Universität Wien

210131 SE EC: EU institutions and decision-making (2025S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft
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Do 03.04. 08:00-09:30 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00

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Details

max. 50 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Donnerstag 13.03. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Donnerstag 20.03. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Donnerstag 27.03. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Donnerstag 10.04. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Donnerstag 08.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Donnerstag 15.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Donnerstag 22.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Donnerstag 05.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Donnerstag 12.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Donnerstag 26.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Goals, Content and Methods
Course Description:
In this seminar course, we will take a thorough look at the development of the EU, its institutions and actors, as well as processes of decision making including the differences in decision making in different policy fields. We will also focus on theories and concepts which help us analysing the EU’s institutions and decision-making.
Methods:
• Reading and analysis of academic literature
• Presentations
• Discussions and interactive tasks in different groups and formats
• Carrying out your own research and writing of a short research paper

Goals:
After attending the course, carrying out all assignments conscientiously and participating in an active manner, students should be able to
• approach and read academic literature on the European Union in a systematic and critical way
• describe the development of the European Union
• describe and explain the EU’s institutions and how they work and interact
• ask research questions with regard to the EU and answer those based on their own research
• carry out analyses and present them orally as well as in writing

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Students are required to
1. attend classes (maximum of missed classes: 2!), do the compulsory reading and be prepared for class as well as participate in the discussions. This includes an oral revision of the issues raised and discussed in the lesson before, as well as acting as a discussant for another student’s presentation. Both activities are carried out at least once by each student. This counts for 10 % of the final grade.
2. deliver one presentation related to their own research. This counts for 20 % of the final grade.
3. sit a midterm and an end-of-term exam. These count for 30 % of the final grade.
4. submit a term paper at the end of the term (1000 words, +/- 10 %) This counts for 40 % of the final grade.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Minimum Requirements and Evaluation
Students not attending the first class without notification as well as proof (e.g. doctor’s note) will be unsubscribed. Students are allowed to miss a maximum of two classes per term. For any further absences, with or without a valid excuse, additional assignments are required.

If you want to drop the course, please do so after the first session to allow students from the waiting list to join. Please register via u:space within the registration period. Registration after that period is not possible.

Students are required to submit ALL assignments on time and to respect the standards of good scientific practice as well as the given instructions in order to receive a positive grade. Turnitin will be used to check for potential plagiarism. In this course, you are allowed to use artificial intelligence tools for research and language editing only and such usage has to be acknowledged explicitly. To ensure good academic practice, the seminar leader may invite students to a short interview after submission of the seminar paper, which must be completed positively. Late assignments without an extension will be subject to an increasing deduction of points (1 per day on a 15-point scale).

The compulsory literature and class discussions serve as the basis for the exams.

Grading scale:
88-100 Excellent (1)
75-87 Good (2)
63-74 Satisfactory (3)
51-62 Sufficient (4)
0-50 Insufficient (5)

Prüfungsstoff

The compulsory literature and class discussions serve as the basis for the exams.
The list of compulsory reading will be published on moodle.

Literatur

Recommended Literature

Gstöhl, Sieglinde and Simon Schunz (eds.) (2021) The external action of the European
Union: concepts, approaches, theories (London: Red Globe Press)

Cini, Michelle/ Pérez-Solórzano Borragán, Nieves (eds.), European Union Politics (7th edn.,
Oxford: Oxford University Press)

Richardson, Jeremy/Mazey, Sonia (eds.) (2015), European Union Power and policy-making (4th edn., London: Routledge), 399-418.

Hix, Simon/Høyland, Bjørn (2011), The political system of the EU (3rd edn., Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan).

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Mi 12.03.2025 15:06