COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: ECONOMIC INTEGRATIONS AND EU

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
ECO 433	B	1	3	0	0	3	6

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Eglantina Hysa
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Elective
Classroom and Meeting Time:
Course Description:	This course covers economic and monetary integration of within the European Union(EU). Topics include regional economic integrations types, economic integration of EU, trade policy instruments, EU budged, common policies of EU, exchange rates regimes, theory.
Course Objectives:	The course of Economic Integration's aims to introduce students to the main historical, institutional and economic aspects of the process of European economic and monetary integration.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Introduction and Theories of Integration
2	History of European Integration
3	EU Institutions and Policymaking
4	The Goods Market and Manufacturing Policy
5	Labor in the EU
6	Agriculture policy
7	Competition Policy
8	Midterm/Cohesion Policy
9	External Relations
10	Costs and Benefits of Monetary Union
11	The Transition to Monetary Union
12	The European Central Bank
13	Eurozone Monetary Policy
14	Fiscal Policy and Sovereign Debt in the Euro

Prerequisite(s):
Textbook:	Molle, Willem. The Economics of European Integration 5th Ed. Ashgate, 2006. De Grauwe, Paul. Economics of Monetary Union 9th Ed. Oxford, 2012
Other References:
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Learning some of the most important aspects of the EU such as the role of EU institutions, the historical development of the EU, the economics of the common market, the role of labor in the EU, the Common Agricultural Policy, competition policy and the impact of the single currency.
2	Learning the macroeconomics of integration and the costs and benefits of integration.
3	Understand the process of monetary integration in the EU.
4	Became familiar with the main theories such as the theory of optimum currency area, theory of credibility etc.

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Master of Science in Economics Program
1	The students are gained the ability to look at the problems of daily life from a broader perspective. They gain the needed skills not only to understand economic problems in economics but also to construct a model and defend in meaningful way.	3
2	They have knowledge about the microeconomics.	4
3	They have knowledge about the macroeconomics.	4
4	They have knowledge about the international economics and finance.	5
5	They have ability to use mathematical and statistical methods in economics.	2
6	They know how to use computer programs in both daily office usage and statistical data evaluations in public and private sector.	1
7	They have necessary economics skills that needed in private and public sector.	3
8	They are intended to be specialist in one of departmental fields that they choose from the list of general economics, growth and development, labor economics and labor market, environmental economics, agricultural economics, health economics, education economics and human development, political economics, international economics, monetary economics, finance economics, public finance, international financial markets and institutions, banking and central banking, international trade and banking, monetary economics and banking,	4
9	They have ability to utilize fundamental economic theories and tools to solve economic problems in economics.	4
10	They are aware of the fact that economics is a social science and they respect the social perspectives and social values of the society’s ethics.	4

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm Exam(s)	1	40
Presentation	1	15
Final Exam	1	40
Attendance		5
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	3	48
Mid-terms	1	12	12
Assignments			0
Final examination	1	20	20
Other	2	11	22
Total Work Load:			150
Total Work Load/25(h):			6
ECTS Credit of the Course:			6