MSc Politics and Government in the European Union

Students must take courses to the value of three units and a dissertation as shown.  Additionally, if their timetable allows, students are recommended to take EU410 and EU450 in preparation for the dissertation.

Paper

Course number and title

Part I: Foundation

1

EU435

History and Theory of European Integration (H) (M)

Part II: Specialisation  
Stream 1 - European Union Government and Policy

2

EU421

Policy-Making in the European Union (H) (L) (cannot be taken with IR431)

 

GV450

European Politics: Comparative Analysis (H) (M)

3

Any courses to the value of 1.5 units from the following:

 

EU420

European Union Law and Government (H) (M)

EU423

Greece and the European Union (H) (M) (n/a 11/12)

EU424

The Idea of Europe (H) (M)

EU425

Interest Representation and Economic Policy-Making in Europe (H) (L)

 

EU426

The West: Identity and Interests (H) (L)

EU429

Economic and Social Policy in Mediterranean Europe (H) (M)

 

EU430

Europeanisation: The Comparative Politics of Domestic Change (H) (M)

 

EU431

European Integration from a Global Perspective (H) (L) (n/a 11/12)

EU432

The Philosophy of Europe (H) (L)

EU434

The Political Economy of Southeast Europe (H) (M)

EU436

Law and Governance of the Single European Market (n/a 11/12)

EU437

Europe Beyond Modernity (H) (L)

EU438

Turkey: Political Economy and European Integration (H) (L)

EU439

Political and Fiscal Integration and Disintegration in EU Member States (H) (L)

 

EU440

Greece and South-East Europe: Government, Economy and Foreign Policy (H) (L)

 

EU446

Patterns of Economic Integration in Europe: Institutions and Politics of EMU (H) (L) 

 

EU449

The Political Economy of Transition and EU Accession in Central and Eastern Europe (H) (L) †

 

EU453

The Political Economy of European Welfare States (H) (L) †

 

EU460

European Society and Politics beyond the Nation State (H) (L)

EU462

Partisanship in Europe (H) (L)

EU463

European Human Rights Law (H) (L)

EU464

Migration and Mobility in the European Union (H) (L)

GV403

Network Regulation (H) (L) †

GV439

Government and Politics in Eastern Europe (H) (L)

GV454

Parties, Elections and Governments (H) (L)

GV460

Politics and Policy in Britain (H) (M) (n/a 11/12)

GV4A2

Citizens' Political Behaviour in Europe: Elections, Public Opinion, and Identities (H) (L)

 

GV4A5

Public Policy Responses to International Migration (H) (M)

GV4B9

The Second Europe (H) (L)

GV4C5

Politics of Economic Policy (H) (M)

GV4C6

Legislative Politics: European Parliament (H) (L)

GV4D4

Comparative Politics of Redistribution in Advanced Democracies (H) (L)

 

GV4E8

Conflict and Institutional Design in Divided Societies (H) (L)

HY411

European Integration in the Twentieth Century

LL4Z5

EU State Aid Law (H) (L)

MY451

Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (H) (M)

 

MY452

Applied Regression Analysis (H) (M or L)

 

SA405

European Social Policy

 

SA4F7

The Economics of European Social Policy (H) (L)

 

SA4M1

Politics of Social Policy: Welfare and Work in Comparative Perspective (H) (L)

Stream 2 - The International Relations of Europe

2

IR416

The EU in the World

3

Any courses to the value of 1.5 units from the following:
A half unit from Stream 1- European Union Government and Policy

 

EU424

The Idea of Europe (H) (M)

EU425

Interest Representation and Economic Policy-Making in Europe (H) (L)

EU426

The West: Identity and Interests (H) (L)

EU431

European Integration from a Global Perspective (H) (L) (n/a 11/12)

EU432

The Philosophy of Europe (H) (M)

 

EU434

The Political Economy of Southeast Europe (H) (M)

EU437

Europe Beyond Modernity (H) (L)

EU438

Turkey: Political Economy and European Integration (H) (L)

EU440

Greece and South-East Europe: Government, Economy and Foreign Policy (H) (L)

 

EU448

Minorities and Migration in Europe (H) (M) (n/a 11/12)

EU457

Ethnic Diversity and International Society (H) (L)

EU458

Identity, Community and the 'Problem of Minorities' (H) (L)

EU463

European Human Rights Law (H) (L)

EU464

Migration and Mobility in the European Union (H) (L)

GV450

European Politics: Comparative Analysis (H) (M)

GV479

Nationalism 

GV4A5

Public Policy Responses to International Migration (H) (M)

HY411

European Integration in the Twentieth Century

IR411

Foreign Policy Analysis III

IR412

International Institutions

IR431

EU Policy-Making in a Global Context (H) (L) (cannot be taken with EU421) 

 

IR433

The International Politics of EU Enlargement (H) (M)

IR434

European Defence and Security (H) (L) 

IR481

Europe, the US and Arab-Israeli Relations (H) (L) (n/a 11/12)

IR482

Russia and Eurasia: Foreign and Security Policies (n/a 11/12)

MG435

International Business and Governance (H) (L) (n/a 11/12)

MY451

Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (H) (M)

MY452

Applied Regression Analysis (H) (M or L)

Part III: Dissertation

4

EU499         Dissertation

Notes

† Students who wish to take this course must seek approval from the convenor of the course.

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