Professional development course

EU450 Engaging with Europe: Professional Skills (0.0)

Paper 1

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

EU447 Democracy, Ideology and the European State (0.5)

EU478 The Culture of European Politics (0.5)

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

Paper 2

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

Politics and Culture

EU432 The Philosophy of Europe (0.5)

EU437 Europe Beyond Modernity (0.5)

EU458 Narrating Migration in a Global Europe (0.5)

EU478 The Culture of European Politics (0.5)

EU481 The Future: 24-hour Society and its Discontents (0.5)

EU4A3 The Americas and Europe (0.5)

Conflict Studies

EU440 The Balkans in Europe: Transition, Democratisation, Integration (0.5)

EU457 Culture and Security in Global Politics (0.5)

EU475 Europe and the Politics of Secularism (0.5)

EU476 Emotions and Memory in European Politics (0.5)

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

EU486 Religion in Contemporary Europe: Race, Identity and Culture in Conflict (0.5)

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

Paper 3

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

Politics and Policy

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

EU430 Europeanisation: Transformation in Europe and its Neighbourhood (0.5)

EU447 Democracy, Ideology and the European State (0.5)

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)

EU4A5 People and Politics in Europe (0.5)

EU4A6 Reconciliation and Crisis: Politics in Southern Europe (0.5)

EU4A7 Political Economy of the Green Transition in Europe (0.5)

EU4B1 Political Elites, Leadership, and Decision-Making (0.5)

Identity, Conflict and Culture

GI421 Sexuality, Gender and Culture (0.5)

GI422 Transnational Sexual Politics (1.0)

GV498 Multiculturalism (0.5)

GV4B8 Civil Wars: Concepts and Cases (0.5)

GV4B9 The Second Europe (0.5)

IR452 Empire and Conflict in World Politics (0.5)

IR465 The International Politics of Culture and Religion (1.0) # (suspended 2025/26)

IR4B1 Islam in World Politics (0.5)

SO479 Human Rights and Postcolonial Theory (0.5)

International Migration

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

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

EU494 International Migration and Immigration Management (0.5)

EU4A8 Migration From Below: Theories and Lived Experiences of Borders (0.5)

Methodology

MY423 Interview Methods for Social Science Research (0.5) #

MY425 Case Studies and Comparative Methods for Qualitative Research (0.5) # (suspended 2025/26)

MY428 Qualitative Text and Discourse Analysis (0.5) #

Any course(s) not taken previously from the Paper 2 options list below; or exceptionally: 0.5 units maximum of either an EU-coded course not listed above, or 0.5 units maximum of any course from outside the department, with the approval of the Programme Director and relevant course convenor. Students must refer to the European Institutes approval policy (available via Moodle) when applying for permission to take courses not listed within these programme regulations.

Paper 2 options list

Paper 4

EU410 Interdisciplinary Research Methods and Design (0.0) and EU499 Dissertation (1.0)

Optional course

Students on this programme are invited to participate in the LSE-Columbia double degree seminars as part of their studies:

EU4A9 European Politics, Conflict and Culture: LSE-Columbia European Seminar (0.0)