Paper

Course number, title (unit value)

Professional development course

EU450 Engaging with Europe: Professional Skills (0.0)

Paper 1

Foundation

EU490 Evidence and Analysis in Policy-Making (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

OR

Students who can demonstrate equivalent prior knowledge of EU490 Evidence and Analysis in Policy-Making may instead take the below course, subject to Programme Director approval:

MY452L Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) ^{# 1 *}  (withdrawn 2023/24) or

MY452M Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) ^{# 2 *}  (withdrawn 2023/24)

Paper 2

Students with limited background in European politics and policy-making or economics are strongly encouraged to take one or both of the following to support their studies:

EU409 Basic Economic Concepts for European Political Economy (0.0)

EU4V9 Concepts in Political Science and Public Policy (0.0)

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 3

Optional courses
Courses to the value of 1.5 units from the following:
If students wish their optional courses to result in a degree specialism, their chosen optional courses must come to a total value of at least one full unit from that specialism. Students may select a maximum of 0.5 units from the section 'Methods', courses from this section cannot result in a specialism.

Public Policy & Policy-Making in Europe

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

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

EU468 The Political Economy of Migration in Europe (0.5) ^#

EU489 Analytical Politics and Policymaking in Europe (0.5)

EU4A1 The Politics and Policies of 'Brexit': The UK's changing relationship with the European Union (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

GV477 Comparative Public Policy Change (0.5) ^#

GV4A5 International Migration and Immigration Management (0.5)  (withdrawn 2023/24)

LL4CS Law and Economics of Network Industries (0.5)

MG402 Public Management: A Design-Oriented Approach (0.5)

Democracy and Governance in Europe

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

EU430 Europeanization: The Comparative Politics of Domestic Change (0.5)

EU475 Religion and Secularism, Diversity and Conflict in Europe: Identities, Religion, and Culture (0.5)

EU488 European Policy-Making and International Cooperation (0.5) ^#

EU4A5 People and Politics in Europe (0.5)

GV450 European Politics: Comparative Analysis (0.5)  (withdrawn 2023/24)

GV454 Parties, Elections and Governments (0.5)

GV4A2 Citizens' Political Behaviour in Europe: Elections Public Opinion and Identities (0.5) ^#  (not available 2023/24)

GV4E8 Power Sharing and Institutional Design in Divided Societies (0.5)

GV4J4 Citizen Representation and Democracy in the European Union (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

GV4K1 Opening Government: Transparency, Accountability, and Participation (0.5)

HY411 European Integration in the Twentieth Century (1.0) ^#  (not available 2023/24)

LL4BG Rethinking EU Law (0.5)

LL4BH Law and Government of the European Union (0.5)

European and International Political Economy

EU446 The Political Economy of European Monetary Integration (0.5) ^#

EU453 The Political Economy of European Welfare States (0.5)

EU468 The Political Economy of Migration in Europe (0.5) ^#

EU477 Labour Markets and the Political Economy of Employment in Europe (0.5) ^#  (not available 2023/24)

EU482 Europe in World Trade (0.5)

EU4A4 The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution (0.5)

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

LL4CS Law and Economics of Network Industries (0.5)

Europe in the International System

EU449 Emerging Markets, Political Transition and Economic Development in Central and Eastern Europe (0.5) ^#  (not available 2023/24)

EU457 Culture and Security in Global Politics (0.5)

EU478 The Culture of European Politics (0.5)

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

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

EU487 European Integration from a Global Governance Perspective (0.5) ^#

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

IR416 The EU in the World (1.0) ^#

IR434 European Defence and Security (0.5)

LL468 European Human Rights Law (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

Regional and Domestic Politics

EU440 The Balkans in Europe: Transition, Democratisation, Integration (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

EU449 Emerging Markets, Political Transition and Economic Development in Central and Eastern Europe (0.5) ^#  (not available 2023/24)

EU476 Emotions and Memory in European Politics (0.5)

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

EU4A3 The Americas and Europe (0.5)

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

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

GV4B9 The Second Europe (0.5)

LL4Z5 State Aid and Subsidies Regulation (0.5)

Methods (maximum 0.5 units)

MY425 Case Studies and Comparative Methods for Qualitative Research (0.5)

MY428 Qualitative Text and Discourse Analysis (0.5) ^#  (not available 2023/24)

MY452L Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) ^{# 3}  (withdrawn 2023/24)

MY452M Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) ^{# 4}  (withdrawn 2023/24)

MY457 Causal Inference for Observational and Experimental Studies (0.5) ^#

Paper 4

Choose from one of the following:

EU495 Applied Policy Project (1.0) ^# or

EU499 Dissertation (1.0)

Optional

EU410 Interdisciplinary Research Methods and Design (0.0)

EU470 How do we know? An introduction to research design and methods in political economy (0.0)