Paper

Course number, title (unit value)

Professional development course

EU450 Engaging with Europe: Professional Skills (0.0)

Paper 1

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 2

Courses to the value of 0.5 units from the following:

European and International Politics and Policy

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

EU430 Europeanization: The Comparative Politics of Domestic Change (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

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

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)

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

EU4A5 People and Politics in Europe (0.5)

EU4A6 Reconciliation and Crisis: Politics in Southern Europe (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

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

IR434 European Defence and Security (0.5)

Paper 3

Optional courses
Courses to the value of 1.0 units from the following:

European 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)

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)

PP414 Policy-Making: Process, Challenges and Outcomes (0.5)

European Culture and Conflict

EU457 Culture and Security in Global Politics (0.5)

EU475 Europe and the Politics of Secularism (0.5)

EU476 Emotions and Memory in European Politics (0.5)

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

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

EU4A3 The Americas and Europe (0.5)

European and International Migration

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

EU494 International Migration and Immigration Management (0.5)

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

European Politics and the World

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

GV454 Parties, Elections and Governments (0.5)

GV4B9 The Second Europe (0.5)

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

IR416 The EU in the World (1.0) ^#

European Law

LL468 European Human Rights Law (0.5)

LL4BG Rethinking EU Law (0.5) ^#

LL4BH Law and Government of the European Union (0.5) ^#

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

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) ^#

MY451A Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5)

MY451W Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5)

MY452A Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) ^#

MY452W Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) ^#

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

Any course(s) not taken previously from the Paper 2 options list below; 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 2 options

Paper 4

Choose from one of the following:

EU495 Applied Policy Project (1.0) ^# or

EU499 Dissertation (1.0)

Students must also choose one from: 

MY451A Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5) ¹ or

MY452A Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) ^{# 2}