EUROPEAN INTEGRATION - MECHANISMS & IMPLICATIONS

Code Cours
2324-IÉSEG-M1S1-IBE-MA-EE10UE
Language of instruction
English
Teaching content
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
This course occurs in the following program(s)
Training officer(s)
K.CZERNICKA
Stakeholder(s)
Katarzyna CZERNICKA
Level
Master
Program year
Period

Présentation

Prerequisite
Students who chose this course should be interested in European issues. Ideally they have good knowledge of current political and economical events in the EU or they want to better understand these events. Students will be asked to read some academic texts, some official texts and some articles from newspapers. It is important that students are willing to discuss.
Goal
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:

- understand the main issues of European integration
- understand the main stages in the process of accession to the EU
- understand the role of European institutions
- be able to identify the main challenges of the EU for coming years
Presentation
I The European Union and its institutions
II The European Union – an ever enlarging structure
III Dealing with the EU Eastern enlargement: from association to integration
IV Public opinion in the EU
V Internal Challenges of the Enlarged EU
VI External Challenges of the Enlarged EU

Modalités

Organization
Type Amount of time Comment
Présentiel
Cours magistral 16,00
Travail personnel
Charge de travail personnel indicative 6,00
Group Project 8,00
Individual Project 2,00
Overall student workload 32,00
Evaluation
Continual assessment 45 %. Students have to prepare an oral presentation on a topic chosen from the list provided in the first session. Class participation will also be taken into account (10%). At the end of the semester there will be a short written exam (45%). Feedback will be given to students during the semester and after the written exam.
Control type Duration Amount Weighting
Contrôle continu
Participation 16,00 1 10,00
Examen (final)
Examen écrit 1,00 1 45,00
Autres
Projet Collectif 0,50 1 45,00
TOTAL 100,00

Ressources

Bibliography
Bela BALLASSA, The theory of economic integration, London 1962. -
Desmond DINAN, Ever Closer Union, An Introduction to European Integration, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. -
John McCORMICK, European Union Politics, Palgrave Foundations, 2011. -