1. The European Union as a political system 2. European integration: Historical perspective 3. European integration: Theoretical approaches 4. Executive politics in the EU 5. Legislative politics in the EU 6. Judicial politics in the EU 7. Economic policies: Single Market and Economic and Monetary Union 8. Democracy, parties, elections 9. Public opinion 10. European identity

THEORETICAL PRACTICAL CLASSES Knowledge and concepts students must acquire. Student receive course notes and will have basic reference texts to facilitatefollowing the classes and carrying out follow up work.Students partake in exercises to resolve practical problems and participatein workshops and an evaluation tests, all geared towards acquiring the necessary capabilities.Subjects with 6 ECTS are44 hours as a general rule/ 100% classroom instruction. TUTORING SESSIONS Individualized attendance (individual tutoring) or in-group (group tutoring) for students with a teacher. Subjects with 6 credits have 4 hours of tutoring/ 100% on- site attendance. STUDENT INDIVIDUAL WORK OR GROUP WORK Subjects with 6 credits have 98 hours/0% on-site.