PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

In semester 1 you gain an overview of the subject in Glasgow, followed by a choice of mobility partner in semester 2 (Athens or Madrid). Here you will follow a geographical pathway that situates the region in its broader neighbourhood context. Semester 2 also includes an online research and training course. In semester 3 you will have the choice of four thematic pathways along the research track in Athens, Madrid, Aix-Marseille or Rome. Alternatively, you may follow a professional track that includes a lengthy work placement available in Madrid or Aix-Marseille.

You will spend semester 4 with the same semester 3 mobility partner researching and writing your dissertation or professional project under the guidance of a supervisory team of EUROSUD staff. If on the professional track you will also undertake a substantial work placement in semester 4. Please note semesters 3 and 4 cannot be spent with the same partner as semester 2. A Winter School will be held in the first week of February in Lisbon, featuring dissertation workshops and seminars on advanced research techniques.

The language of instruction is English except at Aix-Marseille where the language of instruction is French. (If you decide to select this pathway, you would need French proficiency to minimum B2). In Madrid, some optional courses will be offered in Spanish. Students will write their dissertation or professional project in English, but will be offered the option of writing it in French (in Aix-Marseille), Spanish (in Madrid) and English only at (NKUA and LUISS). Teaching will be via lectures and small group seminars utilising a wealth of theoretical and methodological approaches drawn from the humanities and social sciences. Assignments and coursework include individual and group presentations, structured debates, simulation exercises and role play, reflective logs, fieldwork and study trips. Language courses in all major South European languages are available with each mobility partner over the two years of the programme.

Detailed Programme Content

2 years duration: 120 ECTS
Course credits are listed as ECTS, however on MyCampus student record they will be listed as SCQF credits. 10 SCQF = 5 ECTS.

Semester 1 University of Glasgow

• Research design (10 ECTS)
• Politics and society in Southern Europe (10 ECTS)
• Southern Europe in International Affairs (10 ECTS)

Semester 2 

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens-Southern Europe and the Balkans
Students choose three courses from the following:

• Climate Policies and Diplomacy in Southeast Europe (10 ECTS)
• Contemporary Turkey (10 ECTS)
• Economic Transition Pathways in Southeastern Europe: Disruptions, Challenges, Prospects (10 ECTS)
• International law and Peaceful Settlement of Disputes in Southeast Europe (10 ECTS)
• Migration and Asylum Governance in Southeast Europe (10 ECTS)
• Security and Stability in Southeast Europe (10)

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid-Southern Europe and the Arab world
Students choose a total of five courses from the following (30 ECTS) with 2 conditions:
Research Seminar is compulsory for all
A maximum of 2 courses of those marked with an asterisk (*)

• Research Seminar (6 ECTS) - COMPULSORY
• Contemporary Political Theory (6 ECTS)
• Public Administration and Management (6 ECTS)
• Public Policy Analysis (6 ECTS)
• Elections and Electoral Behaviour (6 ECTS)
• Quantitative techniques for research in Political Science (6 ECTS)
• Democratization and Political Reform in Turkey and Iran (taught in Spanish) (6 ECTS)*
• Political Islam in the Magreb and Mashreq (taught in Spanish) (6 ECTS)*
• Democratic transition Processes in the Arab World (taught in English) (6 ECTS)*

University of Lisbon-Research Methods: Techniques of Data Collection (online) – Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa
All students participate in the introduction to Data Collection Techniques, with a focus on the use of interviews, surveys and questionnaires which is delivered online by our partner in Lisbon (Dr Marcelo Camerlo & key ICS staff) (Online, non-credited course) Core (ICS) (English). This usually takes place in the 3rd week in June.

Semester 3

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens-Crisis and change
Students choose three courses from the following (30 ECTS):

• Attempting Transformation: The European Union and Southeastern Europe (10 ECTS)
• Greece: Political economy, crisis and change (10 ECTS)
• Peace, Sovereignty and International Organisation in Southeastern Europe (10 ECTS)
• Political Change, Democracy and Crisis in Southern Europe (10 ECTS)
• State-building in Southeastern Europe and the international order: the 19th and 20th centuries(10 ECTS)

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid-Nationalism
All students choose 4 of the following courses (24 ECTS):

• European Union (6 ECTS)
• Methods for the study of Public Administration and Policies (6 ECTS)
• Representation and political participation (6 ECTS)
• Theories of Nationalism (6 ECTS)
• History of Political Thought (6 ECTS)

LUISS Guido Carli-Democratisation
Students will take all the following courses:

• Business and economics in the Mediterranean area (3 ECTS) Core
• Security and migration in the Mediterranean area (3 ECTS)
• European macroeconomics (7 ECTS) Core
• European politics in the 20th Century (7 ECTS) Core
• History of South European enlargements (3 ECTS) Core
• Reforming European Institutions and Democracy (7 ECTS) Core

Aix-Marseille Université-Borders
All courses are taught in French (minimum B2 level French proficiency required)
Students will take all the following courses (30 ECTS): (please click on the link for further information about the courses below)
Research Track:

• Borders, territory and conflict in Euro-Mediterranean space (3 ECTS)
• Euro-Mediterranean immigration policies (3 ECTS)
• Nationalism, religion and identity in South Eastern Europe (3 ECTS)
• Political transitions in Southern Europe (3 ECTS)
• Writings and representations of the Mediterranean Sea (3 ECTS)
• Research Methodology in the social sciences (6 ECTS)
• One course to be chosen from the following in the professional pathway (3 ECTS) Core (French):
• Policies, governance and institutional actors in the context of the Euro-Mediterranean;
• Mediterranean economy;
• Heritage, culture and sustainable development in the Mediterranean
• Language, either English or French (3 ECTS) Core
• Second language, to be selected from among: Spanish, Greek, Italian, Portuguese or other available South European/regional languages (3 ECTS) Core

Professional Track

• Policies, governance and institutional actors in the context of the Euro-Mediterranean (3 ECTS) Core
• Mediterranean economies (3 ECTS) Core
• Heritage, culture and sustainable development in the Mediterranean (3 ECTS) Core
• Methodologies for the professional project and the internship (3 ECTS) Core
• Professional seminars (10 invited professionals) (6 ECTS) Core
• Project management and team management (6 ECTS) Core
• Language, either English or French (3 ECTS) Core
• Second language, to be selected from: Spanish, Greek, Italian, Portuguese (3 ECTS) Core

Semester 4

Aix-Marseille Université
Research Track
Dissertation (Assigned Tutor) (24 ECTS) Core (French or English) Students will write an original research thesis related to the contents of the MA on a subject discussed with and approved by the main research supervisor at AMU.
Oral defense (6 ECTS) Core (French or English)
Students will make an oral presentation of their research thesis at the end of the second semester.

Professional Track
Project (Assigned Tutor) (15 ECTS) Core (French or English) Students will write a professional thesis related to the contents of the MA. We ask the students, in addition to the general understanding and analysis of a subject, to be able to propose concrete solutions to a defined problem or situation, to formulate proposals useful in a professional framework.
Oral defense (9 ECTS) Core (French or English) Students will make an oral presentation of their project at the end of the second semester.
Internship report (3 ECTS) Core (French or English) Students will write a short report about the activities developed during their internship.
Methodologies for the professional project and the internship (3 ECTS) Core (French) This course is designed to prepare students for their internship and their professional integration, by helping them to define.

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
All students take 3 core courses plus one elective – (36 ECTS)
Research Seminar (6 ECTS) Core The main aim of this course is to expose students to the process of doing research, presenting it in public and discussing it in a constructive way. The program varies every year.

Research Track
Dissertation (Assigned Tutor) (18 ECTS) Core (English or Spanish) Students will develop their own research related to the contents of the MA under the supervision of a tutor. In their dissertation they will reflect what they have learnt during their courses on Research Design, the Research Seminar, as well as the different approaches and literature related to the specific topic.
Master Thesis (Assigned Tutor) (6 ECTS) Core (English or Spanish) Students will have to prepare and make an oral presentation of their paper in front of an Evaluation Committee.

Professional Track
Internship (Assigned Tutor) (18 ECTS) Core (English or Spanish) The specific activities will depend on each institution. Usually, they are specified in the bilateral agreements. They will be related to the contents of the MA and will allow an application of the contents and abilities learned during the first, second and third semester.
Master Thesis (Assigned Tutor) (6 ECTS) Core (English or Spanish) Students will write a report about the activities developed during their internship, related to the contents of the MA. They will make an oral presentation of their paper in front of the Evaluation Committee.

Electives (Choose one)

Choose 1 course (6 ECTS) of those offered in Semester 2

LUISS Guido Carli
Dissertation (Assigned Tutor) 30 ECTS, Core (English or Italian)
Students will write a research paper related to the contents of the MA. They will make an oral presentation of their paper in front of the Evaluation Committee.

Extra courses
Should students be interested, they will have an opportunity to attend courses (taught in English or in Italian) offered by the Masters of the School of Government (https://sog.luiss.it/programs-offered/20). These courses are not a substitute for the core courses in semester 3 and will not provide extra credits.

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Dissertation (Assigned Tutor) 30 ECTS, Core
Students will write a research paper related to the contents of the MA. They will make an oral presentation of their paper in front of the Evaluation Committee.

University of Lisbon
The Winter School will take place in ICS, University of Lisbon, in February. (tbc)
Dissertation Workshops will be offered.