30391 - ECONOMICS OF EUROPEAN UNION
CARLO ALTOMONTE
Class-group lessons delivered on campus
Prerequisites
Mission & Content Summary
MISSION
CONTENT SUMMARY
The course aims at analyzing the economic issues related to the current and future process of European integration through a policy perspective. The course addresses in particular the following questions and issues:
- What is economic integration and at what conditions this is beneficial to countries?
- What are the key economic integration policies?
- What are the key European Union institutions necessary to run these policies?
- How does the main tool of economic integration, the euro, work?
- What are the key priorities for the future development of the European integration?
Teaching methods
- Interactive class activities (role playing, business game, simulation, online forum, instant polls)
DETAILS
The class is divided into six teams thus every student is part of one team. Each team focuses on one topic representing an open issue in current EU policy-making agenda and prepares a presentation. On the first day of debate each team presents its documented position on a topic, and other teams comment on that and ask questions/raise objections. On the following day each team answers the questions/objections raised the day before and, after a debate, there is a final vote.
Assessment methods
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ATTENDING AND NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS
40% of the final grade is based on teamwork activities and 60% is based on individual assessment. A written exam with open and multiple-choice questions.
Teaching materials
ATTENDING AND NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS
- Materials provided by the instructors uploaded in the e-learning website.
- In order to provide updated materials for a fast evolving subject as the process of European integration, the main textbook is: European Economic Policy created for this course by McGraw Hill, available at EGEA bookshop.