| Module Identifier | EU10110 | ||
| Module Title | EUROPEAN INTEGRATION | ||
| Academic Year | 2000/2001 | ||
| Co-ordinator | Dr Roger Scully | ||
| Semester | Semester 2 | ||
| Mutually Exclusive | EW10110 | ||
| Course delivery | Lecture | 20 Hours Number of Lectures 20 x 1 hour | |
| Seminars / Tutorials | 5 Hours Number of Seminars/Tutorials 5 x 1 hour | ||
| Assessment | Exam | 2 Hours 1 x 2 hour exam. | 70% |
| Essay | 1 x 1,500 word essay | 30% | |
Brief description
The module provides an introduction to the history and practice of European integration.
Beginning with a historical overview over relevant political developments in Western Europe lectures and seminars will
focus on the evolution of integrative structures in Europe. Primary attention is with the institutional structure, policy-making process and external relations of the European Union.
Aims and objectives
The object of the module is to familiarise students with the institutional map of Europe, study the particularities of European integration and consider the future trajectory of the European Union.
Incompatible Modules EW10110
Reading Lists
Books
D Dinan.
Evan Closer Union: An Introduction to the European Community, 2nd Ed (Macmillan 1999).
J McConnick.
Understand the European Union (Macmillan 1999).