Postgraduate Course: Institutions and Policies of the European Union (PGSP11170)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Postgrad (School of Social and Political Studies) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course examines the structure, workings, and major domains of policy activity of the European Union. The functions and powers of Union institutions and bodies and their processes of policy-making and of decision-making are analysed. Finally, the course assesses the EU's development as a political system, and explores issues surrounding the Union's pending enlargement. Students will have opportunities to attain an advanced understanding of EU integration and the operations of the EU as a political system and gain familiarity with the standard concepts, theories and methods deployed in understanding and explaining EU integration. This course is assessed on the basis of coursework (one 2500-word essay) and an examination (2500 words). |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | 09:00 - 10:50 | | | | |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students should be able to:
1. Show a good basic knowledge of the major features of European integration: the EU institutions, policy making and major policies;
2. Understand the major theoretical approaches to integration and be able to apply these to understand European integration and the varied insights that these approaches provide;
3. Demonstrate a capacity to appraise some of the major aspects of integration critically;
4. Show a basic knowledge of the very different national responses to integration. |
Assessment Information
| All students on MSc International and European Politics and European Union Politics and Law taking as core are required to write two 2,000-2,500 word essays (50% each), not including footnotes and bibliography. Those students from other MSc's taking the course as an option, assessment is via an essay of 4,000 words, worth 100%. |
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Richard Brodie
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Course secretary | Mrs Gillian Macdonald
Tel: (0131 6)51 3244
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