History of European Integration

Code:

HISTO026

Acronym:

HIEUR

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	History

Instance: 2019/2020 - 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	25	HISTO - Study Plan	3	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

At the end of the semester, students should be capable of: 
- Knowing how it developed the idea of Europe and the role of history in its awareness; 
- Identifying and assimilating the reasons that led to the emergence of the earliest forms of association of the European countries after the World War II; 
- Understand the importance of the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community, how it worked and how its institutions functioned, as well as the repercussions of the failure of the  European Defence Community. 
- Recognising  the importance of the Treaty of Rome, the Single European Act, the Treaty of  Maastricht 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 Treaty of Lisbon.
- Be aware of the challenges that, an exit from the EU, by the United Kingdom will put to Europe

 

Learning outcomes and competences

The teaching methodologies both in the theoretic-practical classes and in the tutorial classes try to complement each other. While in the theoretic-practical classes we try that the students acquire a theoretic-conceptual framework that will allow them the development in the areas of the knowledge of acquisitions and abilities of the themes studied, in this case the various steps of the History of the European construction, a centuries old aspiration, but that only was materialized in the second half of the 20^th century, giving birth to today’s European Union. This Curricular Unit will complete other Curricular Units in the History first cycle degree and in the Languages and International Relations first cycle degree, as well as in other degrees of the Faculty of Arts of Porto University. In the tutorial classes we try that the students, in the classes, through book readings, texts commentaries, graphics and statistics will be able to acquire the abilities that a curricular unit of this type demands and allow them in the future to adapt themselves to new technics of methodology,research and investigation.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1 – The idea o Europe throughout History and the projects of the Political Union of Europe after 1945. 
3 – The European Coal and Steel Community. The European Defence Community.
4 – The Political Integration. The Treaty of Rome. 
5- The Single European Act. The Treaty of Maastricht. 
6 - The enlargements of 2004 and 2007. The European Constitution. The Treaty of Lisbon.
7 – The “Brexit"
8 - Tendencies and debates about the future of Europe.

Mandatory literature

GOMES, António Júlio Leitão Ferreira; Os pais fundadores da Comunidade Europeia, Quarteto Editora, 2001. ISBN: 972-8535-85-6
MARTÍN DE LA GUARDIA, Ricardo M.; PÉREZ SÁNCHEZ, Guillermo A. (coord.); Historia de la Integración Europea, Editora Ariel, 2001. ISBN: 84-344-3111-4
SIDJANSKI, Dusan; O futuro federalista da Europa. A Comunidade Europeia das origens ao Tratado de Maastricht, Gradiva, 1996. ISBN: 972-662-417-7
Jenó Szúcs; Les trois Euriopes, L'Harmattan, 1985. ISBN: 2-85802.529.8
Mário Bastianetto; História dos Europeus, Arménio Amadao - Editor Sucessor, 1966
John Gillingham; A União Europeia. Um obituário, Narrativa, 2018. ISBN: 978-989-8909-012-2
CANTERA MONTENEGRO, Santiago; La Crisis de Occidente. Orígene4s. Actualidad y Futuro, Sekotia, s.l., 2011. ISBN: 978-84-96899-10-0

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical-practical classes: lectures as an introduction to the topics of the subject, in order to stimulate class debates on those same topics between the students. At the same time the use of graphics, statistics, and cartographic material. Tutorials: critical analysis of the topics of the subject, which will stimulate class debates moderated by the teacher. The teacher will also promote the discussion of the main bibliography, and debates on the reports/papers on books (or parts of books) done during the students' independent work. The books to be analyzed can be chosen by the students, as long as the teacher accepts them.

 

 

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 without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	90,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	32,00
Estudo autónomo	78,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	2,00
Trabalho de investigação	20,00
Total:	132,00

Eligibility for exams

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

Calculation formula of final grade

In order to be evaluated the students will have to write a paper that will be made in-group, accordingly to the themes of the syllabus of the Curricular Unit.
This work shall be presented in classes and will be discussed between the teacher and the students as well as among the students themselves.
The final version of the paper must be handed in the last day of the classes of the second semester.

The paper = 90% + Participation in the lectures = 10%

Accordingly the FLUP rules is mandatory to attend a minimum of 75% of the classes. 
Failure to do this means the student will fail. 
From this obligation are exempt all the cases set in the FLUP rules.

Examinations or Special Assignments

In accordance with Assessment Regulations in force

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with the general regulations

Classification improvement

The process for improving grades must comply with the types of assessment planned for the course unit. Students may remake the paper, if they are not satisfied with the grade.

Observations

The students of mobility have the obligation to contact with the teacher during the first week of the semester or, if they can duly prove that they arrived after the beginning of the classes, they have a week to do it after their arrival.

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