EURA310-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018

European Integration from Community to Union

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2018
End Date: Sunday, 24 June 2018
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 4 March 2018
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 20 May 2018

Description

The course is designed to introduce students to the process of European Integration that has transformed post-1945 Europe and seen the European Union emerge as a new global power. The course draws on an interdisciplinary approach and is focused on policy analysis and case studies.

The first section of the course is lecture-based and covers the development, institutions and idea of integration. The second section is taught on a seminar basis and focuses on specific policy areas and problems. The course will explore the following topics:

• Historical developments
• Institutions and direct elections
• Integration theory
• Common Foreign and Security Policy
• Common Security and Defence Policy
• Immigration and citizenship policy
• Environment and Agricultural policy
• Europe and the World
• Enlargement and the boundaries of Europe
• Monetary Union
• Member States
• EU Identity and Perceptions

Learning Outcomes

1. EURO 310 will be a capstone for the Major and provide the knowledge-base for post graduate study. The course will provide an opportunity to experience research skill acquisition and involve original individual investigation of the policy and institutional complexities of the European integration process.

2. For those students who may not major in EU Studies these courses on both 200 level and 300 level will offer a comprehensive, if introductory overview of the EU.
EURO 310 will provide a truly interdisciplinary and high quality academic insight into European integration by examining the ways in which the EU designs and implements policy. This insight is unique by focusing on the concept of European integration and investigates issues from an ‘integrated Europe’ (rather than simply a nation state) perspective.

3. EURO 310 will facilitate critical thinking and open constructive discussions. Research assignments will allow the students to tailor the course to their area of interest and to practice their research and investigation skills.

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Prerequisites

Either (1) 15 points at B average in any Arts subject or any 15 points in GEOG at 200-level; (2) 15 points of EURO or EURA at 200-level with a B pass OR any 45 points from the Arts Schedule at 200-level.

Restrictions

EURA210, EURO 210, EURO 310, GEOG 320 (prior to 2005), GEOG321 (from 2005)

Equivalent Courses

Course Coordinator

Martin Holland

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Essay 1 30%
Essay 2 30%
Seminar PPT 30%
Seminar attendance/participation 10%

Course links

Library portal
LEARN The full Course Outline is available on LEARN (only for students enrolled in this course).

Notes

At 2pm every Friday during term the NCRE hosts a research seminar open to anyone interested in European issues. The seminars range from presentations by Ambassadors, visiting professors to NCRE thesis students covering a wide range of contemporary European topics. Students enrolled in this course are invited to attend and participate: however, this is totally optional and is not part of the course curriculum or assessment.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,493.00

International fee $6,075.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .

All EURA310 Occurrences

  • EURA310-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018