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The Political Economy of the European Union

Course
2024-2025

Admission requirements

At least BSA (40 ects).

Description

The European Union is many things: a polity in the making, a peace project, a complex foreign policy actor, but it is also and perhaps above all a large and well institutionalized market. The majority of the EU’s laws have to do with the problems of economic regulation, and it is the power of its vast market that underwrites much of its international influence.

In this course, we explore the constitutive elements of this economic power: the principles of trade integration and the European customs union, the single market and its four freedoms, and the evolution of the Economic and Monetary Union. The course will provide the participants with a thorough understanding of the political, economic, and legal aspects of economic integration in Europe, and guide them through a joint exploration of the ongoing challenges that make this process uneven and far from finished.

Course objectives

To provide course participants with:

  • Knowledge of the key elements and principles of economic integration

  • An understanding of actors and conflicts that shape the main economic institutions in Europe

  • Ability to analyze ongoing economic challenges the EU is facing

Timetable

The timetables are available through My Timetable.

Mode of instruction

Lectures

Assessment method

Assessment

The final mark will be a combination of the following marks, weighted in the following way: The final mark will be based on a midterm exam (40%), focusing on the content of the first block of the semester, and a final exam (60%), focusing on the second block. Course participants who do not achieve a passing mark as the final mark will be given the opportunity to take a retake exam, which will count 100%. The retake exam is representative of the whole course content.

Weighing

The final mark for the course is established by determining the weighted average. To pass the course, the weighted average of the partial grades must be 5.5 or higher.

Resit

The resit will only be available for the final exam.

Inspection and feedback

Each student may request a review of their exam within 30 days after publication of the exam results.

Reading list

The syllabus including the full reading list will be made available via Brightspace at least two weeks before the start of the course.

Registration

Enrolment through MyStudyMap is mandatory.
General information about course and exam enrolment is available on the website

Contact

  • For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the right information bar.

  • For questions about enrolment, admission, etc, contact the Education Administration Office: Huizinga

Remarks

Not applicable.