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Postgraduate Course: Theorizing European Integration (PLIT11010)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Social and Political Science CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaPolitics Other subject areaLaw
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis 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 (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
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.
Assessment Information
One 5,000 word essay
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
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KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr David Howarth
Tel: (0131 6)50 4254
Email: D.Howarth@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Gillian Macdonald
Tel: (0131 6)51 3244
Email: gillian.macdonald@ed.ac.uk
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