THE EUROPEAN UNION: POLITICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Examine the history and theory of European integration. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explore the workings of EU institutions and law. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Examine the effect of the EU on national politics and economy, economic politics and policy-making in the EU. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Assess the state of a body of scholarly literature related to course themes, identify gaps in that literature, and formulate an original research question in the context of those gaps. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Examine the history and theory of European integration. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explore the workings of EU institutions and law. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Examine the effect of the EU on national politics and economy, economic politics and policy-making in the EU. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Assess the state of a body of scholarly literature related to course themes, identify gaps in that literature, and formulate an original research question in the context of those gaps. Audience: Graduate