Theorizing European Integration (P01984)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : SPS-P-P01984

This course will offer advanced training on contending theoretical approaches to the study of European Integration. It will be team-taught by colleagues in Edinburgh Politics and Law (the Europa Institute), in roughly equal measure, and will comprehensively cover both the Law and Politics of the European Union, as well as their nexus.
The aims of the course are to:
- equip participants critically to evaluate leading theoretical and conceptual approaches to European integration;
- understand how different theoretical approaches lead to competing teleologies of the European project;
- understand how law and politics interact and affect one another in the European integration process;
- encourage participants to use the course to develop a theoretical approach for their MSc dissertation and possible PhD research; and
- challenge students to show they can work at an advanced level in a course that is intended to be demanding and exigent.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

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

Other subject areas

Law, (School of Law, Schedule F)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

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

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

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

to:
. equip participants critically to evaluate leading theoretical
and conceptual approaches to European integration;
. understand how different theoretical approaches lead to
competing teleologies of the European project;
. understand how law and politics interact and affect one another
in the European integration process;
. encourage participants to use the course to help them choose a
theoretical 'angle' for their MSc dissertation and (hopefully and
eventually) PhD research.
. challenge students to show they can work at a research student
level in a course that is intended to be demanding and exigent.