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This course examines the importance of the EU as a promoter of peace, democracy and economic prosperity in the European continent and its neighbourhood. As an honours course, it strongly encourages individual student application of research through self-study methods and regular participation in seminar discussions.
Subject to approval of the NCRE Director.
Assessment• Ten-minute introductory report and participation 20%• Seminar assignment and presentation 40%• Essay (3,000 words) 40% Ten-minute long introductory report on the three most important/recent items of “EU and European news” will be given by one student at the beginning of each class. The grade for this piece of assessment will also include the student’s participation in class discussions in general.Seminar assignments and presentations are worth 30% and 10% of the course grade, respectively. Each participant of the class will be asked to choose one country of the formerly communist Eastern Europe and critically address the impact of established relations with the EU on the success of the post-communist transition of this country in an essay (2,000 words, excluding bibliography). The essays will be presented at the student-led seminars in the 10th, 11th and 12th weeks of the course. Essay (3,000 words, excluding bibliography) should be submitted within 15 days of the course lectures finishing. Students will be free to define the essay topic from the course curriculum by themselves with the approval of the course-coordinator. An extension for essay submission will only be permitted in exceptional circumstances. Late essays will be penalised with the deduction of 2% of the total essay grade for each day of delay.
Domestic fee $1,150.00
International Postgraduate fees
* 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 National Centre for Research on Europe .