4 ECTS credits
100 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 8017273GNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (G) Postgraduate - preliminary level.
The course on EU Institutions provides a comprehensive overview on the history, nature, powers and roles of the various institutions that make up the European Union. Throughout this course, we will thus first look at the EU institutional architecture in broad terms to then zoom in on the most important EU institutions, namely the European Commission, the European Council, the Council of the EU, the European Parliament and the Court of Justice of the EU, to finally conclude with an overview of the other institutions, bodies and agencies that exist within the EU framework, such as the European Central Bank, the Court of Auditors, the European Economic and Social Committee or yet the European Committee of the Regions.
The course consists of the six following modules:
Module 1: The EU institutional architecture: an overview
Module 2: The European Commission
Module 3: The European Council and the Council of the EU
Module 4: The European Parliament
Module 5: The Court of Justice of the EU
Module 6: Other EU institutions, bodies and agencies
The duration of the course is 12 weeks.
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After completing this module, students should be able to:
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 50% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 50% of the final mark.
Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Each of the six modules comprises a lecture and reading materials. The students are given two weeks to finalise each module. Two separate assignments, counting in total for 50% of the final grade, will take place during this six modules. Upon the end of the six modules, the students take a final oral exam, that counts for the remaining 50%. The final exam takes place online.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Postgraduate Certificate European Policy Making: Default track