Teaching plan for the course unit

 

 
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General information

 

Course unit name: European Integration

Course unit code: 363707

Academic year: 2025-2026

Coordinator: Patricia Garcia-duran Huet

Department: Department of Economic History, Institutions and Policy and World Economy

Credits: 6

Single program: S

 

 

Estimated learning time

Total number of hours 150

 

Face-to-face and/or online activities

60
 

-  Lecture with practical component

Face-to-face

  

45
 

-  Problem-solving class

Face-to-face

  

15

Supervised project

38

Independent learning

52

 

 

Competences / Learning outcomes to be gained during study

 

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To be able to interpret the development and changes in an environment.
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To know how to manage timing in circumstances of change and uncertainty.
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To analyse business organizations and their environment to identify key aspects.
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To identify the economic agents that make up an economy and to understand how they interrelate so as to take economic decisions with full awareness of their effects.

Learning objectives

 

Referring to knowledge

  • Understand the legal, political and economic framework that regulates the operations of European companies.
  • Identify static and dynamic aspects of European convergence and construction, focusing particularly on economic integration.
  • Be competent in the field of European internal market.

 

Referring to abilities, skills

  • Develop critical and self-critical capabilities.
  • Develop the ability to analyse, adopt global perspectives and apply knowledge to real situations.
  • Search for and incorporate new knowledge and approaches.
  • Adopt comprehensive and systemic approaches.
  • Use and connect information.

 

 

Teaching blocks

 

1. Origin and evolution of the European Union

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  • Quantitative and qualitative evolution of European integration
  • EU governance and laws
  • The EU budget
  • Level of economic integration and trade barriers
  • Relations with other European countries

2. Exporting goods in the EU single market

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  • European regulations, provisions and standards
  • Mutual recognition between member states
  • SOLVIT and TRIS

 

 

Teaching methods and general organization

 

The teaching staff presents most of the course content in class. Practical classes involve case studies on the topics covered in the face-to-face sessions.

 

 

Official assessment of learning outcomes

 

Continuous assessment

Continuous assessment comprises four tasks to be completed in class or online, in groups or individually, depending on the specific instructions given by the lecturer. The three highest marks are taken into account and are worth a combined total of 40% of the final grade. Students also sit a final examination, worth 60% of the final grade, the specific details of which are confirmed by the lecturer at the beginning of the course.

Students who are entered for repeat assessment take an examination as the one described for the single assessment option.

EUS group: students who fail two or more of the continuous assessment assignments must sit the final examination of the single assessment option.

 

Examination-based assessment

Single assessment consists of a final examination divided into a test, for which a pass mark must be obtained (60% of the final grade), and two assignments similar to the ones completed during the course (40% of the final grade).

EUS group: students who fail two or more continuous assessment activities must also follow the single assessment procedure.

Students who are entered for repeat assessment take an examination as the one described for the single assessment option.

 

 

Reading and study resources

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Book

BALDWIN, Richard E.; WYPLOSZ, Charles. The economics of European integration. 5ª ed. London: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2015

Versiķ en línia (7a ed., 2022)  Enllaç

MUNS, Joaquim (ed.). Lecturas de integración económica: la Unión Europea. 3ª ed. Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona, 2007

Catāleg UB  Enllaç