Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
3 credits
15.0 h
Q2
This learning unit is not being organized during year 2019-2020.
Language
French
Main themes
The course highlights the role of the European Union in areas governed by the principle of subsidiarity.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1 | The purpose of the course is to provide the student with key elements for the understanding and the evaluation of the EU policies in these domains. Also it should help him/her to use these instruments and means in the professional life. |
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
The course will survey the policies of Education & Vocational training, Research, Culture & Audiovisual successively. As far as possible give the time constraints, the actions of the EU regarding Youth and Sport will be raised briefly. A systematic interdisciplinary approach will be followed: historical, sociological and economic aspects, legal issues, programmes, budgets etc. The course shows how the promotion of Culture and of Education can be a sphere of action for the European institutions. It emphasizes the different constraints which these policies are facing as well as the specific requirements of the sectors involved and the international dimension. Also, the course contents a presentation of the origin and the development of the Research policy, its instruments ('Framework Programme') and its current issues.
Evaluation methods
Written exam (in case of duly justified unavailability, an oral examination could be organized).
Other information
Prerequisite: none.
Faculty or entity
EURO
