COURSE UNIT TITLE

: KEY CONCEPTS AND INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES IN EUROPEAN UNION STUDIES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AVB 6075 KEY CONCEPTS AND INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES IN EUROPEAN UNION STUDIES COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

European Studies

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

European Studies

Course Objective

Course's primary aim is to analyse issues related to historical and actual developments of the European Union in legal, political and economic contexts. To this end, legal structure of EU institutions, together with political aspects and economical policies will be evaluated.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding legals frameworks and institutional structures of the EU
2   Understanding political approaches and the main policies of the EU
3   Understanding economic structure and the economic policies of the EU

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Historical process of EU integration
2 Legal bases of EU integration
3 EU institutions and functions of the institutions
4 EU political approaches
5 EU parliament
6 Policy making in the EU
7 EU policies
8 EU policies
9 EU policies
10 EU policies
11 Students' Presentations
12 Students' Presentations
13 Students' Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 4 4
Midterm 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 153

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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