Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA 2017_18
Subject ECONOMICS AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION Code 00512027
Study programme
GRADO EN COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL
Descriptors Credit. Type Year Period
6 Compulsory Third Second
Language
Castellano
Ingles
Prerequisites
Department ECONOMIA Y ESTADISTICA
Coordinador
GONZÁLEZ RABANAL , NURIA
E-mail ngonr@unileon.es
amacv@unileon.es
Lecturers
GONZÁLEZ RABANAL , NURIA
MACIAS VAZQUEZ, ALFREDO
Web http://
General description In this subject we will go through the main economic policies of the european integration process to analyse how they affect the economic performance of the various member countries of the European Union.
Tribunales de Revisión
Tribunal titular
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente ECONOMIA Y ESTADISTICA HIDALGO GONZALEZ , CRISTINA
Secretario ECONOMIA Y ESTADISTICA ALVAREZ FOLGUERAS , CRISTINA
Vocal ECONOMIA Y ESTADISTICA RODRIGUEZ FERNANDEZ , MARIA DEL PILAR
Tribunal suplente
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente ECONOMIA Y ESTADISTICA MARIN RIVERO , MARIA ANGELES
Secretario ECONOMIA Y ESTADISTICA PARDO FANJUL , ANA
Vocal ECONOMIA Y ESTADISTICA VEGA GOMEZ , MARTA MARIA

Competencias
Code  
A6362
A6371
A6403
A6445
A6487
A6546
A6547
A6564
A6569
A6570
B783
B788
B789
B792
B794
B797
B798
B799
C3
C4

Learning aims
Competences
A6362
A6371
A6403
A6445
A6487
A6546
A6547
A6564
A6569
A6570
 B783
B788
B789
B792
B794
B797
B798
B799
 C3
C4
Identify advantages and disadvantages of european economic integration process and evaluate the impact of decreasing in trade barriors across the creation of common market and monetary integration. In adition, to know why some european countries have decided to take part in EU integration project, and evaluate economic disparities between member States.

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Part 2: Further on the challenges of the EU Week 8. Labor market in EU trends
Week 9. Knowing the impact of economics crisis in EU: the Spanish case
Week 10 Demographic trends in EU: old continent most elderly population
Week 11. Migration Crisis: Alternative or a threat?
Week 12. Sustainability of Welfare State threatened with dead?
Week 13. USA- EU trade agreement: Veritas Odit Moras
Week 14: Other EU policies part I
Week 15: other EU policies part II
Part 1: the basis of the UE Week 1. Figures of European Union: A leadership history
Week 2. Knowing the past, understanding the present
Week 3. The complexity of EU machinery: understanding the engine I
Week 4. The complexity of EU machinery: understanding the engine II
Week 5. The fuel of EU: the EU budget
Week 6. Expending the money
Week 7 Painting an economic picture of EU: ¿integration or not?

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Class hours Hours outside the classroom Total hours
25 0 25
 
5 5 10
Seminars 15 0 15
Other methodologies 20 0 20
 
Lecture 10 0 10
 
4 10 14
Mixed tests 2 0 2
10 44 54
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies   ::  
  Description
Semminars
learning based on tasks
Seminars
Other methodologies Students will be involved in projects as radio post program or service learning. All of them quite active activities
Lecture According to the general program, students will receive informal lectures about the topics of the subject.

Personalized attention
 
Description
Teacher offer to students a tutorial time during all semester.

Assessment
  Description Qualification
Learning Based on tasks 30%


40%
Mixed tests Tests and others 10%
 
Other comments and second call

Students will be involved in seminars and other activities programned under Jean Monet Module. The attendance to seminars are compulsory to all students and included in learning based on tasks evaluation. Students will be involved in methodology of flipped classroom that means a huge percentage of sefl study and a lot of  practical work in classs 


Sources of information
Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic , EUROSTAT , ,

Complementary


Recommendations


 
Other comments
This subject is especially indicated to Erasmus students who want to learn and work with Spanish and English language. This subject is not indicated to those Erasmus students that prefers travel to learning. It is required more than 90% of attendance in classes.