Paper

Course number, title (unit value)

Professional development course

EU450 Engaging with Europe: Professional Skills (0.0)

Paper 1

Foundation

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

EU490 Evidence and Analysis in Policy-Making (0.5)  (withdrawn 2024/25)

MY451A Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5)

OR

Students who can demonstrate equivalent prior knowledge of MY451 may instead take MY421 or MY452, Subject to Programme Director approval:

MY421A Qualitative Research Methods (0.5) or

MY452A Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) ^#

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EU409 Basic Economic Concepts for European Political Economy (0.0)  (withdrawn 2024/25)

EU4V9 Concepts in Political Science and Public Policy (0.0)  (withdrawn 2024/25)

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EU468 The Political Economy of Migration in Europe (0.5) ^#  (withdrawn 2024/25)

EU489 Analytical Politics and Policymaking in Europe (0.5)

EU494 International Migration and Immigration Management (0.5)

EU4A1 The Politics and Policies of 'Brexit': The UK's changing relationship with the European Union (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

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

GV477 Comparative Public Policy Change (0.5) ^#

LL4CS Law and Economics of Network Industries (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

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

PP414 Policy-Making: Process, Challenges and Outcomes (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)  (not available 2024/25)

EU475 Europe and the Politics of Secularism (0.5)

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

EU4A5 People and Politics in Europe (0.5)

GV454 Parties, Elections and Governments (0.5)

GV4A2 Citizens' Political Behaviour: Elections, Public Opinion and Identities (0.5) ^#

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

GV4J4 Citizen Representation and Democracy in the European Union (0.5)

GV4K1 Participatory Governance (0.5)

HY411 European Integration in the Twentieth Century (1.0) ^#  (not available 2024/25)

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 Welfare States and Migration in Europe (0.5)

EU468 The Political Economy of Migration in Europe (0.5) ^#  (withdrawn 2024/25)

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

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

EU482 Europe in World Trade (0.5)

EU4A4 The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution (0.5)

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

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

LL4CS Law and Economics of Network Industries (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

Europe in the International System

EU449 Emerging Markets, Political Transition and Economic Development in Central and Eastern Europe (0.5) ^#  (withdrawn 2024/25)

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)

Regional and Domestic Politics

EU440 The Balkans in Europe: Transition, Democratisation, Integration (0.5)

EU449 Emerging Markets, Political Transition and Economic Development in Central and Eastern Europe (0.5) ^#  (withdrawn 2024/25)

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)  (not available 2024/25)

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)  (not available 2024/25)

Methods (maximum 0.5 units)

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

MY428 Qualitative Text and Discourse Analysis (0.5) ^#

MY452A Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) ^{# 1}

MY452W Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) ^{# 2}

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

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 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)