History of European Integration

Code:

HISTO026

Acronym:

HIEUR

Instance: 2011/2012 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of History, Political and International Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in History

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
HISTO	32	Study Plan - History	3	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Students are required to:
- Know how the European idea developed and the role of history in its awareness;
- Identify and grasp the reasons that led to the emergence of the earliest forms of association of European countries after the 2nd World War;
- Understand the importance of creating the European Coal and Steel Community, how it works and its institutions, as well as the repercussions of the failed European Defence Community.
- Recognise the importance of the Treaty of Rome, the Single European Act, the Maastricht Treaty and of the subsequent agreements on European Integration, as well as the enlargements of 2004 and 2007, the meaning of the European Constitution and the importance of the Lisbon Treaty.

Program

1 – The European idea throughout history
2 – Projects of the political European Union after 1945.
3 – The European Coal and Steel Community. The European Defence Community
4 – Political Integration. The Treaty of Rome.
5- The Single European Act. The Maastricht Treaty.
6 - The enlargements of 2004 and 2007. The European Constitution. The Lisbon Treaty.

Mandatory literature

GOMES, António Júlio Leitão Ferreira; Os pais fundadores da Comunidade Europeia, Quarteto Editora, 2001. ISBN: 972-8535-85-6
SOULIER, Gérard; A Europa. História, civilização, instituições, Instituto Piaget, [1997]. ISBN: 972-8407-37-8
LEAL, Castro Ernesto; O Federalismo Europeu. História, Política e Utopia, Edições Colibri, 2001. ISBN: 972-772-262-8
MARTÍN DE LA GUARDIA, Ricardo M.; PÉREZ SÁNCHEZ, Guillermo A. (coord.); Historia de la Integración Europea, Editora Ariel, 2001. ISBN: 84-344-3111-4
BRUNETEAU, Bernard; Histoire de l'unification européenne, Armand Colin, 2005. ISBN: 2-200-01411-2
DREYFUS, François-George; MARX, Roland; POIDEVIN, Raymond; História Geral da Europa. Vol. 3. De 1789 aos nossos dias, Publicações Europa-América, [1996]. ISBN: 972-1-04140-8
SIDJANSKI, Dusan; O futuro federalista da Europa. A Comunidade Europeia das origens ao Tratado de Maastricht, Gradiva, 1996. ISBN: 972-662-417-7

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory-practical classes: Introduction and explanation of the programme contents, to prompt discussions among students. At the same time, and whenever possible, statistical and map graphs will be used.
- In tutorials, the lecturer will seek a critical approach and the discussion of programme contents, raising discussions students, moderated by the lecturer. Promote the discussion of relevant bibliography and of the book reviews or reviews of parts of books done by the student in the course of their autonomous work. Students will also be allowed to choose the books, provided they are accepted by the lecturer.
- The book review to be presented, however, will relate to one of the works suggested in a list to be given by the lecturer.

Software

Datashow

keywords

Humanities > History > Contemporary History
Social sciences > Political sciences > Policy studies > International relations
Social sciences > Political sciences > Policy studies > EU policies
Humanities > History > Political history

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	53,00
	Trabalho escrito	35,00		2012-06-02
	Exame	2,00		2012-07-14
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Frequência das aulas	7	2012-06-02
	Estudo autónomo	65	2012-07-14
	Total:	72,00

Eligibility for exams

Students are admitted to exams provided that the conditions established in the Assessment Regulations are met.

Calculation formula of final grade

Written test = 80'% + Book review = 20% = 100%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

The process for improving grades must comply with the types of assessment planned for the course unit. Students may redo or repeat the test or tests in which they have failed to achieve a satisfactory grade.

Observations

Lectures will always be in Portuguese. However, tutorials may be instructed in English, French, Spanish or Italian for foreign students whose mother-tongue is not Portuguese, and have obvious poor comprehension skills.