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
Teacher(s)
Conrad Yves;
Language
French
Main themes
The course concerns the documentary sources produced by or relating to the European Union and to the activities of this one as well as to the sources allowing a better knowledge of the European society in general. After a general reminder, theoretical and methodological, on the documentary research and a short presentation of the on-line guides available on this subject, the course presents the main documentary sources on the EU affairs according to a specific typology of the sources including bibliographical tools, websites, legal texts, case law, literature, surveys, etc.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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In the term of this introductory course, the student will have been made sensitive to the main sources of European information and documentation. Besides certain theoretical elements bound to the various documentary sources (type, access, contents), the student will have acquired above all a practical and methodological knowledge connected to the modalities of search and interrogation of the main knowledge bases on the accessible European materials. He will have also developed a critical mind allowing him to use in a most relevant possible way the result of his searches. |
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 objective of the course is to present in a critical and reasoned way the European sources of information and to present the main documentary research tools.
The course is structured around the following themes:
-European media in the age of fake news
-Online search tools (From Google to specialized catalogues and databases)
-The European Union's legal sources (Treaties, legislation and case law)
-The political and historical sources of the European Union (decision-making processes, surveys, online archives, etc.)
-Economic and statistical sources
Teaching methods
À dynamic presentation related to the professor's professional experience in the field.
Examples and exercises from practical cases
Practical work allowing the student to discover for himself the sources and possible problems related to their use.
Examples and exercises from practical cases
Practical work allowing the student to discover for himself the sources and possible problems related to their use.
Evaluation methods
Practical exercises in a computer room.
Online resources
Moodle website
Bibliography
- Liste actualisée des sites présentés avec commentaires.
Teaching materials
- Liste actualisée des sites présentés avec commentaires.
Faculty or entity
EURO
