EU Studies 2011-2012

NAME OF COURSE CONTACT HOURS HOME HOURS ECTS POINTS

 

Pre-semester Introductory Courses (optional – 1 can count towards ECTS total)

EU Basics

30 40 4.5

Introduction to Central Europe

30 40 4.5

Absolute Beginners' Survival Polish

20 15 --

 

CORE COURSES (compulsory for EU specialisation)

European Civilisation

60 60 9

 

KEY COURSES (compulsory for EU specialisation)

EU Policies and Institutional Architecture

60 60 9

Finances in the EU

60 60 9

 

SPECIALTY COURSES (EU specialisation students take at least 2 courses for 9 ECTS each)

Europeanisation and Transformation of Collective Identity

60 60 9

European Integration Theory and Practice*

30 30 4.5

Meaning and Value of Democracy from a Philosophical Perspective*

30 30 4.5

EU Foreign and Security Policy

60 60 9

EU Administration, Justice and Home Affairs

60 60 9

Foreign and International Relations in CEE facing CFSP/ESDP

60 60 9

 

ADDITIONAL COURSES

Political and Social History of 20th Century CEE

60 60 9

Business and Markets in CEE

30 30 4.5

To Be (Or Not To Be) Central European: 20th Century CEE Literature

30 30 4.5

Jewish Identities - Holocaust - Auschwitz

30 30 4.5

EU-Russia Economic Relations

30 30 4.5

Gender, Citizenship and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe

30 30 4.5

Myths and Symbols of European Integration - Western and Eastern European Perspectives

30 30 4.5

Theorising European Integration. CEE Countries in the Transformation of the European Union

30 30 4.5

Total from Lecture/Seminar Courses

420 420 63

 

LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION

Semester 1

100 60 12

Semester 2

100 60 12

 

SEMINARS

Academic Skills Workshop

12 6 1.5

Methodology: Quantitative Methods or Qualitative Methods

20 20 3.5

MA Seminar and Responsio

60 40 8

 

MA THESIS

20

 

TOTAL

120

 

*Students may either take both of these courses as the equivalent of a 60h course satisfying part of the Speciality Courses requirement, or either course as an additional course.