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:

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 2

Courses to the value of 0.5 unit(s) from the following:

European and International Politics and Policy

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

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

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

EU4A1 The EU and the Global South: Geopolitics, Security and Development (0.5)

EU4A5 People and Politics in Europe (0.5)

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

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

EU4D4 European Defence and Security (0.5)

Paper 3

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

Optional courses

EU446 The Political Economy of European Monetary Integration (0.5)

EU453 The Political Economy of Welfare States and Migration in Europe (0.5)

EU457 Culture and Security in Global Politics (0.5)

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

EU469 The Political Economy of Finance in Europe (0.5) #

EU475 Europe and the Politics of Secularism (0.5)

EU476 Emotions and Memory in European Politics (0.5)

EU477 Labour Markets and the Political Economy of Employment in Europe (0.5) #

EU482 Europe in World Trade (0.5)

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

EU494 International Migration and Immigration Management (0.5)

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

EU4A3 The Americas and Europe (0.5)

EU4A4 The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution (0.5)

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

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

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

GI415 Gender and Welfare Regimes: Developments and Change (0.5)

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

GV4B9 The Second Europe (0.5)

IR40B The EU in the World (0.5) #

LL4BH Law and Government of the European Union (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

Choose from one of the following:

EU495 Applied Policy Project (1.0)

EU499 Dissertation (1.0)

Methodology courses

Students must also choose 0.5 unit(s) from the following in consultation with their academic mentor:

MY400 Fundamentals of Social Science Research Design (0.5)

MY421A Qualitative Research Methods (0.5)

MY421W Qualitative Research Methods (0.5)

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

MY451A Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5)

MY451W Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5)

MY452A Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) #

MY452W Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) #

MY455 Multivariate Analysis and Measurement (0.5) #