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 |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | 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 two pieces of coursework of 2,000 words. |
| Course description |
Outline Content:
Section 1: History or European Integration
Section 2: EU Institutions and Policymaking
Section 3: The EU in Multiple Policy Areas
The course is taught over eleven weeks. It consists of a mixture of 2-hour lecture and discussion sessions to be attended by all students; and 2-hour seminar sessions allowing students to work in smaller groups. The overall contact time per student is 2 hours/week.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 35 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
186 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
All students are required to write two essays (2000-2500 words each, not including bibliography). Each essay counts 50% towards their final mark. |
| Feedback |
Formative feedback is provided throughout the course during discussions in seminars. Written, summative feedback is also provided on the first essay, which then serves as formative feedback for the second essay. The feedback is provided within fifteen working days of submission. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Show a good basic knowledge of the major features of European integration: the EU institutions, policy making and major policies
- Understand the major theoretical approaches to integration and ability to apply these to understand European integration and the varied insights that these approaches provide
- Have a capacity to appraise some of the major aspects of integration critically
- Show a basic knowledge of the very different national responses to integration
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Laura Cram
Tel: (0131 6)51 5571
Email: Laura.Cram@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Gillian Macdonald
Tel: (0131 6)51 3244
Email: gillian.macdonald@ed.ac.uk |
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