Regulating the future - the EU and the Sustainable Development Goals
Study Board of Political Science, Journalism, Sociology, and European Studies
Teaching language: English
EKA: B380067102
Censorship: Second examiner: External
Grading: 7-point grading scale
Offered in: Odense
Offered in: Summer school (autumn)
Level: Master
Course ID: B380067101
ECTS value: 10
Date of Approval: 17-03-2020
Duration: Intensive course
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Aim and purpose
The aim of the course is to understand how the EU works and how it can meet the challenges it faces and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals against the backdrop of a world shaped by ever more rapid technological changes.
The course will represent an innovative interfaculty approach to learning about the EU and how the EU can be used to meet the challenges facing both Europe and the rest of the world today and in the future. The course aims to break down disciplinary silos and to present a structure facilitating cooperation between students from the TEK, SAMF, and HUM faculties, by encouraging them to take an interdisciplinary approach to critical global sustainable development problems.
Content
Week 1: 15 hours of class teaching
- 1.Fundamentals of EU policy shaping
- 2.The EU’s role in the global SDG agenda: leadership and delivery
- 3.Internal EU policies: European climate regime
- 4.Internal EU policies: European digital policy
- 5.External policies: SDG-proofing EU trade policy
Week 2: 5 hours of project-related supervision; most of the week is devoted to a group-based policy advice exercise (policy brief)
- 6.Tracking EU policy-making in practice
- 7.Providing policy advice
Week 3: 10 hours of class teaching
- 1.Theories of integration
- 2.Europeanization
- 3. Differentiated integration
- 4. European democracy under pressure
- 5.Working in an international environment: with a focus on selection procedure (EPSO concours) and practical skills (ex: meeting skills and writing a policy brief)
Description of outcome - Knowledge
- Understand the significance of EU policy-making for domestic and global politics
- Understand how EU policies are made and the forces that shape them, including technological development
Description of outcome - Skills
- Advise policy-makers or stakeholders about specific topics.
- Be able to critically apply a variety of theories and concepts to specific topics;
- Be cognizant with EU-related professional and academic opportunities and selection procedures; and formulate a plan to be an effective candidate.
Description of outcome - Competences
- Consider critical 21st challenges from different disciplinary perspectives; and learn to use interdisciplinary, multinational, and innovation-oriented teaching situations constructively;
- Have a deeper understanding of the political, social, and technological forces shaping the EU;
- Be able to reflect on ways to improve EU-based formulation and delivery of the SDGs.
Literature
Example:
Michelle Cini and Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán, eds., European Union Politics, latest edition (6th)
Teaching Method
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Scheduled classes
The course has a duration of 3 weeks: 3 August - 21 August 2020.
Week 1: 15 hours of class teaching
Week 2: 5 hours of project-related supervision; most of the week is devoted to a group-based policy advice exercise (policy brief)
Week 3: 10 hours of class teaching
Co-taught with B360041101 "Regulating the future - the EU and the Sustainable Development Goals" during week 1 and 2.
Workload
Lectures: 30
Preparation: 160
Group work, including exam: 80
Total: 270
Examination regulations
Exam
Name
Exam
Timing
Exam: August
Reexam: September
Tests
Exam: Policy advice paper and oral examination
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Exam: Policy advice paper and oral examination
Form of examination
Take-home assignment with oral defence
Censorship
Second examiner: External
Grading
7-point grading scale
Identification
Student Identification Card - Date of birth
Language
English
Duration
Policy advice paper: during the course
Oral examination:
1 student: 20 minutes
2 or 3 students: 30 minutes
Length
Policy advice paper
1 student: 6 pages
2 or 3 students: 12 pages
1 page: 2.400 keystrokes per page, excluding title page, literature, and appendixes.
Examination aids
Home assignment (policy advice paper): All aids allowed.
Assignment handover
Via Digital Exam.
Assignment handin
Hand-in via Digital Exam.
ECTS value
10
Additional information
The policy advice paper must be submitted in order for the student to present him/herself to the oral defense/oral examination.
The oral examination will be based both on the policy advice paper (50%) and the examination syllabus (50%).
Regarding re-examination during the same examination period:
The student(s) will be given the opportunity to modify their policy advice paper from the ordinary examination. In this case, the assignment must include a paragraph taking into account and explaining the changes made to the version that was handed in for the ordinary examination. This paragraph is not included in the maximum number of pages.
EKA
B380067102
External comment
New course, summerschool.
Co-taught with B360041101 "Regulating the future - the EU and the Sustainable Development Goals".