EURO8003: Intensive Graduate Course in European Studies 2011
This Graduate course addresses issues relating to the challenges and implication of European integration. Since the end of the Second World War, the sub-continent of Europe has experienced sustained and expanding degrees of supranational integration in the fields of law, economics and politics. Some analysts see in this process a model for regional integration the world over. Others argue that the EU is unique and that this pattern of integration cannot – and should not – be repeated elsewhere.
This course will critically examine European integration from historical, applied and theoretical perspectives. By examining case-studies in the fields of law and regulation, trade and the environment, common security policy and immigration, students will gain interdisciplinary insights to the process of regional integration and thus be equipped to make comparative analysis, engaging with questions such as:
- Can the European model of integration help us predict the possibility of and paths towards integration in other parts of the world, such as Asia?
- What are the external implications of European regionalism?
- Is regional integration effective and desirable?
- How integrated, by comparison, are other federal entities such as Australia?
This interdisciplinary course will appeal to students of international relations, European politics, comparative law, public policy and international business. It will be taught by guest lecturers associated with the ANU Centre of European Studies in an intensive format over five week days. Delivery will include lectures, seminars, and discussion groups and will offer students exposure to a range of academics as well as practitioners. Throughout the course students will work on short research projects and be required to make a presentation on the final day of the course. Assessment for the course comprises a 1000 word briefing paper (due mid-October) and a 4000 word research paper (due mid-November).
The course is available as an elective in the following ANU graduate study programs: Liberal Arts, International Affairs, International Law, and Graduate Studies Select. But it is also available as an elective in other graduate study programs with permission from the program convenor. Contact Lan.Tran@anu.edu.au for an enrolment permission code or any other enrolment problems. If ISIS does not allow you to enrol, complete this “Application for Enrolment Variation” form: http://www.anu.edu.au/sas/forms/enrolment_variation.pdf Ask your course convenor to sign and approve your enrolment, and submit the form at Student Administration Services in the Pauline Griffin Building on campus.
For further information about the course content, please contact the Course Convenor:
A/Professor Pierre van der Eng
Deputy Director, ANU Centre for European Studies
Tel. 02 6125 7930 or Email pierre.vandereng@anu.edu.au
Tel. 02 6125 7930 or Email pierre.vandereng@anu.edu.au
To view the flyer for this course please see: EURO8003
