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MSc in European and International Public Policy

Programme Code: TMEIPP

Department: European Institute

For students starting this programme of study in 2020/21

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules 

Students must take three compulsory courses, optional courses to the value of 1.5 units and a dissertation or policy incubator as shown below. Additionally, all students must take EU450 Engaging with Europe: Professional Skills.

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.

Paper

Course number, title (unit value)

Professional development course

EU450 Engaging with Europe: Professional Skills (0.0)

Paper 1

Foundation

 

EU490 Evidence and Analysis in Policy-Making (0.5)

Paper 2

Students without some background in European politics and policy-making or economics are strongly encouraged to take one or both of the following to support their studies:

 

EU409 Basic Economic Concepts for European Political Economy (0.0)

 

EU4V9 Concepts in Political Science and Public Policy (0.0)

 

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

 

EU487 European Integration from a Global Governance Perspective (0.5) #

 

EU488 European Policy-Making and International Cooperation (0.5) #

 

EU489 Analytical Politics and Policymaking in Europe (0.5)

Paper 3

Optional courses
Courses to the value of 1.5 units from the following:
If students wish their optional courses to result in a degree specialism, their chosen optional courses must come to a total value of at least one full unit from that specialism.  Courses from the heading 'Methods' cannot result in a specialism.

 

Public Policy & Policy-Making in Europe

 

EU421 Policy-Making in the European Union (0.5) #

 

EU425 Interest Representation and Economic Policy- Making in Europe (0.5)  (not available 2020/21)

 

EU464 International Migration: EU Policies and Politics (0.5) #

 

EU468 The Political Economy of Migration and Spatial Inequality in Europe (0.5) #

 

EU489 Analytical Politics and Policymaking in Europe (0.5)

 

EU4A1 The Politics and Policies of 'Brexit': The UK's changing relationship with the European Union (0.5)

 

GV477 Comparative Public Policy Change (0.5) #

 

GV4A5 International Migration and Immigration Management (0.5)

 

LL4CS Law and Economics of Network Industries (0.5)

 

Democracy and Governance in Europe

 

EU421 Policy-Making in the European Union (0.5) #

 

EU430 Europeanization: The Comparative Politics of Domestic Change (0.5)

 

EU475 Religious Diversity and Conflict in Europe (0.5)  (not available 2020/21)

 

EU488 European Policy-Making and International Cooperation (0.5) #

 

EU4A5 Public Opinion in Europe (0.5)

 

GV450 European Politics: Comparative Analysis (0.5)  (not available 2020/21)

 

GV454 Parties, Elections and Governments (0.5) #

 

GV4A2 Citizens' Political Behaviour in Europe: Elections Public Opinion and Identities (0.5) #  (not available 2020/21)

 

GV4E8 Conflict and Institutional Design in Divided Societies (0.5)

 

GV4J4 Citizen Representation and Democracy in the European Union (0.5)  (not available 2020/21)

 

HY411 European Integration in the Twentieth Century (1.0) #

 

LL4BG Rethinking EU Law (0.5)

 

LL4BH Law and Government of the European Union (0.5) #  (not available 2020/21)

 

European and International Political Economy

 

EU439 Political and Fiscal Integration and Disintegration in EU Member States (0.5)  (not available 2020/21)

 

EU446 The Political Economy of European Monetary Integration (0.5) #

 

EU453 The Political Economy of European Welfare States (0.5) #

 

EU468 The Political Economy of Migration and Spatial Inequality in Europe (0.5) #

 

EU477 Labour Markets and the Political Economy of Employment in Europe (0.5) #  (not available 2020/21)

 

EU482 Europe in World Trade (0.5)

 

EU4A4 The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution (0.5)

 

GI415 Gender and European Welfare States (0.5)

 

GV4C5 Politics of Economic Policy (0.5)  (withdrawn 2020/21)

 

LL4CS Law and Economics of Network Industries (0.5)

 

Europe in the International System

 

EU449 Emerging Markets, Political Transition and Economic Development in Central and Eastern Europe (0.5) #  (not available 2020/21)

 

EU457 Culture and Security in Global Politics (0.5)

 

EU478 The Culture of European Politics (0.5)

 

EU484 Europe's Role in Global Migration Governance (0.5)

 

EU485 Post-Conflict Justice and Reconciliation in Europe and Beyond (0.5)

 

EU487 European Integration from a Global Governance Perspective (0.5) #

 

IR416 The EU in the World (1.0) #

 

IR434 European Defence and Security (0.5)  (not available 2020/21)

 

LL468 European Human Rights Law (0.5)

 

Regional and Domestic Politics

 

EU440 The Balkans in Europe: Transition, Democratisation, Integration (0.5)  (not available 2020/21)

 

EU449 Emerging Markets, Political Transition and Economic Development in Central and Eastern Europe (0.5) #  (not available 2020/21)

 

EU476 Politics of Memory: Germany, France, UK and Turkey (0.5) #  (not available 2020/21)

 

EU4A2 Globalisation, Conflict and Post-Conflict Reconstruction (0.5)

 

GV439 Government and Politics in Central and Eastern Europe (0.5)

 

GV4B9 The Second Europe (0.5)

 

LL4Z5 EU State Aid Law (0.5)  (not available 2020/21)

 

Methods

 

MY421 Qualitative Research Methods (0.5)

 

MY451 Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5)

 

MY452 Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) #

Paper 4

Choose from one of the following:

 

EU495 Policy Incubator (1.0) # or

 

EU499 Dissertation (1.0)

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.