Political Structures and Processes of the European Union

6 ECTS credits
155 u studietijd

Aanbieding 2 met studiegidsnummer 1004830BER voor alle studenten in het 1e semester met een verdiepend bachelor niveau.

Semester

1e semester

Inschrijving onder examencontract

Mogelijk

Beoordelingsvoet

Beoordeling (0 tot 20)

2e zittijd mogelijk

Inschrijvingsvereisten

Je hebt ‘Politicologie: algemene inleiding’ gevolgd, alvorens dit vak op te nemen.

Onderwijstaal

Engels

Onder samenwerkingsakkoord

Onder interuniversitair akkoord mbt. opleiding
Onder uitwisselingsakkoord mbt studiedelen

Faculteit

Faculteit Sociale Wetensch & SolvayBusinessSchool

Verantwoordelijke vakgroep

Politieke Wetenschappen

Onderwijsteam

Alexander Mattelaer (titularis)

Onderdelen en contacturen

16 contacturen Hoorcollege
10 contacturen Werkcolleges, practica en oefeningen
129 contacturen Zelfstudie en externe werkvormen

Inhoud

This course aims to provide students with an introduction to the history and functioning of the European Union (EU). Students are expected to acquire a basic understanding of the European institutions and policy-making processes. The course seeks to enable students to independently analyse and interpret various EU policies and the process of European integration itself. Various academic disciplines contribute to European studies. While this course is principally based on political science approaches, it seeks to integrate insights from history, law and economics.

Studiemateriaal

Handboek (Aanbevolen) : The Government and Politics of the European Union, Neill Nugent, 8de, Palgrave Macmillan, 9781137454089, 2017
Digitaal cursusmateriaal (Vereist) : Syllabus & weekly readings, Various authors, Canvas

Bijkomende info

The course is built around a series of weekly lectures and classroom discussions covering the history of European integration, an overview of the principal institutions, and an introduction to selected policy areas. Students are expected to take notes to accompany the available reading materials. A full course overview is given in the course syllabus. For working students several wrap-up sessions are foreseen.

Leerresultaten

Algemene competenties

Students gain insight in the history, decision-making and various policies of the European Union. They acquire the knowledge and skills to understand and interpret past evolutions as well as current events shaping the European construction in a multidisciplinary manner.
Students acquire the technical ability to consult the scholarly literature on the European Union as well as official EU policy documents and legislation.
Students are expected to “learn to learn”: instead of assimilating ready-made answers, students become proficient in distilling the essence out of a mass of information and formulating their own answers to complex questions.
As the course is taught in English, students acquire the knowledge and skill to read, write and communicate about European integration in the international lingua franca.

Beoordelingsinformatie

De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Schriftelijk bepaalt 100% van het eindcijfer

Binnen de categorie Examen Schriftelijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

Examen Schriftelijk met een wegingsfactor 1 en aldus 100% van het totale eindcijfer.

Aanvullende info mbt evaluatie

Students will be evaluated on the basis of an written exam, which will account for 100% of the course grade. As a matter of standard practice, the exam will be conducted in English. (Students enrolled in study programmes taught in Dutch have the right to request an exam in Dutch in line with the VUB Teaching and Exam Regulations. The student needs to file a request for such an exception via the procedure indicated on student.vub.be/en/es by the 1st of December.)

Toegestane onvoldoende

Kijk in het aanvullend OER van je faculteit na of een toegestane onvoldoende mogelijk is voor dit opleidingsonderdeel.

Academische context