Central European University
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
Cluster
Sub-cluster
Category
Generic
graduate
education (social
sciences and
humanities)
MA level
Cognitive skills
Research skills
Key academic transferable
skills
Self-renewal (independent
learning) skills
Specific Skill or quality
Learning
outcome
describing
attainment
of the
skill or
quality
Descriptor
Courses responsible
Measurement
indicators (direct)
(formative and
summative
assessment)
Cognitive skill 1:
Ability to
reason
logically
within and
outside of
the
discipline
Ability to see patterns, recognize
hidden meanings, use old ideas to
create new ones, generalize from
facts, compare and discriminate
between ideas, draw conclusions
Nationalism and Political Theory
Publications
Legal and Institutional Approaches
to Minority Protection
Institutional and Legal Approaches
to Religious Diversity
International Norms and their
Application: Border Disputes, Selfdetermination and Minority
Protection
Nationalism, National Identity,
National Feeling: the Sociological
and Socio-psychological Approach
Anthropology Approaches: Racism
and Nationalism – with Special
Reference to Roms and Romany
Peoples
Classics of Nationalism
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Cognitive skill 2:
Ability to
form an
informed,
reasoned
judgment
Ability to make a well-reasoned
judgment, verify value of evidence
and recognize subjectivity
International Norms and their
Application: Border Disputes, Selfdetermination and Minority
Protection
Publications
Nationalism, National Identity,
National Feeling: the Sociological
and Socio-psychological Approach
Anthropology Approaches: Racism
and Nationalism – with Special
Reference to Roms and Romany
Peoples
Classics of Nationalism
Cognitive skill 3:
Ability to
do a
literature
review
Ability to locate, synthesize and
critically evaluate literature relevant to
the research topic
Nationalism and Political Theory
MA theses
Classics of Nationalism
Term essays
Reflection papers
Publications
PhD proposals
Supervisors’
feedback
Cognitive skill 4:
Ability to
prepare a
research
design
Ability to select and conceptualize an
appropriate problematic, formulate an
innovative research question and
design a thoroughly justified
methodology of research
Nationalism, National Identity,
National Feeling: the Sociological
and Socio-psychological Approach
MA theses
Anthropology Approaches: Racism
and Nationalism – with Special
Reference to Roms and Romany
Peoples
Reflection papers
Classics of Nationalism
Supervisors’
feedback
Term essays
Publications
PhD proposals
2
Cognitive skill 5:
Ability to
collect
data
Ability to locate and critically assess
secondary data and are able to collect
primary data through reliable, valid,
rigorous and ethical techniques
Nationalism and Political Theory
MA theses
International Norms and their
Application: Border Disputes, Selfdetermination and Minority
Protection
Term essays
Nationalism, National Identity,
National Feeling: the Sociological
and Socio-psychological Approach
PhD proposals
Anthropology Approaches: Racism
and Nationalism – with Special
Reference to Roms and Romany
Peoples
Reflection papers
Publications
Supervisors’
feedback
Classics of Nationalism
Cognitive skill 6:
Ability of
argumenta
tive
analysis
Ability to efficiently integrate
theories, secondary and/or primary
data, and advance an argument that
would be compelling, consistent and
well-supported by relevant evidence
Nationalism and Political Theory
MA theses
International Norms and their
Application: Border Disputes, Selfdetermination and Minority
Protection
Term essays
Nationalism, National Identity,
National Feeling: the Sociological
and Socio-psychological Approach
PhD proposals
Anthropology Approaches: Racism
and Nationalism – with Special
Reference to Roms and Romany
Peoples
Reflection papers
Publications
Supervisors’
feedback
Classics of Nationalism
3
Key academic transferable
skill 1:
Summary
writing
Ability to synthesize information;
determine a focus point/research
question/thesis statement; discern the
main line of argumentation
Nationalism and Political Theory
Thesis defense
International Norms and their
Application: Border Disputes, Selfdetermination and Minority
Protection
Nationalism, National Identity,
National Feeling: the Sociological
and Socio-psychological Approach
Anthropology Approaches: Racism
and Nationalism – with Special
Reference to Roms and Romany
Peoples
Classics of Nationalism
Practical Thesis Planning Seminar I.
Practical Thesis Planning Seminar
Developing Thesis Proposals and
Projects
Workshop: Theses Proposals and
Projects
4
Key academic transferable
skill 2:
Analytical
writing
All of the above, plus an ability to
generate logical, plausible and
persuasive arguments, evaluate
strengths and weaknesses, connect,
compare and contrast, use inductive
and deductive reasoning
Nationalism and Political Theory
Thesis defense
International Norms and their
Application: Border Disputes, Selfdetermination and Minority
Protection
Nationalism, National Identity,
National Feeling: the Sociological
and Socio-psychological Approach
Anthropology Approaches: Racism
and Nationalism – with Special
Reference to Roms and Romany
Peoples
Classics of Nationalism
Practical Thesis Planning Seminar I.
Practical Thesis Planning Seminar I.
Developing Thesis Proposals and
Projects
Workshop: Theses Proposals and
Projects
5
Key academic transferable
skill 3:
Critical
writing
All of the above, plus an ability to
critically evaluate sources; develop an
original topic/thesis statement;
structure writing to support the thesis,
arguments and conclusions; use
appropriate academic language and
style
Nationalism and Political Theory
Thesis defense
International Norms and their
Application: Border Disputes, Selfdetermination and Minority
Protection
Nationalism, National Identity,
National Feeling: the Sociological
and Socio-psychological Approach
Anthropology Approaches: Racism
and Nationalism – with Special
Reference to Roms and Romany
Peoples
Classics of Nationalism
Practical Thesis Planning Seminar I.
Practical Thesis Planning Seminar I.
Developing Thesis Proposals and
Projects
Workshop: Theses Proposals and
Projects
6
Key academic transferable
skill 4:
Research
writing
All of the above, plus an ability to
develop a sustained research question,
collect and evaluate available
evidence, use the evidence to support
the thesis, arguments and conclusions
Nationalism and Political Theory
Thesis defense
International Norms and their
Application: Border Disputes, Selfdetermination and Minority
Protection
An advanced
piece of academic
writing, such as a
research proposal,
research paper
Nationalism, National Identity,
National Feeling: the Sociological
and Socio-psychological Approach
Anthropology Approaches: Racism
and Nationalism – with Special
Reference to Roms and Romany
Peoples
Classics of Nationalism
Practical Thesis Planning Seminar I.
Practical Thesis Planning Seminar I.
Developing Thesis Proposals and
Projects
Workshop: Theses Proposals and
Projects
7
Self-renewal (independent
learning) skill 1
Personal
developm
ent
planning
(learning
and
research
needs)
Ability to identify ones own learning
needs, to set learning priorities in
research skills or knowledge
Ability to execute own choices in
learning priorities, and to seek further
help when necessary
Ability to make changes in terms of
learning development based on own
ongoing reflection and peer or teacher
feedback
Ability to complete individual
coursework assignments in largely
self-directed manner
Developing Thesis Proposals and
Projects
Graduating from
the MA program
Workshop: Theses Proposals and
Projects
Personal
Development
Plans or similar,
initial research
designs (for
coursework or
MA thesis)
Amount of and
completion of
elective courses
Completion of
individual
coursework tasks
(papers or
projects)
Thesis workshops
instructor
evaluation
Quality of
individual
assignments,
Grades and
instructors written
evaluation of
assignments
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Specific CEU
Missiondriven
1. Inter/ multi/ disciplinarity
Nationalism as a field of study is
inherently inter- and multidisciplinary.
Our courses are designed to teach
students what the various distinct
disciplines have to say about
nationalism with special attention to
„borderline studies”, meaning studies
that themselves use a
multidisciplinary approach (such as
studies combining international law
and political science approaches,
sociology and anthropology
approaches, history and sociology
approaches, philosophy and political
science approaches.
The overall curriculum of the program
is the other means to realize our
interdisciplinarity. The courses we
announce have been selected to
represent the best intentions
scholarship on nationalism in the
various disciplines (law, philosophy,
sociology, policy, history,
anthropology).
While our students are requested to
use a consistent methodology in their
research and writing, they are also
encouraged to use the results of the
various disciplines in an innovative
fashion.
Nationalism and Political Theory
International Norms and their
Application: Border Disputes, Selfdetermination and Minority
Protection
Nationalism, National Identity,
National Feeling: the Sociological
and Socio-psychological Approach
Anthropology Approaches: Racism
and Nationalism – with Special
Reference to Roms and Romany
Peoples
Classics of Nationalism
Sociological Approaches to Race
and Ethnicity: The Roma in PostCommunist Central Europe
Legal and Institutional Approaches
to Minority Protection
Institutional and Legal Approaches
to Religious Diversity
Can Western Models of Minority
Rights be Applied in Eastern
Europe?
Federal Systems: The EU, the US
and India
The Ottoman Relationship with
Balkan Nationalisms. Then and
Now
Ethnicity and the State: Sociological
Approaches to Race and Ethnicity
The Protection of National
Minorities in Europe. Standards and
Institutions.
Practical Thesis Planning Seminar I.
Practical Thesis Planning Seminar I.
Developing Thesis Proposals and
Projects
Workshop: Theses Proposals and
Projects
9
2. Policy-relevance or ‘what
follows?’
With the reconfiguration of the states,
borders and nations of the East
Central European region barely two
decades ago questions of nationhood,
national identity, supranational
integration, minority protection, ethnic
movements, nationalist extremism
have emerged as central problems of
the region, with some parallel
phenomena observable on the entire
continent of Europe and beyond. Our
program takes account of these
developments in its curriculum and
makes available to the students the
scholarship produced in this field.
Some of our faculty are directly
addressing relevant policy issues in
their prominent publications, e. g.
Will Kymlicka in Can liberal
pluralism be exported? Western
political theory and ethnic relations in
Eastern Europe, Maria Kovacs and
Andras Kovacs on dual citizenship,
Andras Kovacs on NATO, Tibor
Varady and Florian Bieber on the
expressions of ethnic identity in
institution building, Julia Szalai and
Michael Stewart on dilemmas of
poverty and ethnicity with regard to
the Roma population and Michael
Miller and Andras Kovacs in their
studies on antisemitism in Eastern
Europe.
Beyond the relevant scholarship,
graduates of the program will exit
with a firm knowledge in the political,
legal and institutional frameworks
available for dealing with issues of
ethnic relations and minority
protection.
Nationalism and Political Theory
Debates About Self-Determination
and External Minority Protection in
the 20th Century
Nationalism, National Identity,
National Feeling: the Sociological
and Socio-psychological Approach
Jobs in policy
relevant
institutions, NGOs
and governments
Many of the
dissertations
incorporate a
policy component.
Anthropology Approaches: Racism
and Nationalism – with Special
Reference to Roms and Romany
Peoples
Classics of Nationalism
Sociological Approaches to Race
and Ethnicity: The Roma in PostCommunist Central Europe
Legal and Institutional Approaches
to Minority Protection
Institutional and Legal Approaches
to Religious Diversity
Can Western Models of Minority
Rights be Applied in Eastern
Europe?
Federal Systems: The EU, the US
and India
The Ottoman Relationship with
Balkan Nationalisms. Then and
Now
Ethnicity and the State: Sociological
Approaches to Race and Ethnicity
The Protection of National
Minorities in Europe. Standards and
Institutions.
Practical Thesis Planning Seminar I.
Practical Thesis Planning Seminar I.
Developing Thesis Proposals and
Projects
Workshop: Theses Proposals and
Projects
10
3. Scholars for the region
4. Leaders for the region
To train future scholars and educators
in the East European/FSU region in
issues of nationalism in a critical,
theoretically sophisticated, nonpartisan, and interdisciplinary fashion
and to encourage them to develop
comparative, collaborative approaches
that will help sharpen their intellectual
sensitivity to issues they will likely be
confronting in the future both in their
academic as well as public capacity.
Graduates
have
strong
leadership
and
cooperatio
n skills,
can make
decisions
and solve
problems
in
challengin
g
environm
ents
Graduates are employed in important
political positions in their home
countries and as mid-level employees
in international organizations, NGOs.
A substantial part
of our graduates
are employed in
scholarly
positions
(universities) in
the region, and we
have evidence that
many of them
have set up
nationalism
studies programs
modeled on the
CEU program.
Nationalism, National Identity,
National Feeling: the Sociological
and Socio-psychological Approach
Alumni survrey
Anthropology Approaches: Racism
and Nationalism – with Special
Reference to Roms and Romany
Peoples
Legal and Institutional Approaches
to Minority Protection
Institutional and Legal Approaches
to Religious Diversity
Can Western Models of Minority
Rights be Applied in Eastern
Europe?
Interpreting Contemporary
Nationalism in Southeastern Europe
11
5. Value awareness (open
society values - could be
more than 1 item)
Graduates
are
committe
d to the
values of
open
societies
globally
and in
emerging
democraci
es,
specificall
y
Active participation in fostering social
and economic development of their
communities
Nationalism and Political Theory
Debates About Self-Determination
and External Minority Protection in
the 20th Century
Can Western Models of Minority
Rights be Applied in Eastern
Europe?
Graduates are
employed in
organizations that
advance values of
open society (as
determined by
alumni survey)
Sociological Approaches to Race
and Ethnicity: The Roma in PostCommunist East-Central Europe
Developing Thesis Proposals and
Projects
Workshop: Theses Proposals and
Projects
Contextdriven
Academic writing in EFL
Oral presentation in EFL
Basic critical thinking
Academic writing in EFL
Mastery
of
academic
writing
style in
English
Graduates have a mastery of academic
English writing genre at a quality
acceptable for graduate study in
English
Practical Thesis Planning Seminar I.
Practical Thesis Planning Seminar I.
Developing Thesis Proposals and
Projects
Workshop: Theses Proposals and
Projects
TOEFL scores
Some courses
taken in English at
the BA level
BA grades for
English as a
foreign language
Various types of
writing
assignments
(summaries,
reflection papers,
AQCIs, essays,
etc)
Grades for the
Academic writing
course
12
Academic writing in EFL
Oral presentation in EFL
Mastery
of
structurin
g and
argumenta
tion in
English
Graduates
have a
mastery of
oral
English.
Ability to structure an academic piece
based on an accepted standard of
academic writing, develop a thesis
statement and construct an argument
to support it in a consistent and
coherent manner
Practical Thesis Planning Seminar I.
Practical Thesis Planning Seminar I.
Developing Thesis Proposals and
Projects
Workshop: Theses Proposals and
Projects
Advanced English speaking skills
Practical Thesis Planning Seminar I.
Practical Thesis Planning Seminar I.
Developing Thesis Proposals and
Projects
Workshop: Theses Proposals and
Projects
Basic critical thinking
Graduates are able to critically assess
the source and content of information,
and subject the views of others as well
as their own views to critical
evaluation
Practical Thesis Planning Seminar I.
Practical Thesis Planning Seminar I.
Developing Thesis Proposals and
Projects
Workshop: Theses Proposals and
Projects
TOEFL scores
Some courses
taken in English at
the BA level
BA grades for
English as a
foreign language
Various types of
writing
assignments
(summaries,
reflection papers,
AQCIs, essays,
etc)
Grades for the
Academic writing
course
Teacher’s
evaluation of
seminar
participation and
presentations
Ability to use
English grammar,
vocabulary and
style appropriately
in an academic
conversation.
Teacher’s
evaluation of
seminar
participation
Different types of
critical writing
assignments
13
Specific to the
program
MA level
Content literacy (knowledge
and understanding)
Subject specific skills
A systemic understanding and
critical evaluation of key
concepts and theoretical
approaches that have
developed and are developing
within Nationalism Studies
An ability to design and use
appropriate research
strategies in a critical and
reflexive manner
A ability of critical and
reflexive evaluation of own
academic practices, values
and ethical principles in
designing and conducting
research
PhD level
Content literacy (knowledge
and understanding)
Subject specific skills
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