| Course Code : | 2204MDOEMB | | Study domain: | Environmental Science | | Semester: | Semester: 1st semester
| | Contact hours: | 15 | | Credits: | 3 | | Study load (hours): | 84 | | Contract restrictions: | No contract restriction
| | Language of instruction : | Dutch
| | Exam period: | exam in the 1st semester
| | Tutor(s) | Peter Bursens
Ilse Loots
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1. Prerequisites
At the start of this course the student should have acquired the following competences:
- Competences corresponding the final attainment level of secondary school
An active knowlegde of :A passive knowledge of :- General knowledge of the use of a PC and the Internet
Specific prerequisites for this course:
none
2. Learning outcomes
- To create basic knowledge with respect to EU decision-making in general and decision-making in EU environmental policy in particular
- To be able to analyse empirical and secondary academic sources with respect to European integration and European environmental policy
- To apply basic knowledge to a single case-study through a paper
3. Course contents
This course is an introduction in the environmental policy of the European Union. It deals with history and contents of European environmental policy, it offers an overview of the European policy-cycle, including the national components and it contains an introduction to searching for and applying EU information sources. The core of the course consists of the application of the theoretical knowledge to a case study from the environmental policy field through a paper.
4. Teaching method
Class contact teaching: Lectures
Personal work: Casussen: Individually
5. Assessment method and criteria
Written assignment: With oral presentation
Presentation
6. Study material
Required reading
Course notes and PowerPoint handouts through Blackboard.
Optional reading
The following study material can be studied on a voluntary basis:
Jordan, A., (2002). Environmental Policy in the European Union: Actors, Institutions and Processes. London, Earthscan.
McCormick, J. (2001). Environmental Policy in the European Union. Basingstoke, Palgrave
7. Contact information
Prof. Peter Bursens
Research Group European and International Politics
Department of Political Science
Universiteit Antwerpen
Sint Jacobstraat 2 - BE 2000 Antwerp - Belgium, room M283
+ 32 3 265 57 22
http://www.ua.ac.be/peter.bursens
peter.bursens@ua.ac.be
Prof. Ilse Loots
Department of Sociology
Universiteit Antwerpen
Sint Jacobstraat 2 - BE 2000 Antwerp - Belgium, room M239
http://www.ua.ac.be/ilse.loots
ilse.loots@ua.ac.be
(+)last update: 19/05/2011 20:47 peter.bursens
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