Economics of the European Integration


COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
STUDY LEVEL 7
COURSE CODE ECO1009 SEMESTER 7th
COURSE TITLE Economics of the European Integration
INDEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS
Lectures 4 5
COURSE TYPE Specialization
PREREQUISITE COURSE(S):
LANGUAGE (TEACHING AND EXAMS) Greek
THE COURSE IS OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS Yes (in English)
COURSE WEBSITE (URL) http://www.agro.duth.gr/undergraduate/program/ECO1009.shtml

 

  1. TEACHING OUTCOMES
Teaching outcomes
After having attended the course, the student is expected to be familiar with the basic concepts regarding:

  • the structure and organization of the European Union

  • the facts, law, institutions, and the EU budget

  • the decision-making process in the EU

  • the EU microeconomic policies

  • the EU competition policy

  • the EU trade policy

General capabilities
  • Independent work
  • Literature search, data analysis, and synthesis
  • Development of inductive reasoning

 

  1. COURSE CONTENT

European Union

European Treaties

Structure and functions of the European institutions

The Stages of European Integration

Common agricultural policy,

Facts, Law, Institutions and EU budget

EU decision-making process

EU microeconomic policies

EU competition policy

EU trade policy

 

 

  1. TEACHING AND LEARNING ASSESSMENT METHODS
DELIVERING METHOD In Classroom
IT USE
  • Powerpoint, videos
  • e-class

 

TEACHING ORGANIZATION Activity Semester workload

 

Lectures 39
Laboratory courses 0
Written assignment 15
Independent study 71
Course total

(25-hour workload per credit unit)

 

125

STUDENT ASSESSMENT Written exams are held at the end of the semester, both in theoretical and practical courses.

 

  1. PROPOSED LITERATURE
  • “Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση και Κοινή Αγροτική Πολιτική”, Σέμος Α, Εκδόσεις ΖΗΤΗ, Θεσσαλονίκη.
  • “Νέα Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση, Οργάνωση και Πολιτικές”, Μαραβέγιας Ν, Τσινισιζέλης Μ, Εκδόσεις Θεμέλιο, Θεσσαλονίκη, 2007.

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE 

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

 

Teacher (full name): Christos Karelakis
Contact details: chkarel@agro.duth.gr
Supervisors: (1) No
Evaluation methods:(2) Written examination with distance through e-class and Microsoft Teams, provided that the integrity and reliability of the examination are ensured.
Implementation Instructions: (3) The examination will be conducted via multiple choice questions in e-class and Microsoft Teams on the scheduled date.

A. Microsoft Teams

The Microsoft Teams link is created on the course page on the platform and exclusively in the institutional accounts of those who have registered for the course and have learned the terms of distance education.

Students must log in to the Microsoft Teams room through their institutional account, otherwise they will NOT be able to participate. They will be identified using their institutional account.

B. e-class

At the same time, they must log in to the e-class using their institutional account and go to the course page (a prerequisite to have registered for the course)

https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/OPE01144/

The exam lasts 20 minutes, and each student must answer 10 multiple-choice questions without a negative grade, which are graded with 0.5. In addition, two questions to be developed (free text) are graded 2.5.