MSc in Politics and Government in the European Union
Students must take courses to the value of three units and a dissertation as shown. Additionally, all students must take EU465 Research Methods and Design in EU Politics, and if their timetable allows, EU450 European Union: Contemporary Issues, in preparation for the dissertation.
| Paper | Course number and title | |
|---|---|---|
| Part I: Foundation | ||
| 1 | History and Theory of European Integration (H) | |
| Part II: Specialisation | ||
| Stream 1 - European Union Government and Policy | ||
| 2 | Policy-Making in the European Union (H) (cannot be taken with IR431) | |
| 3 | Any courses to the value of 2 units from the following: | |
| 
 | Policy Making and Public Policy in the European Union | |
| The Political Economy of European Monetary Integration (H) | ||
| International Migration: EU Policies and Politics (H) | ||
| International Migration and Immigration Management (H) | ||
| Legislative Politics: European Parliament (H) | ||
| The Economics of European Social Policy (H) | ||
| Politics of Social Policy: Welfare and Work in Comparative Perspective (H) | ||
| Integration and Forms of Governance in the European Union | ||
| European Union Law and Government (H) | ||
| Europeanisation: The Comparative Politics of Domestic Change (H) | ||
| European Integration from a Global Perspective (H) (n/a 14/15) | ||
| Informal Governance (H) | ||
| Contested Ideas in EU Law and Government (H) | ||
| Network Regulation (H) † | ||
| European Integration in the Twentieth Century | ||
| Democracy and representation in the European Union | ||
| Interest Representation and Economic Policy-Making in Europe (H) | ||
| European Society and Politics beyond the Nation State (H) (n/a 14/15) | ||
| Partisanship in Europe (H) (n/a 14/15) | ||
| Citizen Representation and Democracy in the European Union (H) | ||
| Muslims in Europe (H) | ||
| European Politics: Comparative Analysis (H) | ||
| Parties, Elections and Governments (H) | ||
| Citizens' Political Behaviour in Europe: Elections, Public Opinion, and Identities (H) | ||
| Legislative Politics: European Parliament (H) | ||
| The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution (H) | ||
| Conflict and Institutional Design in Divided Societies (H) | ||
| European Integration in the Twentieth Century | ||
| State and Economy within the European Union | ||
| Interest Representation and Economic Policy-Making in Europe (H) | ||
| The Political Economy of Southeast Europe (H) | ||
| Political and Fiscal Integration and Disintegration in EU Member States (H) | ||
| The Political Economy of European Monetary Integration (H) | ||
| Emerging Markets, Political Transition and Economic Development in Central and Eastern Europe (H) † | ||
| The Political Economy of European Welfare States (H) † | ||
| Politics of Economic Policy (H) | ||
| The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution (H) | ||
| The Governance of Welfare: The Nation State and the European Union (H) | ||
| Contemporary Issues in European Social Policy (n/a 14/15) | ||
| Ideas of Europe | ||
| The Idea of Europe (H) | ||
| The West: Identity and Interests (H) (n/a 14/15) | ||
| The Philosophy of Europe (H) | ||
| Europe Beyond Modernity (H) | ||
| European Society and Politics beyond the Nation State (H) (n/a 14/15) | ||
| Partisanship in Europe (H) (n/a 14/15) | ||
| European Human Rights Law (H) | ||
| Citizens' Political Behaviour in Europe: Elections, Public Opinion, and Identities (H) | ||
| Regional and Domestic Politics in Europe | ||
| The Political Economy of Southeast Europe (H) | ||
| Greece and South-East Europe: Government, Economy and Foreign Policy (H) | ||
| Emerging Markets, Political Transition and Economic Development in Central and Eastern Europe (H) † | ||
| Turkey and Europe (H) | ||
| Government and Politics in Central and Eastern Europe (H) | ||
| The Second Europe (H) | ||
| EU State Aid Law (H) | ||
| Methods | ||
| Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (H) | ||
| Applied Regression Analysis (H) | ||
| Stream 2 - The International Relations of Europe | ||
| 2 | The EU in the World | |
| 3 | Any courses to the value of 1.5 units from the following: | |
| 
 | The Idea of Europe (H) | |
| Interest Representation and Economic Policy-Making in Europe (H) | ||
| The West: Identity and Interests (H) (n/a 14/15) | ||
| European Integration from a Global Perspective (H) (n/a 14/15) | ||
| The Philosophy of Europe (H) | ||
| 
 | The Political Economy of Southeast Europe (H) | |
| Europe Beyond Modernity (H) | ||
| Greece and South-East Europe: Government, Economy and Foreign Policy (H) | ||
| 
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| Ethnic Diversity and International Society (H) | ||
| Identity, Community and the 'Problem of Minorities' (H) | ||
| European Human Rights Law (H) | ||
| International Migration: EU Policies and Politics (H) | ||
| Citizen Representation and Democracy in the European Union (H) | ||
| Informal Governance (H) | ||
| Contested Ideas in EU Law and Government (H) | ||
| Turkey and Europe (H) | ||
| European Politics: Comparative Analysis (H) | ||
| Nationalism | ||
| International Migration and Immigration Management (H) | ||
| European Integration in the Twentieth Century | ||
| Foreign Policy Analysis III | ||
| International Institutions | ||
| EU Policy-Making in a Global Context (H) (cannot be taken with EU421) | ||
| 
 | The International Politics of EU Enlargement (H) | |
| European Defence and Security (H) | ||
| Europe, the US and Arab-Israeli Relations (H) | ||
| Russia and Eurasia: Foreign and Security Policies | ||
| Methods | 
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| Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (H) | ||
| Applied Regression Analysis (H) | ||
| Part III: Dissertation | ||
| 4 | EU498 Dissertation | |
| Notes | ||
| † Students who wish to take this course must seek approval from the convenor of the course. | ||

