This advanced course provides students with the opportunity to study a topic of their choice pertaining to the content of ST-419 and/or ST-420 in greater depth. Topics may reflect particular feature of the EU's political system and/or address:
• the history of European unification and integration, especially the development of the European Union since 1951
• theories of regional integration, in particular with regards to Europe
• institutions and Member States of the European Union
• decision- and policy-making in the European Union
• policies of the European Union, e.g. the Economic and Monetary Union
• future perspectives of the European Union
Period
10-08-2012 - 01-12-2012 (17 weeks)
Target group
Applicants must have a BA in a relevant field of study such as social sciences, economics and law, or an equivalent background consisting of 180 ECTS.
Course aim
Learning outcomes Upon successful completion of the thesis, the student should be able to apply analytical and theoretically informed tools to issues of European integrationanalyse core aspects of the European Unions policies, its organisational set-up and the interface of EU institutions and the Member Statescritically assess well-established approaches and dissenting arguments vis--vis European integration and the EU
Credits
10.0 ECTS creditsWeb-based thesis course
Course fee
NOK 750: Semesterfee: http://www.uia.no/en/portals/study/academic_affairs/semester_registration/student_fees
Course leader
Stefan Gnzle
University of Agder Deparment of political science and public managment
Address: University of Agder Postboks 422
Postal code: 4604 Kristiansand
City: Kristiansand
Country: Norway
Website: www.uia.no/eiss
E-mail: eiss@uia.no
Phone: + 47 38 14 16 30
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