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PSC 405J - The European Union

(3 units)
Focus on the theories developed to explain European integration, the institutional structures that comprise the EU itself, and the major issues that confront Europeans in the context of European integration.

Prerequisite(s): PSC 211  or PSC 231 .

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Spring - Odd Years

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. demonstrate a general grasp of policy-making in the relevant European countries with a good knowledge of most important domestic and foreign-policy issues.
2. demonstrate familiarity with the important pan-European themes which have dominated the recent political scene.
3. explain in broad terms the functioning of the European Union and the role of its main institutions as well as the main mission and policies of the Council of Europe with its European Court of Human Rights.
4. discuss the role of the EU as a “civilian power” in the international relations as well as the strong and weak points of its actions abroad.
5. discuss the relevant theories of European integration
6. demonstrate a general grasp of the challenges facing the EU in the 21st century.


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