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POSTGRADUATE DEGREE SCHEMES
MA in European Integration
This twelve month, fully residential programme provides an advanced and multidisciplinary training in the analysis of European integration.
Courses include a multidisciplinary core course, Integration in Europe, complemented by a large range of options covering European politics, economics, legal order and external relations, human rights, transition in Eastern Europe, gender divisions and nationalism. Students also write a dissertation.
Entry requirements:
A minimum of an upper second class or equivalent undergraduate degree in a related subject.
LLM in Law in Transition in the 'New' Europe
The aim of this new course, which is a joint initiative of the Pan-European Institute and the Law Department, is to enable lawyers and those with experience of business or human rights or involved in activities in contact with the 'New' Europe to acquire a specialist knowledge of the legal processes at work in the revolutionary transitions from Soviet models of constitutional law and economic regulation. Students will examine the foundations of the legal system which existed prior to 1989; the widely differing circumstances of the collapse of the former regimes; the more recent changes; and the varieties of transition to what presently exists. They will be encouraged to consider future trends, and models of development.
Particular emphasis will be placed on the opportunities for practice which exist in that region, whether doing business with FSEE states or in FSEE states. This includes work on economic development and European integration, work in conflict prevention, the protection of human rights, or the promotion of good government. Students will explore the relationship between democracy, markets, regulation, rights - and, of course, effective remedies.
Entry Requirements
At least an upper second class honours degree in law or an equivalent qualification or practical experience in practice. Applications should generally reach the University by the end of February in the year of intended enrolment. Later applications may be considered.
Further information and applications forms can be obtained from Maria Alcayaga, Postgraduate Secretary, Department of Law
About the Pan-European Institute
The Pan-European Institute, at the University of Essex, was formed in the summer of 1997, to bring together and build upon the outstanding achievements of the former Centres for European Studies and for Russian Studies, especially in the areas of European integration and post-communist studies. The PEI's interests therefore encompass the whole of the "new" Europe, from Ireland to the Russian Far East.
PEI is able to draw upon the full range of the University's excellence in teaching and research. Members of academic staff with links to PEI are active in the social sciences, humanities, law - from commercial law to the protection of human rights - and the natural sciences, particularly the environmental sciences. A close working relationship has also been established with the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) of the University of London.
PEI activities
PEI has three main interlocking areas of interest and activity:
· the European Union
· Central and Eastern Europe
· the former Soviet Union
Issues common to all three areas include:
· European integration and enlargement.
· the cross-boundary role of international organisations such as the Council of Europe, NATO and the OSCE.
· the creation of new markets for business and finance.
PEI concentrates on three main areas of work:
* education, at undergraduate and postgraduate levels
* research
* consultancy, training and the provision of short courses
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