This class exists in these courses :
• IÉSEG > IESEG Degree - Programme Grande École > Semester 1 > 2,00 ECTS
• IÉSEG > IESEG Degree - Programme Grande École > Semester 2 > 2,00 ECTS

Prerequisites

Students who chose this course should be interested in European issues. Ideally they have good knowledge of current political and economical events in the EU or they want to better understand these events. Students will be asked to read some academic texts, some official texts and some articles from newspapers. It is important that students are willing to discuss

Learning outcomes

- understand the main issues of European integration
- understand the main stages in the process of accession to the EU
- understand the role of European institutions
- be able to identify the main challenges of the EU for coming years

Course description

I The European Union and its institutions
II The European Union – an ever enlarging structure
III Dealing with the EU Eastern enlargement: from association to integration
IV Public opinion in the EU
V Internal Challenges of the Enlarged EU
VI External Challenges of the Enlarged EU

Class type

Class structure

Teaching methods

• Interactive class
• Presentation
• Project work
• Research

Assessment

Continual assessment 45 %. Students have to prepare an oral presentation on a topic chosen from the list provided in the first session. Class participation will also be taken into account (10%). At the end of the semester there will be a short written exam (45%)

Recommended reading

• Bela BALLASSA, The theory of economic integration, London 1962. -

• Desmond DINAN, Ever Closer Union, An Introduction to European Integration, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. -

• John McCORMICK, European Union Politics, Palgrave Foundations, 2011. -

Internet resources

• Official website of the European Union

• Euronews

• café Babel

• Euroactiv