European Integration and the EU as a Political System (U00185)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : SPS-3-POEIPS

This course aims to help students develop a critical understanding of European integration, the operation of the European Community/Union as a political system and some of the most important European policies. The course will explore the origins, development, institutions, major policies, policy-making, current problems and matters of controversy of the EC/EU. Students will be introduced to the major approaches applied to explain integration and the complex operation of the EU as a political system and they will examine the political and economic logic behind different national perspectives on European integration.

Entry Requirements

? Co-requisites : Visiting students must have prior study in Politics. As a general guide we usually require students to have completed three Politics courses at grade B or above. Admission to honours courses is limited and there can be strong competition for places.

? Prohibited combinations : Students who have taken or who are taking European Institutions (offered through the European studies programme: both LAW-U-318A / B; LAW-4- href='course_EU0001.htm'>EU0001) are not permitted to also take this course.

? Costs : None.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Politics, (School of Social and Political Studies, Schedule J)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
26/09/2005	11:10	12:00	Room F21, 7 George Square	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	11:10	12:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course students should be able to do the following:
- show a good basic knowledge of the major development of European integration;
- demonstrate a understanding of the major institutions, their interrelationship within the EU policy making process and major policies;
- understand the major theoretical approaches applied to understand integration and understand the varied insights that these approaches provide.