
+ Mandatory
+ Optional |
29 credits
23 credits
6/18 credits |
- Discipline knowledge |
27 credits |
+ Mandatory
+ Optional |
18 credits
9/39 credits |
- Inter-Discipline knowledge
+ Mandatory
+ Optional in-depth
+ Optional interdisciplinary |
15 credits
9 credits
6/18 credits
6/15 credits |
- Major’s knowledge
+ Mandatory
+ Optional
+ Internship, thesis paper/Alternate courses for thesis paper |
43 credits
18 credits
10/43 credits
15 credits |
- Educational Programme Framework
Order |
Course code |
Courses |
Credit |
Credit hours |
Prequisite courses |
Theory |
Practice |
Self-Study |
I |
|
General knowledge
(Not including 9th to 11th courses) |
27 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
PHI1004 |
Fundamental Principles of Marxism – Leninism 1 |
2 |
24 |
6 |
|
|
2 |
PHI1005 |
Fundamental Principles of Marxism – Leninism 2 |
3 |
36 |
9 |
|
PHI1004 |
3 |
POL1001 |
Ho Chi Minh Ideology |
2 |
20 |
10 |
|
PHI1005 |
4 |
HIS1002 |
The Revolutionary Line of the Communist Party of Vietnam |
3 |
42 |
3 |
|
POL1001 |
5 |
INT1004 |
Introduction to Informatics 2 |
3 |
17 |
28 |
|
|
6 |
|
Foreign Language 1 |
4 |
16 |
40 |
4 |
|
|
FLF2101 |
General English 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
FLF2201 |
General Russian 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
FLF2301 |
General French 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
FLF2401 |
General Chinese 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
|
Foreign Language 2 |
5 |
20 |
50 |
5 |
|
|
FLF2102 |
General English 2 |
|
|
|
|
FLF2101
|
|
FLF2202 |
General Russian 2 |
|
|
|
|
FLF2201 |
|
FLF2302 |
General French 2 |
|
|
|
|
FLF2301 |
|
FLF2402 |
General Chinese 2 |
|
|
|
|
FLF2401 |
8 |
|
Foreign Language 3 |
5 |
20 |
50 |
5 |
|
|
FLF2103 |
General English 3 |
|
|
|
|
FLF2102 |
|
FLF2203 |
General Russian 3 |
|
|
|
|
FLF2202 |
|
FLF2303 |
General French 3 |
|
|
|
|
FLF2302 |
|
FLF2403 |
General Chinese 3 |
|
|
|
|
FLF2402 |
9 |
|
Physical Education |
4 |
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
National Defence Education |
8 |
|
|
|
|
11 |
|
Soft Skills |
3 |
|
|
|
|
II |
|
Field’s knowledge
|
26 |
|
|
|
|
II.1 |
1.1.1.1.
|
Mandatory |
20 |
|
|
|
|
12 |
MNS1053 |
Research Methods |
3 |
36 |
9 |
|
|
13 |
THL1057 |
General State and Law |
2 |
20 |
5 |
5 |
PHI1004 |
14 |
HIS1053 |
History of World Civilization |
3 |
42 |
3 |
|
|
15 |
HIS1056 |
Fundamentals of Vietnamese Culture |
3 |
42 |
3 |
|
|
16 |
SOC1051 |
General Sociology |
3 |
39 |
6 |
|
|
17 |
PSY1051 |
General Psychology |
3 |
45 |
|
|
|
18 |
PHI1054 |
General Logics |
3 |
31 |
14 |
|
|
II.2 |
1.1.1.2.
|
Optional |
6/10 |
|
|
|
|
19 |
INE1014 |
General Economics |
2 |
20 |
10 |
|
|
20 |
EVS1001 |
Environment and Development |
2 |
26 |
4 |
|
|
21 |
MAT1078 |
Statistics for Social Sciences |
2 |
20 |
10 |
|
|
22 |
LIN1050 |
Practicing on Vietnamese Texts |
2 |
20 |
10 |
|
|
23 |
LIB1050 |
Introduction to Information Literacy |
2 |
20 |
10 |
|
|
III |
1.1.2.
|
Discipline knowledge
|
18 |
|
|
|
|
III.1 |
|
Mandatory |
12 |
|
|
|
|
24 |
POL1052 |
General Politics |
3 |
39 |
6 |
|
|
25 |
PHI1101 |
General Religious Studies |
3 |
39 |
6 |
|
PHI1004
|
26 |
ITS1101 |
Political Institutions of the World |
3 |
30 |
15 |
|
|
27 |
ANT1101 |
Ethnicity and ethnic policies in Vietnam |
3 |
36 |
9 |
|
|
III.2 |
|
Optional |
6/18 |
|
|
|
|
28 |
HIS1100 |
General Vietnamese History |
3 |
42 |
3 |
|
|
29 |
PHI1102 |
History of Philosophy |
3 |
36 |
9 |
|
|
30 |
MNS1103 |
Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
3 |
36 |
9 |
|
|
31 |
PHI1105 |
The Asian Way of Production and Vietnamese Village Issues |
3 |
36 |
9 |
|
PHI1004
|
32 |
ANT1100 |
General Anthropology |
3 |
39 |
6 |
|
|
33 |
JOU1051 |
Fundamentals of Mass Communication |
3 |
39 |
6 |
|
|
IV |
1.1.3.
|
Inter-Discipline knowledge
|
13 |
|
|
|
|
IV.1 |
|
Mandatory |
8 |
|
|
|
|
34 |
POL1150 |
Politics and Policies |
3 |
39 |
6 |
|
POL1052 |
35 |
POL1151 |
Public Policies of Vietnam |
3 |
39 |
6 |
|
POL1052 |
36 |
POL2056 |
Developmental Political Science |
2 |
1.1.3.1.1.1.1. 22 |
1.1.3.1.1.1.2. 8 |
1.1.3.1.1.1.3. |
|
IV.2 |
|
Optional |
5/10 |
|
|
|
|
37 |
MNS2064 |
General Administrative Science |
3 |
39 |
6 |
|
POL1052 |
38 |
MNS3037 |
Organizational science |
3 |
39 |
6 |
|
|
39 |
POL2061 |
Public Opinion |
2 |
20 |
8 |
2 |
|
40 |
POL3024 |
Informative collecting and estimation skills |
2 |
20 |
8 |
2 |
|
V |
1.1.4.
|
Major’s knowledge
|
55 |
|
|
|
|
V.1 |
|
Mandatory |
36 |
|
|
|
|
41 |
POL3028 |
History of Political Ideologies |
5 |
60 |
15 |
|
PHI1004 |
42 |
POL3029 |
Methods for Political Science |
4 |
48 |
12 |
|
POL1052 |
43 |
POL3012 |
Political Power |
3 |
39 |
6 |
|
POL1052 |
44 |
POL3030 |
Political Party |
3 |
39 |
6 |
|
POL1052 |
45 |
POL3036 |
Vietnam’s Political System |
3 |
39 |
6 |
|
POL1052 |
46 |
POL3007 |
Vietnam’s Polictical Culture |
2 |
22 |
8 |
|
POL1052 |
47 |
1.2. POL3045
|
Itroduction to international politics |
3 |
39 |
6 |
|
POL1052 |
48 |
POL3015 |
Introduction to Ho Chi Minh Studies |
3 |
39 |
6 |
|
POL1001 |
49 |
POL3032 |
Comparative Politics |
3 |
39 |
6 |
|
POL1052 |
50 |
POL3034 |
Politics and Media |
3 |
39 |
6 |
|
POL1052 |
51 |
POL3025 |
Methods for writing essay and presenting politics |
2 |
20 |
8 |
2 |
POL1052 |
52 |
POL3044 |
Practice the Political Text |
2 |
20 |
8 |
2 |
POL1052 |
V.2 |
|
Optional |
12/32 |
|
|
|
|
V.2.1 |
Line of Political Theory Major |
53 |
POL3047 |
Internship |
4 |
8 |
52 |
|
POL3029 |
54 |
POL3043 |
Introduction to Calssical Wriings of Marxism – Lennism on Politics |
3 |
39 |
6 |
|
POL3028 |
55 |
POL3011 |
Woman, Feminism and Politics |
2 |
22 |
8 |
|
POL1052 |
56 |
POL3035 |
Methods for approaching and analysing political case |
3 |
33 |
9 |
3 |
POL1052 |
V.2.2 |
Line of Vietnam’s Politics Major |
57 |
POL3047 |
Internship |
4 |
8 |
52 |
|
POL3029 |
58 |
POL2053 |
Vietnam’s Politics in transitory to socialism |
2 |
22 |
8 |
|
HIS1002 |
59 |
POL3046 |
Role of socialism law state in Vietnam |
3 |
39 |
6 |
|
POL1052 |
60 |
1.3. POL3005
|
Foreign Policies of Vietnam |
3 |
39 |
6 |
|
HIS1002 |
V.2.3 |
Line of International Politics Major |
61 |
1.4. POL3047
|
Internship |
4 |
8 |
52 |
|
POL3029 |
62 |
1.5. POL3037
|
Foreign Policies of Powerful State |
3 |
39 |
6 |
|
POL1052 |
63 |
POL3033 |
International Political Relations |
3 |
39 |
6 |
|
POL1052 |
64 |
1.6. POL3039
|
International Political Economy |
2 |
22 |
8 |
|
POL1052 |
V.2.4 |
Line of Ho Chi Minh Study Major |
65 |
1.7. POL3047
|
Internship |
4 |
8 |
52 |
|
POL3029 |
66 |
1.8. POL3040
|
Ho Chi Minh and Revolutionary Way of Vietnam |
2 |
22 |
8 |
|
POL1001
|
67 |
POL3041 |
Ho Chi Minh and the foundation of Political System of Vietnam |
3 |
39 |
6 |
|
POL1001 |
68 |
POL3042 |
Ho Chi Minh and the foundation of Culture, Ethics and New People of Vietnam |
3 |
39 |
6 |
|
POL1001
|
V.3 |
|
Undergraduate internship, thesis paper/ Alternate courses for graduation |
7 |
|
|
|
1.8.1.1.1.1.1. |
69 |
POL4057 |
Undergraduated Internship |
2 |
4 |
26 |
|
POL3047 |
70 |
POL4052 |
Thesis |
5 |
|
|
|
1.8.1.1.1.1.2. |
|
|
Alternate courses for graduation |
|
|
|
|
|
71 |
POL4054 |
Politics - basic matters |
3 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
|
72 |
POL4055 |
Vietnam politics - basic matters |
2 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
|
Total |
139 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note: Foreign Language courses are in general knowledge section, included in the educational programme. However, their results are not counted into semester GPA, courses’ general GPA and general GPA.