Module SOCI2121: EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS AND CITIZENSHIP

Department: APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES (SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL POLICY)

SOCI2121: EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS AND CITIZENSHIP

Type	Open	Level	2	Credits	20	Availability		Module Cap	None.	Location	Durham

Prerequisites

• None.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• To further develop the conceptual framework provided by the level 1 pre-requisite by enabling students to extend their knowledge and understanding of approaches to European integration.
• To provide students with a knowledge of the development of the European Union, its institutions, organisations and its approaches to social integration and cohesion.
• To further students ability to analyse, discuss and debate European issues, both individually and in a group context.

Content

• The foundations of European integration.
• The creation of the European Communities: Economic inter-dependence and European integration.
• The institutions and organisation of the EU.
• From intergovernmentalism towards supranationalism: Maastricht and beyond.
• Setting the European agenda, the development of policy competence.
• Nationalism, Citizenship and European integration.
• Integrating the CEECs: The problems of widening and deepening.

Learning Outcomes

• On completion of the module the successful students will be able to: Identify, account for, conceptualise and analyse the development of the European Union, its institutions, organisations and its approaches to social integration and cohesion.
• Function effectively as a member of a group by contributing to and producing a group project.
• Reflect effectively on their learning process in the context of working as a member of a team.
• Initiate, plan and execute a group research project utilising the knowledge acquired in point one.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• TEACHING: i) The lecture programme will introduce students to the required subject specific knowledge for this programme.
• ii) Seminars will develop students ability to identify, account for, conceptualise and analyse the development of the European Union through class presentations and discussions.
• iii) Group work tutorials will enable students to improve the effectiveness of their performance in a group context and develop their skills in initiating, planning and executing group research.
• LEARNING: i) Guided reading will enable students to develop their conceptual understanding of the development of the European Union.
• ii) Preparing class papers will develop students understanding, analytical ability and knowledge of the subject specific knowledge.
• iii) The group project and individual log book will enable students to develop their team-working skills, in relating to initiating, planning and executing a group project.
• The individual log book will promote effective reflective learning.
• ASSESSMENT: i) The essay will allow assessment of the students ability to identify, conceptualise and analyse the development of the European Union.
• ii) The group project will test the students ability to function effectively as a member of a team producing a group project.
• iii) The group project will test the students ability to formulate and execute a project in a group context and will further assess, the students knowledge of the required subject specific knowledge.
• iv) The logbook will allow the students ability to reflect upon their own learning both in terms of the subject knowledge required to complete a successful group project and their own effectiveness in working as a member of a team.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total/Hours
Total				200
Lectures	12	1 Per Week	1 Hour	12
Tutorials	5	Fortnightly in Term 2 and 3	1 Hour	5
Seminars	10	1 Per Week in Term 1	1	10
Preparation and Reading				173

Summative Assessment

Essay 50% (one 3500 word essay in term 1 100%), Group Assignment 30% (one 6000 word group assignment in term 2 100%), Individual Log Book 20% (one 2000 word individual log book 100%). [Resit opportunity: Group assignment 30% (essay on project 2000 words 100%), Log book 20% (report on group process words 1000 words 100%)].

Formative Assessment:

One two page summary outline of class presentation in preparation for essay.

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