Semester 1 Courses for All Tracks // Required & Electives

3 Credits
Instructor: Christiane Lemke

Christiane Lemke has been a professor of political science at the Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany, where she was Jean Monnet Chair in European Political Science. She also held the Max Weber Chair at New York University (2010-14). Professor Lemke received her Ph.D. from the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences at the Free University in Berlin and went on to earn her Habilitation Venia legendi in Political Science from the same institution. Professor Lemke has been a visiting scholar at a number of US institutions over the years as she has maintained her permanent faculty positions in Germany. She has taught courses at UNC-Chapel Hill, Stanford University, Harvard University, and Suffolk University. In addition, while on a leave from the University of Hannover from 2006 to 2007, Professor Lemke served as the Director of State Parliament, Lower Saxony. Professor Lemke’s academic areas of expertise include: European Politics, Democracy and Governance in the EU, Transatlantic Relations, Comparative Politics and Political Theory, and American Politics. She is the author/editor of numerous books and articles, including: Internationale Beziehungen: Grundkonzepte, Theorien und Problemfelder, 3rd ed. (International Relations: Concepts, Theories, and Key Issues, 2012); Richtungswechsel. Politik der Obama-Administration (Change: Reform Politics of the Obama-Administration, 2011); Europäische Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik (European Foreign and Security Policy, 2010), Menschenrechte und Migration (Human Rights and Migration, 2009).

This seminar will introduce you to key concepts and developments of European integration and critically assess the evolution of the European Union. We will begin with major concepts and theories of integration, then explore the institutions and finally analyze key policies of the EU. Each week we will also discuss current developments in Europe and the European Union such as the impact of the Brexit-decision, migration, health, and populism. Questions we will address in the seminar include: How has the meaning of Europe changed over time? Why do states transfer sovereignty to the European level? What is the role of EU institutions? How does the EU cope with current challenges such as the pandemic and the democratic backlash in some member countries? How are transatlantic relations changing? The format of the class includes introductory lectures, student’s presentations and project work. Please be prepared to actively participate in class. There may also be some special features such as guest lectures.

Syllabus 733 European Integration UNC 2023-2

POLI 788 | Statistics and Data Analysis

This class is part of a two-semester sequence focused on statistics, methods and research skills.

Professor: Holger Moroff

Holger Moroff is in the UNC-CH Department of Political Science. He has served as DAAD Visiting Assistant Professor at Carolina, and has taught international and comparative politics at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Before that, he was a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for European Politics (IEP) in Berlin. He studied Political Science and Economics at Washington University in St. Louis and the universities of Bochum and Bonn. His research focuses on security theories and European integration as well as on comparative political corruption and the internationalization of anti-corruption regimes. He is the editor of the book “European soft security policies”, co-editor of “Anti-corruption for Eastern Europe” and has published numerous articles in scholarly journals and edited volumes.

Course Overview

This class will introduce students to critical thinking and enable them to apply analytical tools to better understand real-world problems. It introduces students to writing and research techniques that help answer questions in the fields of international and transatlantic relations, comparative politics, and policy analysis. These include how to read published research; collect and analyze qualitative and quantitative data; communicate research results; distinguish between empirical, normative, ideological, theoretical, and ethical questions; formulate research questions; and construct an argument. Students will be able to use these techniques to guide their graduate writing and thesis research.

All electives listed below are 3-credit courses and are subject to change from semester to semester.

Comparative Climate Change Policy Track // Semesters 2-3

TransAtlantic Track // Semesters 2-3

In recent years TransAtlantic Studies students have taken the following classes at the overseas partner sites. There may be some variation in offerings at the sites from year to year.

• Organized Crime in Europe
• International security
• Economic Foreign Policy and International Trade Regulation
• Theories of Conflict and Conflict Resolution
• Britain and Europe
• International Organizations in World Politics
• The Politics of Risk

• Comparative European Politics
• Memory Culture – Memory Politics
• Governance, Security and Development in East and South East Asia
• Russian Politics in Comparative Perspective
• The Cultures of Globalization
• International Terrorism
• Foreign Policy Analysis
• International Relations Theories
• International Security: Theories and Concepts
• Scopes and Methods of Politics and International Relations
• Comparative Public Policy and Social Welfare: Cross-National, European and Global Perspectives

• Migration and International Politics
• Die Europäische Union: Policy-Making in Zeiten von Finanz und Flüchtlingskrise (The European Union: Policy Making in Times of Financial and Refugee Crisis)
• Die Außenpolitik de EU: Probleme von Erfolg und Misserfolg (The Foreign Policy of the EU: Problems and Success and Failure)
• Die Türkei und die EU: Herausforderungen und Gelegenheiten (Turkey and the EU: Challenges and Opportunities)

• Redrawing the political map of Europe
• Theories and Practices of Political Participation
• Erfolge und Grenzen der Mittelmeerpolitik (Successes and limits of Mediterranean Policy)
• Contemporary Germany: Institutions, Actors and Political Change
• Theory and Methods of Migration Policy
• Turkey and the EU: Challenges and Opportunities The Current Refugee Crisis in Europe: Causes, Trends, Debates and Policies European Language Policy and Language Education Policy

• Europeanisation of public policies
• Politiques européennes de l’environnement
• Droit social de l’Union européenne
• Contentieux européen
• Economic Governance
• EU External Action
• Welfare State in Europe

• Public Opinion in the EU
• Interest groups and collective action in the EU
• Parliaments and Parties in the EU
• Les entreprises et les sociétés dans l’Union européenne
• Séminaire EU Law and Politics
• The Relations between Europe and the US Since World War II

• Global Governance and the European Scenario Fragile States, Political Islam, and Migrations from Africa: Western Strategies and African Perspectives
• Political Change and Ideological Challenge in Inter-War Europe
• Organized Crime in Italy and Beyond

European Governance Track // Semesters 2-3

Single degree seeking students who stay at UNC-CH for the spring semester will usually take three classes. These courses will be worth three credits each. European-Governance students are required to take a second-semester statistics course called “Applying Data Analysis to Transatlantic Studies.”  We do offer some flexibility in this semester and try to tailor coursework as closely as possible to the interests of the students. Those seeking the double degree need to take an additional POLI course for a total of four three-credit POLI courses in the spring.

Required courses in the spring semester will include:

POLI 888 – Statistics and Methods II – 3 credits

In recent years European Governance students have taken the following classes at the overseas partner sites. There may be some variation in offerings at the sites from year to year.

• Research and Data Analysis Seminar
• Fundamentals of Political and Social Research
• Techniques of Statistical Analysis

Humboldt University of Berlin

• Social movements, democratic participation and transformative politics
• Political actors engaging for the ”rule of law” – the context of EU-enlargement
• Facets of Europeanization
• Cities in states of emergency

German-Turkish Track // Semesters 1-3

3 Credits
Instructor: Cemil Aydin

German-Turkish Studies students now have the option to go to Ankara in the second semester of the program. Some opt to remain at UNC for the spring, and moving on to Berlin is also an option. German-Turkish Studies students in Ankara will usually take classes such as Security in Turkey; Europe, Turkey, the Middle East and Eurasia, and they will also have a joint seminar focused on Germany and Turkey. They may continue their Turkish language studies if they began that instruction at UNC or elsewhere. If students stay at UNC during the second semester of TAM, they will take three classes. These courses will be worth three credits each. German-Turkish Studies students may wish to take a class with Professor Banu Gökarıksel such as GEOG 448: Transnational Muslims or an Independent Study with Professor Eren Tasar focused on the political history for contemporary Turkey. We do offer some flexibility in this semester and try to tailor coursework as closely as possible to the interests of the students. The classes in Berlin will vary but will be similar to those offered at METU.

In recent years German-Turkish studies students have taken the following classes at the overseas partner sites. There may be some variation in offerings at the sites from year to year.

• Migration, State, Citizenship
• Research Questions and Research Design – How to Prepare the MA Thesis
• Facets of Democratic Theory and Practices in Europe
• Contemporary Institutions, Actors and Political Change
• Governing Wider Europe
• International Institutional Reform and Domestic Politics

In most cases, TAM students are free to write their thesis in the location of their choice during their fourth and final semester. Double degree seekers may need to stay at their overseas site for the full academic year overseas.