From Athens to Brussels: Integration Processes in Europe

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Course ID:	4003-ATBR-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.6 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0312) Political sciences and civics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	From Athens to Brussels: Integration Processes in Europe
Name in Polish:	Od Aten do Brukseli: procesy integracyjne w Europie
Organizational unit:	Centre for Europe
Course groups:	General university courses General university courses General university courses in the social sciences
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	general courses
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	The main goal of the lecture is to present and analyze the origins, main ideological, political, cultural and economic conditions and the course of integration processes in Europe from antiquity to modern times.
Full description:	Lecture starts with presentation of original role of Europe in the history of mankind and specificity of integration processes till World War II. The main part consists of analyzing European integration after 1945, including main institutions, models, aims, phases and periods of integration in the framework of the European Communities/European Union 1. The origin of integrational processes 1.1. The role of Europe in the history of mankind 1.2. Integration and disintegration tendencies in Europe 1.3. Philosophical and ideological concepts of European unity 1.4. Political and economic integrational undergoings 2. Modern integrational processes 2.1. The character of institutions of European integration: universal, military and political, economic and political 2.2. Stages of integration processes: free trade area, customs union, common market, economic and monetary union, political union 2.3. The fundamental models of European integration: confederation (intergovernmental model) and federation (community model) 2.4. The main stages of European integration: - first stage (1945-1957): the emergence of three European Communities: EEC, ECSC and EAEC, - second stage (1958-1969): building of the foundations of integration - third stage (1970-1991): increasing and broadening economical bonds between the Member Countries - fourth stage (1992-2004): the gradual establishing of the European Union - from the Treaty of Maastricht through the Treaty of Amsterdam and the Treaty of Nice - fifth stage (after 2004): EU enlargement to the East, Lisbon Treaty 2.5. Perspectives for development of the European Union: visions of the future Europe. Student’s workload: lecture - 30 h preparing for lecture - 30 h preparing for exam – 30 h total – 90 h
Bibliography:	- O.Barburska, Jak jednoczyła się Europa – geneza integracji europejskiej [w:] Unia Europejska - istota, szanse, wyzwania, red. E.Latoszek, M.Proczek, A.Szczerba - Zawada, A.Masłoń- Oracz, K.Zajączkowski, Warszawa 2018, p. 13-50, access: http://www.pecsa.edu.pl/sites/default/files/docs/AME2_ksiazka.pdf - O.Barburska, D.Milczarek, Historia integracji europejskiej w zarysie, Warszawa 2013 - D.Milczarek, O.Barburska, Past and Present of European Integration. Poland's Perspective, Warsaw 2015 - M.Gilbert, European Integration. A Concise History, Lanham 2012 - A.Landuyt, European integration between history and new challenges, Bologna 2014 - K.Łastawski, Historia integracji europejskiej, Warszawa 2011 - B.F.Nelsen, A.C.G.Stubb, The European Union: readings on the theory and practice of European integration, Boulder 2014
Learning outcomes:	Having completed the course students are expected: in the field of KNOWLEDGE to know: - basic elements of the notion of Europe - origins of idea of the European unity - main stages of historical and contemporary integration in Europe - general rules of functioning of the European Union - basic factors determining future developments of the European integration; in the field of SKILLS to be able to: - explain genesis of contemporary integration processes in Europe - identify the main currents, trends and models of European integration - analyze the evolution of European integration from a historical and politological perspective - analyze publications and media information on the European Union; in the field of SOCIAL COMPETENCIES to manage to: - explain the essence of integration processes in Europe - critically evaluate works concerning past and contemporary integration in Europe - make research on history and present day of united Europe.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Attendance: the student has the right to 2 absences. Exceeding this limit results in the obligation to pass the credit during the on-call duty led by the lecturer.

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