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By the end of the course, students will:
• Be able to apply theories of international relations and European integration to understand the evolution of EU foreign policy
• Be familiar with EU foreign policy institutions and decision-making procedures as well as EU member states’ foreign policies and contemporary debates in the literature on EU foreign policy and external relations
• Critically assess the effectiveness, shortcomings and opportunities of EU foreign policy
• Critically engage with (national) news coverage of EU foreign policy
• Engage with the outcomes and practical ramifications of EU foreign policy
They will also gain and strengthen the following transferable skills:
• Engage with the scientific literature as well as policy research, identify research puzzles and knowledge gaps
• Develop analytical and presentation skills, including the ability to construct critical and persuasive written and oral arguments
• Conduct independent research, select and critically engage with academic sources and use evidence to support their arguments
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Autonomous Student Learning | 200 |
Lectures | 24 |
Total | 224 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Assignment: 1,000-word brief, critically discussing a current news story pertaining to EU foreign policy | Unspecified | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Presentation: Group or individual presentation on weekly seminar topic. | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 30 |
Group Project: Group activity in response to weekly presentation. | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Pass/Fail Grade Scale | No | 10 |
Essay: 2,500-word essay on assigned topic | Unspecified | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
As concerns the two written assignments (EU foreign policy in the news and final essay), students will receive feedback within 20 days of the deadline, in line with university policy. The lecturer will provide feedback to the oral presentations a few days afterwards, but the final grade will be awarded at the end of term, after all presentations have been delivered.