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Module Plan
The curriculum comprises 384 hours of basic and specialized modules. The program is arranged in an interdisciplinary way. This meets the need for aspiring young professionals, with high potential and a generalist top quality education. Students take modules in
  • Political Science, where the focus is on contemporary political issues in Europe, especially as they pertain to the wider spectrum of integration theories, as well as the institutional and policy development of the European Union since the ratification of the Treaties of Rome;
     
  • Economics, which covers the economic, monetary and financial aspects of the EU, and includes analyses of the Union's internal market against the backdrop of economic globalization, and the international trade regime;
     
  • Law, which deals with the constitutional principles of the European Community, the sources and application of EU law, as well as the legal structure of the internal market and the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice and other EU institutions.

All participants attend 7 basic modules of 24 hours each and 18 specialized modules of 12 hours each. Basic modules provide students with a general knowledge and an overview of the subject matter. Specialized modules provide detailed knowledge on issues of special importance.

 
Basic
Modules
1st Semester Module
examination
h ECTS
Eco Economic Principles of European Integration exam 24 4
Law Introduction to the Institutions, Procedures and Law of the EU exam 24 4
Pol Introduction to the History and the Political System of the EU paper 24 4
Specialized
Modules
1st Semester      
Eco European Economic Policies: exam   4
  S1: Economics of the Internal Market   12  
  S2: Competition Policy and Industrial Policy of the EU   12  
  S3: Policies for Coherence and Structural Change   12  
Law Legal Principles of the EU: exam   4
  S1: Introduction to the EC Competition Law   12  
  S2: EU Anti-Trust Procedure   12  
  S3: European Environmental Law   12  
Pol Governance and Policies of the EU: paper   4
  S1: Characteristic Principles, Competences and Policies of the EU   12  
  S2: The EU’s Institutions, Actors, and Policy Dynamics   12  
  S3: Federalism, Subsidiarity and Regions in the EU   12  
 
Basic
Modules
2st Semester Module
examination
h ECTS
Eco Macroeconomics of the EMU exam 24 4
Law EC-Freedoms, Fundamental Rights and Protection of the individual exam 24 4
Pol The Common Foreign and Security Policy of the EU paper 24 4
Pol Negotiation Strategies and Lobbying paper 24 4
Specialized
Modules
2nd Semester      
Eco Completion ot the Common Market exam   4
  S1: Business-Government Relations in the EU   12  
  S2: Global Economy and the EU   12  
  S3: Public Finances of the EU and EMU   12  
Law Applied European Law exam   4
  S1: Regulation of European Core Markets and Liberalization of State Monopolies   12  
  S2: Competition Law in Network Industries   12  
  S3: Socio-Economic Principles of the EC   12  
Pol The EU and the Management of Global Affairs paper   4
  S1: Global Processes of Region Building   12  
  S2: The Mediterranean Policy of the EU   12  
  S3: The EU’s Strategic Partnerships   12  
         
  Master's thesis     18
  Total ECTS     70