EU STUDIES IN 2005-2006

The minor subject in EU Studies has been renewed and is now called the Undergraduate Programme in EU Studies. Please see the webpage of the Network for European Studies for further information on the EU Studies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Department of Political Science

Centre for European Studies

TEACHING

The teaching connected with CESUH covers lectures and seminars at the graduate as well as post-graduate levels.

At the graduate level CESUH administers a special Minor Subject in EU-studies consisting of 15-35 local credits (30-70 ECTS). The programme comprises courses on European integration arranged by seven six subject fields in the social sciences and EU-law.

At the post-graduate level there is a research seminar for students preparing dissertations on European political integration. Post-graduate students interested in the seminar are encouraged to contact Dr. Teija Tiilikainen (teija.tiilikainen@helsinki.fi) for further information.

Minor Subject in EU-studies 2004-2005

Foreign students may contact the Planning Officer of the Faculty of Social Sciences Miia Rosenberg (miia.rosenberg@helsinki.fi) in matters concerning the application process and the Faculty in general. In order to be able to take the Minor Subject studies, students must first apply for the Faculty.


General Information

The Minor Subject in EU-studies is an interdisciplinary study unit that is recommended as a Minor Subject in the Faculties of Social Sciences and Law, but that is available also for the students of other faculties. The purpose of the study unit is to improve a readiness for being in charge of positions related to the European Union. The study unit approaches the EU from different scientific perspectives and gives a many-sided package to the scientific debate around the EU.


The Structure and The Right to Participate

The study unit consists of lecture courses as well as of working and expert seminars and literature studies. The study unit can be taken in the form of a Study block A (15 cr; 30 ECTS), B (25 cr; 50 ECTS) or C (36 cr; 72 ECTS). The main language for the teaching activities is Finnish, but part of the teaching takes place in English. In principle, the whole study unit can be taken in English, mainly in the form of literature studies (a possibility to compensate books in Finnish should be discussed with examinators). This option should be discussed with the examinator of the study block in the question.

Every student of the University of Helsinki has the right to participate in the Minor Subject in EU-studies. A person who is not registered at the University, or who wants to complete a degree taken at the University of Helsinki, can be given the right to participate in the Study Unit. The student office gives more information about this possibility. Students of universities belonging to the so-called JOO-agreement are entitled to studies in the Minor Subject. A particular number of places have also been reserved to the students of the Open University. A recommendation for all participants is 15 cr (30 ECTS) taken in the main subject.

A precondition for the right to participate in the Minor Subject in EU-studies is the completion of the study unit Introduction to European Integration.




The Study Programme

If the Minor Subject in EU-studies is taken in the form a study block A (15 cr / 30 ECTS at least), the only mandatory study unit is Introduction to European Integration (2 cr / 4 ECTS). Besides that, a student should complete 13 voluntary local credits at least (26 ECTS).

If the Minor Subject in EU-studies is taken in the form a study block B (25 cr / 50 ECTS) or C (36 cr / 72 ECTS), besides Introduction to European Integration, a student should complete a working seminar lasting one semester (4 cr / 8 ECTS). Besides them, one can choose 19 or 30 voluntary study weeks (28 or 60 ECTS).


Courses and Examinations

All students studying for a degree should registerate for courses via WebOodi (except EU11 The European Law). The registeration for other courses takes place in the beginnig of the first class. Others than graduate students (Cooperation Agreement (JOO), students completing a degree taken at the University of Helsinki and students with specific right to study) should registerate for courses in the beginning of the first class.

All students studying for a degree should registerate for all examinations (except EU11 The European Law) via WebOodi. Others than graduate students (Cooperation Agreement (JOO), students completing a degree taken at the University of Helsinki and students with specific right to study) should registerate at the Faculty of Social Science by filling the special envelope (tenttikuori).

For further information on registration etc. see the general instructions of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Department of Political Science.

 

FROM 1.8.2004 ONWARDS THE STUDY UNITS OF THE RENVALL INSTITUTE (EU12, EU13, EU14) ARE NO LONGER PART OF THE EU MINOR SUBJECT STUDIES. Units taken by students prior to that can be, however, accepted as parts of the Minor Subject in EU-studies (study block A, B, or C).


MANDATORY STUDY UNITS

EU1. Introduction to European Integration, 2 cr (4 ECTS) (790401)

For all students. Has to be taken before other courses in the Minor Subject in order to get the right for participation. In special cases the student can participate in the courses of the study unit before having passed the examination. This can only take place with the consent of the course leader.

1. Opiskellen uudistuvaan unioniin. Edita 1999.
2. Raunio T - Tiilikainen T (toim.): Euroopan rajat

Or in English:

1. Pinder J: The Building of the European Union (third edition)
2. Dinan D: Ever Closer Union? An Introduction to the European Community

Examination dates:

EU/JOS-kirjallisuuskuulustelu 27.9.2004
EU/JOS-kirjallisuuskuulustelu 25.10.2004
EU/JOS-kirjallisuuskuulustelu 29.11.2004
EU/JOS-kirjallisuuskuulustelu 24.1.2005
EU/JOS-kirjallisuuskuulustelu 21.2.2005
EU/JOS-kirjallisuuskuulustelu 21.3.2005
EU/JOS-kirjallisuuskuulustelu 25.4.2005

Examinator: M.Pol.Sci. Teemu Palosaari, Department of Political Science.

EU2. EU-related Essay Seminar (in Finnish only), 4 cr (8 ECTS) (790402)


VOLUNTARY STUDY UNITS (13-30 cr / 26-60 ECTS to be chosen)

An oblicatory lecture course is related to study blocks III and V. In other study blocks the literature releted to them can be compensated by attending to voluntary lecture courses.


I THE POLITICAL CHALLENGES OF THE EU (Department of Political Science) 6 cr (12 ECTS)

EU3. Citizens, Institutions and Decision-Making in the EU 6 cr (12 ECTS) (790403)

Lecture courses in 2004-2005 (In Finnish only)

Literature and examination dates

Examinator: Teemu Palosaari, Department of Political Science.


II THE HISTORY OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
(Department of Social Science History) 6 cr (12 ECTS)

Lecture courses in 2004-2005 (In Finnish only)

EU4. The Economic History of European Integration, 3 cr (6 ECTS) (76084)

Literature and examination dates

Examinator: Professor Riitta Hjerppe, Department of Social Science History.

EU5. The Political History of European Integration, 3 cr (6 ECTS) (72277)

Literature and examination dates

Examinator: Professor Seppo Hentilä, Department of Social Science History.


III THE ECONOMICS OF INTEGRATION (Department of Economics) 6 cr (12 ECTS)

EU6. Economics and Politics of European Integration, 3 cr (6 ECTS) (70180)

Lecture courses 2004-2005:

Economics and Politics of European Integration (3 cr)

Please note! The lecture course oblicatory for everybody taking the study unit "The Economics of Integration".

EU7. The Economic and Institutional Analysis of the EU, 3 cr (6 ECTS) (70182)

Literature and examination dates

Examinator: Docent Mika Widgrén, Department of Economics.


IV THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF INTEGRATION
(Department of Social Policy and Department of Sociology) 6 cr (12 ECTS)

Department of Social Policy and Department of Sociology are both responsible for the study unit. The idea is that a student completes either 1) 6 cr (12 ECTS) literature studies in Social Policy or in Sociology or 2) completes some of the courses available (2 cr / 4 ECTS) and 4 cr (8 ECTS) in Social Policy 4 or in Sociology.

EU8. The Social Dimension of Integration, 6 cr (12 ECTS) (73127)

Literature and examination dates

Examinator: Professor J-P Roos, The Department of Social Policy.

EU9. The Sociology of Integration, 6 cr (12 ECTS) (75438)

Lecture courses in 2004-2005 (In Finnish only):

Eurooppalaiset hyvinvointivaltiovertailut ja EU:n sosiaaliset ohjelmat

Literature: 6 of the following:

Therborn G : European Modernity and Beyond
Mayes D G et al. (eds): Social Exclusion and European Policy
Leibfried S - Pierson P (eds): European Social Policy (s. 1-193 ja 357-465) tai
Saari J (toim.): Euroopan sosiaalinen malli (2002)
Scharpf F : Governing in Europe: Effective and Democratic?
Clasen J (ed.): Comparative Social Policy (1999)
Kuhnle S (ed.): Survival of the European Welfare State
Littlewood P et al. : Social Exclusion in Europe (1999)
Gordon D - Townsend P (eds): Breadline Europe. The Measurement of Poverty

Examination dates

Examinator: University lecturer Pekka Kosonen, The Department of Sociology.


V THE LEGAL DIMENSIONS OF INTEGRATION (The Faculty of Law) 6 cr (12 ECTS)

EU10. The Legal Bases of Integration, 3 cr (6 ECTS) (21991-0)

Lecture courses in 2004-2005 (In Finnish only)

Integraation oikeudelliset perusteet (3 ov)

Please note! The lecture course is obligatory for everybody taking the study unit "The Legal Dimensions of Integration".

EU11. The European Law, 3 cr (6 ECTS) (21992-7)

Literature and examination dates

Examinator: Professor Juha Raitio, The Department of Public Law.


EU15. Expert Seminar (Department of Political Science), 2 cr (4 ECTS) (790411)

Autumn semester 2004 in Finnish only.


Additional Lecture Courses Related to the Minor Subject in EU-studies 2004-2005

A participation in lectures provides a possibility to compensate a part of a literature related to diffrent study units. This possibility should be discussed with the examinator of the study unit in question.

Theories of European Integration (2 cr)