European Area Studies - List of Modules

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Course Structure

The Course of Study normally extends over a period of three years, corresponding to the three stages of study. Students will study a combination of double, single and linked compusory and optional units which may include units up to a total of 30 credits (electives) in the Second and Final years, chosen from units offered by other Departments within the University.

Stage 1 modules - Stages 2 & 3 modules

Stage One

Students must study units amounting to 120 credits, including at least 100 at Level 1 or above. All units offered within the Department in Stage One are at Level 1.

Stage One provides a general introduction to the Social Sciences, qualifying students to choose quite freely from a wide variety of units in a number of disciplines in years II and III. It also enables students with a lower level of attainment in languages than students admitted to European Studies to experience intensive units in French, German or Spanish and to develop their knowledge and competence rather rapidly. Similarly overseas students will have an opportunity to consolidate their knowledge of, and facility in, English language (EFL). Students qualified to select EFL will be those whose first language is ot English and who have passed the appropriate English Language tests for entry to the University.

Stage 1 Modules for European Area Studies
In Stage One, students will take Social Science units, totalling 80 credits in the two semesters (40 in each semester), from the following:
Code	Unit Title	Credits	Lvl/Sem
ESH005M	Introduction to Modern European History: From Division to Unity	10	L1S1
ESP004M	Comparative Politics I	10	L1S1
ESH006M	Modern European Ideologies	10	L1S2
ESP003M	Introduction to Political Science	10	L1S2
SEE003M	Principles of Economics (Micro)	10	L1S1
SEE004M	Principles of Economics (Macro)	10	L1S2
EN1303M	Human Geography	10	L1S2
ES0306M	Introduction to European Geography	10	L1S2
SES002D	Introduction to Sociology	20	L1S1

Code	Unit Title	Credits	Lvl/Sem
Plus units amounting to 40 credits in their specialist language, taken from the following:
ES0601D	EAL F1 French Language 1AS	20	L1S1
ES0602D	EAL F2 French Language 2AS	20	L1S2
ES0603D	EAL G1 German Language 1AS	20	L1S1
ES0604D	EAL G2 German Language 2AS	20	L1S2
ES0613D	EAL S1 Spanish Language 1AS	20	L1S1
ES0614D	EAL S2 Spanish Language 2AS	20	L1S2
ES0605D	EAL E.F.L. 1AS	20	L1S1
ES0606D	EAL E.F.L. 2AS	20	L1S2

Students are not permitted to select units in Years 2 and 3 unless they have taken the appropriate pre-requisites in Year 1.

Stages Two and Three

In stages two and three all students will take units to a total of 240 credits, normally 120 credits in each Stage.

Of these 60 credits will be in their specialist language and 180 credits in the social sciences. Students will be required to take two compulsory units in the Social Sciences entitled Modern Europe I and Modern Europe II (20 credits each, a total of 40 credits). In addition they will choose 60 credits (equivalent to 6 single units) from the core units and 80 credits (equivalent to 8 single units) from the optional units listed below. Students who took EFL in Year I will not continue with this subject in years II and III. They will be required, instead, to take additional social science optional units in compensation.

Language Modules
60 credits will be in specialist language units
Code	Unit Title	Credits	Lvl/Sem
ES0607D	EAL F3 French Language 3AS	20	L2S1
ES0608D	EAL F4 French Language 4AS	20	L2S2
ES0609M	EAL F5 French Language 5AS	10	L3S1
ES0619M	EAL F6 French Language 6AS	10	L3S2
ES0610D	EAL G3 German Language 3AS	20	L2S1
ES0611D	EAL G4 German Language 4AS	20	L2S2
ES0612M	EAL G5 German Language 5AS	10	L3S1
ES0620M	EAL G6 German Language 6AS	10	L3S2
ES0615D	EAL S3 Spanish Language 3AS	20	L2S1
ES0616D	EAL S4 Spanish Language 4AS	20	L2S2
ES0617M	EAL S5 Spanish Language 5AS	10	L3S1
ES0618M	EAL S6 Spanish Language 6AS	10	L3S2

Core Social Science units
All students should take the following compulsory core units amounting to 40 credits:
Code	Unit Title	Credits	Lvl/Sem
ESH102D	Modern Europe I	20	L2S1
ESH103D	Modern Europe II	20	L2S2
Students should then take units amounting to 60 credits from the following core units:
Code	Unit Title	Credits	Lvl/Sem
ESH209D	Modern Germany	20	L3S1
ESE218M	Political Economy of the Single European Market	10	L3S2
ESP203M	Politics and Policies of the EU	10	L3S2
ESP107M	Comparative Politics II	10	L3S2
EN3308M	Political Geography II: Origins and Perspectives	10	L3S2
ESP201M	International Political Economy	10	L3S2
ESP213M	International Relations	10	L3S2
EN2309M	Historical Geography	10	L3S2
SES101D	Classical Debates in Sociological Theory	20	L2S1

Optional Social Science Units
Students will then be asked to choose units to the value of 80 credits (8 single unit equivalents) from the following list of optional units.
Code	Unit Title	Credits	Lvl/Sem
ESH207D	History of European Integration	20	L3S1
ESH245M	Britain in the Age of Revolution and Reform, 1760-1832 ¹	10	L3S2
ESH246M	Aristocracy, Democracy and Empire: Britain 1832-1914 ²	10	L3S2
ESH247M	Revolutionary France 1789-1848 ³	10	L3S2
ESH248M	Revolution, Empire and Republic, France 1848-1914 ⁴	10	L3S2
¹Alternates with ESH246M Aristocracy, Democracy and Empire: Britain 1832-1914. ² Alternates with ESH245M - Britain in the Age of Revolution and Reform, 1760-1832 ³ Alternates with ESH248M Revolution, Empire and Republic, France 1848-1914. ⁴ Alternates with ESH247M - Revolutionary France, 1789-1848
ESH224D	History of South East Europe	20	L3S2
ESH242M	Imperial Russia, 1801-1917	10	L3S2
ESH243D	Soviet Russia, 1917-1991	20	L3S2
ESH236D	History of North-East Europe	20	L3S2
ESH237M	Intellectual History in Germany, 1800 to the Present	10	L3S1
ESH238M	German Foreign Policy since 1914	10	L3S1
ESH239M	Britain and Central and Eastern Europe 1919-45	10	L3S1
ESH240M	The Holocaust	10	L3S1
ESH241M	Reform and Revolution in France, 1774-1794	10	L3S2
ESH244M	Soviet Russia, 1917-1991 (Advanced)	10	L3S2
SEM201M	Politics, Literature and Society	10	L3S2
SES224M	Historical Sociology	10	L3S2
ESP106M	Political Theory	10	L3S2
ESP108M	Public Policy	10	L3S1
ESP109M	Politics & Policies of the UK	10	L3S1
ESP110M	Contemporary French Politics	10	L3S1
ESP111M	Politics & Policies of Germany	10	L3S1
ESP225M	Politics & Policies of Greece	10	L3S2
ESP223M	Politics & Policies of Italy	10	L3S1
ESP210M	Politics and Policies of Spain	10	L3S1
ESP219M	State Economy and Industry in Europe	10	L3S1
ESP227M	Advanced Political Theory	10	L3S2
ESP229M	Advanced Public Policy	10	L3S1
ESP228M	Advanced Comparative Politics	10	L3S2
ESP233M	Politics and Policies of the EU (advanced)	10	L3S2
ESP230M	Politics & Policies of the UK (Advanced)	10	L3S1
ESP231M	Contemporary French Politics (advanced)	10	L3S1
ESP232M	Politics & Policies of Germany (Advanced)	10	L3S1
ESP235M	Politics & Policies of Greece (Advanced)	10	L3S2
ESP234M	Politics & Policies of Italy (Advanced)	10	L3S1
SEE219M	Economics of Labour	10	L3S2
ESE236M	Macroeconomics for Open Economies	10	L3S1
ESE238M	European and International Integration	10	L3S1
ESE233M	Economic Interaction between North and South	10	L3S1
ESE237M	Europe of the Regions	10	L2S2
EN2302M	Geography and Planning (Economic)	10	L3S1
EN2308M	Geography and Planning (Urban)	10	L3S2
EN3311M	Regional Development and Planning	10	L3S2
EN3312M	Environmentalism and Conservation	10	L3S1

Not all the above options may be on offer each year. At least 15 optional units totalling at least 150 credits will be on offer over the year.

With the agreement of the relevant Departments and subject to timetabling constraints, students may study Elective unit(s) of up to 30 credits from a list of units provided by other Departments within the University.

Students are not normally permitted to take as options a combination of double units and/or linked units which comprise more than 80 credits. Students should seek the advice of their tutor in order to ensure that their choice of optional units meets this specification.

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