MSc European Political Economy
Full-year programme. Students must take two compulsory courses and optional courses to the value of one-and-a-half units and a dissertation as shown. Additionally, all students must take EU410 Interdisciplinary Research Methods and Design and EU450 European Union: Contemporary Issues, in preparation for the dissertation. Students without a strong background in economics are strongly encouraged to take EU409 Basic Economic Concepts for European Political Economy as an additional course to support their studies.
Paper |
Course number and title |
1
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EU452 European Political Economy |
2 |
A. Political Economy: Theory and Practice
EU455 Concepts in Political Economy (H)
B. Political Economy in Action:
One of the following half units:
EU443 European Models of Capitalism (H)
EU446 Patterns of Economic Integration in Europe: Institutions and Politics of EMU (H)
EU449 The Political Economy of Transition and EU Accession in Central and Eastern Europe (H)
EU453 The Political Economy of European Social Policy and Welfare State Reform (H) (n/a 08/09)
EU456 The Economics of European Social Policy (H) |
3 |
Courses to the value of one full unit from the following:
Institutions, Politics and Policies of the EU:
EU419 Socio-economic Cohesion Policies in the EU (H)
EU420 European Union Law and Government (H)
EU421 Policy-Making in the European Union (H)
EU430 Europeanization: The Comparative Politics of Domestic Change (H)
EU436 Law and Governance of the Single European Market
EU439 Political and Fiscal Integration and Disintegration in EU Member States (H)
Central and Eastern Europe Transition and Reform:
EU454 The Economics of Transition and EU Accession in Central and Eastern Europe (H)
EU447 Democracy, Ideology and the State (H)
European Identity and Ideas:
EU424 The Idea of Europe (H)
EU437 Europe Beyond Modernity (H)
EU448 Minorities and Migration in Europe (H)
GV4A5 Public Policy Responses to International Migration (H)
Regional courses:
EU417 Italy in the European Union (H)
EU423 Greece and the European Union (H) (n/a 08/09)
EU429 The Political Economy of Spain and Southwest Europe (H)
EU440 Greece and South-East Europe: Government, Economy and Foreign Policy (H)
EU434 The Political Economy of Southeast Europe (H)
EU438 Turkey: Political Economy and European Integration (H)
EU461 Economic History of Southeastern Europe and the Middle East, 1820-1945 (H)
Courses from 2B above not already taken
*A half unit from another MSc programme |
4 |
EU499 Dissertation |
Notes
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* Courses may be taken only with the permission of the teacher and the MSc Co-ordinator; admission will depend on the student having the necessary background and on availability of space. | ^
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