Module Identifier | RD28610 | ||
Module Title | EUROPE (EQUINE STUDIES) | ||
Academic Year | 2001/2002 | ||
Co-ordinator | Miss Melissa Mason | ||
Semester | Semester 2 (Taught over 2 semesters) | ||
Assessment | Assignment | Land-based industry assignment. Outcomes Assessed: 1, 3. | 50% |
Assignment | Tour assignment. Outcomes Assessed: 2, 3. | 50% |
Identify the structure, composition and function of the EU.
Performance criteria:
a. Main organisational structure and function of the EU is described.
b. Main aims and provisions of major EU treaties are identified.
c. Major policies are described.
Ranges:
Organisational Structure - European Commission, European Parliament, European Council, European Court of Justice, Council of Ministers, Court of Auditors, Committee of the Regions.
Organisational Functions - Budget, Decision making, Legislative, Overseas aid, Finance.
Major treaties - Rome, Single European Act, Maastricht and subsequent treaties, EMU.
Major policies - CAP, Regional, Environmental.
Impacts - Four Freedoms: goods, people, services, capital.
Outcome 2
Identify the lifestyle and geographical characteristics of selected European Countries.
Performance criteria:
a. Education, training and employment are investigated.
b. Culture and customs are identified.
c. Influence of the EU on lifestyle in selected European country is assessed.
Ranges:
Education, training and employment - Course structures, qualifications, working conditions, income and benefits, career structure.
Social, justice and home affairs - Medical care, benefits, judicial system.
Culture - Lifestyles, housing, religion, language, food, leisure, social interaction.
Outcomje 3
Identify the structure and operation of a land based industry within a selected European country.
Performance criteria:
a. Land resources of a selected European country are described.
b. Structure and operation of a land based industry within a selected European country is described.
c. Impact of the EU on the management of land resources in a selected member state is eval;uated.
Ranges:
Land resources - Physical geography, climate, water, agriculture, forestry, tourism, recreation, archaeology, landscape, nature conservation, fisheries, transport, minerals.
Management - Organisations, legal systems, planning systems, grants, designations.